Whakatane High School Swimmers Compete At Te Puke

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 65, 16 March 1949, Page 4

Whakatane High School Swimmers Compete At Te Puke

A strong team of swimmers travelled from the Whakatane District High School last week to attend the S--. Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools’ f annual swimming carnival at Te Puke. Competing in most of the events the Whakatane representatives gained several successful placings. Schools from Opotiki to Waihi took part.

Also in attendance at the carnival were the New Zealand Champion Women swimmers, who are at present touring the country, Misses Ngaire Lane, Hazel Forsyth and Betty Casey. They gave exhibitions of different strokes and later gave instruction.

New records were established by three Whakatane swimmers, R. Gillard in the intermediate bay’s 25 yards breaststroke, B. Cave, in the junior boy’s 25 yards, and A. Pryor in the senior boy’s'2s yards. Among the boys B. Cave was the most successful Whakatane competitor, gaining two firsts and a second. Results with abbreviations, Te Puke (TP), Whakatane (Wh), Tauranga (T), Katikati (K), Waihi (W), Opotiki (O).— Intermediate girl’s 25yds Breaststroke: I. Oostercyk (T) 1, F. Cantrell (Wh) 2, Y. Baker (W) 3. Time 23 l-ss, a new record. Intermediate boy’s 25yds Breaststroke: R. Gillard (Wh) 1, W. Williams (TP) 2, J. Seath (W) 3. Time 18s, a new record. Senior boy’s 25yds Breaststroke: C. Cormack (W) 1, M. Brown (Wh) 2, J. Butler (TP) 3. Time 17 3-ss, a new record.

Junior boy’s dive: B. Dixon (Wh) 1, G. Jones (T) 2, B. Gardiner (W)

Intermediate girl’s 25yds: D. Old (T) 1, G. Albert (TP) 2, S. Briffault (Wh) 3. Time 16 2-ss, a new record. . Senior girl’s'2syds: W. Wilson (Wh) 1, K. Christie (T) 2, R. Clarke (TP) 3. Time 17s. Junior boy’s 25yds: B.lCave (Wh) 1, B. Gardiner (W) 2, T. Cochrane (T) 3. Time 13 4-ss, a new record. Senior boy’s 25yds: A. Pryor (Wh) 1, J. Ward (T) 2, T. Johnson (TP) 3. Time 13 l-ss, a new record. Intermediate girl’s dive: S. Briffault (Wh) 1, G. Albert (TP) 2. C. Clark (T) 3.

Intermediate boy’s dive: D. Basham (TP) 1, B. Baxter (T) 2, L. Alley (Wh) 3.

Junior dual relay; Waihi 1, Whakatane 2, Katikati 3. Time 345. Senior dual relay: Whakatane 1, Tauranga 2, Te Puke 3. Time 29 4-ss.

Intermediate girl’s 25yds Backstroke; A. Newland (T) 1, G. Albert (TP) 2, S. Briffault (Wh) 3. Time 19 3-ss.

Junior boy’s 25yds Backstroke: B. Gardiner (W) 1, B. Cave (Wh) 2, D. Peterson (T) 3. Time 18s, a new record.

Senior boy’s 25yds • Backstroke: D. McLeavy (W) 1, C. Cambie (T) 2, J. Wano (Wh) 3. Time 17 2-ss. a new record.

Boys’ life-saving: Waihi 1, Whakatane 2, Te Puke' 3. Time 32 l-ss. Senior girls’ dive: A. Wilson (Wh) 1, Z. Poole (T) 2, A. ‘Alcock (W) 3. Junior girls’ 50yds: M. Arhuthnot (T) 1, J. Murdock (W) 2. M. Mahy (Wh) 3. Time. 41s. Intermediate girls’ 50yds: J. Veiv coe (T) 1, I. Isdale (O) 2, S. Briffault (Wh) 3. Time 41 3-ss. Junior boys’ 50yds: B. Cave (Wh) 1, B. Gardiner (W) 8, J. Taia (O) 3. Time 32 4-ss.

Senior boys’ 100yds: D. Parkinson (O) 1, D. McLeavy (W) 2.. J. Wano (Wh) 3. Time 1.10 1-5.