LADIES' HONOLULU TOUR.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 7 October 1922, Page 9

LADIES' HONOLULU TOUR.

Misses Shand and Hoeft left for Honolulu by the Makura. "Though great, swimmers, the two New Zealand girls are taking on a heavy contract in visiting Honolulu to compete- against the stars there without anything like sfitting preparafJoii for the ordeal," says the Referee. "The fame of New Zealand's champion girl swimmers—(iwitha Shand, of Ohristchurch, and Paula Hoeft, of Auckland—has spread. The Hawaiian Swimming Association, anxious to test its stars—Misses Wehselau, Bowmer, Moses, and Cassidy—has invited the New Zealand girls to visit Honolulu to compete at a big gala there next month.

"It is to be regretted that the New Zealand champions are visiting Honolulu at this time of the year, as they are out of training and short of swimming. Gwitha Shand at the close of last season was forced to take a holiday for health reasons. She has just returned, and had not had a -awfcn since April. Paula Hoeft, through lack or swimming practice, must be far below her best. As the New Zealand girls will probably have less than a week in which to strike form after their arrival at Honolulu, the local girls, who have been swimming continuously, will hold a great advantage over them. To have done themselves justice, Misses Shand and Hoeft should have visited Hawaii in May and June. Had they done so they would have met the Hawaiians on equal terms.