FOUR RECORDS GO

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 105, 28 January 1935, Page 10

FOUR RECORDS GO

Canterbury Swimming By Telegraph -Press Association Christchurch, January 27. Four provincial records were broken on the first day of Hie Canterbury Swimming Centre's championship meeting. Three were in the senior women’s section and one in the intermediate boys' section. Miss N. Hughes lowered the record for the 4-10 yards by more than 30sec.. defeating tlte title-holder by -10 yards. She alsm won the 100 yards in record time, 00 4-ssee. Miss It. Low won the 220 yards breaststroke in 3min. 39 3-5 see.. 4-ssec. better than the'record. 11. Hor'sfell set new figures for the 100 yards intermediate boys’ breaststroke, 81 l-ssec., which is 4 3-ssec. better than the previous record. Following are the more important results:— 880yds. men’s championship: C. Clill 1 M. Connor 2. Time, 11.57. 100yds. women’s championship: N. Hughes 1. A. Morris 2. J'. Moore 3. Time, 69 4-5. 50yds. men’s championship:. D. H Symes 1. It. MacKenzie 2. J. S. MacDonald 3 Time, 25 2-5. 220yds. women’s breaststroke championship: It. Low 1. V. Berry 2, It. Collins 3. Time. 3.39 3-5 220yds. men’s championship: D 11. Symes 1. It. MacKenzie 2. L. Allen 3. ' Time. 2.33. 440yds. women's championship: N. Hughes 1. A. Morris 2 Time. 6.23 4-5. BACKSTROKE TIME By Telegraph— Press Asis-ociation Dunedin, January 26. Al the municipal baths, I’. E. Mathiesou swam -100 metres backstroke in 546 4-5, reducing the New Zealand otlieial record of 6.0 4-5 established by Moorhouse (Canterbury p in 1933. by 23 seconds TOUR OF DOMINION By Telegraph—Press Association Christchurch, January 26 The New Zealand Swimming Council lias arranged a shori tour of the Dominion by Taris and L’oussard. Hie French champions, and Kwok Chun Haug, the Chinese swimmer, who are arriving at Auckland on March ■> and departing from Wellington on March 1-1. Have you bought your "Speedo” racing or surf swim suit'.'—Advt.