PANOPLY OF SPORT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 November 1939, Page 6

PANOPLY OF SPORT

DISPLAY AT CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. FACILITIES FOR RECREATION. ! One of the exhibits at the Centennial Exhibition which is likely 10 attract more than passing attention is the I "Health, Sport and Fitness" exhibit | which has been secured from England. Il was taken on tour throughout Great Britain and aroused so much interest that its promoters, the Royal Institute of British Architects, found difficulty in satisfying the many requests for visits, ft aims by model and by photographs at giving a picture of wiial is possible in the way of properly planned facilities lor sport and recreation. The central model is one of the most striking sections of the exhibit and 11-' lustrates an ideal sports centre for a town or city. It contains pitches and courts for all kinds of games, open air bathing pools, a children's pool, a covered bath, a largo gymnasium, an open aii’ theatre, a restaurant, sunbathing terraces and a stadium for football and other athletic displays. The photographic sections comprise some 700 photographic enlargements from all parts of the world. One of the I most striking is the “Open Spaces" section. This section deals with parks and squares and forest reserves. The "Buildings tor Sport and Recreation" seeiion illustrates (lie best examples from all over the world of swimming pools, stadium, gymnasia, sports centres, squash courts, pavilions and sports 1 club-houses. It is impossible to describe the elaborate beauty of some of those such as the Berlin Olympic Stadium or the open air swimming pool at Adelboden. Switzerland. A more utilitarian but very instructive section is the "Every Day Health" section, depicting how health and well-being may be improved by town planning and collective health services. Some very human studies of children at play are contained in the "Healthy Childhood" section. The fifth and final section, the “Escape from the Town" section, straws the varied facets of healthy life in views of weekend cot-| (ages. youth hostels and holiday camps, caravans and yachts. The Physical Welfare and Recreation Branch is optimistic that this exhibit will give valuable information to , local bodies and private individuals ) alike concerning facilities for health, j sport and fitness.