SWIMMING JOTTINGS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 224, 10 December 1927, Page 11

SWIMMING JOTTINGS

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS PROGRAMME DRAWN UP By EIGHT BEAT. Settling down now to earnest work, the Auckland swimmers who hope to establish times fast enough to warrant their inclusion in the team to represent this city at Dunedin in January, are being given plenty of competition. The National Championships will open on Saturday, January 21, and will be concluded on January 27. The Otago Swimming Centre will control the meeting, and from present indications there is every promise of the 1928 meet being highly successful. The Southerners are well-known for their hospitality, and the visiting swimmers may rest assured that they will be thoroughly entertained, and cordially welcomed.

Tho programme is drawn up as fol lows:

First day, Saturday:—l mile N.Z. National Championship; 100yds N.Z. National Championship; 100yds Ladies’ N.Z. National Championship; 75yds Intermediate Girls’ Broaststroke Championship; 220yds Intermediate Boys’ Championship; 50yds Junior Girls’ Championship; 100yds Junior Boys’ Championship; N.Z. Water Polo Championship (rounds); 100yds Backstroke Inter-club Handicap; 66 2-3yds Interclub Handicap; 66 2-3yds Ladies' Interclub Handicap; 133 l-3yds Dual Relay Inter-club Handicap; Open Plain Dive; Long Plunge. Second day, Monday: National Championship; 220yds Ladies’ N.Z. National Championship; 150yds N.Z. National Backstroke Championship; 100yds Intermediate Girls’ N.Z. Championship; 440yds Intermediate Boys’ N.Z. Championship; 75yds Junior Boys’ N.Z. Breaststroke Championship; 50yds Junior Girls’ N.Z. Breaststroke Championship; Intermediate Boys’ N.B. Diving Championship (low board); N.Z. Water Polo Championship (rounds); 100yds Inter-club Handicap; Junior Boys’ Plain Dive (Inter-club).

Third day, Wednesday:—Bßoyds N.Z. National Championship; 220yds N.Z. National Breaststroke Championship; Men’s N.Z. National Diving Championship (low board); Ladies’ N.Z. National Diving Championship (low board); Intermediate Boys’ Diving Championship Championship; 220yds Intermediate Girls’ N.Z. Championship; 100yds Junior Girls' N.Z. Championship; 220yds Junior Boys’ N.Z. Championship; 220 yds Inter-club Handicap; 100yds Ladies* Inter-club Handicap; N.Z. Water Polo Championship (rounds). Fourth day, Friday;—44oyds N.Z. National Championship; 440 yds Ladies’ N.Z. National Championship; 220yds Ladies’ N.Z. National Breaststroke Championship; 500yds Flying Squadron Championship; Men’s N.Z. National Diving Championship (final); Ladies’ N.Z. National Diving Championship (final); 50yds Invitation Scratch Race; 60yds Ladies' Invitation Scratch Raee; 100yds Intermediate Boys* N.Z. Breaststroke Championship; N.Z. Water Polo Championship (final); 66 2-3yds Junior Boys’ Lnter-club Handicap; 66 2-3yds Junior Girls’ Inter-club Handicap. The race for the Annette Kellerman Cup, over a distance of approximately three miles will be swum in the harbour on January 26. Nominations for all events close at midnight, on January 10, 1928.

DEVONPORT CLUB’S GALA

The Devonport Amateur Swimming Club will open its season at Cheltenham Beach on Saturday, December 17 with a carnival that should attract a great deal of support if the weather holds fine. . . ~ , , This is a keen and enthusiastic club, which is making a big effort to become an established fact in the marine suburb. The programme drawn up is a comprehensive one and includes sprint and distance events as follows: 25yds tiny tots, girls' handicap; 2oyds tiny tots, boys' handicap; 25yds girls' handicap; 25yds boys' handicap; 50yds men's club handicap; 50yds ladies' open handicap; 100yds men's open handicap: 100yds breaststroke handicap' girls’ neat header; boys’ neat header. Entries close on December u