SWIMMING.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 February 1924, Page 2

SWIMMING.

SCHOOL CHILDREN’S CERTIFICATES. V ESTER DAY’S PROCEEDINGS. At the Hokitika Swimming Baths yesterday afternoon, before a large attendance the school children swain for certificates issued hy the N.Z. Amateur Swimming Association, when the following children took part successfully. It must be gratifying to find such a large number of our young children able to swim such distances, and these records give some idea of the value of the tuition able to he given since the baths v-cre instituted. The proceedings were supervised by Mr A. H. l.awu and his officers, wlm were busily engaged during the afternoon in checking the various periormers. The names and distances swmn without a rest were as follows : -

catholic school. oily ds.- I'. .Stuart. 75yds.- W. Paine. A. Sunnier. 7fiov d s.—John AY a ire i i. 000yds. —E. lleeinin. 2600yds.—Lucy Paine. STATE SCHOOL. fiOyds. John Morpeth, Alex Cowie, I*’. Pearson. 7fiyds.~-George McKenzie, Phyllis Sumner. Lucy Dale. 100yds.—Bert Adamson. 150yds.—Jean Ridland. 300yds.— Edith Parkinson, Jean Hall. 400yds.—Stuart Ogilvie, Mary AVnchir, Edwin Lewis. •IfiOyds.- Helen Staveley. o.'Oyds.—Myrtle Gooch. Jessie Sic-

velison. 050yds.—Mavis Rum nor. 725yd5.---.Toiln -McTntosli. 750yds. Ronnie King. RsiOvds. —A d c!y M eFa rl a ne. 1100yds.—Charles .Parkinson, 1275y<15. —P. I’oarsnn. Id2svds.—.l oan Adamson. 1100yds. Millioont Wild. 1700yds. Victor Pearson. 2075yds—.lean Houston. 2000yds. Alva Mclntosh. SWIMMING RECORD RROKKN. this dnv at 8.30 a.in.) NEW "YORK, Pch. 0. At Miami, Florida, Miss Ederle .swam 150 yards, free style, in 101 1-5 seconds breaking her own previous world’s record