WAIMEA SWIMMING CLUB'S SPORTS.

Colonist, Volume XLVIX, Issue 11812, 17 December 1906, Page 3

WAIMEA SWIMMING CLUB'S SPORTS.

The Waitnea Swimming Club were favored with} splendid weather t'oi hheif dpeq ing Sports held on Saturtjitfij The -attendance was largp: anr gpoa entries were received .-tor bl events. A large squad Jof towr. swimmers competed in the interclub events. Afternoon tea waf provided by , the ladies, and was greatly appreciated,. • ■ The Waimea swin'imers have greatly improved, and the club" possesses some very promising young swimmers, among whom Darby (Blue) was especially prominent. This lad has a splendid stroke, and with proper training should develop into a champion. . Be.fo.re leaving for home the town swimmers who spent a very pleasant afternoon exchanged cheers with the locals, and also gave three cheers foi Che ladies. - : The results, were : — ; /Rwonty ! Yards .School Boy Race : J. GaDrieison 1, M. Liddel 2, A. Scully 3. Time 18sec.s Twenty Yards School Boys' Race: M. Lidctle 1, A. Scully 2. Time itSsecs. Under Eighteen : H. Challies 1, A. Scully 2. Club, Tbirty Yards: H. Kingsland 1, Darby Blue 2, P. O'Connor 3. Time 21secs. Club, Thirty Yards (2nd): R. O'Connor 1, J. O'Connor 2. Time 26secs. Dive (springboard) Under Sixteen: J. Gabrie.lsbn 1, J. Reeves 2. .Springboard Dite (opehj : Switzer 1, JSmerSon 2, Hfinnig'an 3. Long Dive: Hannigan 1, R. Gilberts, P. O'Connor 3. Inter-Club, Thirty Yards Handicap :Ist "teat: Kingsland 1, Emerson, 2; 2nd heat: Shuttleworth 1, Gilbert 2; Final: Sbuttleworth 1, Gilbert 2. , Inter-Club, Fifty .Yards : Ist beat: Allan 1, Emerson 2, Time, 33gecs; 2nd heat: Switzer 1, Gilbert 2. Time 31secs;. Final : Switzer 1. Gilbert 2 301-ssecs. The handicaps could not be obtained.