SWIMMING
REMITS FOR DOMINION' CONFERENCE
MEETING OF CANTERBURY
CENTRE
Remits to be; forwarded to the SBBOd . ► conference of,swimming centresj-atriWe*-lingtoti in October -Were considered by.a ' 1 meeting of the canferbuiry Swimming •-; Centre last nlghti over which Mt Vi O*"' *. SpUler presided. i ft was agreed to ask that the tide to* der which a competitor breaks hls l handl- ; cap. time, by 5 per cent., be reconsidered. The centre decided to ask that rule, stating that delegates to the conference - of centres be residents of the area' com** prising a centre -be-amended to; provide for a centre being represented by a delegate in-Wellington. ’ It was also agreed to ask that in an handicap events the competitor swimming from scratch take the right-hand, position lacing the water, so that the lanes can be . numbered.-. At present, the- swimmer off scratch can Choose his position. ' '"o ?; ~ : Arrangements for the'accommodation of the Canterbury representatives at the New . Zealand championships in Wellington to - February were discussed, and it was agreed to try to obtain, accommodation for The remainder of the meeting was.-, devoted to a discussion on suggested amendments to the rules of the centre to be brought up at the annual meeting of delegates in .October. . - :*
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22796, 23 August 1939, Page 11
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