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Swimming Champs

The 1967 Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay Swimming Championships were held in Gisborne and a number of records were well and truly broken.

The swimming events were held at the Macrae Baths while the diving was conducted at the McGlashen Pool.

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The attendance on the final night at the Macrae Baths.

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Shane Griffin, 1st under 12 butterfly.

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Tony Gledhill... 1st junior boys' diving

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Yvonne Goodall (front) and Carol Robinson (HB)...3rd and 2nd in 12-14 backstroke

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Denis Gear...1st snr. men's diving

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Alison Whiteley...3rd under 14 50yds butterfly

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Karen Compton (Wairoa)...1st in her heat 14-16 girls

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Brian Campbell...1st 14-16 220 and 440 freestyle

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Greg Meade...1st 100 and 220 freestyle and 266⅔ medley

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Jim Westwood...1st snr men 220 freestyle

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Jane Bird...1st 14-16 220 and 440 freestyle

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Brian Meade...runner-up under 14 100yds breaststroke

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Shona Twistleton...3rd 12-14 100 and 220 breaststroke

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Anna Nilsson (HB), Rosemary Hewitt (Gis) and Jennifer Bell (Wairoa) 1st, 3rd and 2nd in the women's 266⅔ medlev

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Margaret McKee...2nd 12-14 freestyle, 3rd under 16 440 freestyle.

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On the go for the whole programme are Colin Hacche, announcer and Jim Francis, announcer's assistant.

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The time-keepers have their work cut out at the finish of each event

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