SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22197, 26 February 1934, Page 11

SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

FACILITIES UNSATISFACTORY AUCKLAND MANAGER’S COMPLAINT. (Pek United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, February 25. On bis return to Auckland, Mr L. Kenny, manager of the Auckland swimming team, described the facilities at the St. Albans baths, Christchurch, where the New Zealand championships were decided, as unsatisfactory. He said that the conditions in the dressing rooms were very uncomfortable. There were spaces between the lloor boards, and the cold rose from the damp earth beneath to increase the discomfort of the swimmers, who were already chilled by the water. The Canterbury Centre had placed tins of burning embers in each room, but these did not spread sufficient warmth; instead, they exposed the swimmers to the risk of catching cold. Mr Kenny added that for the first time in’his experience of national championship mcetnir's visitors’ privileges were not extended to the parents of visiting swimmers or to delegates representing the centres at the annual conference. He considered that parents were entitled to the usual courtesies, and that the Canterbury Centre had committed a breach by overlooking them in its keenness to make the largest possible profit on the championships. These had proved very successful, and the centre considered that it had made a profit of about £IOO. A WORLD’S RECORD BROKEN. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) AMSTERDAM, February 24. (Received Feb. 25, at 10 p.m.) Willi Den Ouden created a world’s record by swimming 100 metres free style in 03 2-sscc.