SWIMMING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 290, 8 December 1939, Page 12

SWIMMING

NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL MONTHLY MEETING HELD ELECTION OF OFFICERS REVIEW OF YEAR'S OPERATIONS “The la.-t season was one of great i activity and saw considerable expan-! aion of the scope and volume of the i association’s activities,” said the an-1 nual report presented to the annual! meeting of the council of the Newl Zealand Amateur Swimj . Iss i - tion at Christchurch last Friday. “For i centres the season was ususuahy busy, the Learn-to-Swim campaign lor i which they were substantially res x r.-' sible imposing on officials an additional burden which they carried with ‘ distinction. “In the educational field there was another expansion, and in the competitive arena, both among the' seniors and the juniors, the season; was one of gratifying advancement. “The association enters upon its i fiftieth year with 15 centres control-; ling 129 clubs with a gross total membership of 9704. Of these 2946 are! declared senior members (SIG women ! and 2130 men) and 6021 ci» dared | junior members (ISS4 girls an i 1137’ boys).” The report indicated the council’s • regret at the abandonment, because * o' the war. of the arrangements for the Pan-Pacific championship meeting > which was to have been h£ld at Auckland. An important development during the year was the affiliation of the ( New Zealand Surf Life-saving Association, permitting close co-operation between the two oodies. The season was notable for the educational work done. In ail 33.054 cer- ■ <lren—a new record. Special thank.were due to the educational officers, j The success of the national learn-1 to-swim campaign was most gratifying. There were in ail 28.478 persons taught to swim. The thanks of ■ the association were due : > ffii who' had contributed to this result. The 1 conduct of the campaign would ; future be the business of the associa- j tion. The showed a loss of ; 1166 on the year’s working, the ac- ! cumulated fund standing now at £3B I 1% 11/4

Officers Elected The following officers were elected ‘ after the adoption of the report and balance-sheet: —President, Mr. F. G. ’ Dunn; deputy-president. Mr. J. W. | Toomej; honorary treasurer, Mr. P. R. Smith; honorary handicapper. Mr. j P. Coira; representative on International Federation, Mr. John Hodgson; representatives on National Committee of Swimming and Life-saving, Messrs. Coira and H. Joblin; representatives on New Zealand Olympic i Games Association. Messrs. Coira. P N. Rundle and N. N. Oldershaw; rep- . resent at ive on Council of New Zealand I Surf Association, Mr. Rundle; honor- ' ary auditor, Mr. W. P. Clarkson; hon- | orarv secretary, Mr. B. O’Neill; official I starter. Mr. C. Bryant. The New Zealand national ehampi jnships for. 1941 were allotted to I the Auckland centre, and for 1942 to j the Nelson centre. The application for I the Otago to alter the dates for the i junior and intermediate championships this season from January 24. 25 and 27, 1940, to January 17, 18 and . 20. 1940. was granted. A proposal to allot the junior and intermediate 1 championships for 1941 to the Taranaki centre was held over. Services Recognised Miss D. Brown and Mr. K. T. Schcu (Canterbury) and Mr. George Walters (West Coast) were among a number of persons who have given notab o ■ -en i< e to swimming, to whom it was . decided to give authority to wear the • “honorary” association blazer. • A series of motions for alte.'Pilons ' to the rules, arising from the annual | conference of centres, was brought I forward by the secretary. Proposals . adopted included the use of raised lanes in backstroke events, the starting of all New Zealand and centre championships u th a gun. the addition of backstroke and breaststroke events to centre school champion- ■ ships, and the elimination of lhe ’ option at present given to the scratch i men in handicap events as to which ’ side of the bath he should race along. ‘ that in scratch comI petitions the starting stations siould he drawn for. No. 1 starting from the right or left as the starter should j direct. Another rule was altered to provide that centres should determine ■ the margin by which a competitor m , a handicap event might break his declared time without becoming liable .to disqualification. Mr. F. G. Dunn presided over the [ meeting.