SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1671, 11 February 1913, Page 7

SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THE FINAL RESULTS. • (By ®el«sraph.-Pr«a AeeooUtion.) , . ' Wariganul, February 10. V The New Zealand swimming championships concluded, to-night in lino wcatlior, iJind before a big. attendance. . Tho meetin? throughout was a preat success, thf) principal factors in >this ; ;being- tha remarkably fine weather experienced, tho large attendances, and the splendid'exhibitions. In all tho championship events New Zealand records were beaten by substantial margins. Results:— 440 yds. Championship. First heati Champion (Waitemata), 1; Atkinson (Opawa), .2; G. . Seymour (Hawke's Bay), 8. Champion .won by about five yards. Tho third man was closo up. Time, smiu, 50 2-sseo, Second heat: Welson (Waitematia), lj F, Seymour (Hawke's Bay)), 2; 0, H. Rich (Opawa), 3. Welson won by about five feet from Seymour. Time,. Gmin 2 3-ssec. • Final:: Champion; (Waitemata), 11 Welson (Waitemata), 2| Atkinson (Opawa), 3i F. Seymour (Hawke's Bay), 4; T. Thomas (Wanganwi), 5. Champion won by about fourteen yards from Welson, with Atkinson seven yards behind third. Seymour was fourth, twoi yards behind tho Opawa man, Thomas finishing last. Time, smiii. 40soo. This beat the New Zealand record by 8 3-ssec. 150 Yards Inter-Club Handicap. | Final heat: Annand (Opawa), lOsec;, 1; Laing (Inglewood), 2. A'good race. Time, 2miu. 40 3-ssec. . ■ ; 50 Yards Scratch,. ' Final heat: Brie© (Wellington), 1; Pfankuoh (Blenheim), 2j O'Earo (Waitemata), 3. Time, 29foc. 100 Yards Jjidies' Handicap. Miss O. O'Leary (Masterton), 12scc., 1; Miss Ostler (Richmond), 17500., 2; Miss A. O'Leary (Masterton), 6cr., 3. A fine finish. Tiiuo, lniin. 42sec, 400 Yards Flying Squadron Championship. Auckland Centre (O'Hare, Wolson. Kerr, Taylor, and-Champion),-1; Hawkos Bay Centre, 2: Wanganui Centre, 3. Champion finished fifteen yards ahead of Hawke's Bay, Wanganui being eight yards back, last. Tiiuo, 4min. 28 l-ssec. Polo Final. Canterbury v.' Wellington: Tho teams were as follow Canterbury: Poison, Rich, Atkinson, Gemmell, Tasker, Annand, Sterling. Wellington: Jtnkinson, Levy, Brice, Fordham, Laing, Hanna, Bridge. The gamo resulted—Cunterbury 4, Wellington 2. 1 100 yds. Relay Intcrclub Handicap. Final: Victoria B (Lampe, Bell, Thornton, Jones) 1; Blenheim (Jackson, Cameron, Gridley, I/oslio), 2. lime, GO 2-ssec. Yaldhunst Shield, to be won annually by the province scoring most points in championship events; Auckland, 40: Canterbury, 19; Wellington, 9; Hawko s Bay, one.