NOTABLE SWIMME

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 573, 3 July 1933, Page 4

NOTABLE SWIMME

MISS ENA STOCKi GREATLY IMPRESSED j FACILITIES OFBlul BATii I A WEEK-END ViSlJ "Fine, I wish we had soi like this in Sydney," xepliej Ena Stockley, the well-inol Zealand and Australasian sJ champion and Olympic reJ tive, at present visiting d when asked by a "Post" rel tive laSt night what she M the Blue Bath and its facil swimming. I Miss Stockley, who is visia Dominion after an absencel years, yesterday viewed m'aJ attractions of the district in J with Mr. W. L. Richards, 1 of the Rotorua Swimming Qj remarked Upon the m&ny chafl improvements which have tail during the past fe-w years,! larly the facilities provided | ing and swimming. Incompl a number of prominent EotJ swimmers she raced over tw| the bath last evening, the J i being watchecl by a nufnbel . officials and visitors to thebl stated.later that she found j a trifle less huoyant andheal that of most baths she had! and that.. the steam iisinj 9 water had affected her brcal possibiy' added to a slight] felt after her sprint. How| considered the baths admirj ed for winter coaching ail purposes. | Australian Standard In Sydney a similar bath] vided by Tattersall's Cluh'i

regular winter trainmg cli boys had recently been inai Members of the Olympic 1 trained in this bath, buti provision had been madefj The coaching of boys was] j dertaken by some of the] minent swimmers and col Australia. The standard oi lady and men swimmers inl was described by Miss S9 very high, and although sh| so far seen much of the pr| swimmers in the Dominioa larly the strong Auckland 1 thought that some fine con j be staged between the bi Commonwealth and the Doi the team of Australians I recently visited Rotorua j who could be counted as 3

the standard oi the state m represented. In Frances ] hourno had a very fine ladj tative, and last season 3 had won the New South .1 yards championship in i over 60 seconds. She dia she would defend this ] next championship meetinl Local Performerl Asked what she thought! abilities of the Rotorua 3 mers who had accompanie] sprint Miss Stockley sai thought they could all r] minent position in Domi! ming circles with coachina tion to training. She agrew present trouble was in t] ods, but said that whenth! ciently mastered a suitabl competitive purposes, the] come this fault with pracjl ing should be undertakenj quently, but later should! ed in order that stalene] be caused. , Having hadjj of swimming she felt tbl purpose could be served! case by too frequent a! training. She had recew style altered by a coacw with a lower head, wnicH found more suitable. Gen] ing, she considered that ! adopted a recognised sty fl of the body was a great | petition swimming. 9 Miss Stockley wll «! this morning to visit ■ he] Auckland before returia ney on July 21. Shesjl thoroughly enjoyedhera rua and regretted that ■] bee-n of such short wm