SWIMMING Granted that the weather in the Summer Term did not foster great enthusiasm for the baths, none the less the increase in the number of non-swimmers amongst the Junior boys must be considered alarming. A non-swimmer is a liability to society, and if a boy is still a non-swimmer by the time he has reached the age of becoming susceptible to cold weather, then it is his duty to seek further practice and instruction in warmed baths. In spite of the weather the Baths have been put to very good use by the swimmers, whose standard certainly does not fall. Mr. Gregory's life-saving instruction classes have been very well attended, and the following list of results testifies to their success :Award of Merit: P. A. Dornan, W. Gibson, R. W. Peacock, S. S.
Hobson, P. R. Webster, C. W. Jose, J. Etherington, M. G. Hancock, R. M. Wheeler, J. S. Ibberson, J. S. Botterill. Bronze Cross: R. A. Hodgson, J. G. Clark, M. P. W. Raahauge. Bronze Medallion: J. H. Moss, R, L. Evans, S. K. D. Hill, I. S. T. Dutton, W. R. Dalkin, D. C. Parry, B. G. Way, J. G. Clark, C. J. Copley, P. R. Jenner, F. Parkin, R. S. R. Hyde, P. A. Fenton, D. H. Fletcher, P. Goolden, C. W. A. Groundwater, P. H. Moat, H. L. Sutcliffe.
In this connection, as no doubt in many others, Mr. Gregory's helping hand will be greatly missed. There are now, however, a sufficient number of boys adequately qualified to see that the lifesaving tradition is maintained in the School. Thus there will be an opportunity for many boys with experience behind them to help others following in their wake. Performances in the Swimming Sports were again well up to standard. Slowly but surely, as the years roll on, seconds or fractions of seconds are being clipped off the School swimming records. This year R. A. Hodgson showed further promise by reducing his last year's record in the Junior 50 yards Free Style even from 31.2 secs. to 29.6 secs. Furthermore, in the 25 yards Free Style event, he recorded the time of 13.2 secs., beating by .4 sec. the previous record held by C. Frank since 1945. In the Senior events, P. L. Bellwood equalled, in the heats, last year's record time of 68.0 secs. set up by R. M. Kirkus. The inter-House contest that followed was a real "thriller". After holding the Cup for the past four years, The Rise had to give way to The Grove and The Manor. The two latter fought out an intriguing duel, the result of which depended upon the first four placings in the final Senior Relay.
DETAILED RESULTS OF SWIMMING SPORTS Sunday, 29th July 1. Under 161 Free Style-50 yds. 1st E. G. Stewart, 2nd W. Gibson, 3rd D. Storey. Time : 32.1 secs. 2. Open Back-stroke-50 yds. 1st A. J. Isherwood, 2nd M. Welsh, 3rd D. G. Barton. Time : 38.2 secs.
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