Sports Archives - Page 23 of 28

Mairi Bury

Irish aviator, gardener, philatelist and sportswoman

Iris Cummins

Irish engineer and hockey player

In March 1931 Nēhua entered an open sea endurance competition at Rushcutters Bay, Sydney. Later in the month at the city’s Balmoral Baths she broke the world record with a swim of 72 hours 9 minutes. She went on to break her world record in May 1931 at Brisbane’s municipal baths, swimming for 72 hours 21 minutes.

Jane Thomson

One of the first to achieve important goals for women mountaineers in New Zealand, and proved that age need be no barrier to participation in the sport.