SEASON OPENS
Heretaunga Swimming and Life-Saying €lub EXCITING FINISHES There was Tin excellent. attendance Of the publie for the official opening of the Heretaunga Swimming and LifeSaving Club at the Maddison Baths 'ast evening, the covercd. stand bemg pached with cnthusiasts. Despite the fact that tho atmosphere was rathor chilly, good ilelds cnterod for the various events. No small part oi, tho enjoyment of the evoning was occasioned by the excellence of the controi. Though early in the season, the performances wero mOst satisfactwry, and there yvas wsre a number of iirst-rato and exeiting tinishes, the. crowd being provided with a splendid "night's ento*' tainhient. ' The season was .officially opened by the deputy-Mayor, Mr A. 1. Rainbow in his capacity as president of tixe club. Details of the resiilts are as follow: Boys' 25 yards handicap— Dirst heat: B. Parker 1,. W. Parker 2. Time, 17 1-5 .secs. Second heat; W. McKay 1, J. Cowley 2, R. Drummond 3. Time, 1 7 secs. Pinal: B. Parker 1, H. Parker 2, W. McKay 3. Time, 17secs. 50 yards intermediate boys— Pirst heat: R. Drummond 1, Cartcr '2, Wrighfson 3. Time, 32secs. Second heat: Downey 1, Peters 2, Mclvor 3. Time, 31 J.-5 secs. Pinal: Downey 1, Peters 2, R. Drummond 3. Time, 31sees; B-grade diving; Aislabie 1, Carter and Paul (equal) 2. 50 yards ladies handicap: Mrs Harden 1, Aliss Jamieson 2, Miss Thompson 3. Time, 37secs. 50 yards open handicap. — First heat, Downey 1, M. Ashman 2, F. Sullivan 3, Time, 33 2-5secs. Second heat: Ogg 1, K. Drummond 2, Duncan 3. Timts. 31 4-5secs. Pinal: Ogg 1, Downey 2, Ashman 3. Time, 33 3-5secs. Novelty blindfold race. — M. Edgar J. Teams ' race,— -Heretaunga Ko. 3 (Edgar, Aislabie, Paul) 1, Havelock (Christie, Ashman, Duncan) 2, Heretaunga No. 4 (Mclvor, B. Parker, W. Parker) 3. Time, 45secS-
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 55, 27 November 1937, Page 19
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