THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 10, 1989.
SWIMMING" NOTES
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TAYLOR MOST PROMISING SPRINTER FOR YEARS
Chan Chan-nam A Possible Successor To Lawrence
NEW FOR
EVENTS LADIES
By "CRUSADER")
Revival of interest in swimming proved to be a very capable swimmer amongst the public and swimmers was reflected at Victoria Recrea- tion Club when the Club met the Chinese Y.M.C.A, in their second swimming gala of the season on Saturday night before a
"full house."
to
in this capacity. He swam very cre best in Fong Chung-yue and ditably well against two of the Colony's Wong Shiu-hung of the C.Y.M.C.A. in the 100 yards breast-stroke.
Hutchinson gave a lot of hard work before his carly lead the star swimmers of the opposing side
was wiped off and then managed tako second place when passed by Fong Chung-yue, who caught him in a terri- Twenty very attractive events fic final spurt to win by a very narrow formed the programme which was disposed of in an amazingly short time. The races were all scratch events and provided spectators with
great thrills.
Splendid were recorded, and the swimmers, spurred on by great sporting rivalry, made the gala a complete success.
times
Douglas Taylor, the stalwart of the V.R.C., was the hero of the night by virtue of a most spectacular exhibition of speed and power. In the course of the evening, he broke the Colony's 50 yards free style record twice!
His best time was recorded in his third race when he almost overtook Chan Wing-kai, the present record- holder, who received almost a body's length lead attained by his team mate Fong Chung-yin in the Medley Relay.
Taylor's marvellous pick-up against such an opponent, evinced the admira- tion of the entire gallery and resulted in his splendid record time of 24 4/5 secs.!
BROKE OWN RECORD
Chang Wing-kai also gave a good account of himself in the free-style re- lay when he broke his own Colony re- cord by 1/5 sec., clocking the distance of 50 yards in 25 flat.
To forecast the coming champion and the time for this event in the forth- coming championships is a most diffl- cult task!
Taylor still has much room for im- provement in his "dive off" and "push offs" and, if able to perfect himself in. these departments, I see no reason why he should not set a good 23 3/5 secs.
Taylor's style, and speed as a sprin- ter compare favourably with Olympic swimmers, and, as I have said before, his action more nearly compares with Johnny Weismuller, the ex-world champion, than any yet seen In the Colony.
Fading hopes of some
close to Hutchinson but failed to over- margin. Wong Shiu-man came very take him.
Jose Marques, who is still a junior breast-stroke swimmer also did fairly well in this race. He once again broke his record, for the fourth time since he started training. He has lowered his
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THREE PROMISING lady swim- mors, Miss Eileen Grant, Miss Jac- quelino Anderson and Miss Vi- vienne Churn. (L to R).
time from 84 secs., in June, to 81 and he returned his best time of 79-4/5 secs. 80-1/5 secs, in July, and in this race
HUTCHINSON'S. PROSPECTS
Fong Chung-yiu, who came second to Enrique Chan last year in 75.6 secs., also improved his figures to 75.4. secs., young and while Hutchinson, who lately, did 78 in promising swimmer capable of taking the trials, clocked 76-1/5 secs, for sec- 220 yards ond place against Wong Chun-yue's upon his retirement, were brightened 70-3/5 secs, for 3rd place. when youthful Chan Chan-nam of the C.Y.M.C.A. displayed his skill in this event.
Lawrence's place in tho
Hutchinson has great prospects both as a free-style swimmer and with the breast-stroke. I shall not be surprised His splendid effort in covering the second place in the Colony Champion- if he lowers his time sufficiently to take distance in the very satisfactory time ships to Enrique Chan of 2 min. 34-3/5 secs, augurs well for the future.
Luiz M. Remedios who has already Chan's appearance in the forthcom- "butterfly stroke" will have, according demonstrated his ability with tho ing 220 yards free-style Colony Cham- to the 4.9.A. rules, to swim against pionship should make this tussle with his competitors with the usual breast- Lawrence and Hutchinson a most inter stroke. I have not yet seen him at his esting one.
best in this style, so it is difficult to gauge his ability. He should give a good account of himself, however, and force the other competitors to give of their best to beat him
JOSE MARQUES is showing splendid form in the breast stroke and has lowered his time consis- tently since the beginning of the season.
Revised Interport Tennis Programme
pro-
The following is the revised gramme in the Interport Tennis Series with Thailand (Siam), which will be played next week.
Monday, starting 4.15 p.m.
Sanoh Tsui Yun Pui Muang Roeng v Tsui Wai-pui
Tuesday, starting 4.15 p.m.
"Miss Sanguan Sujaritkula v Mrs. Chiu Chun-chiu.
Sanoh and Kasom. Chatikavanij v S. A. and H. D. Rumjahn.
Wednesday, starting 4.15 p.m.
Sanoh v Tsui Wai-pui Muang Roeng v Tsui Yun Pui.
The visitors were guests of Hong Kong Lawn Tennis Association at tiffin party at the Jacobean Room to-day, among those present be- ing Mr. Justice and Mrs. R. E. Lind- sell, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Lo, Mr. Ezra Abraham and Mr. T. A. Pearce.
The visitors are having a "knock up" this afternoon and Saturday at Kowloon Cricket Club.
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London, July 30.-I. G. Collins and Miss E. H. Harvey, last year's winners of the singles events at the East Grin- stead Tournament, were both defeated Zealander, beat Collins by 6-3, 6-3, vesterday, when A. D. Brown, the New and Mlle. Z. Kormoczy, the fourteen- Harvey by 6-1, 97. vear-old Hungarian girl, beat Migs
Several new and very interesting races for the ladies will be staged soon. The 50 yards back-stroke open event should prove very popular and I have seen many Chinese lady swimmers who are very efficient, Miss Sha Wai-ying of C.B.C. appears to me to be the fa-beat I. G. Collins, 6-3, 6-3, vourite, while Miss Irene Lopes has
THE SPLENDID physique de- veloped through swimming is re flected in Luiz Remedios, a brother of the late H. M. Romedios, form- er breast stroke champion. L. Re- medios, an exponent of the “but- terfly" breast stroke, was only. three pounds at birth and was not expected to live!
also shown up well. Miss Elleon Grant in another possible,
NEW. BLOOD
PROVED ABILITY
"Smally" Rumjam again proved his, ability when he defeated the stout Fong Chun-yin Wong Chun-yue, hearted Lau Yin-ting in the 100 yards Hutchinson, Marques and Lulz, Réme- back-stroke in a fine and well timed dios, will in the course of the next few The Ladies' Open Team Race will bu ráté:
days, make every effort to improve of special interest as it is expected to Rumjahn once more overcame his themselves with a view to meeting bring several virtual unknowns to rival in a very exciting and spectacu. Enrique Chan, the present champion, a public notice: The Nursing Detach- lar final spurt, which appears to be his real master at this stroke who is said mont, with such brilliant swimmers as forte
to have already lowered the splendid Miss J. Booker, Miss M. Booker Mi David Hutchinson, who never prat: Colony record of 72 secs. whilet train: A. Dowbiggin and Misa Rihards should. ticed "seriously for
st-ströké," "ing!--
Men's Singles.-Final: A. D. Brown
Women's Singles-Final: Mile. Z. Kormoczy beat Miss E. H. Harvey, 6--1, 9---7.
A. C. Beck, ex-Interporter for Hong Kong at cricket, left for Cebu, P.I., on transfer to-day by R. M. S. Em- press of Russia.
while C.B.C., South China Bathing Club and V.R.C. should be very well repre- sented.
At the request of the leading Chinese Bathing Clubs. it has been decided Also to stage a 440 yards open free-style race for the ladies. Several years hack a very exciting race over this distance was seen when Mrs. Willey (Miss Ronney Thirlwell) awam against Mias Yeung San-king, China's Olympic re- presentative. Ronney won after a very close finish. At the moment Miss Sha Wai-king of the C.B.C. appears to be the most serious contender for this race.
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