EMPIRE GAMES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27166, 23 August 1949, Page 6

EMPIRE GAMES

SWIMMING AND DIVING EVENTS OFFICIALS APPOINTED PA AUCKLAND, Aug. 22. A total of 119 officials, including 20 time keepers. 13 diving judges, eight diving computers and seven swimming judges, has been appointed to control the swimming and diving events of the Empire Games in February by the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association. All the appointments are subject to the condition that if overseas officials are available to act the New Zealand officials will stand down to make room for them. The list of officials is as follows: Directors: Messrs J. C. Kirkland (Southland), C Rex Moore (Auckland). Chief referee: Mr C. Atkinson (Hawke’s Bay) Assistant referee: Mr E. E. Boulton (Nelson). Inspectors: Messrs J. Blakeley (Wellington), H. G. Smith (Canterbury), M E Lyons (Canterbury), T. C. HobbsJones (Auckland). E. H. Grocott (Waikato). Chief judge: Mr J. A. Yule (Southland). Chief timekeeper: Mr S Brown (O+ago). Starter: Mr A. J. Kingsland (Southland). Emergency starter: Mr E R Coots (Nelson). Honorary secretaries: Messrs F. W. Grey (Auckland). N N Oldershaw (Wellington). Assistant secretary: Miss L. Bridson (Auckland) Jury of appeal: Messrs B. O'Neill (Canterbury). C. Atkinson, P. Coira, J. W Toome'y (Canterbury), C. Bryant (Auckland), with Mr L. C. Martinson (Auckland) as secretary. Announcer: Mr A. Haley (Wellington). Broadcast steward: Mr C Howe (Auckland). Press steward: Mr W. O. Stockley (Auckland). Call stewards: Miss E. Tilsley (Auckland) and Mr R. C. Harding (Auckland). Diving secretaries. Messrs L. Richardson (Auckland), R. Shakespeare (Hawke s Bay) and R. C. Calder (Otago). Diving judges: Messrs E. C. Isaacs (Otago), P. R. Worden (Auckland), R. C. Calder (Otago), W H Gerrie (Wellington), E. Corcoran (Auckland), J. Penman (Wellington) A. H Davey (Nelson), H. M. Bodle (Hawke s Bay) E. W. Thomson (Canterbury). E. R. Coote (Nelson), W. T. Keesing (Nelson), C R F Tilley (Taranaki), J. E. Salisbury (Southland). Diving computers: Misses L. Brown (Auckland), L. Bridson (Auckland), G. Halcrow (Canterbury), E Stewart (Nelson). M. McGrath (Southland). Messrs J. D. Hassall, B. T. Smith (Auckland) F. J. Eggleton (Wellington). Assistants to diving referee: Miss Tilsley. Messrs N. Crump, R. E. Harding (Auckland). Gear stewards: Messrs W. Elwarth (Auckland). *W. Wallace (Otago). T King, J. Scholes, E. Corcoran, J. Ferguson, D. Graham (Auckland). Rope stewards: Messrs T. King, J. Scholes (Auckland). Springboard fulcrum operator: Mr H Nutsford (Auckland). Swimming judges: Messrs D. S. B. Heather (Waikato), A. Gardner (Auckland), J. Wilson (Otago), D. Reid (Wanganui), R. H. Miles (Wellington), R. D. Harker-Brown (Canterbury), D. Mclvor (Wellington). Local officer: Mr D. Mulvihill (Auckland). Cloak stewards: Mesdames A. Raper (Auckland), T. W Thomson (Canterbury), L. Seager (Waikato) G. Laurence (Otago). Lap stewards: Messrs E. Kershaw (Welling-, ton) W. N. McDonald (Canterbury), E. Workman (Wellington), A. Veart, E. Roe. S G. Wetherill (Auckland). Medical officers’ stewards: Mrs C. Atkinson (Hawke's Bay). Miss P. Beale (Bay of Plenty), Mr H L. Johnston (Auckland) Communications: Miss K. Grey (Bay of Plenty). Messrs M. Shanahan, W Gibbons (Auckland), W. Springford (Southland). Records: Miss G. Halcrow (Canterbury) Result board: Messrs D. Davidson, O. Atkins, A. Dye (Auckland). Starters’ assistant: Mr D. Grade (Waikato). Secretarial assistants: Mrs D. M. Cook (Waikato). Miss A. Carter (Canterbury). Timekeepers: Messrs H. E. Forster (Hawke’s Bay), R. A. Baker (Otago). W S. Moorhouse (Nelson), R Pelham (Wellington), E. Sonntag (Otago), D L. Cain (Canterbury), A. J. Donaldson (Canterbury), O. G. Davis (Southland). D. Kerr (Nelson), E. J. Adam (Wellington), G. Partridge, W. Maud (Auckland), L Petty (Taranaki), W. Wharea Tu (Bay of Plenty). P- D. Maclean (Nelson), J. C. Crawford (Bay of Plenty). A. Bridson (Auckland), A. A. Lucas (Auckland), D. Reid (Otago), W. R. Warnes (Hawke’s Bay). Timekeepers’ steward: Mr A. Candy (Auckland). Starting area official: Mr H. F. Tucker (Auckland). Liaison officers: Messrs B Hutchinson, C. Nettleton (Auckland) Water polo officials: Messrs D T. Woodfield. A Haley (Wellington), R. M. Rattray, G. R. Laurie (Canterbury). Educational film: Miss D. Brown (Canterbury), D. O’Connor (Wellington), W. O Stockley (Auckland).