SWIMMING.
ST. ALBANS SCHOOL. ! .VI the St. Albans School yesterday, Mr i ]•',. H. Andrews (chairman) presented the j prizes won at the swimming sports. Mr : Andrews complimented the school on the • success of the past swimming season, and i said he hoped the time would soon come 1 when swimming ami life saving would he ; made compulsory in all schools. He also j expressed the gratitude fell towards Mr I Bcanlaud. an ex-member of the committee, for his generosity, in presenting for several ! past years medals for the winners of the learners' races at the sports. Certificates of merit were handed to Florence Faulkner and Clarice Perkis for bread making at the Industrial Inhibition. Ihe following qualified for the Swimming Association's distance certificates:— Hoys. V. Sparrow, 1.. West. 11. Coppen, > miles: F. Hood, .1. Yeatriuni, I.■ miles: W. Stafford, N. Murray. G. Merrett, I". Mellon old, ('.. lieumclheig. .1. Given, .1. Hall, I mill'; I). Moss. G. Wylie. {mile; G. Brunlon, T. Suckling, .1. Carter, | mile. Girls. Mary Since, I.', miles: Madge Cox. Dorothy Allen. Agnes Black. 1 mile; klla Marshall, (ilitlyds; Mereia Stoddard. 2211 yds; Merel Purse. Verna Suckling, 100 yds. Dorothy Allen was the winner of the Gills' Championship Medal, anil LouisWest won the Boys' Championship Medal.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 698, 6 May 1916, Page 11
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