SWIMMING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 92, 29 January 1934, Page 3

SWIMMING.

ACHIEVEMENT OF PAHIATUA CLUB. 900 CHILDREN TAUGHT. (Per Press Association). PAHIATUA, Jan. 27. What is claimed to be a unique New Zealand record, taking into consideration the size of the population, is held by the Pahiatua Swimming Club which, under its free tuition scheme, has taught oyer 900 children to swim in 21 years. This wonderful achievement has been accomplished by a small band of enthusiasts, who have worked with very slender finances. More children are able to swim in Pahiatua than in other parts of the Dominion. The club president, Mr J. A. Walsh, has held office continuously for 21 years. AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP. BRISBANE, Jan. 28. At the Australian swimming championships ' the low springboard diving resulted:— Masters (Victoria) 1, Tickle (New South Wales) 2, Mott (Victoria) 3.

JOYCE COOPER’S NEAR ESCAPE, / A MOTOR COLLISION. Miss Joyce Cooper, the British Empire champion woman swimmer, was a passenger in a motor-car which collided with a motor-cycle and side-cai in Military Road, Neutral Bay, New South Wales, while on her way to compete at the State championships at Manly Baths. She was uninjured beyond a severe shaking. Had she been seated in the front seat of the cai and not in the rear, Miss Cooper may have received serious injuries, as Hying glass from the sintered windscreen llew into the driver’s face. Swerving to avoid colliding with a milk cart when the horse shied, the car struck the cycle, which was travelling in the opposite direction. AV. VMtt, rider of the cycle, was flung- through the car windscreen, received a f iac ‘ tured skull and -lacerations to tiie head Miss Cooper, who was accompanied by her mother, won the women’s 100 yards State championship, in fast time.