NO N.Z. TOUR BY DUTCH GIRLS

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28053, 22 August 1956, Page 6

NO N.Z. TOUR BY DUTCH GIRLS

SWIMMING

ADVICE TO NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

OLYMPIC NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED A proposed visit to New Zealand by a Dutch team of girl swimmers alter the Olympic Games will not eventuate. The invitation could not be accepted because time was not available for its swimmers to compete at the Olympic Games and then make a trip to New Zealand, said the Dutch Swimming Association in a letter received at a meeting of the New Zealand Swimming Association in Christchurch last evening. Many of the girls were school pupils, and others were office workers, said the letter. It was essential that, the team should be back in Holland before Christmas. "This is a blow," said the chairman (Mr L. J. Moorhouse). "We looked forward to having these girls here." Auckland, however, did not want the tour because of the weather risk before Christmas, he said. "Canterbury would have had the tour if possible, irrespective of the weather," said Mr M. Robertson. Lincoln Hurring, Miss M. Roe, Miss Jean Stewart, Miss P. Gould, Miss W Griffin, and a water polo team of 10 men were confirmed as the swimming nominations for the Olympic Games. Mr A. J Donaldson was nominated as manager for the swimming team, and Mr A. Chamberlain as coach for the water polo team Mr Moorhouse was appointed the association’s representative on the Olympic and British Empire Games national selection committee. It was decided not to nominate a swimmint’ coatfh because .it was considered that the swimmers should have completed their major training before departure, and a coach would be of little benefit at such a late stage.

Date of Melbourne Arrival The Olympic council will be asked to try to arrange an earlier arrival in Melbourne by the swimming team. The meeting considered the proposed dates would allow insufficient time for the team to become accustomed to the pool.

Nominations for Olympic Games selections would close on September 11. said a letter from the Olvmpic Games Association. The selection committee would consider the nominations on September 21 and 22. The association's executive would consider the recommendations of the selection panel and complete the selection of the team on September 24. Members of the team would leave Christchurch bv air on November 19 and ?0. said the letter.

The swimming association’s solicitor will be instructed to confer with the Olympic Appeal Committee's solicitor to ascertain whether money raised for the New Zealand Water Polo Board to send a team to the Olympic Games or to foster international water polo competition can be paid into the Olympic Appeal Committee’s general funds, as it is uncertain that a team will be sent to the Olympics. This action was proposed by Mr G. Brockett, when it was reported to the meeting that some members of the Olympic Games Appeal Committee believed that the money had been raised solely for Olympic purposes, and considered that it should be paid over to the committee’s funds.

A mistake had been made in the engraving of medallions awarded at the intermediate and junior championships at Napier, said a letter from the Southland Swimming Centre. Although two letters had been sent to Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay Centre, no reply had been received. The Southland Centre felt that the New Zealand Council should take the matter up. "I don’t know what is wrong with Hawke’s Bay," said the secretary (Mr Baxter O'Neill). "They have not sent us a copy of the championship balancesheet yet. We should give them the cane. Hawke's Bay had the medallions to rectify this.” It was decided to send a letter to the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay Centre, asking that the matter be rectified, and enclosing a copy of the Southland letter. Records Approved The following records were approved: 100 yards freestyle relay: Waikato (J. Cole, C. Clare. D. Cruickshank, G. Lockhead), 3min 49.45ec; 100 yards women’s backstroke: Miss Jean Stewart, 67.8 sec, at Dunedin, April 14; 100 yards intermediate girls’ backstroke: Miss Philippa Gould, 68.2 sec, Auckland, April 15; 100 metres women’s backstroke: Miss Jean Stewart, Imin lo.lsec, Dunedin, April 19. An application by J. Broomfield for a 400-metres and 440-yards medlay time of 6min 40.8 sec to be recognised as a record was refused. There is no record for this event yet, and it was decided to set a standard of smin 50sec.