WEST SCHOOL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 March 1943, Page 3

WEST SCHOOL

SWIMMING SPORTS - HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. IDEAL WEATHER CONDITIONS. The annual swimming sports of the Master ton West School were held in the school baths yesterday afternoon under ideal weather conditions'. There was a fair attendance of parents to witness the many interesting and closely contested events. Mr Farrell and his staff had everything well organised, and Mr R. S. Graham, chairman of the school committee, who acted as official starter and judge of the diving, was kept busy with the forty odd events, which proceeded without a' hitch. Great interest was contred in the learners’ races, for which there were record entries. At the conclusion of the sports, Mr Graham presented the championship cups to the following:—Junior boys: John Renner; girls, Nancy Day. Senior boys: lan Reynolds; girls, Myrna Finn. The following were the results: — 25 yards race, girls under 9 years: Barbara Williams 1, Annette McGill 2, Jennifer Day 3. 25 yards race under 10, boys: John McDougall 1, Ron Taylor 2, Michael Maxwell 3; girls, Norma Osborne 1. Nolene Gouge 2, Mavis Feist 3. 25 yards race under 11, boys: Frank Lucock 1, Roger Daniell 2, Colin Fraser 3; girls, Lesley Phillips 1, Dawn Miller 2. 25 yards race under 12, boys: Bill Tolhurst 1, Ray Keen 2, lan Milne 3.- 50 yards race under 13 boys: Michael Carter 1, Malcolm McConnell 2; girls, Myrna Finn 1, Shirley Brown 2, Beryl Mills 3. 25 yards under 12 junior championship, boys: J. Renner 1, W Tolhurst 2, Ray Keen 3; girls, Nancy Day 1, Nancy Feist 2, Doreen Grey 3. 50 yards senior championship, boys: lan Reynolds 1, M. Carter 2, M. McConnell 3;' girls, Myrna Finn 1, Lesley Blick 2, Shirley Brown 3. 25 yards junior breaststroke, boys: John Renner 1 (disqualified), lan Milne 2, Stanley Gouge 3. 25 yards senior breaststroke, boys: Derek Daniell 1, M. McConnell 2, Peter Inder 3; girls, Myrna Finn 1, Heather Rogers 2, Beryl Mills 3. Final 25 yards girls under 12: Nancy Day 1, Nancy Feist 2, Doreen Grey 3. 25 yards junior backstroke, boys: John Renner 1, W. Tolhurst 2, John McDougall 3. 25 yards senior backstroke, boys: M. McConnell 1, Derek Daniell 2, lan Reynolds 3; girls, Myrna Finn 1, Lesley Blick 2, Shirley Brown 3. Junior plunge, boys: J. Renner 1, John Pringle 2, I. Milne 3; girls, Nancy Feist 1. Nancy Day 2. Senior plunge, boys: M. Carter 1, M. McConnell 2, C. Tipler 3; girls, Heather Rogers 1, Myrna Finn 2. Junior championship, boys: John Renner 1, W. Tolhurst 2, Ray Keen 3; girls, Nancy Day 1, Nancy Feist 2, Doreen Grey 3. Senior dive, boys: M. Carter 1, D. Daniell 2, I. Reynolds 3; girls, M. Finn 1, H. Rogers 2, B. Mills 3. Junior dive, boys: Ron Taylor 1, Frank Lucock 2, I. Milne and J. Renner (equal), 3; girls, Nancy Day'l, Doreen Grey 2. Girls’ 25 yards breaststroke under 12: Nancy Day 1, Joan Whit-

taker 2, Nolene Dewar 3. Junior relay race: Nancy Day’s, team 1, Bill Tolhurst’s team 2, John Renner’s team 3. Senior relay race: Carter’s team 1, Reynolds’s team 2, McConnell’s team 3. Leaners’ race, under 12 years, boys: John Shepherd 1, Alistair Dugdale 2, Billy Jestin 3; girls, Margaret Wickens 1, Kathleen Waipuka 2, Myra Davey 3. Girls’ backstroke, under 12 years: Nancy Day 1, Lois Archer 2, Doreen Grey 3. Learners’ width with board, girls: Alison Scott 1, Grace Bishop 2, Bernice Lee 3. Rescue race: M. Traynor and N. Day 1, L. Blick and Myrna Finn 2, Joan Wellington and Heather Rogers 3. Cork scramble, junior boys: J. McDougall 1, Eisma Shearer 2, Ray Keen and Colin Trippier (equal) 3; senior girls, Shirley Brown 1, Heather Rogers, Erland Wright and Malcolm McConnell (dead heat) 2.