OPUNAKE SURF CLUB
barton wins de tourret cup. WILSON CUP COMPETITION. The cup presented by Mr. de Tourret to the Opunake Surf Club was competed for on Sunday afternoon. The course was a straight swim of about 100 yards to a “live buoy,” which was circled before the competitor: swam back to a tape line at the edge of the surf. About I 13 swimmers started, the result being, k D. Burton ss. 1, L. Brown 10s. 2, 5. Spiers 12s. 3, R. Campbell 20s. 4. The water was rough and fairly cold. Mr. de Tourret presented the trophy to Burton. . . The John Wilson Memorial Cup contest for teams of four men was commenced. The resuscitation section of the event and the water work has yet to be undertaken. A large number of Opunake residents intend to attend the New Zealand Surf championships at Fitzroy next weekend.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1935, Page 9
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