A Notable Career in Auckland Swimming

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 245, 6 January 1928, Page 10

A Notable Career in Auckland Swimming

Jack E nix'right is Still in the First Flight

YEAR after year the famil the veteran of eompetitivt the starter at carnivals anti c each time he swims with see than ever. TT is a truly wonderful record that j A goes to Jack Enwright’s name. : The sport of swimming in Auckland has much to thank him for. He has done much for the game: has coached swimmers who have made their names in the swimming world: and still he plays a leading part. He was recently elected chairman of the Auckland Centre, and the delegates could not have made a better choice. That position he will hold with the same distinction he has won as a swimmer. With the passing of the years, it i would be thought that he would take ! a back seat with the coming champions and younger men v but they all have to move their fastest if Jack is “in 1 the swim.” His efforts on Tuesday evening over the 100 yards and 220 yards were highly creditable. E. V. Cunnold, a younger man. and oxdistance champion of New Zealand, i could not get near Jack in the distance event, the latter setting a solid pace and swimming strongly throughout to get second place to G. Bridson. HIS GREAT AMBITION A likeable personality, Jack Enwright is a popular figure among swimmers throughout the district, and a keener water polo enthusiast than Jack would

be hard to find. It is his ambition to see Auckland win the polo championship of New Zealand, and it is said that when Auckland does that.

iar figure of -Jack * ? swimming in Auckland. f aet •hampionskip meeting*. uningly more dash and sp^ he will retire from the gether. It almost makes one land may be a long time befool this, so that swimmers mav JS benefit of his advice and*s*> for many more years. A WARTIME CHAMPION It was in 1907 that Jack Ei> commenced swimming as a sci* in Auckland, and it was not untr years later that he won his fir* Since then a great many race * gone to his name, and while attk * he won the 1500yds champion* the X.Z. Division in 1916. career as a competitive has won hte 50yds champions: * Auckland on four or five occasion '* 75yds. 100yds. 220yds and 440y&~ has been the 100yds Xew it champion, and held the title f* years in succession. Other land titles have been the six or seven times r member d champion Xew Zealand Flying ' ron team. Asked for an opinion on tbe standard of swimming in AuckitJ day. Jack Enwright considers thi general style and stroke mov*here are better than in any oth? of the world. “There may be outstanding upf mers in other i*arts of the wor> said, “but the general style is j. * good as it is here. There has vast improvement in the ladies* j ming, and the cause of that hat the mixed bathing in the various j i My advice is that it should be j mitted in every bath. As far a men are concerned, there seems less improvement. This is b* they do not stay in the sport enough. They aspire to Xew records only, and then drop oc* stead of going higher and tn-iK ; world’s records." He was also of the opinion tfe more swimmers were allowed to - v pete in Australia the times woife prove and the standard be consto® improved. He pointed out thatj most every other branch oi sport,t ig teams to Australia always gtn excellent account of themsehtt there was no reason why the at mers could not do the same this*