SCHOOL SWIMMING

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20440, 5 March 1938, Page 16 (Supplement)

SCHOOL SWIMMING

WAIKATO DIOCESAN GIRLS close finishes witnessed HOUSE POINTS TO SHACKLETOX | The annual swimming sports of the j Waikato Diocesan School For Girls | held yesterday afternoon in the Muni- | cipaL Baths were attended by a large number of parents and friends. Fine weather prevailed and with races run to time and excellent organisation an enjoyable afternoon was spent, many close and exciting finishes being witnessed. The senior championship was won by Sheila D’Arcy Smith, with Shirley Grumitt second, and Barbara Pountney third. The intermediate event was annexed by Heather Mac Diarmid, followed by Marjorie Holden second, and Heather Scott and Margaret Scrimshaw equal in third place. The junior championship winner was Betty Wills. Treve Larner was second and Jane Seymour third. The results of the championship events were:— Senior Free Style. B. Pountney 1, M. Featherstonhaugh 2, S. Grumitt 3. Time, 245. Intermediate Free Style.—M. Holden 1, H. Mac Diarmid 2, J. Wooller 3. Time, 23 3-ss. Junior Free Style.—T. Larner 1, B. Wills 2, E. Alford 3. Time, 21s. Senior Backstroke. —S. d’Arcy Smith 1, J. Wallis 2, H. Pierce 3. Time, 14 3-ss. Intermediate Backstroke.—H. Scott 1, N. Scrimshaw 2, A. Court 3. Time, 16 l-ss. Junior Backstroke.—B. Wills 1, T. Larner 2, M. McNicol 3. Time, 13s. Senior Breaststroke. —S. Grumitt 1, S. d’Arcy Smith 2, M. Featherstonhaugh 3. Time, 16 4-ss. Intermediate Breaststroke. M. Scrimshaw 1, A. Court 2, M. Holden 3. Time, 15s. | Junior Breaststroke.—B. Wills 1, T. Larner and E. Alford, equal, 2. Time, 15 4-ss. Senior Diving.—T. Kinder 1, B. Holden 2, S. d’Arcy Smith and M. | McKinnon, equal, 3. i Intermediate Diving.—H. Mac Diarmid 1, T. Livingstone and C. Milroy, equal, 2( Junior Diving.—J. Seymour 1, T. Larner and P. Morton, equal, 2. Other events resulted:—Age races, 16 years and over: S. Grumitt J, S. d’Arcy Smith 2, M. Featherstonhaugh 3. Time, 15 4-ss. 15 years: N.

Scrimshaw 1, B. Pountney 2, B. Hoi- | den 3. Time, 16 2-ss. 14 years, T. j Livingstone 1, L. Holloway 2, N. | Scrimshaw 3. Time, 13 3-ss. 13 years: M. Holden 1, A. Court 2, H. j Mac Diarmid 3. Time, 12 4-ss. 12 years, E. Alford 1, B. Wills 2, P. Morton 3. Time, 10s. 11 years, D. Blomfield 1, M. McNicol 2, J. Blackburn 3. Time, 11 l-ss. 10 years: H. Webb 1, A. Mizen 2, J. Wake 3. Time, 12s. 9 years: J. Seymour 1, F. McKenzie 2, H. Day 3. Time, 11 3-ss. Standards I. and lI.—R. Ellis 1, M. Wake 2, M. Dimmock 3. Time, 14s. Preparatory Pupils.—B. Day and S. Hallett 1. House Relay.—Ross 1, Shackleton 2, Scott 3. Time, 2m 4 2-ss. Steam Tug.—B. Holden and N. Scrimshaw 1, B. Calvert and J. Wallis 2, M. Holden and M. Scrimshaw 3. Form Relay.—lV.A 1, Form V. 2, Form VI. 3. Time, 445. Balloon Race. — T. Larner 1, J. Wake 2. Running Dive.—H. Mac Diarmid and J. Wooller, equal, 1. Boarders v. Day Girls’ Race.—Won by day girls. Time, 2m 9 4-ss. Best Free Style.—J. Wooller and L. Holloway, equal, 1. Egg and Spoon Race.—B. Graham 3, A. Webb 2, J. Wooller 3. Old Girls v. School Relay.—Won by school. Time, 2m 10 3-ss. Neat Jump.—A. Webb 1, T. Livingstone 2, H. Mac Diarmid 3. Costume Race. — B. Fagan 1, A. Court 2, J. Morton 3. Corfu Dive. — N. Scrimshaw 1, L. Holloway 2, C. Milroy 3. Inter-School Relay.—High School 1, Technical High School 2, Diocesan 3. Time, lm 58 3-ss. Blindfold Race.—S. Grumitt 1, B. Pountney 2, M. Kay 3. Cork Bobbing.—M. Scrimshaw 1, N. Scrimshaw and L. Holloway, equal, 2. Obstacle Race.—T. Kinder 1, S. Blundell 2. House Points.—Shackleton 95pts., 1; Ross 80pts., 2; Scott 76pts., 3. Many Visitors Attend Among the many who were present during the afternoon were:—Lady Allen (Morrinsville), Mesdames Innes Taylor (Ohaupo), Gordon Hovey, Ferguson (Waitoa), C. A. Cherrington, T. P. Weatherhog, A. B. Whyte, W. G. Pountney, P. G. Russell, Robinson, i A. H. Piper, N. E. Blomfield, T. A. | Milroy, S. Green, C. L. Mac Diarmid, H. Livingstone, L. H. Larner (Kiwitahi), Lovell (Taupiri), N. d’Arcy Smith, H. Miller (Morrinsville), M. Scott (Pirongia), McKenzie, T. Parker, L. C. Rathbone (Auckland), E. C. Day, Anderson (Ohaupo), J. Thompson, McMillan (Morrinsville), Austin, B. Wilson (Waimai), Howie (Morrinsville), Alder McKenzie, W. ! Hopkins, G. Callis, Gerry Taylor, S. . N. Ziman, W. Tudhope, E. N. Valin- | tine, L. I. Day, C. P». Wake, C. H. J Holloway, A. H. Franks, K. Caldwell (Onewhero), Featherstonhaugh (Waijtetuna). R. S. A. Graham, N. Holden, ! S. Vickery, H. N. Hallett, F. G. Wooller, Douglas Seymour, O. R. Farrer, E. G. Scrimshaw, Cummins (Te Kavva), H. T. Gillies, T. C. Fraser, ' Wills (Waharoa), T. Simpson, G. ' Grylls, S. J. Fortescue (Otorohanga), ! Wallis, Thomson, W. S. Dingle, Calvert (Cambridge), R. Alford (Cam--1 bridge), J. McNicol. Misses Z. Robins, J. Adams, N. Alloway, E. Hadfield, R. Haig, A. i Bowden, M. Shires, E. Miller, 11. : Cook, Rona Calvert (Cambridge), ' Shirley Tudhope, Noeline Peterson, . June Lovell, Qona Turner (Te Aroha), J Joan Green, Dorothy Rogers, June ' McKinley, Christine Farrer, Annette ! Gillies, Marjorie Cooper (Waitetuna), J Biddy Farrer, K. Gordon, Jean ! Fraser, Peggy Steele (Rukuhia), Gwen Steele (Rukuhia), Shirley Sanson, Jean Livingstone, M. Beale.