Victorian Swimming.

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 18, 5 February 1937, Page 12

Victorian Swimming.

Yalerie George not only retained the women 's breaststroke championship of Victo,ria at Surrey Park swimming carnival, but broke the Victorian record by 3 l-5sec- She won in 3min. 23 1-5 gec. from Ethel Venn, of Camberwell, a f ormer State > champion. Suva Bowling. The Suva Bowling Club will commence its annual carnival on July 16, continuing for about seven days. The chief attraetion will be the competition for the South Pacifie Pennant, ff'hich is held by the winning associatipu for a year, An open rinks competition and singles and paiits cham-. jJionships will be held in conjunction. Golfing Cricketers. Many of the English cricketers now in Australia are keen gplfers and some are first-class players. Hammond and Allen at'e on a fpur handicap, but it is said thqt Allen is the better player aud would soon be down to scratch if he played as much as Hammond. Barnett aud Ames are single-figure men, Leyland sbowed good yalue for his handipap of- 1Q in a round at Vietoria, aithough Fishlock and Vope, who accompanipd him, showed less experience. CycUng Promoter. The leading "Victorian professional cyclists, Len Hill and Bert Price, who recently returned home from New Zealand, stated that Jack Fitzgerald, who has been riding successfully in the Dominion, is Qo.mmenciug as a promoter, He proposes to hold big meetings at Gfeb.orUe, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Auckland and other ceutres.