SWIMMING.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16150, 2 March 1918, Page 7

SWIMMING.

♦ ■ — HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP. The swimming championship of the Christ* church Boys' High School is embodied in the 100 yds race in the annual sports, which. 1 event was decided in the school baths on — 1 Thursday. There were four 1 Harris (last year's champion), Lowe, Hoi- I lander and Lightband. Harris started off ' badly, but at the end of two lengths waa on terms with Low, both being slightly .behind j Hollander. At the; last turn Low and Lightband collided, and Harris, swimming a ! alow, but powerful stroke, managed to touch" tho final edge a few inches in front of Hoi- ( lander. The time, 6®sec, lowered the existing record by 1 4-sth sec. 1 ~ , The neat dive competition was - also decid- .. Ed, Crosbie coming first and Orchard eeoond, - out of 25 competitors. KAIAPOI SCHOOL SPOBTS. ' The annual swimming sports'of "the Kaiapoi District High School were held in tho Coronation Baths, Kaiapoi, yesterday afternoon. The racing was keen., and some ex- ■ cellent finishes were witnessed. A special ; feature of the afternoon was an exhibition • of life-saving by Mie- Fitzsunmons _of , tralia, who, with the assistance of girl swim- , iners, gave a practical demonstration of the various methods of releasing the.'dangerous clutches of a drowning person, and bringing i the rescued person to shore.' Appreciation , of the display woo expressed ,by those • pre- ! aent giving hearty cheers for Mrs Fitzaimmons. A collection for the Bed Cross Puna , realised £1 15s.- The races resulted as fol- j lows:— 25yds Learners' Race (boys)—Finst heat: A. Blakeley. 1, J. Clarke ,and H. Wright ' ((equal) 2. • Second heat:'.- J. * Seaward 1, • H. Childs'. 2. '.Final: Hi Wright 1, A. -. Blakeley 2. _ , " '■ ■<; Balloon Race—J. Clarke l, Thelma Cooper;. 2. j ' *' 1 25yds Giila' Breast Stioke-B. Cowley. V • D. Wright 2. _• '. ' 50vds . Handicap (boys)— First heat: C. - Crawshaw 1, G. Green 2. Second heat: T. . Papprill l. M. Seal 2 ®urd heat: B. King 1, W. Lintott 2. G. Green 1. J T. Papprill 2 C. Crawsbaw 3, Time, 46. 3.5 th * ■■ ' 50yds" Breast ,C. ; shaw 1, G. Green 2. Seoond heat.- S PhUlips and W. Lintott (deed .heat) 2._linal: C. Crawshaw 1, W. Lintott 2. .Time> 67 . l-sth sec. . ■ t • ' Tub Race—First heat: .G. .Green 1. x. Clarke 2. Second heat: p' Tf ? n ' j Wright 2. Final: G. Broadley 1, <>. G»en j *" Clothes Race—C. Crawshaw, 1, lOOys School Championship—C. Crawshaw , I. W. Lintott 2. M. Seal" 3.' Tune, lmm 3». j Springboard Dive —C, Crawßhaw 1, A_ Mar-« • Dive C. Crawshaw cJk Splash—Girls: * M. Vj3; ; Tourell and D. Wright (equal) 2_' Boya G 'Pi^av° n ßace, 100yds—Crawshaw, Wright,: ] King. McLaren 1, Lintott, Papprill, Green, "jrtin 0 Time, lmin 28 2-sth . ... ""Obstacle Racc—C. Crawshaw 1. W. Lmtott . 2 'Learners' Race, girlfl,' twoU wi . dtll V 1 lieat-- L. Lamplough 1, M. Fowler 2. ond heat": R. Cowley 1, M. Pnddlo 2. Final.' i 11 Cnvriev 1. M Fowler 2. _ i 25ydl Rxce. giVle-D. Wright 1, M. Pur die , '' 2?yd?°l3reasV StToke, giito—R. Cowley li D. Wright 2.