ATHLETIC SPORTS.
SWIMMING WELLINGTON CLUB. The final distance in the Wellington Swimming Club's president's handicap, of 150 yards, was decided at' Te Aro Baths last evening, with the following result:— A. M. Farrall (17 seconds), 1: H. Hall (31 seconds), 2, A. M'Carlie (2 seconds behind scratch), 3. Time, 2 minutes 12 seconds. THE THORNDON CLUB.
Last evening the Thorndon Club held the preliminary heats of a' 50 yards handicap. There were 18 starters, and tho finishes were clo6e and exciting. The final' will bo decided this evening. Details aro: —First heat: C. Neal, lOsec., 1; 15. Donovan, lOsec., 2. Also competed: S. Smith, lOsec.; N. Skinner, 7sec.; J. D. Brosnah, 7sec.; and J. Wickens, scr. ■ Won by a yard. Second heat: W. R. King, lOsec., 1; W. Lomas, ssec., 2. Also competed: J. Garratt, 3sec.; J. Burns, ssec.; V.' Tipene, 6sec, jC. Dealy, 7sec. Won easily. , Third heat: F. Desmond, lOsec., 1; O. Sheehy, 3sec., 2. Also competed: H. Desmond, 13sec.; J. Shearer, 4sec.; H. Harris, lOsec.; and C. Desmond. ssec. A very good finish.
PROFICIENCY CERTIFICATES. Mr. T. Shields, the' expert Bwimmer, has'passed, the following boys and girls for proficiency certificates for swimming :— Trevor Fisher (age 9), Tua Marina, Marlborough; Leonard Coogan, Star of the East College, Seatoun; Martin Stanley, Clyde Quay Schocl; Roy Butler; Marist Brothers' School; Edmund Fnehd, Mount Cook School; William Vixon, Brookljii School; Keith M'llvide, Te Aro School; Thos. Wilson, Mount Cook School, 100 yards; Sidney Robison, Clyde Quay School; Leonard Bullock, Te Aro School; A. E. Jacobson, Mount Cook Boys' School; William Tyree, Newtown School; H. Meehan, Telegraph Ofßce, 300 yards. R1 Sisson, 236 Willis Street; W.-Ashbridge, Telegraph Office, 400 yards. T. Walls, 134 Wjllis Street, 450 yards. F. Logan, Banks' College; Glennie Christian, South .Wellington School; R. Sutton, Marton, 500 yards. Arvada Ular K. Tait-(age 9), Clyde' Quay School, 1870 yards.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2377, 5 February 1915, Page 7
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309ATHLETIC SPORTS. Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2377, 5 February 1915, Page 7
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