OLYMPIC GAMES

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 171, 19 April 1928, Page 3

OLYMPIC GAMES

TEAM TO AMSTERDAM ROWING CREW NOT GOING The New Zealand Olympic Council announced yesterday that it had been reluctantly forced to abandon its proposal to include a rowing eight in the New Zealand team for the Olympic Games at Amsterdam. Other branches of sport, however, are well represented, there being nine in the team, among 1 them Dr. A. E. Porritt, who has been appointed captain. Mr. H. Amos has been appointed manager of the team, and Mrs. Amos the chaperon to the women members of it. Mr. and Mrs. Amos will be with the team from the time of departure until the return to New Zealand. The team will be at least six weeks in England before the Games, and both before and after will have important engagements. The full team will consist of Miss K. Miller (swimmer), of Dun--6 Miss E. Stockley (swimmer), of Auckland. , , . Miss N. Wilson (runner), of Gisborne S. A. Lay (javelin thrower), ot Hawera. . . D. P. Lindsay (swimmer), of Christchurch. E. Morgan (boxer), of Wellington. A. Cleverley (boxer), of Wellington.L. J. Moorhouse (swimmer), of Christchurch. , A. E. Porritt (ninnerj, now in England. , , , Regarding the inclusion of Cleverley and Moorhouse, the Olympic Council explains that the former was originally nominated bv the New Zealand Boxing Association as being up to Olympic standard, but his claims for inclusion were placed below the others at the conference of selectors in February. Moorhouse is the present New Zealand backstroke swimming champion and holder of the New Zealand record. Both he and Cleverley have made their own arrangements for transport to England, and will not be a full charge on the expenses of the team. All except Moorhouse will leave by the Reinuera on Saturday week. No Funds for Rowing. The decision against sending a rowing crew was made at a special meeting of' the New Zealand Olympic Council after considering the report from the organiser as to moneys received to date and a report by Mr. H. Ainos (chairman), on a tour made by him during the Easter holidays for the purpose of raising funds. The result throughout indicated clearly that there was no possibility of raising the funds necessary, to enable the rowing section to be dispatched. Altogether Mr. Amos was able to raise about £2OO. The funds in hand and promised will, with ccoimmy, be sufficient to provide for New Zealand’s representation by nine individuals at the Gaines.The council expressed its deep regret that the response to the appeal for funds was not sufficient to enable the rowing section to be included in the team, but expressed its satisfaction that for the first time on record the team would have sufficient time in the Northern Hemisphere to become acclimatised ar? I thus to do themselves justice. Adequate arrangements have been made through Dr. Porritt for the training of the team in England, and with regard to the voyage Home the council lias been fortunate in securing in an honorary capacity the services of Mr. O. Dickinson, of Wellington, as masseur. Acting on advice from Dr. Porritt and the British Olympic Association, the team will not go to Amsterdam until about a week before the Games. They will travel there with the British team, and at the express inviattion, of the British Olympic Association will share the British team’s quarters. Additional Competitions. In addition to competition at the Games the New Zealand team will also compete as follows:—Lay, at the English A.A. championships prior to the Games, and also in the matches, British Empire v. United States and British Empire v. Achilles Club after the Games; the swimmers, in the British Empire championships, which are being held after the Games by the English Amateur Swimming Association,.as a direct result of a suggestion made. by the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association. The bojers and Miss Wilson will have invitations to compete both before and after the Games, and the whole team will compete at the Tailteann Games in Dublin a fortnight after the Amsterdam contests. If suitable arrangements can be made it is probable that the team will return via South Africa to return the compliment paid to New Zealand through the sending of the Springbok athletic team to this country in 1922.