Sports Log

NZ Truth, Issue 1212, 21 February 1929, Page 17

Sports Log

SOM3 STATUS TT is not generally known that New • J Zealand nas a big say m the administration of world swimming interesis, but such is the case. The New Zealand Council is represented directly on the International Swimming Federation by ' John Hodgson, of Liverpool, who was, at the last conference of the Federation, elected to the Bureau of the Federation, a body of eight men who have the last word m swimming administration throughout the world and also are the only body to contro. their own branch of the sport at the Olympic Games. Such an honor should not be lightly looked upon by New Zealanders. ■•'■ < ri ; ' ' THOROUGH TEST AT the national swimming championships at Dunedin last year, the diving competitors displayed a marked weakness m ' all the screw diving. Forward dives, back dives, somersaults and flips were performed almost to perfection, but any dive with any. kind of screw m it was palpably .below standard. The New Zealand Council was quick to seize on this weakness, land -has mr eluded a number of screw dives m each section for this year's national meeting. Competitors can accept this timely warning, as they have two and a-halT months m which to prepare themselves. • NOT YET AWHILE COME of the amateur cyclists m *** Chi-istchurch have for a long time been. keen to commence motor-paced riding on the hard track at English Park Stadium. A try-out was recently arranged, but it was not at all impressive, and those who gave it a :*n were 1 unable to; wind' up much more speed than they can . m ordinary unpaced riding. The English Park track, with' its. shallow dish, is unsuitable for, any sport m which unusual speed Is required,- and , the., few enthusiasts wlio.-are set oh-.emulating the deeds of "VFatty'.' /Lamb" will > either have to wait awhile, or move from Christchurch.

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