On Tuesday, November 12, the Life Saving Competitions were held at D.H.S. bath. These three competitions are open to all schools in Natal. The competition for the Gilbert Reynolds Shield is for Prep. Schools only, the Milner Smythe has an age limit of IS years and the Payne Shield is Open. Our Under IS team, consisting of Arnold, A. Chalmers, Dowdle and Rickaby won the shield with Arnold top scorer in this compe tition. This is the third year running that we have won this compe tition. In the senior competition we came third; Glenwood won, mainly because of the speed factor. The one fast swimmer in the team, J. Syminton, scored the highest marks in the whole compe tition. Swimming Certificates: Examinations were very popular. A large number of certificates were taken and results will be pub lished next year. Congratulations to the following for obtaining their colours for 1957: Honours: D. G. Spargo. Colours: Re-awards: D. Spargo, J. Shave. New Awards: J. Syminton, R. Edwards, A. Home, H. Bouman, I. Bjorkman, J. Rodseth. 1958: We shall have our Gala In March next year—Old Boys please note. J.W.S. CRICKET Fortunately,few matches were cancelled because of rain during this term, with the result that all teams played a large number of matches. No side was particularly strong this year, but each had one or two good players. The successes of the first team depended very largely on the performances of M. N. W. Hulett and J. A. H. Lowe. The Under 15 were fortunate to have J. R. Hulett playing at his best, and the Under 14 were well served by Chalmers, Procter and Gray. There is little promise of a strong fi rst eleven in 1958, since eight of the 1957 team are leaving, and there are no seniors of out standing ability. However, if the team develops into a keen fielding 318
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