WAITEMATA AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB’S FIFTH CARNIVAL.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVIII, Issue 1045, 17 March 1910, Page 13

WAITEMATA AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB’S FIFTH CARNIVAL.

The Waitemata Swimming Club will hold their fifth carnival of the season al the Albert Street Baths on Tuesday evening March 22, when an attractive programme of events will come up for decision. In addition to the races it is intended to hold a medley swimming competition in which competitors have to swim 18 yards in five of the following styles: —breaststroke, trudgeon, single overarm, sidestroke, backstroke, “crawl,” style only to count. This novel competition will alone prove a big attraction to swimming enthusiasts. The events to be decided during the evening are as follows:—100 Yards Handicap, 50 Yards Handicap, 50 Yards Novice Handicap, 50 Yards Boys’ Handicap, (under 17), Boy Scouts Relay Championship (180yds, teams of five from each troop), 220 Yards Breaststroke Handicap, Y-Y Handicap. During the evening, A. Atkinson, the New Zealand breaststroke champion, will make an attempt to lower the world’s record for 220 yards.