Betty Moore (diver)

Clarice Lora Betty Main (née Moore, born January 1929) is a former New Zealand diver, who represented her country at the 1950 British Empire Games.

Betty Main
Personal information
Birth nameClarice Lora Betty Moore
BornJanuary 1929 (1929-01) (age 91)
Spouse(s)Brian William Main (died 2009)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportDiving
Achievements and titles
National finalsDiving champion (1949)
Tower diving champion (1952, 1953)

Early life and education

Born in January 1929,[1] Main was educated at St Hilda's Collegiate School in Dunedin where she was the senior swimming and diving champion in 1945 and 1946.[2][3][4] She was also active in surf lifesaving.[5] She went on to study medicine at the University of Otago, graduating MB ChB in 1955.[6]

Swimming and diving

Moore began swimming with the Dunedin Swimming Club as a junior in the 1930s.[7] In 1943, she won the South Island junior girls' diving title,[8] and in 1945 she was runner-up in the national intermediate girls' diving championship.[5] Moore won the New Zealand national women's diving championship in 1949,[9] and then competed for New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland.[10] She finished eighth in the women's 3 m springboard.[11] Subsequently, Moore won the New Zealand women's tower diving championship in 1952 and 1953.[9]

Later life

Moore was married to Brian William Main; he died in 2009.[12] Betty Main worked as an anaesthetist at Dunedin Hospital, and lives in retirement in Wanaka.[12]

References
  1. "Women diver honoured". Otago Daily Times. 26 January 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. "St. Hilda's College". Otago Daily Times. 27 April 1940. p. 19. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. "Swimming: St. Hilda's sports". Evening Star. 7 April 1945. p. 9. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. "Swimming: St Hilda's sports". Evening Star. 13 April 1946. p. 11. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. "Sport and pastimes". Otago Daily Times. 3 May 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Me–Mo". Shadows of Time. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  7. "Dunedin club notes". Otago Daily Times. 12 January 1939. p. 5. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  8. "Success of Otago swimmers". Otago Daily Times. 28 January 1943. p. 2. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  9. McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Swimming – national championships". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  10. Betty Moore at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
  11. "Diving 3m springboard – women Auckland 1950". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  12. Cook, Marjorie (20 May 2011). "Been there, done that: still skiing at 82". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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