CHAMPION SWIMMERS

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1938, Page 11

CHAMPION SWIMMERS

TOUR OF DOMINION

THE LATEST ADVICE

(By Telegraph—l Jresa Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The proposed tour of New Zealand by the Canadian Empire Games swimming team will not take place, according to advice received by the secretary of the New Zealand Swimming Council, Mr. Baxter O'Neill, from the j manager of the Dominion Games swimming team, Mr. E. C. Isaacs.

However, disappointment at the nonappearanoe of the Canadians will be tempered by Mr. Isaacs's advice that Norman Wainwright, the British Olympic 440 yards representative and an outstanding competitor at the Games in Sydney, will tour the Dominion in ApriL Wainwright, who registers fast times over all distances from sprints to a mile, intends to make a business trip to New Zealand, and is prepared to appear for nothing at carnivals at Auckland, Rotorua, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill. The only expenses facing centres will be the ordinary carnival expenses.

Mr. Isaacs also informed Mr. O'Neill that he is negotiating for a visit to New Zealand by Walter Spence for coaching demonstrations this season. Spence, who is the British Guiana representative at the Empire Games has also appeared at the Olympic Games. He is a noted coach, but also has a fine reputation as a versatile competitor, for he can hold his own in the best company, not only in free-style but in backstroke and breaslstroke events, too. Final advice that the three New Zealand women Games representatives are available for an educational tour of the' Dominion has also been received from Mr. Isaacs. These are Misses Mona Ley don (440 yards), Joyce Mac Donald'(backstroke), and Gwen Rix (diver).