SWIMMING CLUB.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5498, 8 November 1929, Page 2

SWIMMING CLUB.

MEETING OF COMMITTEE. CARNIVAL DATES. A meeting of the committee of the Paeroa Amateur Swimming Club was held on Wednesday night. Australian Swimmers. A letter was received from the N.Z. Swimming Association stating that Australian swimmers would be in Paeroa on Monday, December 9. It was decided to apply to the Centre for permission to hold a carnival, and a tentative programme was drawm up. Messrs F. G. Williams, P. Meachem, and H. Priestley, with the president and secretary, were appointed a special sub-committee to attend to the details of the programme. Official Opening. The officials for the opening were elected as follows :— Handicappers, Messrs Williams and Meachem ; announcer, Mr Priestley ; judges’ steward, Mr G. Otter ; referee, Mr C. N. O’Neill ; judges, Messrs A. F. Steedman, G. S. Taiboys, and W. J. Simpson ; competitors’ stewards, Messrs E. Moore, F. Hayward, and N. Neil; ladies’ steward, Miss North ; starter, Mr F. G. Williams ; starter’s steward, Mr A. A. Jenkinson; check starter, Mr P. Meachem ; timekeepers, Messrs C. R. G. Bassett, W. Barclay, and G. J. Spinks ; ground stewards, Messrs J. Dickson and V. Carrick. Meeting Nights. It was decided to make the first Tuesday in each month a night for the committee to meet. A meeting for the purpose of electing new members is to be held on the 15th inst. at the baths. Smith Trust. It was decided to make application for two cups for junior swimmers, as outlined by Mr English at the South Auckland Centre meeting. SOUTH AUCKLAND MEETING. The following is the report of the Paeroa delegates who attended the South Auckland Centre meeting :— As instructed by the annual meeting, the president and Mr P. Meachem duly attended the annual meeting of the South Auckland Centre, which was held on Tuesday, October 29, at Hamilton. Dr. F. D. Pinfold- was elected to preside over the meeting in the absence of the president. Representation. The meeting was fairly representative, delegates being present from Hamilton Old Boys’, Hamilton Ladies’, Te Awamutu, Waihi, Morrinsville, and Paeroa clubs. Annual Report. The annual report stated that the past season had been a most successful ofie. Three new clubs had become affiliated with the centre—Ngatea, Paeroa, and Y.M.C.A. (Hamilton). The carnivals held throughout the district were attended with marked success. The Centre carnival was held at Morrinsville, and it proved successful. The balance-sheet showed a satisfactory credit balance. Central Carnival. The president of the Paeroa club stated that Paeroa, recognising it had a duty to, perform to the Centre, would be pleased to run the centre carnival at Paeroa if the meeting so desired. The Morrinsville delegates stated that they would be again pleased to hold the centre carnival at Morrinsville, whereat Mr Meachem proposed that the carnival be held there, and that Morrinsville also be made the centre for the coming season. Championships. Ladies. —50yds, Hamilton Ladies’ Club ; 75yds, Te Awamutu. Men.—A new championship of 50yds was decided on, and it was allocated to the Morrinsville Club, as waS also the men’s and ladies’ diving championships, and the flying squad championship of the Centre carnival. 100yds, Paeroa ; 220yds, Waihi ; 440yds, Te Awamutu. It was suggested that championship carnivals should be held on a Saturday night, to allow swimmers from all over the South Auckland area to take part. Juvenile Carnival. The allocation of the junior centre carnival, and also the date,, was deferred .until the next meeting of the executive, to which the two delegates of the Paeroa Club were added. Herbert Smith Trust. Mr R. English, one of the trustees of the Herbert. Smith Trust Fund, was present at the meeting, and pointed out that handsome trophies were available to all clubs for under 15 junior competition. The trustees of the fund had to allocate £l4OO annually in, this direction. He had it in his mind that each club could have trophies for girls’ and boys’ championships, and then at the South Auckland Centre carnival a champion of champions event could be staged. If clubs would make application he would do all in his power to assist. It was resolved that the president confer with the trustees on the matter and report at the next meeting of the executive, which would be held in Morrinsville. Officers. The following officers were eleced for the ensuing year : Patron, Mr J. A. Young, M.P. ; vice-patron, Mr R. English ; president, Dr. F. D. Pinfold; vice-presidents, the presidents of affiliated clubs ; hon. secretary, Mr E. W. Seville ; handicapper, Mr F. Dickenson ; hon. auditor, Mi- A. Needham ; representative to N.Z.A.S.A., Mr F. Collins (Christchurch), Carnivals. The Te Awamutu Club was granted permission to hold a carnival on December 10, the occasion of the visit of the Australian swimmers. Vote of Thanks. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr Collins for the keen interest he had taken in representing the Centre on the N.Z. Council. Affiliation Fees. The secretary aske'd that all clubs

forward their affiliation fees at an early date, so that they could all be made financial before any carnivals were held. Entrance Fees. A good deal of discussion ensued on the subject of entrance fees payable by outside competitors in the centre. This matter had been the subject of much controversy for years, it being held by some that visiting competitors to a carnival were under a good deal of expense, and this, it was thought, might hinder them from competing in carnivals held away from their home town. Mr Meachem pointed out that under the rules of swimming competitors had to pay their entrance fes on entering, and he thought the rules should be strictly carried out. On this motion seconded by Mr Empson, it was definitely decided that all clubs adhere to the rules and make all competitors pay entrance fees.