SELECTION FOR TOKYO

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30535, 2 September 1964, Page 18

SELECTION FOR TOKYO

Assn. Asked For Delay teur Swimming W Associatlon A h'ad no objection to the principle of reopening cases for Olympic selection, it felt that the de claration that the originally named team for Tokyo was final had penalised competitors such as G. V. Ruzio-Saban, said the SllWu? . th ® “‘sociatlon’s fastnight A J ' Donald,on)

He said the association felt strongly about the matter because as long ago as March it J>» d y ked the O'ympic and Brik Sh H„?„' G ? mes Association to delay selection of the OlymP ibl team f ° r aS long a * pos '

Nominations, however, closed 2 n < Ju L y J® and from *kat date Ruzio-Saban would have been under the impression—as was the swimming association—that J“ rt *ier effort was useless, said Mr Donaldson.

Had the swimmer continued his training it was possible that he could have achieved an improved performance that would have merited consideration when the claims of the athlete. E’ J?, 111 !.’, an<l the oarsman. M. P. Watkinson, were being favourably reviewed.

The Olympic and British Empire Games Association, he said probably was becoming aware that it was not a* popular as it could be over all matters relating to team selection, Mr Donaldson said the association would support efforts to change the system of selection. ■"There will be a major upheaval," predicted Mr E, C Sentlford.

No Grant For Coach No action is to be taken by the council of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association over a request by Mr R O Haddon for financial assistance towards the training of his daughter, the Olympic competitor. Miss V. J. Haddon. P , y. r, ,4 ng . to the council as an individual, Mr Haddon said his daughter had obtained leave from the teachers’ college she attended and was training in the S5-yard pool at Waltakaruru under her coach, Mr C. R. A Williams.

But for the last two weeks of her training. Miss Haddon would be on her own. This, said her father, would be undesirable. He urged the council to consider •. * r * nt to enable Mr Williams to return to Waltakaruru for this final period.