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Boys' High Swimming
An intermediate swimmer who competed in the senior events to gain stronger competition proved to be the star of the Gisborne Boys' High school's annual swimming sports at the McRae Baths.
The swimmer, Jim Westwood, broke five records. three of them set 12 years ago, and equalled a sixth, to win the senior championship.
Another senior, Glen Sutton, who was a member of the New Zealand surf team to Australia, chopped 20 seconds off the 440 yards freestyle record to win the McKeague Cup.
Two other senior records were bettered by breaststroker Robert Powell.
Top record breaker and senior champion, Jim Westwood.
M. Hardy and D. Gear surface together in the middle of a life float to take equal first place in the corfu dive.
Competing in a backstroke race are, from camera: Glen Sutton, Robert Powell, and Jim Westwood.
Glen Sutton hits the water at the start of a backstroke race
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A respite from the serious business of breaking records was a clown diving act. Here, Richard Swindell, Robert Kerr, and Mike McCredie prepare to do a "triple" somersault from the high board.
Non-competitors cheer on their favourites
The "triple" somersault
Robert Kerr gave an impressive exhibition of precision diving
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