SWIMMING IN TARANAKI

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1930, Page 5

SWIMMING IN TARANAKI

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WANGANUI'S N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS

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It is at this period swimming clubS/7; •begin to take stock of their resources. The best .swimmers in the past season p are looked to form the backbone of ;the<£ club; pew members are sought. Fitzroy (New Plymouth) Surf Club is fortunate in possessing an enthusiastic VE group of the past season’s swimmers f, with whom to start the new year. is additionally lucky in obtaining one . of New Zealand’s leading swimmers, K. Atkinson, and last season’s diver Barry Young. / Last year C. H. Plumtree was not ? able to participate in distance events; in previous seasons ' he ■ himself in the mile and Flannagan Cup races. There is every reason to expect, ■however, that he will again participating in distance events. H. J. Thomas, a middle-distance man, and W. J. Toomey, a sprinter, should prove very useful to their club in polo, racing and. surfing. . ' \ ‘ With the exception of. his remarkably.?'/ fine, displav in the Flannagan Cup .race ? ■last year, K. Staunton took little active . . - part in competitive swimming. The op--/? portunity to excel in distance . events/j? should not be neglected, as with the ■possible exception of Plumtree Staunton *'*? is the only swimmer in New Plymouth. J. to challenge the Stratford and Hawera ;/■ distance men, A. Robson; and A. Ryan. « Two other senior swimmers of the?/; Fitzroy Club- deserve notice—C.- - G.: I Campbell and J. Devine. Campbell haA , one of i the neatest strokes in Tara- J naki but last vear he did. not make the use of it he ‘did in previous seasons. The ex-Waitara and Palmerston North swimmer should be an acquisition to the •Fitzroy Club, for he is not only a speedy ../-j 'swimmer but also a .skilful water polo : : player. , / - ' : ' ’ * ■ ’ - .' '■i-'P'Vr

EVENTS OUTSIDE TARANAKL ’

Faced with the problem of making'N the senior section of the New Zealand ' swimming championship pay its way, the Wanganui centre is leaving nothing /£;, to chance and this year’s fixture is. likely to be one of the best organised ;-jj carnivals ever staged. . Members . of tfie f/. centre have been making inquiries and it appears the representation is likely to ,g-r be the best in the history of the con-.fv ts. ■ • It is probable that the championships will be conducted during the first wgek //, in March as the tides at Wanganui willy at that time be most suitable for the life-saving contests and Annette Keller--man Cup three-mile race. .- The annual report of the Manawatu. > Centre of the Royal Life-Saving Society states wonderful progress has made with school instruction and over .. ... 300 certificates were awarded last sea- ;.j son. Lv'The Takapuna Surf Life-Saving Club? V: struck a. wi*dfall recently when the; . Takapuna Borough Council handed over. the old tea kiosk on the Takapuna beach and donated a second reel and , . line. In return the club will maintain l.aa patrol team at each end of the beach instead of one as in the past. _ ■’ Miss Peggy Duncan, the South girl who was responsible for the latest cross-Channel swim, was the woman to accomplish the feat. Peggy is 19 and weighs 14st 61b. .A/j-yi Latest news from Australia is opti? mistic regarding the coming season. : There is a remote possibility that Weis-:.Vj> muller, now a professional, will ■ make .ji? a tour of the. Commonwealth accom-’.g panied by Harold Kruger, the famous j je Hawaiian, but everything depends; upon A Weismuller. "' Members of the surf life-saving clubs. of Australia have made nearly .17,000 rescues in the surf. The majority of . those rescued would have been drown-/ y ed but for the assistance Rendered them. : / When it is recognised that the Common- , wealth Statistician values a life at'W £lOOO, says the Sydney- Referee, material value of the life-saving clubs bears a new significance. ■ ■ ■ /'; At Long Beach, California, Arne/.'-.’ Borg’s world record for the mile (free;.-. style) was broken when' Clarencettg. Crabbe, Honolulu, won the 1930 nation-! al amateur championship in 21min. 27>sec, 13 7-lOsec- better than Borg’s at Gothenburg in 1925. . • Miss Celia Wolsten'holme, Moss Side";Y Swimming Club, recently beat the 200. < yards world ladies’ breast-stroke record at Manchester (England), her time ;be-;g£’ ing 2min 56sec, 14 see better than tho.! previous best. Miss Wolstenholme- is . j 15 years old and is the product of a...|!& training scheme of which there ate I*. centres in the.north of England, >t ' ( . - ■ — r- : ~ "■ / -.' • V’//#:-.