SWIMMING

Southland Times, Issue 23992, 6 December 1939, Page 13

SWIMMING

Southland Title Events INTERMEDIATE AND JUNIOR MEN’S 100 YARDS RECORD BROKEN The Southland junior and intermediate swimming championships were begun in the Municipal Tepid Baths last evening. The swimming and diving were of a good standard and were enjoyed by a fair attendance of spectators. No records were broken, but some new champions were found. A feature of the evening was the special attempt by A. C. Millar (ExPupils’ Club) on the Southland mens 100 yards freestyle record of 59 4-ssec, held by P. H. McGrath. Millar put up a unique performance by breaking the record twice during the evening. He swam the distance in 59 3-ssec in his heat of the 100 yards freestyle handicap, but because the starter (Mr Arthur Kingsland) failed to say <( go (( when he despatched Millar at six the record could not be claimed. Millar made a second attempt in the final of the event and bettered his first time by two-fifths of a second, taking 59 l-ssec for the distance. He thus actually broke the record twice in the evening. He was warmly applauded for his success. Other features were the fine form of Miss Joyce Macdonald in winning the open freestyle handicap in the fast time of lmin 14 4-ssec, and the success of Miss K. Westerby over her sister, Miss B. Westerby, in the 220 yards intermediate championship. The championshipswill be continued tomorrow evening. Following are the results, abbreviations being as follows:—Ex-P.), ExPupils; (M.), Murihiku; (C.), Collegiate. CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS JUNIOR TITLES 220 YARDS BOYS Record: P. Mclnnes 2min 40 3-ssec, 1936. Holder: L. Barry (M.). H. Parkinson (M.) 1 D. Doake (M.) 2 Only starters. Won by three yards. Time, 3.10. . ( 50 YARDS GIRLS Record: 30 2-ssec, Miss D. Symon, 1933. Holder, Miss B. Westerby (M.). M. Gerrard (M.) 1 L. Gellatly (C.) 2 J. Morgan (Ex-P.) . 3 Won by a foot. Time, 0.34. 50 YARDS BOYS Record: 27 l-ssec, J. B. Collie, 1933. Holder: L. Barry (M.). H. Parkinson (M.) 1 J. Steele (C.) 2 D. Doake (M.) 3 Won by three feet. Time, 0.32 1-5. 50 YARDS GIRLS’ BACKSTROKE Record: 37 4-ssec, Miss B. Westerby, 1938. Holder: Miss B. .Westerby (M.). M. Perrelle (M.) 1 L. Gellatly (C.) 2 J. Perrelle (M.) 3 Won by 18 inches. Time, 0.42 1-5. 220 YARDS GIRLS. Record: 2min 56 3-ssec, Miss J. Macdonald. Holder: Miss K. Westerby (M.) K. Westerby (M.) 1 B. Westerby (M.) 2 Led alb the way and won by a foot. Time, 3.5. 50 YARDS BOYS. Record: 25 3-ssec, D. Davis, 1936. Holder: J. H. Alexander (Ex-P.) L. Cowie (Ex-P.) . 1 E. Nutsford (C.) 2 Won by a foot. Time, 0.30. DIVING, BOYS Holder: D. Kirkland (M.). D. Doake (M.) 1 DIVING, GIRLS Holder: M. Gerrard (M.). M. Gerrard (M.) 1 INTERMEDIATE TITLES 220 YARDS BOYS Record: 2min 35sec, D. Davis, 1935. Holder; J. Cameron (Ex-P.). L. Cowie (Ex-P.) 1 E. Nutsford (C.) 2 Won by 40 feet. Time, 3.1. HANDICAP EVENTS TINY TOTS’ RACE, 33 1-3 YARDS. (Points for Holloway Cup.). Section A: T. Pasley 1, A. Robinson 2, W. Pasley 3. Won by a foot. Time, 0.34 2-5. Section B: K. Gerrard 1, R. Aitchison 2, J. Popenhagen 3. Won by a foot. Time, 0.33 2-5. 100 YARDS OPEN FREESTYLE.— Grade 1: Miss J. Macdonald (backstroke) 1, Miss N. Holmes 2, R. Ritchie (backstroke) 3. Won easily. Time, 1.15 1-5. Grade 2: C. Martin (backstroke) 1, Miss A. Mair 2, R. Barlow 3. Won by four feet. Time, I. 4-5. Grade 3: J. Cameron 1, A. C. Millar 2, M. Jones 3. Won by a touch. Millar’s time was 59 3-ssec, one-fifth of a second better than the 100 yards record. Final.—Miss J. Macdonald 1, J. Cameron 2, A. C. Millar 3. Won by three yards, a touch betwene second and third. Time 1.14 4-5. A. C. Millar’s time was 59 l-ssec, a Southland record. 100 YARDS BREASTSTROKE. Grade 1: Miss S. Brown 1, B. Phillips 2, Miss D. Clark 3. Won by a touch. Time, 1.32 4-5. Grade 2: K. Shaw 1, B. Morgan 2, I. Mitchell 3. Won by a foot. Time, 1.18 4-5. TINTY TOTS (Width of the baths). Points for Jones Cup.—G. Mclndoe 1, W. Pasley 2, Miss J. Hamilton 3. Time, 0.12 3-5. EGG AND SPOON AND CANDLE RACE.— Miss J. Robertson 1, L. Cowie 2. , An exhibition of water polo was given by two teams. Mr H. G. Smith was the referee. TECHNICAL COLLEGE GIRLS’ SPORTS ONE RECORD BROKEN AT ANNUAL FIXTURE The annual swimming sports of the Southland Technical College girls were held at the municipal baths yesterday morning. Although the entries were not particularly large the standard of performance was high. No records were broken for swimming events but a new

record was established for the long plunge. The senior championship was won by A. Shaw who swam well to gain 11 points. M. Croft and J. Findlay tied for second place, each securing four points. Honours in the junior championship went to D. Clark who secured 13 points and J. Macgregor was second with eight points. Tokomaru House was the winner of the house competition. M. Croad, of Arawa House, set a new record for the long plunge, her distance being 45ft sin. The previous record was 44ft and was established by J. Menzies last year. An exhibition was given during the morning by Miss Joyce Macdonald, New Zealand backstroke champion and a former pupil of the school. The sports were efficiently controlled by the baths superintendent (Mr H. S. Baker) and his assistant (Mr H. G. Smith), with the help of members of the teaching staff. In the results below the names of houses have been abbreviated as follows:—Arawa (Ara.), Tainui (Tai.), Tokomaru (Toko.) and Takitimu (Taki.). Results:— CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS Senior A. Shaw . 11 J. Findlay 4 M. Croft 4 Junior D. Clark I 3 J. Macgregor 8 Country Girl C. Cox HOUSE POINTS Tokomaru 51 Takitimu 4? Tainui 24 Arawa • H CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS SENIOR 50 YARDS. Record, 30 2-ssec, J. Macdonald. (Five entries).—A. Shaw (Taki.) 1, M. Croft (Taki.) 2, J. Findlay (Ara.) 3. Time, 0.36 1-5. JUNIOR 50 YARDS. Record, 30 2-ssec, J. Macdonald, 1936. (Two entries).J. Macgregor (Toko.) 1, D. Clark (Tai.) 2. Time, 0.35 3-5. COUNTRY GIRLS 25 YARDS. Record, 19 4-ssec, P. Summers, 1935. (Two entries).—C. Cox (Taki.) 1, M. McDonald (Taki.) 2. Time, 0.38. SENIOR DIVE. Holder: D. Hurworth. (Six entries).—M. Anderson (Toko.) 1, D. Wade (Toko.) 2, A. Shaw (Taki.) 3. JUNIOR DIVE. Holder: M. Barry. (One entry).—D. Clark (Tai.)., SENIOR 33 1-3 YARDS. Record, 20 1-5 sec, J. Macdonald, 1937. (Six entries). —A. Shaw (Taki.) 1, J. Findlay (Ara.) 2, M. Croft (Taki.) 3. Time, 0.22 3-5. JUNIOR 33 1-3 YARDS. Record, 19 2-ssec, J. Macdonald, 1935. (Five entries). —D. Clark (Tai.) 1, J. McGregor (Toko.) 2, S. Pulley 3. Time, 0.23. OTHER EVENTS LEARNERS’ RACE, across baths. Section A: S. Richards (Tai.) 1, M. Bell (Taki.) 2, C. Hunt (Ara.) 3. Section B: D. Withington (Toko.) 1, —. Brown 2, C. Cox (Taki.) 3. BALLOON RACE, across baths. Section A: J. Macgregor (Toko.) 1, M. Marshall (Taki.) 2, M. Anderson (Toko.) and S. Pulley (Toko) 3 eq. Section B: B. Jenkin (Toko.) 1, B. Wade (Ara.)' 2, D. Pedlar (Taki.) 3. Section C: D. Withington (Toko.) 1, T. Bradshaw (Tai.) 2, E. Black (Taki.) 3. LONG PLUNGE. Record, 44ft, J. Menzies, 1938. , (Eleven entries).—M. Croad (Ara.) 45ft sin 1, A. Hughes (Taki.) 41ft 2in 2, M. Bell (Taki) 36ft 6in 3. Winner’s distance a record. 33 1-3 YARDS BREASTSTROKE. (Four entries). —M. Croft (Taki.) 1, D. Clark (Tai.) 2, M. Anderson (Toko.) 3. Time, 0.31 2-5. BACKSTROKE RACE, across baths. (18 entries).—Section A: M. Anders son (Toko.) 1, J. Macgregor (Toko.) 2, D. Clark (Tai.) 3. Section B: S. Richards (Tai.) 1, D. Withington 2, S. Pulley (Toko.) 3. Section C: A. Clearwater (Toko.) 1, B. Wade (Ara.) 2, B. Jenkin (Toko.) 3. 33 1-3 YARDS SENIOR AND JUNIOR. (Six entries). — A. Shaw (Taki.) scr 1, J. Findlay (Ara.) 6yds, 2, M. Croad (Ara.) syds 3. Time, 0.21 4-5. HOUSE RELAY, across baths. Record, 33sec, Tainui, 1934. Holder: Arawa. (Four entries). —Tokomaru 1, Takitimu 2, Arawa 3. Time, 0.34 4-5. NEW CHAMPIONS OF OTAGO N.Z. RECORD BROKEN BY W. H. DYSON

(United Press Association) DUNEDIN, December 5. The Otago swimming championships began tonight New champions are as follows: 72 yards junior boys’ breaststroke: N. Marslin, time, 69sec. 100 yards junior boys’ freestyle: A. Main, 74 l-ssec. Junior boys’ dive: M. McGregor. Junior girls’ 50 yards breaststroke: L. Kearns, 50 2-ssec. 50 yards freestyle: N. Lane, 32 2-ssec. Dive: I. Freeman. Intermediate boys’ 100 yards backstroke: C. Sell, 77 3-ssec. 100 yards freestyle: C. Sell, 62sec. Intermediate girls’ 100 yards backstroke: E. Goldthorpe, 84 l-ssec. 100 yards freestyle: B. Reid, 84 l-ssec. Men’s 100 yards backstroke: A. Thomas, 72 2-ssec. 100 yards breaststroke: W. H. Dyson, 74 l-ssec—New Zealand record. 200 yards freestyle: J. D. O'Driscoll, 2min 33 3-ssec. Women’s 200 yards breaststroke: W. Dunn, 3min 26 l-ssec. 100 yards freestyle: I. Purdie, 69 2-5 sec. In the 100 yards men’s breaststroke, H. Dyson covered the distance in 74 1-5 sec, breaking the New Zealand record by 1 2-ssec.