SWIMMING IN DOMINION.
AMENDMENTS OF RULES. RECORDS IN FRESH WATER. [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION | CHRISTCHURCH. Friday. The New Zealand Amateui Swimming Council has amended the rules to provide that a competitor in a race shall have the option of touching either the top or end of the bath when finishing. It was further provided that in future New Zealand records made in fresh water shall be recognised as separate from salt-water records. The report on educational work for the season 1926-27 stated that it was again possible to record a remarkable increase in the association's work among school children Certificates issued to school children for proficiency in swimming during the past season totalled 10,458, the second largest total in the history of the association, and 3977 more than last year.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19762, 8 October 1927, Page 12
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