SWIMMING.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1928, Page 1

SWIMMING.

HOKIT IK A COM P IST ITO ltS SUCCESSFUL. The West Coast Schools Swimming Championships wore conducted at the Municipal Baths on Saturday afternoon, and passed off very successfully. The conditions were ideal. The baths were in excellent order. Competitors were jiresent from Blackball, Runanga, Greymouth and Hokitika, and some splendid swimming resulted. Hokitika carried off the championships for both girls and boys. In the former section, L. Staines put up a most creditable performance, all the distances being done well under standard time. This young swimmer is of great promise, with a 'graceful, easy stroke which secures unexpected speed. In the boys division, ,S. Diedrichs, carried all before him, and was well under standard time in all but the last event, in which tinopposition not being pressing he took his task too easily, and was three seconds over standard time. Nevertheless, considering the swimming he had to do during tlie afternoon, his performance in the longest distance at the close, was most creditable. Hokitika also won the relay race eomlortabl.v, but the visitors carried off the diving event, with -loan Rutland (Hokitika) third. Strange to sav, the attendance for so interesting a programme as was presented was not large, ’the officials conducted the events with every care and attontjon and the whole afternoon passed off very pleasantly. The following were the results:— BOYS’ EVENTS. Distance. 50 yards, championship standard time .'Msecs. First Heat. —J. Stavele.v .‘Msecs. 1. Thompson 11 2-5 secs. 2. Three others competed. Second Heat.—S. Diedrichs (Msecs. I, H. O’Leary 38 2-5 secs. 2. Throe others competed. Third Heat.—Shuttleworth 35 2-5 secs. 1, Hart 30oscs. 2. Three others competed. Final.—S. Diedrichs 34 2-5 secs. 1. Shuttleworth. 36 3-5 secs. 2, O’Leary 37 1-5 secs. 3. Distance, 75 yards, championship standard 01. First Heat. —I. Staveley 37 secs. 1, Thompson 71 2-5 secs. 2. Two others competed. Second Heat. —S. Diedrichs 50secs. 1, Shuttleworth 72secx. 2. Two others competed. Third Heat. —Davis (id 3-5 secs. 1, I’nine 77 2-5 secs. 2. One other competed. Final.—S. Diedrichs 5!) 1-5 secs. I. Shuttleworth 32 2-> secs. 2. Davis 07 4-5 secs. 3. Distance, 100 yards, championship standard 85. Diedrichs 84 3-5 secs. 1. Shuttleworth 8!) 3-5 secs. 2, Davis, 99 secs 3. Two others competed. Distance TOO yards, championships standard 135. S. Diedrichs 1.38 1-5 secs. 1. Kay 2. One other started. Championship points. Diedrichs 20. Shuttleworth !>. Davis 2. O Leary I. Ivav 1. GIRLS FV PINTS. Distance 25 yards. championship standard 23 secs. L. Staines. 17 2-5 secs.. 1 ; !'-• Randall, 20secs., 2; 11. Ridlaud, 20 2-5 secs'., 3. Four others competed. Distance, 50 yards, championship standard 4o sues. L. Staines. 4.0 l - daII, If 4-5 secs.. 2; 11. Ridlaud 18 1-5 secs. 3. Two others competed. Distance 75 yards, championship standard 70 secs. L. Staines, 68 1-5 secs., 1 ; I'.. Ttandall. 109 4-5 secs., 2; H. Ridlaud. 11l secs. 3. Only competitors. Championship points. —L. Staines 20. TC Randall 12, H. Ridlaud 4. diving. Paine and Ritchie, 27 each, tied: .Tonn Rutland. 20, 3. RELAY RACE. Hokitika (Li Staines, E. Randall. .T. Staveley and S. Diedrichs) 1. Grey and Blackball teams also competed. EMPIRE CTIAMPIONSIII PS. LONDON. March 10. The Amateur Swimming Association has endorsed the New Zealand Association’s proposal, to hold the Empire Championships at the conclusion of the Olympiad. it has instructed the committee to arrange the main scheme unless insuperable difficulties prevented samo