CHAMPIONSHIP SWIMMING

Evening Star, Issue 23725, 5 November 1940, Page 5

CHAMPIONSHIP SWIMMING

ARRANGEMENTS FOR CARNIVALS Arrangements for the provincial and coua> try clubs’ championship meetings were mad«K at last night’s meeting of the Otago Swim* ruing Centre, which was presided over by, the president (Mr W. A. Jenkins). The programme for the country club* championships at Dunedin on January 25 was arranged as followssoyds ladies’ free style, 50yds ladies’ back • stroke, 100yd* ladies’ free style, 100yds ladies’ breast stroke, ladies’ diving, 50yds intermediai* girls’ breast stroke, free style, and bade stroke, intermediate girls’ diving, 75yds mw termediate boys’ breast stroke, intermediate boys’ diving, 100yds intermediate boys* free style, 50yds intermediate boys’ bade stroke, 133 l-3yds four-a-side intermediate mixed relay, 50yds junior boys’ free style,' 50yds junior boys’ breast stroke, junio*! boys’ diving, 50yds junior girls’ free style, 50yds junior girls’ breast stroke, junior girls’ diving, 66 2-3yds interclub free style, breast stroke, and back stroke handicaps. The programme for the Otago women’s, intermediate, and junior championships on December 10 and 12 was approved as follows:

December 10. —50yds junior girls’ fre* style, junior girls’ diving, 50yds junior girls’breast stroke, 220yds interclub free styl* handicap, 100yds services’ free style handicap, 220yds ladies’ breast stroke, ladies’diving, 100yds ladies’ free style, 100yds intermediate boys’ free style, f intermediai* boys’ diving, 100yds junior boys’ free style, 75yds junior boys’ breast stroke, 100yds intermediate girls’ free style, 75yds intermediate girls’ breast stroke. ' .December 12. —100yds intermediate girls' back stroke, junior boys’ diving, intermediate girls’ diving, 75yds junior boys’ back stroke, 100yds junior girls’ free style (Nawi Kira Shield), 100yds ladies’ back stroke* 220yds ladies’ free style, 220yds. intermediate boys’ free style, 66 2-3yds services fre* style handicap, 100yds mterclub breast) streke handicap, 100yds intermediate boys’breast stroke, 100yds ladies’ breast stroke. Events to be decided at club hours wer* allotted as follows: —Monday; December 9 (St. Clair Club hour): 440yds ladies’ fre* style, 220yds junior boys’ free style. Wednesday, December 11 (Life Ravine Society, hour): 220yds intermediate girls’-free style, 200 metres ladies’ back stroke, 440yds intermediate boys’ free style, 50yds junior girls’ back stroke. Advice was received that the annual conference of centres had appointed, a sub-cpm-mittee to consider .the. compulsory dives for ladies at the national championships, and it had agreed that for 1940-41 the dives fop ladies should be .as net out by Otago, with the exception that the Mollberg somersault should be replaced by a backward spring, forward dive, with pike. The dives for intermediate girls would. be as set oue by Otago, with the exception-that the pike dive with half-screw was replaced by a backward spring forward dive. ■ The dive* for junior girls would remain as originally, set. The committee expressed the opinion that two classes were not required, and that it did not think the necessary amendment to the rules to permit of a plain diving championship would be agreed to by> council or centres. It recommended that fop this season the Taranaki Centre be asked to include on its programme an open plain scratch dive for ladies.—The report wa» adopted. On the suggestion of Mr D.r F. Watson, it was decided to write to the secondary, schools, outlining the possibilities of school teams taking part in a water polo competition to be arranged on a basis to suit themselves, the aim being to maintain Interest in the game during the, war period. It was suggested by Mr W. Curry that the centre might, on behalf of all the clubs, offer facilities for free membership to all British children arriving in Dunedin, and a motion to this effect was carried. , A motion, notice of which had been given by Mr E, Sonntag, wa% carried,' discontinuing the payment of capitation fees by the metropolitan clubs.

The following was ' approved as the pro* gramme- for a' .centre carnival on December 2:—22oyds interclub, free style, 100yds interclub back stroke, 220yds interclnb. breast stroke, 100yds intermediate and junior breast .stroke, 100yds intermediate and junior free style, 66 2-3yds junior free style* 50yds junior breast stroke, 66 2-3yds junior back stroke, 50yds free style (under 12), interclub diving, junior diving, and 66 2-3yds services free style handicaps, and water polo (intermediate and junior boyi team v. ladies’ team).