WAIRARAPA COLLEGE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 March 1943, Page 2

WAIRARAPA COLLEGE

SWIMMING SPORTS. CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS. The Wairarapa College annual, sports were held recently in the College baths. The results were as follow: — Championship:—Girls: Junior, Geraldine Inder; intermediate, Maureen Cruickshank; senior, Gwenyth Morice. Boys: Junior, N. Desmond; intermediate, W. Hemi; senior, D. Stewart. Boys’ diving championship: P. Bond. House championship: Girls, Arawa 48 points, Kahu 7H&, Ngapuhi 38’/2, Tainui 34. Boys: Arawa 41, Kahu 47, Ngapuhi 44, Tainui 53. Boys’ events:—33 1-3 yards intermediate championship: Booth 1, O’Brien 2, Hemi 3; time, 19 3-ssecs. 33 1-3 yards junior handicap: Robinson 1, Booth 2, Scrimgeour 3; time, 25secs. 66 2-3 yards senior championship: D. Stewart 1, Rippon 2, Sherborne 3; time, 42 3-ssecs. 33 1-3 yards intermediate handicap: Lenz 1, Permain 2; time, 25 2-5 secs. 100 yards junior championship: Desmond.!, Gooder 2, Lawrence 3; time, 77 1-5 secs. 33 1-3 yards senior championship: D. Stewart 1, Rippon 2, Sherborne 3; time, 19 l-ssecs. 50 yards intermediate handicacp: Lenz 1, Keen 2, Pickett 3; time, 38 4-ssecs. 50 vards junior championship: Desmond 1, Lawrence 2, Williams 3; time, 36secs. Intermediate plunge: King 1, Reid 2, Pickett 3. Beginners’ width: Maguire 1, Kell 2, G. Wilton 3; time, 6 4-ssecs. 100 yards senior championship: D. Stewart 1, Rigg 2, Sherborne 3; time, 75 4-ssecs. 50 yards intermediate handicap, backstroke: N. Gardiner 1. 33 1-3 yards junior championship: Desmond 1, Gooder 2, Lawrence 3; time, 22 2-5 secs. 33 1-3 yards open handicap: Lenz 1, D Stewart 2, Rigg 3; time, 23secs. 66 2-3 yards intermediate championship: Hemi 1, Booth 2, O’Brien 3; time, 46 2-ssecs. Junior dive: Blackwood 1, Lawrence 2, Finlayson 3. 25 yards junior handicap: Free 1, Blackwood 2. Booth 3; time, 17secs. 66 2-3 yards open handicap: Stewart 1, Wilton 2; time, 52secs. 100 yards intermediate handicap: Gardiner 1. junior plunge: Garland 1, Doyle 2, Daniell 3. 100 yards intermediate championship: Hemi 1, O’Brien 2, Booth 3; time, 81secs. 33 1-3 yards junior handicap breaststroke: Daniell 1, Finlayson 2, Jaine 3; time, 32 2-ssecs. 66 2-3 yards open handicap breaststroke: Finlayson 1. Intermediate dive: Keen 1, Reid 2, Robinson 3. Senior dive: Bond 1. 33 1-3 yards intermediate handicap breaststroke: Lee 1, Groombridge 2. 33 1-3 yards junior handicap backstrokes Finlayson 1, Gair 2, Kjar 3; time, 39secs. Interhouse relay: Kahu 1, Tainui 2, Ngapuhi 3; time, 84 2-ssecs. Girls’ and boys Jp-.. relay: Boys 1, girls 2. 220 yards senior championship: Stewart 1, Rigg 2; time, 3min. 14 Girls’ events:— 33 1-3 yards junior championship: M. Stewart 1, G. Inder 2, A. Kennedy 3. 66 2-3 yards junior championship: M. Stewart 1, G. Inder 2, N. Evernden 3. 33 1-3 yards junior championship breaststroke: G. Inder 1, N. Evernden 2, A. Kennedy 3. Junior dive: A. Kennedy 1, E. Davis 2. 33 1-3 yards intermediate championship: M. Stewart 1, M. Shouler 2, M. Cruickshank 3. 66 2-3 yards intermediate championship: M. Cruickshank 1, M. Shouler.2. D. Fenemor 3. 33 1-3 yards intermediate championship breaststroke: M. Cruickshank 1, M. Shouler 2, D. Fenemor 3. Intermediate dive: M. Cruickshank 1. M. Shouler 2, B. Butler 3. 33 1- yards senior championship backstroke: G. Morice 1. M. Blatchford 2, Ruby Steven 3. 66 2-3 vards senior championship backstroke: G. Morice 1, R. Steven 2. . 100 yards senior championship: G. Morice 1, R. Steven 2. 33 1-3 yards senior championship: G. Morice 1, R .’ Steven 2. Corfu dive: B. Butler 35ft. 2in„ 1: A. Kennedy and Esme Dunbar, 32ft., 2. Umbrella race: M. Cruick- ”, shank 1. M. Blatchford 2. E. Davis 3. Plunge: E. Dunbar 1, B. Butler 2, M. Cruickshank 3. Steam tug: M. Cruickshank and M. Shouler 1, D. Fenemor and A. Graham 2, E. Davis and E. Dunbar 3. 33 1-3 yards junior handicap: A. Kennedy 1, M. Stewart 2. J. Wagg 3. 33 1-3 yards junior handicap backstroke: J. Wagg 1, G. Inder 2. N. Evernden 3. 66 2- yards junior handicap backstroke: N. Evernden 1, M. Ireland 2, G, Inder 3. 33 1-3 yards intermediate handicap backstroke: R. Fellingham 1, M. Bennett 2. J. McGuinness 3. 33 1-3 yards intermediate handicap backstroke: R. Fellingham 1, M. Bennett 2. D. Fenemor and A. Graham (equal) 3. 33 1-3 yards senior handicap: M. Blatchford 1, N. Rogers 2, R. Steven 3. 33 1-3 yards senior handicap backstroke: M. Blatchford 1, N. Rogers and R. Steven (equal) 2, House relay:—Senior teams: Ngapuhi 1, Tainui 2, Kahu 3. Junior teams: Kahu 1, Arawa 2, Tainui 3. At the conclusion of the sports, Mr W. R. Nicol presented the cups to the winners. In his remarks to the pupils, he stressed the importance of swimming, and particularly of life-saving, as a College activity.