"A BLOW TO SWIMMING."
ITHE INTERMEDIATE GRADE. [.*; " Personally, I think that it is tbf hardest blow swimming has had 1 for bobm years,"' was the opinion expressed to, th< Canterbury, Centre of the' New ZealaM Amateur Swimming Association by Mi H. S. Williams, in reference to a decisis to abolish the intermediate _ grade ;:!' swimming and lower the junior a? . limit to 16. This was a remit passed « a conference of swimmers in Timaru, anc recommended to the New Zealand Swi®, ming Council. Mr. Williams contends that . the intermediate grade had P r 9j duced many promising swimmers, .sad so had justified its existence. - Moreover it seemed ; unfair for young boys to compete against others sl6 years. of age. Tn< remit was supported by the centre, chienj on the ground . that many swimmers strained themselves while in the intermediate class, and had not had such a good record as seniors.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18333, 24 February 1923, Page 6
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