BRIDSON’S RECORD 880

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 881, 27 January 1930, Page 14

BRIDSON’S RECORD 880

AUCKLANDER’S GREAT SWIM NORTHERN GIRLS FAIL Special to THE SU2? GRETMOUTH, Saturday, By winning the New Zealand 880yds swimming title in record time, Gordon Bridson, of Auckland, sufficiently answered the Canterbury officials who have been predicting an early defeat of the Aucklander by A. T. F- Stokes, of Christchurch, Following his wins over 100yds arid one mile, Bridson covered half a mile in 11m 30 4-ss, against D. P. Lindsay’s llm 44 3-ss. Bridson swam in masterly fashion and had absolutely no difficulty in defeating Southern contenders for the title. He is now generally expected to win the 220 and the 440 titles, and, by winning everything from the sprint to the long distance, will establish a performance of the greatest merit in championship swimming in New Zealand. While Bridson did so well for Auckland, and the Auckland water polo team added another win to its performance, the swimming of the Northern girl competitors disappointed greatly. Misses Peggy Robertson and Marie Farquhar failed utterly to reach form and were unplaced in the women’s 220yds, •won again by Miss Kathleen Miller, of Wellington. Bad swimming conditions may have affected the Aucklanders more than the Southerners, but, even then, the performances were very poor. Two seconds were clipped off the men’s 150yds backstroke record of lm 545, by the Canterbury swimmer, L. J. Moorehouse. He has actually improved on this time at Christchurch. A third record was lowered by the Otago boy, R. Geddes, who won the junior boys’ 75yds breaststroke in 59 2-ss, 1 2-5 s better than his previous time. Auckland was unlucky not to win the intermediate girls’ 100yds championship. Miss Sybil Brown was well in the lead when she swallowed water and eventually was forced to retire. Miss M. Mathieson, Otago, won the race. R. Thomas, Auckland, was not placed in the intermediate boys’ 440yds, but he should do well in the sprint. Details:— 880 YARDS MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP Final.—G. Bridson (Auckland), 1; A. T. F. Stokes (Canterbury), 2; W. H. Bailey (Otago), 3. Also competed: S. Mulloy (West Coast). Time, llm 39 3-ss, a New Zealand record. Stokes kept near Bridson for a couple of laps, but then the holder gained a lead of two yards, turning faster than Stokes. Bridson increased his lead to seven yards when 19 laps remained to go, and at the fifteenth lap was half a lap ahead of Stokes, who lost at the turns. Bridson won by over a lap. The third man was a long way behind. 220 YARDS WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP Final. —Miss K. Miller (Wellington), 1; Miss M. Jepson (Otago), 2; Miss N. Stratton (Wanganui), 3. Also competed: Misses P. Robertson (Auckland), M. Farquhar (Auckland). Time, 2m 5Ss. Misses Miller and Robertson led for the first lap. Miss Stratton came up to Miss Miller in the next lap, but faded over the last two laps, where Miss Jepson sprinted well to second place, hut Miss Miller won by four yards. Miss Farquhar was a touch behind Miss Stratton for third place. 440 YARDS INTERMEDIATE BOYS Final.—C. McConville (Canterbury), 1; B. Gellate (Wellington), 2; J. W. Hattersley (Canterbury), 3. Also competed: R. Thomas (Auckland), M. Souter (South Canterbury). The winner always had the advantage and won by 12 yards. Time, 6m 6 4-ss. WOMEN’S DIVING Miss D. Foote (Canterbury). INTERMEDIATE BOYS’ DIVING McLay (Otago)* 1. 50 YARDS JUNIOR GIRLS’ BREASTSTROKE Final.—Miss N. Olds (Otago), 1; Miss E. Strong (Auckland), 2. Won by eight yards, the winner gaining all the way. Time, 48 3-ss. 220 YARDS INTER-CLUB HANDICAP Final.—Bolam (Canterbury), 1; Robertson (West Coast), 2. Time, 2m 545. 100 YARDS INTERMEDIATE GIRLS Final.—Miss N. Matheson (Otago), 1; Miss M. Smith (Auckland), 2; Miss J. Brewer (South Canterbury), 3. Time, 75 2- Also competed: Misses S. Brown (Auckland), G. Rodgers (South Canterbury). Won by three yards. 75 YARDS JUNIOR BOYS’ BREASTSTROKE Final.—R. Geddes (Otago), 1; W. Jarvis (Otago), 2; C. Elliott (Otago), 3. Time. 59 3-ss, a New Zealand record. The winner finished six yards ahead. 150 YARDS MEN’S BACKSTROKE Final.—Moorehouse, 1; Kerr, 2; Fogg, 3. Time, lm 525, a New Zealand record. Won by 12 yards. DUAL RELAY HANDICAP Miss Stratton (Wanganui), and Moorehouse (Canterbury), 1; Miss Farquhar and Bridson (Auckland), 2. Time, lm 23 3WATER POLO Auckland beat West Coast by 4 goals to 1; Otago defaulted to Canterbury. ENWRIGHT’S GREAT WIN Press Association GREIMOUTH, Sunday. The race for the Kelierman Cup was held over a three mile course on Lake Brunner today. There was a large number of spectators. Results were: J. Enwright (Auckland) 1 C. Claridge (Wellington) 2 W. H. Bailey (Otago) 3 Also Started.—Mulloy, Armstrong, Restieaux (West Coast), Connor (Canterbury). Time, lh 22m 7s. Claridge secured the fastest time, lm 21 4-ss. He finished 3m behind the winner and 25s ahead of Bailey. The others did not complete the course. PONSONBY CLUB’S RACE The'Ponsonby Swimming Club held a club handicap event at the Shelly Beach Baths on Saturday afternoon. The distance was approximately 52yds. There was a big entry and the event was disposed of in four heats. Results were: First heat: M. Davis (Bsec), 1; C. J Bunting (2see), 2. Won by two yards. Time, 34sec. Second heat: C. Mcllwraith (2sec), 1; W. Ramsay (2sec), 2. Won by inches. Time, 29 3-ssec. Third heat: R. Stephens (4sec), 1; P. Worden (4sec), 2. Won by half a yard. Time, 32sec. Fourth heat: R. Moore (2sec) 1; . Burgess (lsec), 2. Won by a foot. Time. 30sec. Final.—R. Stephens (4sec), 1; R. Moore (2sec), 2; P. Worden (4sec), 3. Won by a touch, the same distance between second and third. Time, 33 2-ssec. AUSTRALIAN EVENTS MELBOURNE, Sunday. In the swimming championships of Australia last evening results were: Men’s 440 yaTds.—R. Grier (Queensland). holder, 1; Christie (New South Wales), 2; Walter (Victoria), 3. Grier won all the way and beat Christie by two and a-half yards. Time, 5m 30s. Women’s 220 yards, free style.—Jean Cocks (New South Wales) 1 * N Armstrong (New South Wales), 2* B* Forehan (Victoria), 3. Won by 20vds Time. 2m 51 3-ss.

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