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. 79

3. Under 15 Plunge. 1st A. R. Barrett, 2nd W. E. Jones, 3rd M. P. W. Raahauge. Distance : 34 ft. 5 ins. 4. Under 15 Back-stroke-25 yds. 1st M. P. W. Raahauge, 2nd C. W. Gough, 3rd D. H. Fletcher. Time : 18.0 secs. 5. Open Breast-stroke-100 yds. 1st M. D. Fish, 2nd J. S. Ibberson, 3rd L. T. Beaumont. Time : 1 min. 28.5 secs. 6. Under 164 Dive. 1st J. Etherington, 2nd S. S. Hobson, 3rd D. Storey. 7. Under 15 Free Style-50 yds. 1st R. A. Hodgson, 2nd I. T. Parkin, 3rd C. J. Copley. Time : 29.6 secs. l(School Record.) 8. Under 164 Breast-stroke-100 yds. 1st C. D. Ibberson, 2nd A. McCallum, 3rd S. S. Hobson. Time: 1 min. 27.9 secs. 9. Open Free-style-100 yds. 1st P. L. Bellwood, 2nd equal J. A. Whitmoor and W. N. Richards. Time : 68.8 secs.

Monday, 30th July

10. Open Free Style-25 yds. 1st D. C. Parry, 2nd A. J. Isherwood, 3rd IL Baxter. Time : 13.3 secs. 11. Under 164 Free Style-25 yds. 1st E. G. Stewart, 2nd G. A. Pacitto, 3rd J. B. Mathews. Time : 14.1 secs. 12. Under 15 Breast-stroke--50 yds. 1st D. L. Slade, 2nd R. L. Evans, 3rd C. W. A. Groundwater. Time : 44.6 secs. 13. Open Free Style-50 yds. 1st D. C. Parry, 2nd J. A. Whitmore, 3rd W. N. Richards. Time : 29.8 secs. 14. Open Breast-stroke-50 yds. 1st M. D. Fish, 2nd R. J. Sharp, 3rd P. A. Crane. Time : 38.1 secs. 15. Under 164 Plunge. 1st P. R. Webster, 2nd H. V. Sykes, 3rd J. M. Lennox. Distance : 50 ft. 6 ins. 16. Under 164 Breast-stroke-50 yds. 1st C. D. Ibberson, 2nd A. McCallum, 3rd S. S. Hobson. Time: 38.6 secs. 17. Open Dive. 1st P. S. Roe, 2nd M. P. Stanton, 3rd R. Baxter. 18. Under 164 Obstacle Race-50 yds. 1st W. Gibson, 2nd J. B. Mathews, 3rd J. J. Rhodes. Time : 42.5 secs. 19. Open Obstacle Race-50 yds. 1st P. L. Bellwood, 2nd D. N. Brocklebank, 3rd M. Ruddock. Time : 42.6 secs. 20. Under 15 Obstacle Race-25 yds. 1st M. P. W. Raahauge, 2nd P. N. B. Smith, 3rd C. J. Copley. Time : 20.0 secs. 21. Open Plunge. 1st D. G. Barton, 2nd D. A. Wilson, 3rd C. B. M. Gregory. Distance : 47 ft. 6 ins. 22. Under 15 Free Style-25 yds. 1st R. A. Hodgson, 2nd I. T. Parkin, 3rd J. C. G. Wheeler. Time : 13.2 secs. (School Record.) 23. Under 164 Back-stroke-50 yds. 1st E. G. Stewart, 2nd W. Gibson, 3rd R. S. R. Hyde. Time : 40.0 secs. 24. Under 15 Dive. 1st P. H. Moat, 2nd I. T. Parkin, 3rd J. Burdon. 25. Under 164 Relay (4 x 25 yds.). 1st Manor, 2nd Grove, 3rd Rise. Time : 65.6 secs. 26. Under 15 Relay (4 x 25 yds.). 1st Manor, 2nd Grove, 3rd School House. Time : 65.5 secs. 27. Open Relay (4 x 25 yds.). 1st Grove, 2nd Rise, 3rd Queen's. Time : 57.6 secs.

Award of points ... 1st- 5 pts. 2nd-3 pts. 3rd-1 pt.

Relays ... 1st-10 pts. 2nd-6 pts. 3rd-2 pts. Grove 72 points Manor 70 points Rise ... 46 points Queen's ... 39 points School House ... 38 points Temple ... ... 5 points

Mrs. Dronfield kindly presented the Kazerooni Cup to T. G. Stephenson, the Captain of The Grove swimming team. 80