The local swimming season will get off to an early start, next Tuesday and Thursday the Navy Y.M.C.A. pool, in which the Fourth Marines are to compete for the first time in many years in the Regimental Open Championships.
Nine events will be open for competition. All preliminaries are to be held on Tuesday and the finals on The programme includes d 100 yards free style. 40 ds breast stroke, 120 yards medley (40 yards breast stroke, 40 yards back stroke and 40 yards free style), diving (plain standing. plain running and front jack knife) and an exhibition in the 880 yards Inter-Battalion medley relay.
The Regimental Athletic Office will award prizes, including medals for the first three places. There are hopes that the "Leathernecks" will form a swimming team to take part in various competitions this season. More than a dozen swimmers working out daily at the Navy pool.
No inter-Company competition: will he staged this season, it is understood, but an inter-Battalion contest is expected to come off in August. This has been arranged for because a good number of swimmers have left for the North for summer manœuvres and will only return that month.
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