Gone swimming...

Summertime might not have been up to the usual standard in Gisborne this season, but that hasn't had much effect on summer's most popular pastime —swimming. Every hot afternoon finds dozens, even hundreds, of young folk disporting themselves in the Macrae Baths, or at the beach.

A toddler gets his first lesson in water wisdom.

Roving "Photo News" cameraman found plenty of life and action at the baths one afternoon last month, got a riotous welcome from children enjoying the cool water as he took these shots.
Apparently you're never too old or too young to learn swimming.

By Day Or By Night the baths are busy. Picture above shows baths on a sunny afternoon, with the young people having a high time under the watchful eye of the caretaker, Mrs Mabel Foote (right, foreground).

A typical scene from a night carnival, with swimmers in a mercantile relay being started on their 33 yard dash. On such occasions, firms enter teams and the fields comprise old and young competitors, with as many as 70 heats in an evening, and a big gallery to watch the fun.

A highlight of this carnival was the performance of Edith Hjorring, one of Gisborne's promising young swimmers (see cover) in lowering her own H.B.-P.B. women's 220yd backstroke record

Relay competitors at diving-board end of Macrae Baths.

The winners.
Mercantile relay at Olympic Swimming Club's carnival was won by Dudley Redstone's team, seen accepting trophy. Left to right, they are: D. Green, T. Boyd, G. Thompson.

Plain and fancy divers amused crowd.

Applause for a broken record.

Eight records went by the board at this season's Gisborne Swimming Club championships.

The camera was unable to record all the champions, but random shots on this page show some of the club's successful competitors on the last evening of the championships.

Five records were broken by three young breastroke swimmers, Miss A. Dodd, N. Tuhou, and T. Royds, two by Miss M. Laws and one by H. Holmes, a veteran of pre-war swimming, who turned out to break the existing 880 yard record.

50yds Freestyle winners: H. Holmes, 1st, M. Bramwell, 2nd, and P. Barker, 3rd. Holmes also won the 100yds, 440yds, and 880 yds. K. Morse (right) was second in the 100, 100 medley, 220, 440 and 880 yard races.