OPEN CARNIVAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32406, 13 March 1944, Page 5

OPEN CARNIVAL

PAEROA SWIMMING CLUB SPORTS AT THE BATHS MANY VISITING COMPETITORS Although the weather was threatened with an occasional light shower the Paeroa Amateur Swimming Club’s 1943-44 open carnival held in the Paeroa Municipal Baths on .Saturday was extremely successful. Some excellent performances were witnessed by a large attendance of the public. The takings at the door totalled over £l6. Competitors from Matamata, Y.M.C.A. (Hamilton), Morrinsville and Hamilton were present in addition to local club members and close finishes were the order of the day, making the task of the judges a very difficult one.

A full programme of events was run off efficiently and quickly by an enthusiastic band of officials, the Reliable Radlio Service Public Address System greatly assisting by announcing results and calling competitors to the startling line.

The officials were as follows: Referee, Mr W. Coltman (Hamilton); starter, Mr iG. Bain; assistant'starter, Mr P. Caisley; check starter, Mr S. T. Oliver; swimming judges, Messrs H. G. McGowan, A. Hayes, W. A. C. Stewart, S. Wheeler; diving judge, Mrs Seager (Hamilton); time-keep-ers, Messrs E. Edwards and R. B. Doggett; rope stewards, Messrs H. Morgan and A. Jordan; call stewards, Mrs* A. Nield, Mr R. Ganley; announcer, Mr E. Kahn; records stewards, Miss 0. Nield, Mrs I. M. Smith, Mr A. Jenkinson; ticket seller, Mr G. Miller; ticket collector, Mr J. Nield; Tunners, P. Caisley and P. Callaway; programme sellers, B. Neil and P. Feildiirfg; refreshments, Mesdames R. Nield, W. Neil and E. Neil; secretary, Miss 0. Nield. Detailed results were as follows (abbreviations, Ma., Matamata; Ym., Y.M.C.A. (Hamilton); Hn., Hamilton; Mv., Morrinsville, P., Paeroa) 1 :— Beginner boys, 3’3' l-3yds.—First heat: C. Collins (P.) 1, D. Mathieson (P.) 2, D. McKee (P.) 3. Time, 33 3- Second heat: J. Harden (Mv.) 1, R. Burnett (Mv.) 2, S. Nield (P.) 3. Time, 33 4-ss. Final: C. Collins 1, D. Mathieson 2, J. Harden 3. Time, 355. Beginner girls, 33 l-3yds.—First heat: M. Vince (P.) 1, J. 'Oliver* (P.) ■2, B. Powley (P.) 3. Time, '32 2-ss. Second heat: A. Treanor (P.) 1, P. Hyndman (Mv.) 2, C. Green (Mv.) 3. Time, 365. Final: M. Vince 1, J. Oliver and A. Treanor, dead heat, 3. Time, 345. Junior girls, 50yds. freestyle.—First heat: B. Bain (P.) 1, V. Fisher (P.), 2; K. Jesen (P.) 3. Time, 53 2-ss. Second heat: L. Hill (P.) 1, L. Treanor (P.) 2, P. Morgan (P.) 3. Time, 48 4- Third heat: K. Jordan (P.) 1, N. Westlake (P.) 2, M. Bethune (P.) 3. Time, 47 2-ss. Final: N. Westlake I, L. Hill 2, L. Treanor 3. Time, 49 4-ss. Junior boys, 50yds. freestyle.— First heat: J. Harden (Mv.) 1, G. Spinks (P.) .2, B. Jones (Mv.) 3. Time, 48s. Second heat: R. Mathieson (P.) 1, K. Wheeler (P.) 2, P. Connor (P.) 3. Time, 47 3-ss. Third heat: J. Beales (Hn.) 1, R. Burnett (Mv.) 2, L. Stone (P.) 3. Time, 4'5 3-ss. Fourth heat: J. Irwin (Mv.) 1, D. Calder (Hn.) 2, R. Beale (P.) 3. Time, 46 4-ss. Fifth heat: J. Flack (Hn.) 1, T. Borman (Hn.) 2, S. Wheeler (P.) 3. Time, 48 l-ss. Final: R. Mathieson 1, J. Harden 2, J. Beales 3. Men’s A and B grade, 100yds. freestyle.—'First heat: B. Masters (P.) 1, R. Taylor (Ma.) 2, R. Borman (Hn.) 3. Time, 1.18. Second heat: .S. Fendall (Hn.) 1, R. McCurdy (Ym.) 2. Time, 1.19 3-5. Third heat: R. Budd (Mv.) 1, R. Ferguson (Mv.) 2, J. Ellison (Ma.) 3. Time, 1.19 4-5. Fourth heat: R. Wightman (Mv.) 1, P. Fathers (P.) 2, F. Clark (P.) 3. Time, 1.20 1-5. Final: B. Masters 1, R. Budd 2, R. Taylor 3. Time, 1.17 4-5. Ladies’ 50yds. freestyle.—'First heat: A. McQuillan (P.) 1, L. McKee (P.) 2, J. Stewart (P.), 3. Time, 40 l-ss. Second heat: B. Ferguson (Mv.) 1, V. Haw (Hn.) 2, R. Hawke (Maj 3. Time, 42 4-ss. Final: A. McQuillan 1, L. McKee 2, B. Ferguson 3. Time, 41s.

'ljntermediae boys, 50yds. freestyle. —First heat: J. Dorns (Hn.) 1, G. Ferguson (Mv.) 2, R. de Vaney. (Hn.) 3. Time, 41s. Second heat: L. Wheeler (P.) 1, P. Pennell (P.) 2, V. Sturt (Hn.), 3. Time, 435. Third heat: R. Jessen (P.) 1, B. Kemp (Yin.) 2, B. Masters (P.) 3. Time, 41s. Fourth heat: B. Smith (Ym.) 1, H. Tapper (Ma.) 2, P. Fathers (P.) 3. Time, 42 l-ss. Final: B. Smith 1,

R. Jessen 2, L. Wheeler 3. Time, 42 l-ss. Intermediate girls, 50yds. freestyle. —First heat: M. Westlake (P.) 1, L. McKee (P.), 2, B. Masters (P.) 3. Time, 40 l-ss. Second heat: J. Reid (Hn.) 1, B. Ferguson (Mv.), A. Fitzpatrick (Hn.) and A. Wilkinson (Hn.) dead heat 3. Time, 40 4-ss. Final: M. Westlake 1, J. Reid' and B. Ferguson dead heat 3. Time, 43 2-ss. Open backstroke, 50yds.—First heat: B. Dorns (Hn.) 1, S. Seager (Hn.) 2, W. Foreman (Hn.) 3. Time, 48s. .Second heat: H. Tapper (Ma.) 1, R. Taylor (Ma.) 2, F. Higginson (Hn.) 3. Time, 48s. Final: B. Dorns I, H. Tapper 2, W. Foreman. Time, 46 2-ss. Open 'breaststroke, 50yds.—S. Unger (Hn.) 1, J. Dorns '(Hn.) '2, E. McMillan "(Ma.) 3. Time, 575. Open freestyle, 220yds.—T. Borman (Hn.) 1, R. Ferguson (Mv.) 2, F. Fendall (Hn.) 3. Time, 3.22 2-5. • Dual relay, 66 2-syds.—First heat: L. Wheeler and A. McQuillan (P.) 1, R. Kere and l M. Westlake (P.) 2, G. Ferguson and F. Richards (Mv.) 3. Time, 48s. Second heat: B. Pritt and A. McLeod (Hn.) 1, P. Pennell and L. McKee (P.) 2, S. Wheeler and B. Masters (P.) 3. Time, 47 3-ss. Third heat: F. Clark andl K. Jordan (P.) 1, P. Fathers and M. Bethune (P.) 2, B. Masters and J. Stewart (P.) 3. Time, 465. Fourth heat: L. Burmester and J. Hetherington (Mv.) 1, D. Hill and F. Stanley (Ma.) 2, S. Fendall and S. Seager (Hn.) and C. Kurth and E. Tisch (Hn.) 3. Time, 50 2-ss. Fifth heat: R. Wightman and D. Hill (Mv.) 1, R. Borman and V. Haw (Hn.) 2, J. Ellison and R. Hawke- (Ma.) 3. Time,- 49 2-ss. Final: F. Clark and K. Jordan 1, R. Wightman and ID. Hill 2, P. Fathers and M. Bethune 3. Time, 46 4-ss. Men’s C and D Grade, 50yds.—First heat: E. Lib’eau (Ma.) 1, R. Kere (P.) 2, S. Wheeler (P.) 3. Time, 38s. Second, heat: R. Peddie (Ma.) 1, H. Tapper (Ma.) 2, L. Wheeler (P.) 3. Time, 39 l-ss. Third heat: R. Jessen (P.) 1, P. Pennell (P.) 2, I. Thompson (Ma.) 3. Time, 395. Final: R. Peddie 1, R. Kere 2, E. Libeau 3. Time 37 2-ss. Waikato Banner relay, men, 133 1-3 yds.—Morrinsville 1, Paeroa 2. Time, 1.1'5. Whineray Banner relay, ladies, 100 yds.—Matamata 1. Junior and intermediate boys’ dive. —M. Campbell (Hn.) 18'pts., 1; R. Doms (Hn.), 16;5 points, 2; V. Sturt (Hn.) 11.7 points, 3. Ladies’ dive. —A. Fitzpatrick (Hn.) 12.8 points, 1; J. Gerrand (Hn.), 7.3 points, 2. Men’s dive.—R. Borman (Hn.) 13.2 points 1, R. Jennings (P.), '12.4 points 2, R. Peddie (Ma.) 7.6 points 3,