THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 26, 1940
AQUATICS
LACK OF FACILITIES FOR
KEEN CHINESE DIVERS P. I. Contest May Spur Clubs To Encourage Talent LAI TSUN'S THIRD ARMY SPORTLIGHT
SUCCESSIVE RELAY VICTORY
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to
“NATATOR"
New Waterpolo Team
By "SQUADDY"
defeated their
opponents,
THE Army Swimming Bath at Vic-| Adams,
toria Barracks is still without nets Stone, Hemming and Ingleby, decisive- for waterpolo and consequently many ly. A return game is being arranged games are being and both teams are seeking games Water Polo held up; in fact, from other army units.
none of the Army
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competitions have yet been started. ROYAL ENGINEERS were full of Unless a start is made pretty soon the confidence when they took the LTHOUGH the majority of the local Chinese are keen on
result will be a general congestion and field against Chung Hwa last Satur- diving only as a recreational form of exercise, a number the usual end of the season rush to
day, and it was thought of them have concentrated on improving their form in order get League and
competition Baseball that they had a pretty good chance of win- to challenge the present leaders in the field; some have al-games played off.
ning their first League game.. ready succeeded in reaching a standard sufficiently high to THE Royal Army Service Corps Although they were leading at
end Table Tennis Club opened their the
of the third command attention.
innings season with a friendly match against by 6-3, they failed to make the grade, Stanley Lee and Wong Yan, who, Cheung-wa (South China) and So
Royal Army Pay but, not without a great fight. Cer- were both placed in the Colony cham-Tim-mo (Chung Shing).
Table Tennis Corps, whom they tainly it would be something very un- defeated easily by usual to find the Sappers not making pionships last year, are the best the
10 games to one. The "Newgate a great fight for it. -Chinese can offer at present, but there
It was Chung are many following in their foot-steps.
Blues" have been putting in a lot of Hwa's fourth inning that spelt defeat Unfortunately, however, the existing The Ching Wing Swimming Union, practice and have the makings of a for the Engineers. Aided by three ог the Chinese good team. Their opponents on the errors, their opponents did not have a facilities for training are far from be- which is a section ing satisfactory.
Y.M.C.A., was seen playing waterpolo other hand have had little or no prac-great deal of difficulty in collecting A great improvement was At nearly all the beaches spring-for the first time last week, when they tice for some time, which explains the nine runs.
Chinese overwhelming defeat. The generally were matched against the *boards have been erected,
"Pay seen in the Sappers fielding, fast work about one and two metres from the Bathing Club in a gala at North Point. Blokes" have nothing to be discour-between Ings, Shaw and Foley sur- Ratcliffe, Fox, surface of the water, but due to tide Coached by Soong Yiu-tak, the team aged about as they should easily im- prising Chung Hwa. fluctuations, the heights vary from is mainly composed of young and bud-prove 100 per cent. once they get down Welford and Foley, as well as 'Hurler'
ding swimmers, and is very promising. to it. In the doubles Martin day to day.
and Denyer, were constantly in the lime- Chinese Young (R.A.S.C.) were It will be obvious, even
the Soong, who turned out for
to light. McIlwraith was opposed
making his uninitiated, that a good entry into the Bathing Club last year, is a waterpolo Luckhurst and Stone (R.A.P.C.), and debut in a League game for the En- water depends to a large extent on veteran, having played, since the time von in two straight games 21-5 and gineers. We are waiting to see the
their the angle of
first League entry,
different when the local League was run under 21-17. The first game was a walk- Sappers garner and heights necessitate a
corresponding the auspices of V.R.C. and with his over for the Service Corps pair, but in points and, if they continue to improve the second the "Pay Blokes" put up a on these lines, it will not be long be- difference in timing and spring in the experience the take-off. In, the ordinary plain dives along nicely.
great fight but were not quite good fore we are able to record that accom- this will not be so noticeable, but with
enough to wear down the steady play plishment in this column. the more complicated dives involving
of their opponents. Against Dvr. Stan- somersaults and body twists, the han-
forwards ly (R.A.S.C.) L/Cpl. Stone won the Chan Kam-fui, dicap is too great.
Cheung Che-keung only game for the Pay Corps. Stanly and K. K. Chan are good sprinters, beat both Sgt. Hemming and Corpl. but somewhat lacking in experience. Ingleby. Both the other two Service From their first performance, it was Corps men, Pte. Gibbs and Pte. quite obvious that they had never read the rules of the game, being fre- quently warned for tackling an op- ponent before handling the ball and for obstructing free throws; one of the players being actually ordered out of Swimming Union had no difficulty in win- the bath in the later stages game for repeating the latter offence. The swimming side is being managed by Mr. Lee Che-hung, and, although little has been heard of him, his swim- mers show fine results. Among them are Yeung Yiu-kwan and Fun Wai- of whom represented cheung, both their team in a recent relay and doing quite well.
ONLY A LOW BOARD
The Chinese "Y", which is the only Chinese swimming club to have an indoor pool, has produced some of the best swimmers the Colony has ever seen, but is unable to provide adequate diving facilities, having only a low board, as a high one is out of the question, owing to the low ceiling.
This is really regrettable from the divers' point of view, when it is real- ised that the average Chinese physique is most suitably built for diving, being small and agile.
At the beaches, while classes for swim-
ming, waterpolo and even life-saving are conducted, divers have not had any opportunity for improvement, most of them depending on a "tip" here and there.
It is hoped that with the forth- coming P.1. Interport almost а certainty, and diving competitions to be included, the Chinese clubs will see their way to catering for those with an inclination to a div ing career.
team should come
The defence men, "Darkey" J. Hawk and Yeung Yuk-wah are fairly safe in their marking,
whilst
Friendly Waterpolo
of
the
Last Friday the Eastern Athletic Associa tion entertained a tcam from the Interna- tional Athletic Club to a friendly game of waterpolo, which resulted in a win for the former by three goals to one. For the vic tors, Shek Kam-pui at centre-half was easily the best man on his side; his experience and stamina stood him in good stead. Veteran Shoo Hung-yiu, in the forward line. also played a good game, and was ably supported by his other forward, Lee Fook-
ke
Lai Tsun Again
At a gala held by Chinese Y.M.C.A. at Laichikok on Sunday last, the Lai Tsun
ning the 400 metres open four styles relay In the good time of 5 mins. 18-9/10 secs. to record their third successive victory this season,
Chinese Bathing Club put up a good show and finished second, while the Lai Tsun "H finished third with the Laichlkok home team trailing behind. The Ching Wing Swimming | Union entered two teams and although they were present, for some reason best known to themselves, they did not compete. Lai Tsun "A" were represented by Poon Wing. kal (back), Fong Chung-U (breast), Chan Chun-nam (side) and Tsang Cheung-ming (free). C.B.C.'s crack line-up included Young Tat-fun, Enrique Chan, Robert Chan. and Lo Yuk-wing, the latter being loaned by Ching Wing.
Lai Tsun Juniors, mainly reserves, were made up of the following: Lau Yiu-ting, Tam Sik-kwan, Yau Sal-kwan, and Lau Tal-ping. Another interesting item on the pro- gramme was the 200 metres breast-stroke which was won by Mak Wal-ming, one time Colony Harbour Champlon, who is staging a come-back.
Incorrect Time
Wong Yan has not been seen prac- tising lately, but Stanley Lee is at pre- sent doing most of his training at the
The I.A.C. was rather disorganised in the V.R.C. and has been seen on the
first half and allowed Shoo and Chan to I have been informed by a rellable source boards at North Point during week- score easily, but managed to reply with a that the time of 1 min. 46 secs, announced ends. Lee, represented South China goal in the opening stages of the second half by South China for the open medley which of the game. During the last minute of took place at their gala last week, was in- in the Kwang Tung Provincial Meet
play, Shek found the net for his side again, correct. More from curiosity than anything in 1935 as well as in many local com-
to make the score three to one, For the else, I attempted to check up on the figures, petitions, and quite recently, gave, an International Hussain was most prominent I used the average times of the swimmers in his tackling, whilst David Leonard's for the distances, those being obtained from exhibition in the new Queen's Road Army bath. By dint of arduous.train-powerful passing to the forwards towards their coach, who has their most recent re- the end was very accurate, although he lost cords. I would emphasise, however, that ing he has improved immensely. The too many chances in the first half by essay- these are not by far, the best times returned difficult one-and-a-half Gaynor which ing long shots from his half of the pool. by them, being only the times expected to Owing to the uncertain weather, "Rios" be returned by them any day under normal I have seen only a few divers attempt, nemedios did not turn up, and the septette conditions without undue strain. As a mat- has been mastered by Lee, and if he
was completed by the inclusion of Harold ter of interest I list the results of my in- keeps up his form he is certain to Winglee, who scored the only goal for Inter-vestigation.
· make the diving team to meet the P.I.national.
EASTERN: Woo Che-sun, Ng Chor-kin.
(1)
Interporters. As it is most likely that Lui Sek-kwan, Shek Kam-pui (1), Lee Fook- in future he will represent the V.R.C., ke, Chan Kam-ful (1), and Shoo Hung-yu! South China will be sorry to lose his services.. Others prominent divers are Wong Kwok-kit (C.B.C.), Yeung
L.A.C.: “Robby'' Rocha, A. J. Hussain, D. Leonard. Jose Marques, W. A. Sprinkle, Sherry Bux, and Harold Winglee (1).
Poon Wing-kai . (back) Fong Chung, U' (breast) Tsang Cheung-ming (free)
95 BOCB. 35.. 31
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101 secs.
Compared to the official time there is a difference of 5 seconds. I leave readers to form their own opinions,
LAWN BOWLS TEAMS
H.K.C.6.
The following have been chosen to repre- sent Hong Kong Cricket Club in the Lawn Bowls League on Saturday:-
Second Division (v Talkoo R.C., away) ;- G. S. Archbutt, J. A. Mouat, J. Prentice and B. E. Maugham (skip); R. R. Davies, F. D. Angus, A. McKellar and J. A. R. Duncan (skip); T. A. Pearce, A. K. Mackenzie, R. A. Edwards and A. W. Brown (skip).
Third Division (v P.O.C., away):-A. D. Humphreys, L. E. N. Ryan, R. Nissim and P. S. Cassidy (skip); W. A. Cornell, H. A. Angus, A. T. Lay and R. H. Wild (sklp); W. J. Hansen, B. J. Lacon. E. Hospes and G. E. Costello (skip).
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