SWIMMING SPORTS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 51, 12 March 1946, Page 3

SWIMMING SPORTS

WHAKATANE DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL ! high standard achieved The annual swimming sports of -the secondary department of the Whakatane District High School were held at the Old Wharf recently. With bright sunshine and a good tide, conditions generally were good, though competitors found a cool northerly breeze rather unpleasant between events. A number of parents and ex-pupils who gathered to watch the races witnessed an interesting programme, while the boys artd girls on the wharf cheered their school mates lustily. The lack of a swimming bath made the conduct of the meeting difficult, and even the barge used last year was not available. Instead a dinghy was moored 25 yards from the wharf, and a rope from it to the shore. This made judging difficult, and turning very awkward for the swimmers. The lack of a diving board, too, restricted competitors to one plain dive. Thus the team which represents Whakatane at the interschools meeting at Te Puke will be at a distinct disadvantage alongside their rivals from Te Puke and Tau-

ranjga who enjoy the facilities of swimming baths for their training. The following are the results of the events:— CHAMPIONSHIPS 100yds Senior Boys: L. Goodall 1, G. Goodall 2, G. Pryor 3. 50yds Senior Boys: C. O’Rourke 1, L. Goodall 2, B. Stewart 3. 100yds Junior Boys: J. Wano 1, W. Tunui 2, K. Dines 3. 50yds Junior Boys, Ist heat: W. Johnston 1, D. Bennett 2, K. Dines 3. 2nd heat: J. Wano 1, K. Carter 2, B. Hogg 3. Final: J. Wano 1, K. Carter 2.

25yds Junior Boys, Ist heat: W. Johnston 1, J. Prince 2. 2nd heat: K. Carter 1, M. Brown 2. Final: K. Carter 1, M. Brown 2, W. Johnston 3.

25yds Breast Stroke, Boys: C. O’Rourke 1, G. Goodall 2, I. Breward 3.

25yds Backstroke, Boys: L. Goodall 1, K. Carter 2, J. Chadwick 3. Boys’ Dive: C. O’Rourke 1, B. Hogg 2, K. Carter 3. 50yds Senior Girls: W. Hall 1, J. Hamill 2, G. Wilson 3.

25yds Senior Girls: W. Hall 1, J. Hamill 2, M. Dines 3. 50yds Junior Girls: G. Hamill 1, J. .Armstrong 2, R. Whiteley 3. 25yds Junior Girls: G. Hamill 1, M. Raureti 2, R. Whiteley 3. 25yds Breast Stroke, Girls: ' J.

Barker 1, W. Hall 2, J. Burke 3. 25yds Backstroke, Girls: J. Armstrong 1, B. Macdonald 2, P. Francis

Girls Dive: P. Ferguson 1, C. Boon 2, G. Hamily 3. 100yds House Relay, Boys: Orakau I, Law, A. Pryor, B. Stewart, L. Goodall 1; Hau Hau 2, Matanga 3. 100yds House Relay, Girls: Orakau (M. Dines, P. Ferguson, J. Burke W. Hall) 1; Hau Hau 2; Matanga 3. HANDICAPS 50yds Senior Boys, Ist heat: J. Chadwick (ssec) 1, P.Seebeck (6 sec) 2, R. Law (3sec) 3. 2nd heat: L. Goodall (lsec) 1, P. Comiskey (4 sec) 2, G. Goodall (scr) 3. Final: J. Chadwick 1, L. Goodall 2, G. Goodall 3.

25yds Senior Boys, Ist heat: J. Chadwick (3sec) 1, A. Pryor (4sec) 2, R. Law (3sec) 3. 2nd heat: I. Law (3sec) 1, P. Seebeck (4sec) 2, P. Comiskey (3sec) 3. Final: P. Comiskey 1, P. Seebeck 2. 50yds Junior Boys: K. Carter (3 sec) 1, D. Bennett (6sec) 2, D. McKenzie (ssec) 3. 25yds Junior Boys, Ist heat: K. Carter (2sec) 1, J. Weston (7sec) 2, J. Prince (4sec) 3. 2nd heat: B. Hogg (3sec) 1, D. Bennett (4sec) 2, F. O’Brien (4sec) 3. Final: B. Hogg 1, K. Carter 2, D. Bennett 3. 25yds Senior Girls: J. Burke (4 sec) 1, B. Macdonald (ssec) 2. 25yds Junior Girls, Ist heat: G. Hamil (scr) 1, M. Dines (3sec) 2, P. Wetini (3sec) 3. 2nd heat: R. Whiteley (lsec) 1, M. Raureti (3sec) 2, J. Armstrong (2sec) 3. Final G. Hamill I, M. Whiteley 2, J. Armstrong 3. 25yds Candle Race, Girls, Ist heat: L. Gillespie 1, M. Dines 2, J. Hamill 3. 2nd heat: B. Macdonald 1, G. Burt 2. Final: B. Macdonald 1, L. ,Gillespie 2, M. Dines 3. Corfu Dive, Boys: W. Tunui and J. Wano 1, G. Pryor 3. Corfu Dive, Girls: B. Brown 1.

Rescue Race, Boys: G. Goodall 1. Championship points resulted as follows:—

Senior Boys: C. O’Rourke 20, 1; L. Goodall 16, 2; G. Goodall 7, 3. Junior Boys: K. Carter 13, 1; J. Wano 10, 2; B. Hogg and I. Breward 5, 3 equal. - Senior Girls: W. Hall 15, 1; J. Hamill 6,2; P. Ferguson 5, 3. Junior Girls: G. Hamill 13, 1; J. Armstrong 8,2; C. Boon and J. Barker equal.