Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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23 the Senior Shield Competition, Butterfield won with a total of 39 points, but not without some close competition from Darrell House, who collected all of 33 points. These two houses had the Senior meet fairly much to themselves since Saltus House, placing third, had but 10 points. In the Junior Competition, the meet was ex- tremely close. Not until the final race was completed did Butter- field House realize that it had nosed out Darrell by a score of 25 points to Darrell ' s 243 . Watlington was not far behind with 203 2 points. In the course of the meet, three records were broken. H. Lancaster set a new record for the Group C 50 Yards Freestyle covering the distance in 31.8 seconds. Also in Group C, G. Nelson lowered the time for the 50 Yards Breast-stroke from 41 seconds to 39.8. Finally, the Darrell House Junior 100 Yard Freestyle Relay team of H. Lancaster, C. Lewis, M. Cox and T. Critchley set a new record time for the event of 60 seconds flat. During this term, the boys have the opportunity to use the Princess Swimming Club ' s Pool on Mondays and Fridays. During June we hold the competition for the four Pentathlon Shields for individual swimmers. These shields were presented by the Saltus Old Boys Association in 1936. The events and standards of the competition were drawn up by Mr. Jack King, O.S., and Swimming Coach Bill Brooks. This Spring swimming plan encourages the boys to get an early start in the season so that by the time that the S.G.S. and Inter-School swimming sports are held (i.e. late Sept.) they will have had some four or five months ' practice and training. H. C. E. M. Swimming Competition GROUP A 25 Yards Freestyle. — 1 Stone, 2 Trimingham, 3 Nelson iii. Time: 19 sees. Diving. — 1 Nelson iii, 2 Jacobs and Stone. GROUP B 25 Yards Freestyle. — 1 Allington, 2 N. Cooper, 3 Gibbons. Time: 16.4 sees. Diving. — 1 Ryan, 2 Whitney and Barnes.

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22 who is determined to come to close quarters. Besides, if you re- treat, sooner or later you will find yourself against the ropes, where you will be entirely at the other man ' s mercy. This superiority of the straight blow over a swing was clearly shown in at least three of the fights. One has already been mentioned. Besides that one, in the first fight of the evening Woollard ii had a considerable advantage in reach over Churm, but he fell into the bad habit of swinging, and Churm, by using his feet and hitting straight when- ever the opportunity offered itself, won a well-deserved victory. Hayward, too, tried to duck and come in close with his face wide open because his hands were trying to get round outside his oppo- nent ' s guard. Lewis beat him by waiting for him and then upper- cutting with his left. The fight between Nelson i and Correia was close, Nelson los- ing because he went into the ring expecting to be slaughtered. By the time that he realised that he had a fighting chance, it was too late. We had all been expecting an interesting fight between Terceira i and Woollard i, but Woollard lost a tooth early in the first round and the fight was stopped. In the last fight of the evening Harrison and Skinner put on a very good show. Skinner was some pounds heavier and had the advantage in reach. In these circumstances he should have kept Harrison at a distance with his left. But he did not succeed and Harrison ' s experience was sufficient to let him get in close and win the bout. Again the programme was printed at the School by Mr. Welch, this year, we believe, almost entirely by his own unassisted efforts. Of necessity the names of finalists are not known until the last minute, and it is necessary for him to burn the midnight oil so as to have the programme ready in time. The results follow: — Mosquito weight: Churm beat Woollard ii. Paper weight: Pearman ii beat Todd ii. Flyweight: Cooper ii beat Cooper iv. Bantamweight: Shanks beat Fall ii. Feather- weight: Lines i beat Gurr. Lightweight: Hutt beat Critchley. Welterweight: Lewis beat Hayward. Middleweight: Correia beat Nelson i. Cruiserweight : Terceira i beat Woollard i. Heavyweight : Harrison beat Skinner. After the fights Harrison was appointed Captain of Boxing, S Swimming On Friday, September 22, 1944, the Annual Inter-House Swimming Meet was held at the Langton Pool, the use of which was provided through the kindness of Chummy Hayward. In

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24 GROUP C 50 Yards Freestyle. — 1 Martin, 2 Lancaster, 3 Lewis. Time: 34.4 sees. 50 Yards Breaststroke. — 1 Nelson, 2 Martin, 3 Lancaster. Time: 40.4 sees. 25 Yards Backstroke. — 1 Martin, 2 Critchley, 3 Lancaster. Time: 19 sees. Diving. — 1 Nelson, 2 R. Cooper, 3 Pantry and Critchley. GROUP D 50 Yards Freestyle. — 1 Seymour and Petty, 2 Harrison. Time: 29 sees. 50 Yards Breaststroke. — 1 Petty, 2 Vivian, 3 Harrison. Time: 40.4 sees. 25 Yards Backstroke. — 1 Seymour, 2 Vivian, 3 Wyatt. Time: 16.4 sees. Diving. — 1 Harrison, 2 Smith, 3 Bray. GROUP E 100 yards Freestyle.— 1 McBeath, 2 Woollard, 3 Robinson. Time: 79.3 sees. 100 yards Breaststroke. — 1 Wool- lard, 2 McBeath, 3 Hallam. Time: 99 sees. 200 yards Freestyle. — 1 Robinson, 2 Terceira, 3 Hallam. Time: 4.07. 50 yards Backstroke. — 1 McBeath, 2 Terceira, 3 Robinson. Diving. — 1 Terceira and Hallam, 3 Woollard. Junior 100 yards Freestyle Relay. — 1 Darrell (Lancaster, Lewis, Cox and Critchley), 2 Butterfield (Martin, R. Cooper, Astwood and N. Cooper), 3 Watlington (Pantry, Hordern, Shanks and G. Nelson). Time: 1.06. (New Record.) Senior 150 yards Medley Relay. — 1 Butterfield (Seymour, Petty and Harrison), 2, Saltus (Smith, Vivian and Gosling), 3 Darrell (Hallam, Woollard and Terceira). Time: 1.49.2. Senior House Shield: 1 Butterfield, 39 points; 2 Darrell, 33 points; 3 Saltus, 10 points. Junior House Shield. — 1 Butterfield, 25 points; 2 Darrell, 243 points; 3 Watlington, 20) points. Tennis The Saltus Tennis Season of 1945 was limited to two sessions. First, the Inter-House Competition was played in March during the last week of the Easter Term. Each House was represented by a team of three singles players and two doubles combinations.