Eveline High School (Bulawayo) - Swimming 1961

The Inter-House Gala was held in November I960 and resulted in a win for Gladstone with Selborne second. The  main gala results were as follows :

McDonald Inter-House Cup...................................Gladstone

Pearl Carpenter Relay Cup................................... .Selborne

Senior Championship .......................................... ..V. Schofield

Intermediate Championship ....................................D. Sutcliffe

Junior Championship ..............................................L. Schofield

Aitken Cup (100m. crawl) .....................................D. Sutcliffe

Via Diamond (100m. breast) .................................M. Crozier

Morgan Cup (100m. back) ....................................D. Sutcliffe

Lorraine Howell (Open Diving A) ..........................B. Green

B Section Diving ...................................................M. Crozier

Junior Diving .........................................................E. Peach

Muller Life Saving Cup..........................................D. Williams

Daphne Forbes Life Saving Cup ...........................D. Williams

SWIMMING TEAM

Back Row (left to right): B. MORRIS, B. GREEN, M. REA, L. GLEESON, V. NASH, V. McLEROTH,

A. PATTERSON, H. BARROWMAN, D. BANKS, J. BLOWERS, D. SUTCLIFFE.

Middle Row (left to right): J. CULLEN J. PETERSON, H. SMITH, S. WINNING, T. BOYCE,

H. STOWE, G. ROBB, E. McLOUGHLIN, L. SCHOFIELD, P. SMITH, P. HIRST.

Front Row (left to right) : E. WIGGINGTON, S. BRADLEY, F. PRETORIUS, A. DRUMMOND,

V. SCHOFIELD (Captain), A. WAYLAND, C. FOSTER, N. TOMAN.

In the Matabeleland Inter-Schools Gala, Townsend came first with Eveline second. The Preliminary Trials were held  in Que Que and Townsend again beat Eveline. The four schools qualifying for the final in Salisbury were Townsend, Eveline, Northlea and Chaplin. In the finals G.H.S. Salisbury beat Townsend by one point. Eveline were only able to  take sixth place with Umtali. Eveline broke five of eleven records in the Finals. Congratulations to the following for breaking them :

D. Sutcliffe — 100 yards Back Open A.

M.Rea — 100 yards Crawl Open B and 100 yards Back Open B.

A. Drummond — 50 yards Back Senior B.

Under 15 Crawl Relay team.

In the third term, I960 colours were awarded to V. Schofield and in the 1st term, 1961, to F. Pretorius and A.  Drummond.

In League results, Eveline won the Under 14 and Under 16 sections and came first in the Overall points with Townsend second.

In 1960 a new cup was awarded. It is the Ann Webb Cup for General Proficiency and Progress in Swimming and was  awarded for the first time to V. Schofield.

I wish all girls returning, the best of luck in their swimming.

VALERIE SCHOFIELD.

LIFE SAVING AWARDS

INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION:

December, 1960: A. Steyn, H. Stowe, A. Francis, M. Hardy, H. Marshall, S. Schwim, E. Benzon, M. Hellmuth, J. 

Manicom, I. Thompson, K. Karlander, A. Shinn, L. Hyman, B. Lerman, N. Toman, J. Baker, C. Cronje,L. Gass, P. Phillips, I. Wood, B. Graaf E. Mclaughlin, C. Foster, M. McGowan.

April, 1961 : L. Till, C. West, M. Maine, M. Hendry, E. Herbst, J. Eales, D. Penderleith, P. Hirst, P. de Smidt, P.  Eppel, J. Smart, J. White J. Spiller, C. Torpey, E. Winchester, E. Bakkes, L. Hewlett, A. McGowan, J. Staples, S.  Staples, M. Rea.

BRONZE MEDALLION EXAMINATION:

December, 1960: T. Pollard, D. West, T. van Ryneveld, B. Green, A. Smith, Z. Walker, V. Nash, B. Clegg, L. Wordsworth, M. Fraser G. French, S. Allen, M. Searle Smith, J. Bradley, V. McLeroth, S. Maurice, A. Darlow, W. McLean, L. Gleeson, G. Rudman, J. Welgeinoed, J. Peterson.

April, 1961 : I. Wood, R. White, J. Brodie, H. Barrowman, A. Francis, H. Marshall, M. Hardy, A. Shinn, E. McLoughlin, E. Benzon, D. Miskin, J. Manicon, B. Lerman, L. Hyman, N. Toman, M. Hellmuth, B. Knapp, M. Curry, V. Lindsey, M. Rossou, A. Wavland, B. Graff, C. Foster, F. Pretorius, N. McDonald, M. McGowan, L. Schofield.

BRONZE CROSS:

December, 1960: K. Blizard, T. Francis, E. John, L. Borland, C. John, M. Gibson, J. Blowers, G. Hulett, J. Coupe, M. Cloete, J. Maurice, Y. Smith, H. Smith, V. Schofield.

April, 1961 : S. Maurice, W. Maclean, L. Gleeson, D. West, B. Green, V. Nash, B. Clegg, G. French.

SCHOLAR INSTRUCTOR'S CERTIFICATE:

December, 1960: J. Maurice, S. Evans, A. Hellmuth, D. Chamberlain, V. Schofield.

INSTRUCTOR'S CERTIFICATE:

April, 1961 : V. Schofield, M. Buckley, J. McNeill, L. Meyer, Z. Walker, S. Maurice, E. John.

AWARD OF MERIT:

December, 1960: T. Boyee, A. Drummond, V. Schofield.

April, 1961 : V. McLeroth, H. Smith.

End

Source: Eveline High School Manual of 1961 which was made available by Lewis Walter.

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