SHIMMING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22212, 15 March 1934, Page 5

SHIMMING

. By.NEPTUHE, Club hours: Mondays, St Clair *nd St. Hilda Life-saving Clubs; .Tuesdays and Thursday*, Kiwi Amateur Swimming Club; Wednesdays and Fridays,' Dunedin Amateur Swimming - Club; Otago Centre water polo practice: Club hours from' 8.45 to, 9.45 p.m.-at the Municipal Baths. Zenith: Amateur Swimming Club; at Y.M.C.A. Baths: Mondays and Thursdays. 7 to 8.30 p.m;;. Tuesdays, 7.45 to 9.15 p.m.; Wednesdays; 6.30 to 8 p.m.; Saturdaye, ! .7/tp 8.30 p.rij. COMING EVENTS Thursday, March carnival. Saturday ..March 17.—Demonstration carnival; at-Milton. '■■■■■; li- .. .;-..,'; PRIMARY SCHOOLS' CrtAMPlON-■:JV]t'y'.:---:Siil^S:/--'.;'>' *' [■■■-■. Always one- of ,*hjbst.., interesting meetings of the swimming year, the forthcoming schools f championship carnival, which wiir. be i held on AprU 12 and-13, promises to provide some keen racing. An irinovotion this year i«.the inclusion in theprogramme of six open events,- 1 two of which-I—the 1 —the 66 2-3 Yards for : boys over 14 and'the 33 1-3 Yards for girls over 14—were last year classed as championships. Entries' will close on March 29," a wise provision being the rule.that no. competitor , may enter for more than two individual events and a relay or two relay* and an individual competitors in open events are not eligible 'to swim in championships. The following is the programme:—Championship events: 25 Yards : (boys under 11); 0 25 Yards; (boys under 12); Junior Relay, width of baths (under 12)133 hi Yards (boys under 13) J : 33, 1-3; Yards -(hoys under 14); 150 Yards boys ''• under ;'14); 66";, 2-3 (boys under 14); Boys' Senior Relay, ..length ot baths (under 14); i Boy»';,Dmng (under 14); Width, of Baths 25 Yards (girls under 13)r 33; (girls- under 14); 25 Yard* Breaststroke girls undSuH Girls'. RejayV length ot baths, (under 14); Diving Championship (girls under 14); Mixed Relay; length, of blths, two girls, two, boys^under,l4). Girls' Junior : Relay, of baths "under 12);.; 25 Yards Breastetroke ( boys 14V: : 25^Yard« , (boys under 12); 33 ;W Yard, (girls under 14); 25-Yards' under 13)-66 2-3 Yards (boys over 14); 33.1>3 Yard* (girls over; 141.- ; .

; RYAN'S OREATv SWIM: ■ In the 1932-33 swimming tralii, Godfrey Vockler, ■- of -Victoria, equalled the Australian record for 300 yards, 3miu24sec, which Arne Borg the lamous Swedish swimmer, eetablished. in to the. Commonwealth four yea" •ago. But a fewdaya ago, at the North Sydney Swimming. Club's annual carnival, JNoel" Ryan, British Empire champion, lowered that time /even Ryan swam; unpaced . m a SP 6 attempt on the record. fhe Wbrldt record for the distance ,ie 3mm f by J. Weissmullcr at Chicago in June, 1927. ;

CANifERByRY RECORPS BROKEN >' An.'unusually large number of Canter-l-iiry' swimming records has been broken atcfarnivals this season., The senior men s 105 Yards Backstroke record war lowered, and in the ! five women's, cbampionsh!ps that have been-decided,-two records, have been broken and one equalled. Five; intermediate boys' •championships: bave been swum,'arid two records have'been broken. In the five intermediate girte' events,, four records have been broken. A new .junior boys' record has been established, and several records also been "broken in special-- attempts, -Ariotber-.■'• innusual feature of the championslup - Events this season is- the fact that two" of them;baye each resulted in a dead .beatj-the;..inter-mediate girls' 75 Yards .Backstroke, between A. Morris ;*naß. Low, and the "men's -440 Yards cbam.pionsh.ip, between D. H. Symes and 0. Cliff.

-OTAGO ,COAjCH-Si SUCCESS- ' From the following,-whick appeared in ; a■:refcent ispiie of the .Evening.'Foot, it would appear that Miss Kathleen Miller, the champion,, is making her presence felt in swimming circles, in-the Capital City:'—The diving.;exhrbition x Ot Aliss" P. Price,;.W,hen, she; annexed, the ladies' diving, championship of New. Zealand, was highly commended by .MrC. Claridge, the teairi mahager,' in v his report to the. local" centre., He stated that never pre\iously had he seen Miss Price give such .a splendid display.: This, opinion out' by other|. visitors to the meeting, who were unanimous that the title wa**justly /deserved. > Some of her efforts were described.-as really.first class, while she maintained- a.- consistency of good effort right through the competition. Miss Price has always been a'good plain diver, but it is. only recently that she has turned her attention to'all-round diving..uL'ait .year,, at. her .first attempt, ehe' gained second../place, 'which' she improved on this' year to'take. the. major honour, an excellent performance for one who bas not had a long experience.. Her perseverance and determination ;has brought. its- reward, aiid Miss Price is to. be co;ngriitulated on breaching the "'top in such rapid fashion. To Miss K.-. Miller also, a word of praise- is due, for her excellent coaching "and interest in ■-. assisting :,Miss Price to ''gain the coveted championship.. ,

CHAMPION; ' •The fdllowing,remark*jontraitiing, comthey' do from 'the- English •' lady champion, irMIBB-' Joyce Cooper, should provei of interest not; only to'.the younger generation.of swimmers,'.but also'to those whose .attention, is devoted to their coaching and training:— 'fit is>really amazing (says Miss Cooper) how many people connected with swimming fail to realise the energy used in 'racing; No girl who is growing: arid developing, can stand the etrairi of a heavy, season. If she ia naturally "string she may; do it once, twice, or even three times, but the result is always a : regrettable. retirement. .'thie ,of the saddest parts of swimming-, all over! the world is the sudden: rise'"'arid early fall of' promising.juniors;: who, with handling, such : as /Willy, den Ouden'receives, should stop at the top. of the' championship tree for many years. A precis of Willy's framing might help, young Australians. During 1931 she was-not allowed to race more than 100 metres. Although a good backstroke swimmer, she was never allowed to race: freestyle and backstroke during the same day. Even at the Olympic. Games, she was scratched in the back' stroke 'because it.-followed, so closely on her remarkable effort in the 100 Metres Freestyle. Later ■ ia; ,1932 t when , Willy visited England as thejjuest of;my club, the Mermaids, she was invited to compete ih a backstroke and a freestyle event at the one carnival. Although Willy had proved herself so. much, .superior; to anyone England could produce, her coach, Mevrow Wujkhausen, announced, '•''. Wifly cannot swim, in both races unless the doctor consents. •'. She did not swim. Early in 1933 she was allowed to swim in a 100 Metres Backstroke, atid a 100 Metres Freestyle event in the one carnival, and, later that season, was put over her first 200 ..metres race. It is significant'that she broke the 200 metres European record when "she had .raced the! distance but twice previously.' To my knowr ledge Willy had not tried anything more than 200 metres when I left England for Australia Jast • November,. yet. she had since captured both the 300 Metres and 400 Metres records. You will notice by tliis that, the 'Dutch work their chahipion up to. the longer races in i'easy stages, allowing her .several months of- concentratipn on each distance. Training, of course, is most important to'all swimmers. My opinion is • ( that „no! girl-can' stand more' than-,'five days _a "week 'training. Even the.'time'spenj;-in.the water each day sh6uld.vary,'«nd on no, account should a girl attempt hard training when she is tire/l: Willy:den,Oudetj, does-not swim oh'Saturdays, or Sundays., Mondays aire devoted' solely r to diving, 'the; other, days tri, swimming. A/norraal day's training f6f;hpr would-be 200 .metres arms only, 200' metres /legs; only, £ 2,00 metres arms arid- legs.: together, interspersed with days in -which' she stvjms long distances slowly arid daye'wheri: she,concentrates on sprints. The French, by the way, a're ' very keen on the. 'legs only ,r modeV of J training. 'Yvonne .Godard wag• to bje,.;.seen'almost any daykickirig h«jf way over.Jengtb after length of the baths.. The Americans, with the e*ceptidn of Helen'e Madison, dp not favour it. JWilly !den Ouderi does more 'arrifs, ojrily' work than : any;; swimmer T have aeeri,' >and certainly thrives on it. In my opinion 'arms only' and ' legs only.' 'training should be used with .caution *ad -ioom to ;-corr«ot -known : weiak-

nesses in, either, leg. or arm action. . I think excessive concentration on arms or legs tends K to upset one's balance and rhythm. Bob Derbyshire, former champion -of England arid now a, prominent amateur coach; 'has a saving, that" has helped me a. great deal: 'lf you'are doing a good 400: yards r6st assured you are doing a good, 100-yards,!.he says.. A word about backstroke.- Combining backstroke and' freestyle for training is good, Jone style • helps.the other, but it; is' not advisable' for any brit a seasoned efrirnmer, tot .race both styles on the .'one ,night, especially if one - event is a sprint and the other a long distance.' .<....'•'/•' ~ . ;;.-;■■