SWIMMING Broadcast of West Coast Championships

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 December 1946, Page 5

SWIMMING Broadcast of West Coast Championships

This season’s West Coast swimming championships to be held at Runanga on March 1 and 2, will probably be broadcast over radio station 3ZR Greymouth, according to information supplied to.the West Coast Swimming Centre at its meeting this week. The president, Mr. M. R. Bunt, advised that he had received ,a favourable reply from "the local manager regarding the centre’s request for a broadcast description of the events. The meeting decided to leave the arrangements to the Runanga Club. The Greymouth Yacht Club was granted permission to conduct a halfmile river swim on Boxing Day in conjunction with the club’s regatta. The Runanga Club reported that a member, Miss L. Manderson, had nominated to compete at the New Zealand Swimming Championships to be held in Invercargill next year.— It was decided to congratulate the club. , , The .Westport Club forwarded ap-

proval of the proposal to hold- the centre championships on two days instead of one. . . It was decided to advise district clubs that the Spreydon club, Christchurch,'would welcome an invitation to visit a West Coast club this, season.- ■ Saturday, February 15, was decided upon as the date for the primary schools’ swimming championships, and it was resolved to notify thh Primary Schools’ Sports Association accordingly. . The centre decided to recommend to clubs that where nominations warrant it, handicap races be run in divisions. ; nn _ „ It was decided to purchase 100. Puffin swimming books for £7/12/6, a copy to be supplied free to schools applying for distance certificates. The president, the secretary (Mr. W S. McClymont), and Mr..D, H. Manderson or Mr. J. A. Mclnroe were appointed to deal with applications for carnivals.