COLLEGE SWIMMING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 February 1939, Page 9

COLLEGE SWIMMING

BOYS’ SPORTS TOMORROW GOOD ENTRIES RECEIVED. RESULTS OF PRELIMINARY EVENTS. The Wairarapa College boys’ swimming sports will be held tomorrow afternoon in the College Baths, commencing at 2 o’clock. Splendid entries have been received and some good sport is promised. The preliminary events and heats were decided earlier in the week, so as to provide a full programme of finals tomorrow. Parents and others interested, who are cordially invited to attend the sports, are urged to be present promptly at 2 o’clock, as the various events will be decided expeditiously and those Coming late will miss much of the programme. At the conclusion of the sports the trophies will be presented by Mrs W. R. Nicol, wife of the chairman of the Board of Governors. Results of the heats, etc, already decided are (the letters stand for names of clubs, A, Arawa; K, Kahungunu; N, Ngapuhi; T, Tainui): — 25yds junior handicap.—First heat: F. Rigg (K) 1, B. Desmond (N) 2; N. Towns (A) 3. Second heat: B. Beecroft (T) 1; L. Jones (K) 2; T. Burke (K) 3. Third heat: R. Rippon (N) 1; B. Marsh (K) 2; K. Gray (T) and G. Dean (A), equal, 3. 33yds junior handicap. —First heat: W. Dohnt (T) 1; B. Marsh (K) 2; J. Butler (A) 3. Time, 24 2-ssec. Second heat: B. Beecroft (T) I>G. Dean (A) 2; W. Caseley (A) 3. Time, 29sec. Third heat: D. McGregor (T) 1; P. Alexander (K) 2; R. Lash (K) 3. Time, 32 4-5. 33yds intermediate handicap.—First heat: R-. Stewart (A) 1; T. Burns (K) 2; B. Knowles (K) 3. Time, 26 4-ssec. Second heat: G. Stubbs (K) 1; G. Orsborn (N) 2; I. A. M. Prior (A) 3. Time, 25 4-5. Third heat: R. Slatter (2) 1; G. Whyborn (T) 2; N. Eager (T) 3. Time, 25 l-ssec. Fourth heat: H. Burch (T) 1; T. Marchbank (A) 2; R. Major (N) 3. Time, 23 1-5. Fifth heat: N. Baird (A) 1; C. Stewart (T) and B. Selby (A) equal, 2. Time, 25 4-ssec. Sixth heat: J. Harrington (T) 1; D. Stevens (A) 2; E. Welch, (T) 3. Time, 26 l-ssec. Seventh heat: F. Shearer (K) 1; J. Eton (N) 2; A. McKenzie (N) 3. Time, 24 4-ssec. 50yds intermediate handicap. —First heat: T. Marchbank (A) 1; G. Ahipene (K) 2; D. Stevens (A) 3. Time, 39 4-5 sec. Second heat: G. Whyborn, (T) 1; B. Knowles (K) 2; I. A. M. Prior (A) 3. Time, 42 4-ssec. 50yds intermediate breaststroke handicap. —First heat: -R. Broughton (A) 1; G. Whyborn (T) 2; B. Knowles 3. Time, 51 3-ssec. Second heat: E. Christie (K) 1; R. Ninnes (N) 2; J., Harrington (T) 3. Time, 46 3-5. Third heat: R. Slatter (T) 1; C. Smith (N) 2; B. Russell (N) 3. Time, 50 3-ssec. 33yds open handicap.—First heat: A. Carmine (N) 1; L. Pither ,(A) 2; P. Parsons (A) 3. Time, 25 2-ssec. Second heat: A. Pinfold (T) 1; N. Wilson (N) 2; B. Steel (T) 3. Time, 25 3-ssec. Third heat: G. Slatter (K) 1; I. P. Spring (K) 2; A. B. Cunningham (K) 3. Time, 24 4-ssec 33yds intermediate championship (standard 20 3-ssec.) —First heat: R. Major (N) 1; C. E. Knutson (K) 2; I. A. Prior (A) 3. Time, 22sec. Second heat: T. Burris (K) 1, F. Reeves (A) 2; G. Orsborn (N) ‘3. Time, 20 3-ssec. 66yds intermediate championship.— First heat: G. Whyborn (T) 1; R. Major (N) 2; C. Stewart (T) 3. Time, 50 3-ssec. Second heat: T. Burns (K) 1; C. E. Knutson (K) 2; F. Reeves (A) 3. Time, 46 2-ssec. Finalists in the plunge and dive events are: — Junior plunge (standard 35ft): D. McGregor (T), scr; J. Butler (A), 3ft; G. Lyttle (K), sft; B. Beecroft (T), sft. Intermediate plunge (standard 40ft). T. Burns (K), scr; B. Ryan (A), 2ft; H. Madsen (N), 4ft 6in; I. A. Prior (A), sft 6in; R. Broughton (A), sft 6in. Open plunge (standard 47ft). —T. Major (A), scr; G. Hanley (T), 6ft 6ins; E. Bellis (A), 7ft; P. D. Parsons (A), 10ft 6ins; I. P. Spring (K), 14ft 6ins; A. Carmine (N), 15ft 6ins. Junior dive. —W. Dohnt (T), G. Dean (A); B. Desmond (N); G. Lyttle (K); D. F. Gordon (T). Irttermediatq dive.—C. E. Knutson ‘(K); D. Shepherd (T); B. Ryan (A); T. Marchbank (A); R. Major (N). Open dive—J. B. Steel (T); R. Major (N); K. M. McFarlane (K); C. E. Knutson (K); D. Ranston (A); R. D. Daniell (N).