SWIMMING.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1922, Page 3

SWIMMING.

BREAKING OF RECORDS. ARE THEY ALL GENUINE? By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received March 10, 7.45 p.m. Sydney, March 10. The swimming expert of the newspaper Arrow, commenting on recent New Zealand doings, says the world’s and Australasian records are being—toyed with to an astonishing degree, and they have been knocked off their high perches as if they were ordinary things. ; It behoves the custodian of records to /have care, particularly in regard to r women’s performances, which were no ! doubt timed by women who, through lack of experience, do not handle the chronometer with the accuracy of men. The expert asks, is there any one checking these claims?

LIFE-SAVING COMPETITIONS. TARANAKI CHAMPIONSHIP. At the municipal baths, New Plymouth, yesterday afternoon, competitions for the Hughes Cup and Taranaki Championship Cup for life-saving, which are confined to scholars of primary and secondary schools respectively, were held. The Hughes Cup, for primary schools, was won by Central School No. 3 team (S. Black and L. Kerr) with 167% points. Central No. 4 (R. Fields and C. Brenmuhl) 165£ points 'were second, and the Central girls’ team, 164, were third. Three other teams from the school were the only competitors, all having been under the instruction of Mr. Coleman. The championship cup for secondary schools was won by the Girls’ High School A team (A. Smalley, S. North, and D. Fox, instructor), who gained 210% points. The C team from the same school (C. M. Ross and D. Firth), were second with 204| points. It was a somewhat disappointing feature that only two schools were concerned in the competitions, in view of the importance of this branch of swimming and also considering that handsome trophies are offered as an inducement to entrants. FITZROY SCHOOL TESTS. The pupils attending the Fitzroy School competed at the Municipal Baths yesterday morning for the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association’s awards for distance swimming. By swimming a mile or over a candidate is entitled to a certificate of merit, 220 yards up to one mile, a certificate of proficiency, and <5O yards up to 220 yards, a learner’s certificate. It is interesting to from the following results that no fewer than four pupils gained certificates of merit. The following are details: C. Plumtree, 1933 1-3 yards; Nellie Harvey, 1800 yards; Nancy Hunt, 1766 2-3 yards; Campbell Simpson, one mile; N. Skipper, 1000 yards; Sydney Spiers and I Ron Street, 933 1-3 yards; Frank Cleland, 7331-3 yards; Martin Rea, 633 1-3 yards; Don Parkin, 600 yards; Desmond Haskill, 566 2-3 yards; Ivel Dickey, 533 1-3 yards; George Wells, 466 2-3 yards; Jun Haskill, 466 2-3 yards; Keith Parkin and Kathleen Hunt, 333 1-3 yards; Clarence Moles, 266 2-3 yards; Harry George, 133 1-3 yards; Grace Colson, 83 yards; Nena Inch, Noel Hawkins, Phil Moss. Frank Bell, Leo Simpson, Roy Eva 66 2-3 yards; Tom Clark and Lott Vickers, 50 yards