Swimming

We were left in doubt in the early part of term as to whether we would ever get any weather suitable for bathing, but with three glorious weeks in July we had nothing to grumble about by the end of term. During this period the Baths were a scene of much activity, particularly on the part of the youngsters, and the results in the

Sports alone show the improvement in the standard of swimming throughout the School.

Heats have now become the normal practice, and were once again held in all events except the plunges and dives, and these provided valuable practice and experience for all competitors before the finals. Six new School records were established in the heats, all of which, it was decided, should be reckoned as new official records, as absence or adverse conditions on the finals day would deprive entrants from repeating their achievements. Of these six new records, two were improved upon in the finals, and one further record also established. Thus three new records were set up in the Senior group, one in the Intermediate and three in the Junior.

Life-saving practices have also been held under the instruction of Mr. Gregory, and the following boys were successful in passing awards of the Royal Life Saving Society :-

Bronze Medallion: P. A. Dornan, J. Etherington, W. Gibson, C. M. B.

Gregory, D. R. Procter, M. P. W. Raahauge, J. F. Franklin, M. G.

Hancock, J. S. Ibberson, G. F. B. Mitchell, J. E. Moore, C. W. Jose,

A. C. Wilson, S. J. S. Wroe, H. B. Burnett, P. R. Webster, R. A.

Hodgson, R. W. Peacock, T. Watson, W. I. Macdonald, C. J.

Quickfall, R. M. Wheeler, R. V. Sykes. Bronze Cross : S. S. Hobson, A. McCallum. Award of Merit : D. Anderson.

DETAILED RESULTS OF SWIMMING SPORTS Sunday, 24th July

1. Under 161 Free Style-50 yds. 1st D. C. Parry, 2nd E. G. Stewart, 3rd J. S. Ibberson. Time : 30.3 secs. 2. Open Back-stroke-50 yds. 1st A. J. Isherwood, 2nd F. J. Pacey, 3rd D. G. Barton. Time : 38.0 secs. 3. Under 15 Plunge. 1st P. R. Webster, 2nd J. B. Mathews, 3rd I. S. T. Dutton. Distance : 40 ft. 71 ins. 4. Under 15 Back-stroke. 1st W. Gibson, 2nd R. S. R. Hyde, 3rd S. S. Hobson. Time : 18.0 secs. 5. Open Breast-stroke--100 yds. 1st J. E. Moore, 2nd equal M. D. Fish and P. A. Crane. Time : 80.2 secs. 6. Under 16f Dive. 1st J. Etherington, 2nd J. S. Ibberson, 3rd M. P. Stanton. 7. Under 15 Free Style-50 yds. 1st R. A. Hodgson, 2nd W. Gibson, 3rd D. Storey. Time : 31.3 secs. 8. Under 16f Breast-stroke--100 yds. 1st L. T. Beaumont, 2nd R. M. Wheeler, 3rd C. I. Chadwick. Time : 94.0 secs. 9. Open Free Style-100 yds. 1st R. M. Kirkus, 2nd J. A. Whitmore, 3rd F. J. Pacey. Time : 68.0 secs. (School Record.)

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10. Open Free Style-25 yds. 1st W. N. Richards, 2nd P. A. Crane, 3rd J. 0. R. Penman. Time : 14.2 secs. 11. Under 16+ Free Style-25 yds. 1st D. C. Parry, 2nd E. G. Stewart, 3rd R. Baxter. Time : 13.7 secs. 12. Under 15 Breast-stroke-50 yds. 1st A. McCallum, 2nd C. D. Ibberson, 3rd R. W. Peacock. Time: 38.2 secs. (School Record.) 13. Open Free Style-50 yds. 1st A. J. Isherwood, 2nd J. A. Whitmore, 3rd J. L. Hyde. Time : 31.2 secs. 14. Open Breast-stroke-50 yds. 1st J. E. Moore, 2nd M. D. Fish, 3rd P. A. Crane. Time : 37.4 secs. 15. Under 16+ Plunge. 1st D. A. Wilson, 2nd C. J. Quickfall, 3rd C. I. Chadwick. Distance : 45 ft. 7 ins. 16. Under 16+ Breast-stroke-50 yds. 1st L. T. Beaumont, 2nd R. M. Wheeler, 3rd M. G. Hancock. Time : 38.6 secs. 17. Open Dive. 1st J. R. Jenkinson, 2nd H. C. Marshall, 3rd P. S. Roe. 18. Under 16+ Obstacle Race-50 yds. 1st P. L. Bellwood, 2nd M. Ruddock, 3rd R. T. Burdon. Time : 47.4 secs. 19. Open Obstacle Race-50 yds. 1st J. R. Loadman, 2nd P. S. Roe, 3rd M. Willstrop. Time : 45.8 secs. 20. Under 15 Obstacle Race-25 yds. 1st M. P. W. Raahauge, 2nd J. B. Mathews, 3rd P. R. Webster. Time : 20.4 secs. 21. Open Plunge. 1st R. I. Collinson, 2nd D. G. Barton, 3rd J. 0. R. Penman. Distance : 49 ft. 3i ins. 22. Under 15 Free Style-25 yds. 1st R. A. Hodgson, 2nd D. Storey, 3rd M. P. W. Raahauge. Time : 14.0 secs. 23. Under 16+ Back-stroke-50 yds. 1st E. G. Stewart, 2nd R. Baxter, 3rd R. T. Burdon. Time : 40.4 secs. 24. Under 15 Dive. 1st R. A. Hodgson, 2nd D. Storey, 3rd C. D. Ibberson. 25. Under 16+ Relay (4 x 25 yds.). 1st Grove, 2nd Rise, 3rd Queen's. Time : 59.5 secs. (School Record.) 26. Under 15 Relay (4 x 25 yds.). 1st School House, 2nd Manor, 3rd Rise. Time : 69.6 secs. 27. Open Relay (4 x 25 yds.). 1st Rise, 2nd Manor, 3rd Temple. Time : 59.0 secs.

Award of points Relays ...

Rise

School House

Grove

Manor

Queen's

Temple 1st- 5 pts. 2nd-3 pts. 3rd-1 pt. 1st-10 pts. 2nd-6 pts. 3rd-2 pts. 72 points. 62 points. 47 points. 45 points. 29 points. 15 points.

Mrs. Dronfield kindly presented the Kazerooni Cup to J. E. Moore, in the absence of R. M. Kirkus, the Captain of The Rise swimming team, which won the cup for the third successive year.