Professionalism In Local Swimming
'THE New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association has decided to support a move being made by kindred bodies to change the law relating to professionalism and those who take on the duties of beach patrol officers in the holiday period. The present rules provide that any person who acts as a paid beach patrol officer will still be eligible to compete in surf carnivals, but will be unable to compete in pool swimming events for the period of his employment and for 90 days afterwards. The beach patrols are paid by local bodies. There is a growing body of
feeling in the Dominion in favour of an amendment of this rule, or for its abolition. It is recognised that, for the saving of lives in the sea, expert swimmers are needed, and that such a rule will deter the very best swimmers from taking on these duties. The leading Canterbury breaststroke swimmer I. H. MacDonald, who is the beach patrol at Taylor’s Mistake, is therefore ineligible to compete in the Canterbury swimming championships. Another top swimmer, G. Le Cren, was appointed as the beach patrol at Sumner, but had to withdraw because of this provision.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29744, 10 February 1962, Page 9
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