WAIMATAITAI SCHOOL

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18818, 5 March 1931, Page 11

WAIMATAITAI SCHOOL

ANNUAL SWIMMING SPORTS. The annual swimming sports of Waimataitai School were held at West End baths yesterday afternoon, when the weather was favourable, although cloudy and slightly cold. There was a large attendance of parents and friends, including the chairman of the School Committe (Mr G. Benstead), and Mr J. G. Jowsey, a member of the Committee, who gave the staff assistance in the conduct of the events. The programme was of a comprehensive nature, and the number of competitors, and the high standard of swimming, proved that the staff is doing its utmost to encourage the sport. The headmaster (Mr R. A. Malcolm), in a brief welcome to parents and friends, thanked all for their support. The school, he said, did not encourage the children by offering big prizes, but by impressing on them the need for a good sporting spirit. Results were as follows: BOYS’ TWO LENGTH HANDICAP— First heat: I. Johnstone 1, W. Gardyne 2. Second heat: J. Duncan 1, R. Whiteside 2. Final: J. Duncan 1, I. Johnstone and W. Gardyne (dead heat), 2. GIRLS’ TWO LENGTH HANDICAP —M. Leslie 1, E. Larnder 2. BOY LEARNERS (under 12)—First heat: A. Shortus 1, S. Guthrie 2, G. Thin 3. Second heat: J. Anderson 1, H. Pike 2„ H. Bell 3. Final: A. Shortus I. J. Anderson 2, H. Pike 3. GIRL LEARNERS (under 12)—First heat: E. Caswell 1, L. Forrest 2, J. Reveley 3. Second heat: M. Turnbull 1, M. Marsden 2, R. Foote 3. Final: M. Turnbull 1, M. Marsden 2, H. Davie 3. ONE LENGTH (boys under 12)— First heat: S. Watson 1, A. Shortus 2. Second heat: W. Samson 1, H. Kingham 2. Third heat: R. Knowles 1, R. Whiteside 2. Final: W. Samson 1, S. Watson 2, R. Whiteside 3. ONE LENGTH (girls under 12)— First heat: J. McMaster 1, M. Marsden 2. Second heat: V. Lamb 1, C. Thomson 2. Final: V. Lamb 1, C. Thomson 2, M. Marsden S ONE LENGTH (boys under 14)—First heat: S Watson 1, Second heat: W. Wilson 1. Third heat: A. McMaster 1. Fourth heat: L. Pawson 1. Fifth heat: J. Duncan 1. Final: J. Duncan 1, S. Watson 2, L. Pawson 3. ONE LENGTH (girls under 14)—M. Leslie 1, M. Barnett 2. BOY LEARNERS (over 12)—First heat: L. Thin 1, H. Bell 2, A. Andrews 3. Second heat: B. McClelland 1, B. Shaw 2, J. Watkins 3. Final: L. Thin 1, B. McCelland 2. H. Bell 3. GIRL LEARNERS (over 12)—W. Hayward 1, D. Martin 2. GIRLS’ BREASTSTROKE HANDICAP—M. Barnett 1, M. Stapleton 2, V. Lamb 3. BOYS’ BREASTSTROKE HANDICAP—First heat: L. Hunter 1, B. Morrison 2, J. Neilson 3. Second heat: J. Duncan 1, O. Price 2, I. Johnstone 3. Final: J. Duncan 1, O. Price and L. Hunter (dead heat), 2. JUNIOR BOYS’ DIVING (under 12) —Knowles 1, Warsaw 2, Shortus and Pike (equal), 3. BOYS’ BACKSTROKE HANDICAP —J. Duncan 1, D. Bennington 2, R. Whiteside 3. GIRLS’ BACKSTROKE HANDICAP —V. Lamb 1, C. Godfrey 2. SENIOR BOYS’ DIVING—I. Johnstone 1, J. Duncan 2, O. Price 3. GIRLS’ BALLOON RACE—First heat: J. Farmer 1, R. James 2, I. Farmer 3. Second heat: M. Leslie 1, V. Lamb 2, J. Cameron 3. Final: m! Leslie 1, V. Lamb 2, J. Cameron 3.