SWIMMING.
T note in the published extract' of thft annual report of the Lyttelton Gymnasium A.S.C. that the club had sua*, tained a loss of £lO on its annual cat-' nival owing to the poor support of the outside clubs. On looking over the programme lor that carnival I find thdentries for the interdub event totalled;' fifty-seven, prize-money £4 4s, and for. the relay race twelve teams, prizemoney £2 2s. The entries for these,, events were well up to the average for; a suburban club, and after plaoing* these figures together, and also includ", ing novelty event and dive., 1 fail to : see how the olub could lose such an** amount as £10; The most T make it; possible is about £4 10s. It ig to be* hoped that the outside clubs will en-;, deavour to roll up to this club's earm-» val stronger this season and so give no; cause for complaint. - I notice in the list of assets of th»» Canterbury Centro two amounts due by„ clubs for subscriptions, £2 2s. Both, of these clubs have been more or lessi active clubs, and I think it is a matter* for regret that the officials could nofci have made an effort to pay up their" arrears before tho close of the season.* It is quite time something -was done to prevent any club having representa-' tion on the Centro throughout the year without paying its wav,
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10301, 4 November 1911, Page 5
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