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Roanoke Country Club RatedAs Favorite In Swim MeetB? frank barrow*. . . Bulletin Sport* WriterThe Western Virginia Regional Open Swim Meet, which will be held on Saturday at9 .10 a m at the Fieldale Com-munitv Center pools. will not have last year’s winning team participatingJohnson City.managed to pull 211 victory over Roanoke Country has not entered cause of a state Tennessee that is the same day.Tenn.. whichout a 255 to second place Club last year, this year be wide meet in being held oniia, 5-2/rnfocOf the top seven teams inlast year’s meet, the only other team not returning to compete this year is Kingsport. Tenn.The top teams which are re turning this year and are considered to have a good chance of winning the event include Roanoke Country Club. K n r t Bragg. N C , Waynesboro YM CA, the Waynesboro Sharks, and FieldaleOn the basis of last year'srshowing. Roanoke Country Clubmust be considered the favorite. The Roanokers have always had a strong team and this year will probably be no exception.Between 700 and 800 tankers are registered to compete, according to Younger Snead Kiel dale Community ('enter direc-mtor. who is in charge of themeet Manv of them will comerfrom such far distant spots as Norfolk and l/cvittown, Pa.Three local teams. Martins ville, Stanleytown. and Bassetthave formed the Henrv County* wSwim Club and will enter the meet as one teamFieldale did not join the Henry County Swim Club and willw renter a team of its own in the meet Fieldale has several out standing swimmers, mcludi'/g Rufus Ingram, who won the 50-yard midget freestyle last year with a fine time of 32 7 seconds and Becky Barnard, who will compett in the senior butterfly division.Nineteen pool records were broken last year and manymore are expected to fall in this meet
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Martinsville Bulletin
Martinsville, Virginia, US
Wed, Jul 17, 1963
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