SWIMMING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 291, 7 December 1929, Page 4

SWIMMING

CAMERON FOR SYDNEY NEW ZEALAND CHAMPION It. is learned that W. Cameron, the well-known champion New Zealand swimmer, will leave New Zealand early in January next to take up a position in Sydney as sales manager for a firm of sports outfitters. The work being congenial, Cameron intends making his homo in Sydney. It is the champion’s intention to swim for the East Sydney Amateur .Swimming Club. A Wasson, another well-known ex-Wellingtonian, also swims for this club and last year came second in the New South Wales 150yds backstroke championship. There is every possibility that Cameron will compete in the 1930 New South Wales championships. He is the best swimmer over 100 yards Now Zealand has produced for many years. His best time for the distance is 55 4-5, which is just 3.455 cc slower than Johnny Weismuller’s world record.

AN ATTRACTIVE PROPOSAL WANGANUI SWIMMERS’ PROJECT A favourable reply having been received from the Taranaki Swimming Centre, the Wanganui Centre will, it is understood, definitely arrange details in connection with the proposed swimmers’ excursion to New Plymouth on January 11. The trip has been mooted with the idea of arousing more interest in swimming, both in Wanganui and in New Plymouth, and it was felt that an interchange of visits of this nature would go a long way towards this end. The indications are that a party of upwards of 200 .swimmers and enthusiasts will make the trip to New Plymouth, and this should certainly give the desired fillip to the sport in north Taranaki. Later in the season a visit will be paid to Hawera.

It is expected that each of the four local clubs will support the project whole-heartedly, and it would not occasion any surprise to find the number of active swimmers prepared to compete at the New Plymouth carnival exceeding fifty. Wanganui could, certainly send a very representative team north for the occasion.

Though a definite programme has not yer, been decided on for the trip, it is expected that after leaving Wanganui at 8.2 oa.m., the excursionists will arrive at New Plymouth at 1 p.m. The afternoon, will be spent at one of the beaches, while in the evening a huge swimming carnival will be held. The night’s activities will also include a supper, social evening and dance in the Kiosk at Kawaroa Park. Next morning the visitors will be taken to the various points of interest in and around beautiful New Plymouth, while there will bo a demonstration of life-saving by Castlecliff, Opunake and New Plymouth Life-Saving Clubs. A visit to Pukekura Park in the afternoon will be made prior to departure for Wanganui at 5.30 p.m., and it is expected that tho train will reach Wanganui again about 10 p.m. Arrangements are already in train to have the younger members of the party billeted for the Saturday night in New Plymouth, and during the whole of the trip they will be under capable supervision, while it is expected that in most instances they will be accompanied by the proposed trip appears certain to be an even larger affair than the swimmers’ excursion to Wellington at the beginning of last February, when about 180 passengers travelled on the train, their parents. All things considered,