SIX NEW RECORDS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21279, 24 February 1939, Page 9

SIX NEW RECORDS

Centre Championship Carnival R. Henry Outstanding ' Six records were broken at the South I Canterbury Centre's championship | carnival at the Century Baths last | night. Many of the events were I keenly contested and the swimming im- | proved on the standard set last year I when the first championship meeting was held. Conditions were good and I the large crowd appreciated the organisation that allowed no long pauses to occur between events. The outstanding performer of the evening was R. Henry in the junior boys’ class. In the 75 yards breaststroke he had only one opponent, whom he beat by 10 yards and he reduced the time of 70 4-ssecs set last year to 63secs, which is well up to New Zealand standard. In the 100 yards freestyle he again broke the record, reducing last year's time of 78 l-ssecs to 72secs. Other records that were improved were in the 50 yards men’s freestyle. in which D. J. Shanahan recorded 27secs compared with 28secs. in the intermediate girls’ 100 yards freestyle in which Miss O. Wilson recorded 80 1-5 secs (previous time 84secs), the intermediate boys’ 100 yards in which J. Drummond recorded 67 2-ssec.s (68 4-5 secs) and the intermediate girls’ 75 yards breaststroke in which N. Manning cut l-ssec off her own time of 69 l-ssecs. Another feature of the carnival was the high standard of the senior men’s diving in which the only two competitors, K. L. Moffatt and J. Hardie, gave splendid exhibitions. J. McPherson, winner of the junior dive, was outstanding in his class. Results:— Senior Men 100 Yards Backstroke (holder S. A. Fogg, time 81secs): S. A. Fogg (O.B.) 1 Time 85secs. Hughes, the only other competitor withdrew after covering three-quarters of the distance. 50 Yards Freestyle (holder D. Shanahan, time 28secs) : D. Shanahan (W.E.) 1 G. S. Griffiths (S.E.) 2 A. Waters (N.E.) 3 Time 27secs, a record. Won by a yard. 100 Yards Breaaststroke (holder D. Shanahan, time 84 3-ssecs): K. Shaw (Southland) 1 D. J. Shanahan (W.E.) 2 W. Gilmore (O.B.) 3 Time 87secs. Won by a foot. 100 Yards Freestyle (holder H. Pateman, time 64 3-ssecs.) : K. Shaw (Southland) 1 D. J. Shanahan (W.E.) 2 L. Campbell (W.E.) 3 Time 66 3-ssecs. Won by a touch. 220 Yards Freestyle (holder, G. S. Griffiths, time 2mln 46 3-ssecs.): G. S. Griffiths (S.E.) 1 J. Drummond (W.E.) 2 A. Waters (NJE.) 3 Time 2min 53secs. Won by four yards. Dive (holder, K. L. Moffatt): K. L. Moffatt (O.B.) 76.8pts .. 1 J. Hardie (N.E.) 66.5pts ...... 2 Women’s Events 100 Yards Freestyle (holder D. Symon, time 79 l-ssecs); Miss D. Symon (N.E.) 1 I Miss M. Latimer (W.E.) .. .. 2 Time 79 3-ssecs. Miss Symon won by 20 yards. 100 Yards Breaststroke (holder Miss P. Broad, time Imin 36 2-ssecs): Miss M. Shanahan (W.E.) .. .. 1 Miss P. Keen (W.E.) 2 Time Imin 43 3-ssecs. Won by 10 yards. 50 Yards Freestyle (holder Miss D. Symon, time 32 2-ssecs): Miss D. Symon (N.E.) 1 Miss M. Latimer (W.E.) 2 Miss P. Keen (W.E.) 3 Time 34 l-ssecs. Won by four yards. Dive (holder Miss N. Woodward): Miss N. Woodward (N.E.) .... 1 Miss Woodward was the only competitor. Intermediate Boys 100 Yards Breaststroke (holder M. Shanahan, time 84secs) : J. Shanahan (W.E.) 1 R. Bradshaw (T.) 2 Time 95secs. Won by 20 yards. 100 Yards Freestyle (holder S. Mulholland, time 68 4-ssecs): J. Drummond (W.E.) 1 M. Moore (W.E.) 2 J. Rendall (W.E.) 3 Time 67 2-ssecs, a record. Drummond led all the way. Intermediate Girls 100 Yards Freestyle (holder M. Symon. time 84secs): Miss O. Wilson (W.E.) 1 Miss J. Rodgers (S.E.) 2 Mjss N. Foden (S.E.) 3 Time 80 l-ssecs. Won by two yards, after leading all the way. 75 Yards Breaststroke (holder Miss N. Manning, time 69 l-ssees): Miss N. Manning (W.E.) .... 1 Miss N. Foden (S.E.) 2 Miss J. Wyatt (S.E.) 3 Time 69secs, a record. Won by eight yards. Junior Boys 75 Yards Breaststroke (holder J. Shanahan, time 70 4-ssecs): ! R. Henry (W.E.) 1 E. Hitchcock (N.E.) 2 Time 63secs, a record. Won by 10 yards. 100 Yards Freestyle (holder M Moore, time 78 l-ssecs): R. Henry (W.E.) 1 D. O’Rourke (S.E.) ’ 2 A. Moore (W.E.) 3 Time 72secs, a record. Won by five yards. Dive (holder, J. McPherson) : J. McPherson (N.E.) 32.4pts .. 1 A. Jacobs (N.E.) 20 pts 2 C. McConachie (S.E.) 20.6pts .. 3 Junior Girls 50 Yards Breaststroke (holder, Miss A. Coxhead, time 47sees) : First heat: Miss I. Mclnnes (T.) 1, Miss C. McMillan (W.E.) 2, Miss S Wakefield (W.E.) 3. Time 49secs. Second heat. Miss B. Wyatt (S.E.) 1, Miss J. Ward (N.E.) 2, Miss A. Cunningham (S.E.) 3 Time 51 4-ssecs. Final: Miss I. Mclnnes (T.) 1 Miss B. Wyatt (S.E.) 2 Miss J. Ward (N.E.) 3 Time 50 3-ssecs. Won by two feet after a thrilling contest. 50 Yards Freestyle (holder Miss O, Wilson, time 34 2-ssecs) : First heat, Miss C. McMillan (W.E.) 1, Miss H. Home (N.E.) 2. Time 40seC3. Second heat. Miss I. Elsom (S.E.) 1,

Miss A. Cunningham (S.E.) 2. Time 37secs. Final: Miss I. Elsom (S.E.) 1 Miss A. Cunningham (S.E.) .. 2 Miss H. Home (N.E.) 3 Time 37secs. Won by two feet. Dive (holder, V. Taylor): Miss A. Beynon (S.E.) 12.3pts .. 1 Miss A. Cunningham (S.E.) 10.7pts .. t Miss M. McLeod (W.E.) 10.7pts t Schools’ Relay Primary School 300 Yards Teams’ Relay for Hallenstein Bros. Cup (holders, South School): South School 1 Waimataitai 2 Time 4min Usees, Waimataitai had a 10 yard lead until the second to last South swimmer made up the leeway, and the last went well to the front to win by 10 yards. The South School team consisted of R. Forrest, E. McConachie, F. Butler, N. Smith, J. Fowler and Irene Elsom (captain). Handicap Events Intermediate Boys, 50 yards— First heat, B. Watson C7secs) 1, R. Finlay (2secs) 2, J. Dewar (6secs) 3. Time 36 3-ssecs. Second heat, J. clarke (ssecs) 1, J. Shanahan (4secs) 2, M. Moore (scr) 3. Time 34 l-ssecs. Final: M, Moore 1 J. Clarke 2 R. Finlay 3 Time 35 2-ssecs. Women’s 50 Yards—First heat: Miss M. Shanahan (6secs) 1, Miss J. Wyatt (4secs) 2, Miss E. Cameron (3secs) 3. Time 42secs. Second heat: Miss N Foden (ssecs) 1, Miss E. Beynon (6secs) 2, Miss H. Latimer (9secs) 3. Final: Miss M. Shanahan 1 Miss E. Cameron 2 Miss N. Foden 3 Time 40secs. Men’s 200 Yards Teams’ Relay: West End A (R. Henry, M. Watson, S. Watson, FT. Latimer) 24. secs 1, North End (12secs) 2, West End B (6secs) 3, Time 2mln 25secs. Men's 50 Yards—First heat:F. Lobb (3secs) 1. D. Jones (7secs) 2. Second heat: T. Plckerill (Ssecs) 1, c Griffiths (2secs) 2. Third heat: W. Sutherland (3secs) 1, A. Morrison (4secs) 2. Final: W, Sutherland 1 T. Plckerill ” 2 Time 32 3-ssecs.