LIFE SAVING

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1924, Page 4

LIFE SAVING

COMPETITION AT LYALL BAY.

Ideal weather conditions favoured the life saving competition held at Lyall Bay yesterday, in connection with Welcome Week. The displays, which were of a. very high order, were witnessed by a large gathering of interested spectators, the majority of whom spent the whole day on the beach. The Tramway Band provided music. Four separate events were comprised in the competition—march past, sevenman run-out, surf race, and four-man run-out. In each event 100 points was the maximum, the winning team being that with the highest aggregate. Lyall Bay came first with 382 points, Maranui second with 372, Worser Bay third with ■xO, and Island Bay, the only other contestant, scored 344 points. Details follow; L.B. M. W.B. 1.8. March past 93 90 95 86 7-Man run out ... 94 95 92 88 Surf race 100 95 85 80 4-Man run out ... 95 92 88 90 382 372 360 344 The surf race was won by D J Murrell (Lyall Bay), Mollier (Lyall Bay) being second. The Lyall Bay captain was E. Horn. The seven-man run-out team

was comprised of R. Horn, D. J Murrell (belt), C. Claridge' (support), Hugh Shannon, <J. Evatt, and L Dawkius (linesmen), E. Beei (reel), S. Muller (patient). The four-man run-out team, was: R. Horn, and H. Winstanley (belt), H. J. Hickey (linesman), N. Campbell (reel and resnscitator..' G-. Standring (patient). The Maranui seven-man runout comprised E. Hughes (captain) Claridge (belt), M'Hardy (support), Fletcher (reel), Eversleigh, Robson, and Hammond (linesmen), Draper (patient). The four-man team was: Hughes (captain), Eversleigh (belt), Alexander (reel) Fletcher (linesman), Kirk (patient). In the march past Sleeman was the marker; and Fletcher the standard-bearer and support. The Worser Bay team, which won the march past, comprised C. H. Gallagher (captain), J.,- Blakeuey (belt), J. Butterworth (standard bearer), AY. Lavelle (reel), L. Grimstane, L. Williams, and R. Kennedy (linesmen), H. Warren, (patient and marker). • According. to the sole judge, Mr. J. Duffy, points were allotted purely from the point of view of spectacular effect. The competitions were quite up to standard, and showed the value of the preparatory training the team had undergone for the club and inter-club competitions during the season. All "the work, especially the runs-out, ' was splendidly done, though the inarch past was marred to a certain extent by the.band being rather far away.