Who Follows Judy As Britain's Swim Queen?

By JOHN REED

Who is to be Britain's Swimming Queen of 19597, Who will take over the dazzling crown worn So gloriously by Olympic back-stroke champion Judy Grinham until she retired early this year?

it should, on ranking, be Jon Block, tripte. Europeai. zald Margaret Edwarda, who shadow- } medailist and Empire Games ed Judy zo elcsely for five years | champlon, alone has the speed and who, as the world's No. 2 and power to thrash the rest | back-sirsker, Is expected to step of the Continent."

up at last into the starring role, This 17-year-old Scottish

Margarel, now “20,” in training schoolboy will attack the world, In London to be a teacher. 440 yards medicy record in

Although she still has her Cardli on June 0. pale blue eyes fixed firmly on One other young man who the Olympic back-stroke lithe | can match the Continentals this in Home next year, this alight season? I Nominate Chris young Heston girl is at an age Wilkinson, 10-year-old brother when a career und a bay friend of Diano and likely British assume more importance. than breast-stroke champion. the sheer, hard slow of cham-

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This is why the British selec- tors, I suspect, will keep a closer watch on the promising young- sters who compile in the inter- national trials at Bromley, on May 18, In their Judy's successor,

cearch for

It may prove to be the fall, vilm Sylvia Lewis, 10-year-aki Hounslow typist who Jumped Into the limelight at last year's Empire Gonies trials.

But the back-stroke challenge

Is Intense. Every girl wants to be a Judy Grinhm.

And in promising

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like Carole Hussey. 14-year-old | Nottingham schoolgirl, mas- tonishing 13-year-old Yorkshire | Graveney, elder brother of Test lars culled Carole Duan, and the | ericketer' Tom, who took up stylish 15-year-old Beckenham golf after a back injury forced Ladies stor, Margaret Toms, we him to give up county cricket may find her.

in 1951. He won a place in Margaret Toms la equally pro- his county's golf team and In Relent on free-style and Reg now a three handicap playor. Laxion, who coached Judy Ken's departure from Glou- Grinham, tells me that she mayeeslorahiro cricket was # "yet beat the lot,"

major frogedy, for, in younger Judy Samuel (15). Beryl | days, he was every bit 18 Noakes (16), who are also in promising

younger the Laxton stable, will be strong brother. In 1049, iti ond challengers this year for the innings against Derbyshire,, ho title of Britain's fastest girl got the delightful figures of 10 sprinter, but I doubt whether for 60.

they can catch the pride of the North, Brilish record-holder Diara Wilkinson.

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Grammar School, Tom was as promising With 1 reiaudelled crawl with the ball as he was with the struke who should make evenbat. And big brother Ken, in greater progress this year.

school and club cricket, was one But she will be hard pressed of the biggest hitters I have. by the new threat to British ever seen. Yet he emerged as a free-stylers... Natalie Stoward, medium-fast bowler.. who swam for Rhodesin in thờ Maurice, a left-hander, is Empire Games at Cardiff and is natural all-rounder who never now settled in Hornchurch.

standard. quite made county London University student And sister "Dottie"? She Christine Gosden, who smashed tained her school at hockey and the British and English 130 erleket--London yards breval-stroke records Infvice. March. Anila Lonsbrough, shy Huddersfield clerk who won the Empire Games title, Jackie Dyson, Empire Games aver medallist, and the rapidly im- proving Alison Turnbull, the 14-year-old Scottish schoolgiri from Galusshiels Academy, re- present breast-stroke strength which will test ony in Europe.

And little Non Roc, that sensational tiny lot from Motherwell, can be expected to Improve even on her amazing 440 yards freestyle perforin- aces In Cardin and Budapest

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