SWIMMING.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 25 November 1927, Page 3

SWIMMING.

MAHORA CLUB. LAST NIGHT'S'CARNIVAL, A club carnival night was held in the Mahora baths last night in splendid weather. The improvements in the interior since last year are wonderful. The men’s dressing shed has been moved from the side to the southern end of the ground, and its place is taken by ample and comfortable seating accommodation, leaving space to spare at the hotthern end for the officials and competitors. A large number of, spectators were present last evening, and the seating was comfortably filled, while the events, which were run off without delay, showed some close finishes, which created quite a lot of excitement amongst the lookers-on. The pillowfight between Craike and Peddie was a great and prolonged contest, which was loudly applauded, and Fresberg made a good bid against Craike in the final. Following are the results:— 25 Yards School Boys, under 15— Tonkin (4 secs) 1, White (4 secs) 2, Taylor (2 sacs) 3. Time, 17 2-5 secs. 25 Yards School Girls, under 15— Miss White (1 sec) 1, Miss McGregor (1 sec) 2, Miss Hood (3 secs) 3. Time, 22 4-5 secs. 50 Yards Intermediate—J. O’Neill (scr.) 1, T. Horne (scr.) 2. Time, 33 1-5 secs. 25 Yards Ladies—Miss Landels (scr.) 1, Miss McLeod (3 secs) 2. Time, 19 2-5 secs. 25 Yards Club Handicap—First heat, Simpson (6 secs.) 1, Fippard (1 sec.) 2, O’Neill (3 secs.) 3. Time, 16 1-5 secs. Second heat, Holderness (2 sees.) 1, Chilton (5 secs.) 2, Horne (3 secs.) 3. Time, 16 secs. Final,' Simpson 1, Holderness 2, Fippard 3. Time 16 secs. Diving (open)—Miss Hood 1, Fresberg and Simpson (dead heat) 2. Pillow Fight—Fresberg beat Tonkin, Craike beat Peddie, and in the final, Craike beat Fresberg. Teams’ Race (75yds.)—“Wowsers” (Chilton, Horne, Taylor) 1, “Sunbeams” (Van Asch, Rose, Fippard) 2, “Buddies” (Gilmore, Geddes, Fitzgerald) 3. Time, 49 secs. HERETAUNGA CLUB. TO-NIGHT’S CARNIVAL. The following handicaps have been declared for the Heretaunga Club’s carnival this evening;— Open 50 yards.—nose scr.; Baird, Graham, scr; K. West. Beach, Hollis, Cowan, Chilton. Gilmour 1; Fitzgerald, Eddy 2; Hagenson. Sbarpley, Kelly, Plummer, Carlyle. 3: F. West4. BGrade 25 yards.—Kemn scr.; H. Muir, scr; Beale McKee, Hutchinson Read 1: Irving, C. McKee. McKennie Dunn, Fannin. Simmonds 2; Blakeslev 3; Green. G Kelly, Merrick 4. Ladies’ 25 yards.—Misses Landels scr.; Stevens 1: Hood. Wall 2; Jones, McLeod 3; Ilullot. Wallace 4; McGregor, Clarke 5. Secondary school boys’ race. 25 yards.—J. Cowan scr. ; Sharpley, Hagenson, Kelly 1; Dunn 2; Drayson 3.

25vards schoolboys.—Read. Cartwright scr.; Dunn 2: Fannin 3. 25 yards girls Misses Stevens scr.; M. Rainbow, J. Hood K Bonlston 2; M. Clarke, R. Holland H. McGregor 3; Z. Fryer 4 ; K. Roulston 5.

Teams’ race.—Buddies DVest, Cowan, Gilmour), scr.; Wonders (Plummer. Beach. Hollis' I; Stars (Fitzgerald. Geddis, Grahaml. 1; Hierh School (Sharpley. Hagenson, Kelly). 2; Kerrytown (Hutchinson, West. Carlyle) 6; Turtles (Kemp, Muir, Beale), 6.