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Fifty-one
1331⁄4 Yards Medley Junior Championship: W. C.
Fives
Brown I, W. R. Baker 2, C. B. Ronald 3; time, !min. 10.1sec.
Because of a rather drier-than-usual winter, the ves courts have been in use nearly every day this year, and it seems that something must be done shortly about increasing the number of courts at the school.
1331⁄2 Yards Medley Senior Championship: D. R.
Kennedy .], A. W. Tre ers 2, B. J. Travers 3; time, lmin. 33sec.
This year the interest in ves seems to be much greater than in other_ years; this is shown in the usual rush from assembly. More juniors are playing the game this year and the standard is well above average.
Novice Dive: R. H. Ibbotson and D. Blaikie (equal) l, P. J. McIntyre 3.
100 Yards Freestyle Junior Championship: W. R.
Last year championships provided close competition which is better shown by the fact that only the rst and third seeds of the Senior Championship managed to reach the semi-finals.
Baker l, W. C. Brown 2, C. B. Ronald 3; time, lmin 4.7sec.
100 Yards Freestyle Senior Championship: D. R.
Kennedy 1. J. Cockburn 2, B. J. Travers 3; time, !min. 3.1sec.
It is particularly di cult to judge a player's ability, however, and everyone, especially in the junior section, seems to take a delight in upsetting the seeding. It can only be hoped that the old hands in the senior draw will stand rm and live up to their reputations.
66 Yards Freestyle Junior-Race l: D. Blaikie I,
N. M. Pritchard 2, 0. T. Butler 3; time, 44.1sec. Race 2:
L. W. Sharp l, A. G. Fortune 2, T. I. Bayliss 3; time, 44sec.
This year the championships promise to be of a higher standard than last year and should contain more entries. The Senior Championship especially promises to be exciting with W. McKenzie, P. Elder, S. Wallis and K. Whyte, the four top players from last year, com­ peting again this year.
1965 Results
66 Yards Freestyle Senior-Race l: R. C. Wallace
1. W. Hanley 2, J. H. Morgan 3; time, 40.7sec. Race 2:
P. C. Benfell I, B. C. Thomson 2, J. K. Murdoch 3; time, 40.9sec.
Dive-Junior Championship: K. B. Dawson 1, B. D.
Thomson 2.
Senior Champion: C. W. McKenzie.
50 Yards Breaststroke Junior Championship: K. B.
Senior Doubles Champions: S. A. Wallis and P. A.
Dawson 1, W. R. Baker 2, K. R. Laidlaw 3; time, 36sec.
Elder.
50 Yards Breaststroke Senior Championship: A. W.
Junior Champion: K. Rankin.
Bad ii1ito1i
Tre ers l, B. J. Travers 2, N. P. Benfell 3; time, 33.4sec.
Junior Doubles Champions: K. Rankin and S. Tee.
Dive-Senior Championship: B. J. Travers l, N. P.
Benfell 2, J. K. Murdoch 3.
33 Yards Breaststroke Junior-Race l: I. C. Wilson l, N. W. Hulls 2, N. M. Pritchard 3; time, 25.5sec. Race 2: R. B. Travers 1, J. R. Cuthill 2, A. Chartres 3; time, 24.8sec.
The badminton group, which played this year after school on Mondays, is about the same size as in previous years, but enthusiasm is undoubtedly growing. When it is regarded as an o cial school sport, and time found for it on the sports afternoon, then it will make much greater headway. The school championships found a worthy winner in M. Pascoe, who had previously won the Southland C Grade Championship.
331⁄2 Yards Breaststroke, Senior Grades-Race l: J.
Murdoch 1. L. R. Smith 2, B. C. Thomson 3. Race 2 was not held. Race 3: P. A. Elder I, B. Wallis 2, W. Hanley 3.
It is a pleasure to record our thanks to the Southland Badminton Association, and particularly to Mr. P. Skelt, for the use of the hall and for used shuttles.
33 Yards Breaststroke, Junior Grades-Race 1: D. J.
Clark I, A. C. Clark 2, L. Sharp 3; time, 25.3sec. Race 2:
B. Richards l, A. Jones 2, T. Bayliss 3; time, 24.1sec. Race 3: P. M. Ferguson 1, J. Collie 2, D. Blaikie 3; time, 25sec.
Table Tennis Cl b
A group of about a dozen boys have met on a Monday or Friday afternoon after school in the gym­ nasium under the guidance of Mr. Curtis. With only three tables, and demand for the use of the gym., it hasn't always been possible for everyone to have a game. A ladder has been set up and it is hoped to have a tournament in the third term. Some coaching has been given by Mr. Curtis.
Blues
331⁄2 Yards Backstroke, Senior Grades-Race I: J. M.
Chaplin l, W. Hanley 2, N. P. Benfell 3; time, 21.9sec. Race 2: J. H. Morgan l, 0. G. Webb 2, McAllan 3; time, 23.2sec. Race 3: P. Sands l, G. B. Chalmers 2, D. C. Hislop 3; time, 24.5sec.
50 Yards Butter y Senior Championship: D. Kennedy I, A. W. Tre ers 2, J. R. Pritchard 3; time, 29.1sec.
Inter Third Form Relay: 3A I, 3C 2, 30 3. Inter Fourth Form Relay: 4C l, 4B2 2, 4Bl 3. Inter Fifth Form Relay: SB l, SC 2, SR 3. Inter Sixth Form Relay: L6A I, U6A 2, U6B 3.
Inter-house Relay- 8 x 33 Yards: Blue, School, Red.
Open Ribbon Dive: B. J. Travers.
220 Yards Freestyle Junior Championship: W. Brown I, W. Baker 2, C. Ronald 3.
Open Two Widths-Third Forms: T. I. Bayliss 1,
R. L. King 2, S. Hutchby 3. Fourth Forms: L. W. Sharp I, V. M. West 2, A. Jones 3. Fifth Forms: N. D. Collie I, P. A. McMillan 2, N. D. Robertson 3. Sixth Forms: D. Fougere 1, K. Morton 2, B. Thomson 3.
The following are the sporting blues awarded so far this year:-
220 Yards Freestyle Senior Championship: D. R.
A. Hughes, M. Soutar, G. Thompson, P. Spencer, C. Ward, D. Wicks, P. Sands.
Kennedy I, J. R. Pritchard 2.
Hockey: J. Pritchard, G. Strang, G. McArthur.
Rugby: A. D. Billows, M. J. Chaplin, P. A. Elder,
R. P. Erskine, M. Heenan, G. D. Keith, T. McIntyre, C. W. McKenzie, A. L. Newton, A. Pennicott, S. Pitta­ way, B. Poutu, K. Semple, K. B. Stephenson, R. C. Wallace, B. Watts.
Basketball: N. J. Polson, G. D. Keith, G. M. Breen,
G. N. Adam, I. J. Robertson, P. A. Elder, J. A. Morgan,
D. J. Henderson.
Swimming: D. R. Kennedy.
Soccer: P. Brooks, R. Frost, W. Hanley, B. Hesson,