CIVIC RECEPTION

Hokitika Guardian, 20 September 1932, Page 6

CIVIC RECEPTION

TO OLYMPIC PRESIDENT. WELCOME HOME TO N.Z. TEAM'. (Per Press Association — Copyright.) WELLINGTON, September 19. , / A civic reception to Count de Baillet Latour, of Belgium, President of | the International Olympic Committee', Iwas given to-day. Opportunity was, also taken to welcome back the mem-j bers of the New Zealand Olympic team. j Lack of combination was responsible for the failure of the New Zealandrowing team to secure a win at tjtoOlympic- Games,- said Mr ClarriilL Healey, the coach, on his return by the Monowai to-day. Mr Healey said that, in the circum- - stances, the team did exceedingly well, j Althbugh beaten they certainly were not disgraced. From all appearances, j the New Zealand; men rowed just as j I well as the others did, and their, style ! compared favourably with that of the j other oarsmen, hut •in the tussle, in j which- the crews were- “all out,” com- j 1 binatibn told.! Although their faults , had carefully : been corrected during ; training, the men werq prone to- reivort back to their old Style when hard pushed The other crews had combination because they'were club crews.^ Mr Healey remarked: I feel that if the New Zealand champion four and , double sculls had participated- in the games, and if Stiles and Thompson had ! concentrated on the pai-*., -we would have had three certain wins I would suggest' that, in future, club eightoared rowing be encouraged instead of niter-provincial eights. This won d mean that the clubs' would be able to concentra-teonafirsLclas^eight.