SWIMMING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 266, 13 November 1935, Page 7

SWIMMING

SURF LIFE SAVERS YOUNG AUSTRALIA ON PARADE TEAM Tl> roc It ABROAD SYDNEY, u.t. 2:'. The world's beaches will next yea younq: Australia on parade. Tin I --J- ra! Government has given its orti • i:i| for a tour abroad u a complete ami fully-equipped team o I;e -avers—men from the >urf life saving dubs who have made Austra li.’in beadics famous by their voluntary guardianship of bathers. The surf car nix al- eomiuctrd by Syd tic v life■:sav ing dub< are world renowned, and tin I »nke of Gloucester, during his vi.-ii anx thing >.» -piendid as the dispiav or g:ini-ed in h..- honour. He enjoyed th. carnival so much that be long oxer -tax.-! the time allotted in the official .> -gramme for his visit. Tin- Surf Life saving Association of Au-iralia will immediately begin pre- ' trie v. orid tour. On the beaches oi Lngj.-iiid. Europe and America. Austrai i a young manhood w ill bp seen, ami the u**HO>t ran* will be taken in the •imraetcr and personality xxill be in :>hv-?que. Official*, of the association -tateil that a bu.-im-ss nanager would a.rompany the team. There would be a full march-past team of 20; four ' ; «,t >ix each for r» - -ii»* and resus ■ itation events; and live belt race completing financial arrangements. It - cxp-rted that the tour v,ill cost ■ io: has been inundated with inquiries from xaiiou- countries seeking infor- : >• of > ;rf rescue method- as per- • bd here, and this prompted the ; a «>f rite world t«»ur. Countries in--d in the tentative programme are -oith \fri.-a. England. Wale-. Holland, Hern :in . Ft i .States, iHa.x.T . I*ijt and New Zealand in that order. The four will occupy nine nion;h-. Tip* qualifications tor selec■on xx ill ensure that only the best • . > will be sprit oversea- as txpival l» \ i-tralian bronzed god.-. ’ In mid ; : on to pos-t-.--ing physical attrac- . on. candidates for the team must be : lily qualified life-savers, good swimm -. and right types socially. The am will bp fully equipped, even to a li:e-boat. The I’4 members will leiiionstrate the .\ustraliau methods of i»-.-ne am! resuscitation. while the .inagrr d scribes each movement <»nd - purpos-*. On beaches possessing -u table wa%vs. displays of the art or i ’-h.-o; ng the brra.iers” will be given. .D adxliiiun to surf-board rescues. The co i.mittc’* whose task it will be choose the team will not be envied, for they will be faced with a great di .iculty. as such a wealth of talent exists,. Men will be selected from Queensland and Western Australia, as well as New South Wales. Many names have already been discussed as logb-al members of the team, but the committee has not vet considered anyone. A few of the men ikely to be chosen are Bull Pugh, who w-as de--i-rim'd bv the Duke of Gloucester as the ‘‘most |»crfccf man’’ he had seen; • Bov’ ? Charlton ex-Olympic distance

- Iswimming champion and one of the | best surf-switnmers in Australia; and i Ritchie Walker, a New South Wales countrv boy who has won the Austra 1 lian belt-racing championship for the last two years.