SWIMMING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81899, 6 December 1906, Page 2

SWIMMING.

LIFE-SAVING COMFETITIONS. Tin.' Now I'lynnniili Swimming Club locs received a copy of lln- r.gulaijuiin for (he life saying compeitiotts [or public sclmo' pupils, io be held in I'ebiuaiv or Marco next under (he oniu-o! of tin-' club. Tilt liii-l thing is io provide the "dummy" which musl be 3 feet long, .' feel in girth and to have a loop. : d hand e Vint will .stand aw.iv fium t-V-> saciaee "f the diimmv. This will be ■••"•r.k iu Hie middle of the .'cngil, of 'in- baths, not more lhan six feel fioii. I'm- edge. The competitor must swim to Hi.- place where the (lummy i.< surd., dive, and rai.-e lie dununv. '.. king il to Ihe fai'lher siih' of llie l).d'is. wl.eio he will be a,.-!<al 1,, 'end is; Lino to be taken from the ■ in)'.' Hi'.' ei.in])('iil(ir stints to the time Iv loue'i-s lli". (side with the dummy. Maximum points for rcscti.' will be Jo, to lie allotted pioportionalclv to the fa-'e time.

I Th- ax: part of the competition is 1 -a'ciiaiion of Ihe uppaientlv ! iliownecl. Hi- Sy'vester nrlhod being i.(l,:|)cd. opci..lion:, to be conducted on a ftilly-clotiii'd boy in the boy'* compedtii n and on a girl in the girl's eoinp-lition. The judge of the ra-.-c'ciialion must be a fu'ly qualified medical practitioner. M' nib'is for the winners will be furnished by the U'aiigainii centre of Hie N-Z.AS.A. Tin l competitions are open 10 any child attending 6ehoo: il) the district, 1