SWIMMING OLYMPIC DIVER’S VISIT

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28155, 19 December 1956, Page 19

SWIMMING OLYMPIC DIVER’S VISIT

N.Z. TOUR MAY NOT EVENTUATE DISCUSSION BY NATIONAL COUNCIL The prospects of the American Olympic diving gold medallist, B. Clotworthy, making a short tour of New Zealand on his way home to the United States, are diminishing. Early attempts to have Clotworthy make a short tour of the country were outlined last evening at a meeting of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association’s council. While he was in Melbourne for the Olympic Games, Mr A. J. Donaldson saw Clotworthy, who said he proposed to visit New Zealand on his way home, and he agreed then to making a 10-day tour of New Zealand. Since that first meeting, however, Clotworthy had won an Olympic gold medal, and he had received fantastic offers from all over the world, Mr Donaldson reported. After this Clotworthy had appeared . indifferent to touring New Zealand. The secretary (Mr B. O’Neill) said that a cablegram had been sent to Clotworthy, but as yet no reply had been received. As he would be in the country only 10 days, the suggested itinerary had been Canterbury, Nae Nae (Wellington) and Auckland, he said. If Clotworthy had not yet had the manners to reply to the cablegram, the association should let the matter slide until it heard from him, said Mr B. Betts. A motion moved by Mr Betts that until a reply was received the association should make no further move regarding itineraries and travelling arrangements, was carried. The council approved the tour of Australia by a New Zealand universities’ swimming team, and wished the team every success. New Delegates The nomination of three more delegates on the council was approved. They were Messrs H. G. McFadden (Taranaki), A. Fraser (Otago), and Mrs J. Ironside (Hawke’s Bay). Advice was received that in conjunction with the New Zealand championships in Auckland during the week commencing February 11, the Professional Swimming Coaches’ Association of New Zealand proposed to hold “New Zealand’s first aquatic swimming forum.” The intention of the forum was to foster swimming generally, and deal with all aspects of swimming, from the coaching of champions to pool management and filtration. The letter said that the benefit of such a forum had been shown by the remarkable advancement of swimming in Australia which began from such a forum in 1948. The following national records made during the year were approved:— Women’s 100 yards freestyle. 58.4 sec, Marrion Roe, on October 24 at Hamilton; women’s 100 metres and 110 yards freestyle. Marrion Roe. Imin ssec, October 24 at Hamilton: 220 yards women’s freestyle and 200 metres freestvle. Marrion Roe. 2min 24.8 sec. October 31, at Hamilton: 200 metres women’s backstroke, Phillipa Gould. 2min 38 Bsec. November 11. at Auck; land: 220 yards women’s backstroke and 220 yards intermediate girls’ backstroke. Phillipa Gould. 2min 39.55ec, November 8, at Auckland.