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“ DISAPPOINTED GIRLS NOW' 1 ■tTHEY HAVE W0H SPORTS FAME... ' :••• •• - ' • -4 L.Here are the'stories of two English \ girl athletes who were disappointed—* but are now smiling again. mFiftecn-year-old Betty Locke, who is ^ in school at Wimbledon,, was thrilled ^ B at the prospect of being chosen to re- , ^ present her country at this years Olympic Games in Germany. But heT h parents decided that -• she was tooyoung- ■ «• Their Betty brake her own British, v record in the W. A .A. A. 60 metres : ^ face—in 7 3-5sec in beautiful style. j ,. She now expects to take part in the (nnmfls in four vears time, i vOlympic Gaines in four years time, when they are staged in Britain.“I have plenty of time,” she said. !l I should have liked to have joined this year's team, but in four years’ time I hope to bo a better athletethan now.” ' .• And. Betty, by the way, does .notneglect her school books.Another disappointed girl was Barbara: Burke, whose hopes of being chosen for South Africa’s Olympic team were dashed when it was stated that South Africa would not compete in the women's events. fShe persuaded .her father to bmig her to England for the - British W.A.A.A. championships.That journey of thousands or miles was well justified. Barbara won the coveted Lord Hawko Cup* blue riband of-women’s sport, for the best performance of the year. . tv- No wonder! She triumphed in the 100 and ,200, metres track events andthe 80 metres hurdles.- ,Some critics were of the. opinion that the hurdles event was won by Miss Violet Webb, of Polytechnic. But the judges were unanimous that Barbara won it by' 4in., -1. • : : “- Hero is another girl athlete who thanks her father for her fame.- Eighteen-year-old Shelagh Browning won the Thames five-mile swimming championship for the third timo in succession.She was born at Newport (Mon.) ;her father taught her to swim os soon as she could Walk-—in a canal ; fur the last six years she. has practised over two miles—whatever the weather. • Now she uses the Australian craivl to perfection, and in the worst storm in which the championship has • ever been held she beat her own previousbest time by nearly Imin. %The guide boats were nearly swamped—one actually foundered, the occupants being -transferred to a launch in the nick of time—.but Shelagh thoroughly enjoyed the buffeting and finished up with a burst of speed. . “ I felt absolutely fresh,” she said, •f and would not have minded anothermile or two.”
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Clyde Dunstan Times
Clyde, South Island, NZ
Mon, Nov 23, 1936
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