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THE CHINA MAIL,
HARBOUR SWIM
146 CHINESE ENTRIES IN
ANNUAL EVENT ··
7 LADIES COMPETE
BOWLS
STRUGGLE FOR THE:
CHAMPIONSHIP
C.S.C.C, PROP OUT
The anual cidas-harbour Losing to the Club de Recret swimming race for Chinese, held "B" team on Saturday, in division under the auspices of the Hong II of the Lawn Bowls League, Kong Chinese Amateur Athletic Civil Service C.C: have dropped out Federation, was successfully held of the race for the championship; at North Point on Saturday which now becomes a struggle for afternoon.
supremacy betwook Club de Recreta "A" and the Taikoo R.C., with the Portuguese having the advantage.
A record entry and the num- ber who completed the course ex- ceeding last year's total entries were features of the event which attracted a very large gathering of interested spectators.
In all there were 146 entries, of
which number 7 were of the fair sex. How many actually took part was not known and there was no count of those who finished. Time limits of one hour and 75 minutes, respectively, were set for the two sexes; 58 men and 3 ladles came within the limits,
The course. was from Channel Rock to the Chinese Bathing Club's bench at North Point, a distance of about a mile. Starters veyed in a launch to the starting point and followed across in a fleet of small craft.
were con-
Increasing Interest
Chan Chun-hing led from the outset and proved an easy winner: but there was a close struggle for the other "places." Miss Kwok Tsoi-ming, the first of the ladies to finish, was 62nd in the combined
race.
A large and enthusiastic gather- ing, including the Hon. Sir Shou- Bon Chow, watched the race and the aubsequent ceremony in the Chinese Bathing: Club.
Mr. Ng Sze-kwong (chairman of the H.K.C.A.A.F.) called on Miss Chow Suk-chun, daughter of Sir Shou-con Chow, to present the prizes. He thanked her for doing so and expressed pleasure at the presence of Sir Shou-son and his daughter. The fact that more and more Chinese showed interest in sport, Mr. Ng continued, was a good sign for the country. He hoped that there would be even ΠΟΣΟ entries next year.
In a humorous reply. Sir Shou-. son Chow said that he was glad to
see the ladies competing with the men. He promised to donate a cup
for next year's race.
The Winners
Silver cups were presented to the first five men and the three ladies.
The other men who finished the dis- tance in the hour received medals. The leaders were:-
Club de Recreio “A," by defeating Taikoo R.C., are well on the way to wards obtaining promotion. Taikoo at have a remote chance of tieing
with the leaders. They can do so If they win their remaining two matches. and Recreio "A" unex pectedly lose their last fixture against the Yacht Club.
Recreio "A" won their match convincingly while their "B" team clubmates scraped home against Civil Service by only one shot. Results at a glance:
Recreio "A" 71 Taikoo R.C. +Kowloon C.C.66 Yacht Club
Recreio "B" 62 Civil Service
† denotes home team.
TAIKOO v. RECREIO "A"
Recreio "B" "Civil Service F. A. Machado S. E. Eccleshall E., M. Remedios C. E. Jones"
J. M. S. Rosario J. R. Archibald
L. Gutierrez
J. Massey
(skip)
22:
(skip)
E. L. Barros E. V. Sousa R. Robarta
H. Basto (skip)
Gonsalves
A. Gomes J. Ribeiro J. G. Ozorio
(skip)
20
24
R..Jones
E. W. Simmonds
W. J.. Bickford
F. E. Booker
F. H. Holdmani
15
(skip)
1. Longbottom
L. Luck
R. T. Taylor
20
(skip)
22
62.
61
K.C.C. v. YACHT CLUB
Yacht Club, Kowloon Cricket Club Entertaining Royal Hong Kong
won by G shote. Scores Kowloon C.C. H. Gittins L. Jack W. Brace
B. Petheram
(skip)
E. Shanks
42
F. Hamblin
GO
G. Wragge
61
W. W. Hirst.
T. B. Smith
On their own green, Talkoo R.C. lost to Club de Recreio "A" by 29 shots. The visitors won easily on all three rinks. Scores:- Taikoo R.C.
D. C. Spiers S. Hope
· E. Moore
[.D. Malmsley
(skip)
D: Young
C. S. Cameron J. Sloan
D. Munro
(skip)
R. M. Keown Craig
10
15
Recrelo "A"
H. Alves C. Rodrigues C. Marques
A. Ribeiro (skip)
C. F. Vas
F. X. Soares
C. A. Lopes
"
23
P. A. Yvanovich
(skip)
F. X. 'Silva
20
L. C. R. Sousa.
3.
C. G. Silva
R. F.- Luz (skip)
T. Young H. McKechnie
(skip) 17
42
RECREIO "F" v. C.$.C.C.
2223
Yacht Club Deacon Bentley
Garpenter
Davies
(skip) Shelishear Sutherland
15
Ramsay
Edwards
(skip)
21
(skip) 22
Sutton
H. Atkina
J. Howe
F. G. Herridge
Murdoch
Wood:
Shields
(skip) 22 (skip)
24
60
66 The positions in the League to date are:-
P. W. D.. I. Tin Recreio "A".....15 12 0 3 24 Civil Service C.C. 15 10 1 4 21 Taikoo R.C.......14 10 0 4 20 1 7 15 Kowloon B.G.C...15 7 Craigengower C.C. 15. 7 0 8 14 Kowloon C.C....15 6 1 8 13 Recreio "B" .15 6 19 11
Yacht Club ..14 4 0 10 8.
East Point R.C...16 4 0 12 8 SPEY CUP
In the second round of the Spey Royal Cup lawn bowls competition yesterday, Club de Recreio beat!
28 Kowloon Dock R.C. by 7 shots on the Kowloon Cricket Club's green.
18
71
The winners are to meet Civil Service C.C. In the semi-final, Scores:-
Kowloon Dock
Recreio
At King's Park, a margin of one P. Marques
shot decided the match between P. Ivanovich
Club de Recreio "B" and Civil Ser- A. Ribeiro vice Cricket Club, in favour of the R. F. Luz
(skip) 24
home team. Scores:-
C. Atkinson J. McLaggan F. Cullen S. Grey
(skip) .17
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