SWIMMING SPORTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 63, 17 March 1943, Page 2

SWIMMING SPORTS

WANGANUI GIRLS’ COLLEGE CUP WON BY WARWICK HOUSE. At the annual swimming sports of the Wanganui Girls’ College held on Saturday the Interhouse Cup was won by Warwick House, with Norfolk and Devon Houses second and third respectively. The senior diving cup was won by E. Towgood, with N. Keesing as runner-up, and the junior diving cup by A. Clare and A. Coull. The senior championship was won by E. Towgood, witn the runner-up J. Southcombe, and the junior championship by A. Clare, with the runnerup E. Coull.

Results were:— 25 Yards Crawl: Junior, A. Clare 1, E. Coull 2; senior, E. Towgood 1, J. Southcombe 2, N. Keesing 3. Standing Dive (one low, one high): Junior, A. Clare 1, E. Coull 2, S. Campbell 3. Swim-bite-Swim (open): S. Murchie 1, N. Morgan 2, I. Lupton 3. 50 Yards Crawl: Junior, A. Clare 1, E. Coull 2, B. Freeman 3; senior, E. Towgood 1, J. Southcombe 2, N. Keesing 3. Style Breaststroke (open): S. Campbell 1, E. Coull 2. Beginners’ race (open): B. Ford 1, J. Laird 2, L. Ashcroft 3. Standing Dive: Senior, N. Keesing 1, E. Towgood 2, S. Webster 3. 25 Yards Breaststroke: Junior, S. Campbell 1, A. Clare 2, V. Weekes 3; senior, S. Webster 1, J. Southcombe 2, E. Towgood 3. Novelty Dive (open): A. Coull 1, O. Kendall 2, L. Newsome 3. Cork Bobbing (open): V. White 1, 1. McNie and B. Ford (equal) 2. Running Dive: Junior, A. Coull 1, O. Kendall 2, S. Campbell 3. Catch the Train (open): H. Murchie 1, V. White 2, J. Laird 3. Long Plunge: Junior, P. Solly 1, E. Coull 2, V. Weekes 3; senior, K. Hoe 1, I. McNie 2, P. Coupland 3. Style Crawl (open): E. Towgood 1, A. Clare 2. Tanden Race (open): B. Johnson and S. Campbell 1, P. Coupland and H. Murchie (equal) 2. Inter-House Dive: Junior, Lincoln 1, Surrey 2, Norfolk 3. Final Hornblow Cup: V. Weekes 1, A. Robertson 2, A. Dobson 3. Plate Dive (open): L. Thurston 1, N. Morgan 2, V. Weekes and P. Solley 3. Beginners’ Dive: N. O’Flynn 1, J. Laird 2, G. Barclay 3. Old Girls 4 Race, 50 yards: B. Coughlin 1, B. Russell 2, M. Merewether 3. 25 Yards Backstroke: Senior, J. Southcombe 1, E. Towgood 2, N. Keesing 3; junior, A. Clare 1, E Coull 2, B. Freeman 3. Inter-House Dive: Senior (one high stand, one high run): Norfolk 1, Warwick 2, Devon 3. Old Girls v. Present Girls: Present Girls 1. Running Dive: Senior, E. Towgood 1, P. Coupland 2, J. Southcombe 3. InterHouse Life-saving (second method): Somerset 1, Surrey 2, Norfolk 3. Consolation Race: B. Fisk 1, P. Elliott 2, V. Elliot 3. Day Girls v. Boarders: Day Girls 1. Inter-House Relay: Warwick 1, Norfolk 2, Devon 3.