Swimming Tour Still On

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32219, 11 February 1970, Page 15

Swimming Tour Still On

The New Zealand j Swimming Association’s finances are such that it will be able to go ahead with the tour to New) Zealand next year of swimmers from the United States and Canada even if the Australian union does not accept a share of the costs, i

The New Zealand association expects to invite four top-class swimmers from the United States and Canada ' and the cost, with a manager; accompanying each team, i would be $6700 in air fares; alone to New Zealand. ; The association gets S2OOO a year from the Rothmans Sports Foundation and that would reduce some of the cost to the association’s own purse In addition to the air fares,

there is about another 81000 to be found for interna) travel and expenditure. The chairman of the nation al council (Mr A. J. Donald son), said that the tour would proceed if the Australians did not join in, but a member of the council, Mr G. S. Brockett, will speak at the annual meeting of the Australian union on the tour proposals to try to get them to join in the arrangements.

He will suggest that the Australians hold a “swimarama" similar to the one held successfully in New Zealand last December, from which 514.000 has been collected so far, $3500 of which goes to the national association. The tourists will come for 28 days in. February and March, and if the Australian union accepts the tour there will probably be four meetings in New Zealand, but if New Zealand has the .whole tour there will be at least six

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