Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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21 GROUP C 50 yds. Freestyle. — 1 Smith 4, 2 Lancaster, 3 Gosling. Time 35 6-10 sees. 50 yds. Breaststfoke. — 1 Evans, 2 Gosling, 3 Bray. Time 42 8-10 sees. 25 yds. Backstroke. — 1 Hutt 1, 2 Wyatt. 3 Wingate. Time 18 7-10 sees. Diving. — 1 Bray, 2 Hutt 1, 3 Smith 2. GROUP D 50 yds. Freestyle. — 1 Petty, 2 Seymour, 3 Adderley 1. Time 31 2-10 sees. 50 yds. Breaststroke. — 1 Petty, 2 Vivian, 3 Adderley 1. Time 41 sees. 25 yds. Backstroke. — 1 Seymour, 2 Thompson, 3 Vivian. Time 16 2-10 sees. Diving. — 1 Adderley 1, 2 Adderley 2, 3 Thompson. GROUP E 100 yds. Freestyle. — 1 King, 2 Spurling, 3 Tucker. Time 64 sees. 100 yds. Breaststroke. — 1 King, 2 Pantryl, 3 Taylor. Time 86 6-10 sees. 200 yds. Freestyle.— 1 King, 2 Trucker. Time 2 min. 41 8-10 sees. 50 yds. Backstroke. — 1 Pantry 1, 2 Taylor, 3 Botelho. Diving. — 1 Tucker, 2 Spurling, 3 Beardsly. Senior Relay. — 1 Saltus, 2 Watlington, 3 Butterfield. Junior Relay. — 1 Darrell, 2 Saltus, 3 Watlington. Role in the B.S.SA. Sports Swimming After a lapse of a year, the B.S.S.A. Swimming Sports were revived. The School staged an excellent show, winning all five group cups. Athletic Sports The Sjchool took the honours in the younger age groups, winning all the events in group A, in which D. Nelson and Ford were outstanding. In group B, Collis was our key man, while Critchley, Lewis, and J. Nelson shared the group C honours. In Group D, Saltus ' s only victory was claimed by Harrison, who ran an excel- lent 880 yards. In Group E, Taylor was our lone victor in the 120 ya rds Hurdles. However, in the two older groups, Saltus was not beaten until the final relavs took place. H, C. E. M,

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20 S G»S» Swimming The Annual Inter-House Swimming Meet was held at the Langton Pool in late September of last year. In the Senior Com- petition, Saltus House nosed out Watlington House to win with 41 points to the latter ' s 31 points. Butterfield House was third with 18 points. In the Junior Competition, Watlington House easily led the rest of the field, to win with 37 points: Darrell and Saltus tied for third with 16 each. In the course of the meet, three records were broken. H. King set a new record for the 100 yards free style in Group E with the very excellent time of 64 seconds. In the 50 yards breast-stroke in Group C, Evans set a new record of 41 seconds. Seymour made a new mark in the Group D back-stroke event with 16 2-10 seconds. Many of the other times were close to the records. The standard of swimming has undoubtedly improved in the last year for which we are most indebted to Mr. V. F. ( Chummy ) Hayward for providing the Saltus boys with the use of the Langton Swimming Pool for two afternoons each week during the Summer Term. This term, many enthusiastic swimmers can be seen at the pool practising for the individual Pentathlon Shields, competition for which will be held in early June. Even though only four boys can win these shields, the losers will have improved their standard of swimming to the extent that they will stand a better chance in the forthcoming September Meet. H. C. E. M. S G S Swimming Competition Senior House Shield. — 1 Saltus, 41 points, 2 Watlington, 31 points, 3 Butterfield, 18 points. Junior House Shield. — 1 Watlington, 37 points, 2 Butterfield, 17 points, 3 Darrel-Saltus (Tie), 16 points. GROUP A 25 yds. Freestyle. — 1 Gibbons 4, 2 Nelson 3, 3 Pearman 2. Time 19 4-10 sees. Diving. — 1 Gibbons 4, 2 Pearman 2, 3 Nelson. GROUP B 25 yds. Freestyle.— 1 Shanks, 2 Hi(tt 2, 3 Collis. Time 16 2-10 sees. Diving.— 1 Shanks, 2 Hutt 2, 3 Smith 4.

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22 Boxing The annual competition for the Cox vShield took place this year on Friday, March l7th, under the patronage of Rear Admiral I. C. Sowell, who presented the shield to Watlington House, the winners of the competition. We were, as a matter of fact, lucky that there was a competition at all this year, for the school was right in the middle of the whooping cough epidemic, and for a time it seemed likely that there would not be a sufficient number of boxers to provide a show. In the end fortune favoured us and only three bouts suffered interference; the fight between Hill and Pearman was cancelled, but Hutt i and Lewis, who were each left without an opponent, fought an exhibition match. Lewis, in the lighter weight, put up a very game fight against Hutt, who was about eight pounds heavier, no mean advantage for contestants in a ninety-pound class. Last year ' s experiment in staging all the preliminary bouts on the Monday previous to the finals was so successful that we re- peated it this 3 ear, and it seems likely that it will become the regu- lar practice. For the preliminaries Major B. T. Johnson, R.A.O.C., was the referee, and Capt. Harold Evans and Sergt. Todd, B.V.R.C. were the judges. For the finals Major Johnson and Capt. Evans again officiated with Mr. Harry Palmer as the second judge, while Major Cecil Moore, D.F.C., acted as timekeeper. Sergt. Todd kindly took on the job of second, and gave valuable advice to the boxers in his corner. We are more grateful than we can say to these gentlemen for giving us so much of their time; for without their assistance the competition could scarcely be staged. Much of the increased interest in boxing which is apparent in Saltus these days is due to the encouragement given by officials who are both capable and interested themselves. For there is nothing so dis- couraging to a keen boy as to take trouble to learn the game and then to lose a fight on a faulty decision. Partly because of the prevalent sickness, the standard of box- ing was not quite so high as in recent yea.rs, but sickness was not the only reason. It is hard for boys to realise that three rounds, lasting a minute and a half each, can be so tiring, and few among the older boys can be persuaded that a mere four and a half minutes of such exercise requires a much higher standard of fitness than most football games. Consequently, they start a round as vigor- ously as anyone could desire, but, before the end, they are reduced to such a state of exhaustion that all they can do is to stand and look at each other. Again boxing is an art which has to be learned and it is of comparatively little use to go into a ring half a dozen times in the week or two before a competition in the hope that boxing can be learned in such a short time. As seems to be the usual experience, the best boxing was seen in the lighter weights, and, if the whooping cough had not interfered, it would have been