Lai Tsun-V.R.C.
'THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 30, 1940.
Carnival On
Sat. To Decide Year's
Year's Aquatic
Supremacy
Ladies' Events
In Programme:
Tsun May Win
Lai
By "Natator"'
It is note-worthy that there is an absence of breast-stroke events for the ladies, although it is gen- erally considered that it is essen- tially a ladies' stroke. This of course is a fallacy.
Taylor, who achieved promin-| ence last year when he won the Colony Championship for the 50 yards free-style, and incidentally breaking the record in 24-4/5 secs,| will on medical advice, be unable to appear for his club.
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A substitute in his stead for the 50 yards free- style has not yet THE MAIN ATTRACTION for the week-end will decided upon, although Luis Re- medios will probably be selected be the long-awaited V.R.C.-Lai Tsun Tournament, in a try-out against A. J. Hussain, A. V. Ozorio and which will take place at V.R.C. at 9.00 p.m. on Satur-Jerry Gosano A. H. Azedo.
Hut- day, when the two teams will complete for this year's
Even assuming that D. chinson will win this event, thej aquatic supremacy,
absence of Taylor will jeopardise V.R.C.'S chances of obtaining
maximum points, as the depleted team should at best garner only the first and third places.
This promises to be one of the season's outstanding competitions. The popularity of this tournament can be gauged from the fact that be sides the hundreds who turned up last week expect-wired Lawrence is in a ing to see the gala, there was an equal number of telephone enquiries regarding the swim.
The programme of agreed events, which is made up of short distances ranging from 50 to 220 yards, should be an excellent one featuring close finishes. Apart from the honour of winning the encounter there is a still keener rivalry for the title of the Medley relay.
Lai Tsun, who have so of three points will be sufficient far been undefeated this year in for the title to change hands. this event will be detending their
In the 220 yards free-style event,į
class by himself, although Chan Chun- nam, on whom the Chinese pih their faith, will probably keep pace! with Lawrence up to the 200 yards
turn.
Lawrence's spurt should again sce.
casions. Charles Huang, a new-
EASTERN RETURN
The Eastern touring. football team, return- ed to the Colony this morning after a very successful tour, which included Manila, Ma- laya and Burma in the itinerary. It was also expected that Java would be visited but this fell through.
Eastern were instru- mental in raising a considerable sum of money for charity.
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Chinese Bathing Club and the
able, and more especially in the ease of the experienced players.
Lee Fook-ke was sent out of the bath for intentional ducking in the four yard area, and again for swimming before the whistle into the two yard area.
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On a few occasions the game threatened to develop into fracas when the players almost lost their tempers, and credit must be given to the referee for his cap- able handling of such a game, in preventing such an outburst.
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It is now learned that European "Y" are making arrangements for friendly series of mid-week waterpolo games with the various Chinese clubs in conformity with their programme. It is also in- tended to play home and away gumes,
This is particularly welcomed by Chinese clubs as there is at present a shortage of European clubs for them to compete against.
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With the recent ban on swim- ming within the Harbour limits for the military units, these games Thave been missed, and since goal- posts have not yet been erected at the
Queen's Road Army Pool, home games cannot be played, although a number of Chinese clubs have had invitations from several of the Army Units.
Chung Shing will be the first Chinese "Y" will take place to play "y" in the series, and a
lat 7.30 p.m. him through as on previous ue-me evening at South Chinavery even game should be mit
nessed. Chung Shing will be field-- Although there is no doubt that ing their usual line up of Tong comer to V.R.C. who has clocked 26 for a first trial at V.R.C. is still the Chinese "Y" will annex all the Shiu-fai, Kong Cheuk-chau, Poon lan unknown quantity in a 220 race, first places in the events for men, Ping-man, Chung Shui-che, S. P. but I do not think he is capable of good swimming will be witnessed. Chan, Ng Nin, and Ng Chun-man. At the Eastern's gala on Satur- beating Lau Tai-ping for third In view of the more important
engagement with V.R.C. on Saturday, the 300 metres free-style re- place.
day, and of the weak opposition lay finished in a thrilling duel in this gala, Lai Tsun Union may between Eastern and Chung Shing not utilise their swimmers to re-teams, with the former just man- title against a V.R.C. trio, who are Lai Tsun Well Balanced Fong Chung Yue For
Breast Stroke Event present the "Y". Even without Lai aging to reach the winning post determined to make a bid for the
Tsun,
Wing the Ching With the
Union one second ahead of the fast pick- exception
the of title.
most breast-stroke and possibly the With the barring of the "Butter-should easily account for most of ing Chung Shing team. This should prove the
International Athletic team keenly contested- event-of-the Medley relay V.R.C should take ay stroke, Luis Remedios, who is the points as they have in their
close third, and all the first places for the men's an exponent of this stroke, should line-up such swimmers as Chunfinished
Wing-kai, Lo Yuk-wing evening.
D. and mainly through
Hutchin-. Although it is
At first sight this state-and it impossible to better Fong the general events.
Yeung Yiu-kwan.
son's final effort managed to forge opinion that V.R.C. will win this ment seems to suggest that V.R.C. Chung-yue. E. M. Marques, one
Should Lai, Tsun decide to field ahead of the Ching Wing swini contest, presumably based on the will win the contest easily, but time Colony champion was' ori- fact that they are most adapted his is far from being the case: ginally down for the breast-stroke their swimmers, Lau Yiu-ting and mer.
out in Poon Wing-kai should take the to sprint events and also have The Lai Tsun is quite a well-event, but has backed
metres' backstroke easily, Poor Supervision just the slightest advantage of a balanced team, and even if they favour of Jose Marques, a much 100 home pool, the tournament will concede the first places they can younger swimmer who has plenty with perhaps a little opposition
from Yeung Tat-fun of the C.B.C. The race would have been one not end in a runaway, victory and asily off-set these losses by tak-of speed.
third. places All eyes will be on the back- For South China, Donald Yeung of the best witnessed for a long the winner may not be knowning the second and
best their deficiency, stroke event, when W. Lawrence. Cheung-wa will at
take time except for the poor super- until the last stroke.
to make up for
metre vision of the starting-off swim- Lai Tsun is a veteran squad and as the points are on a three-two A. K. Rumjahn, Poon Wing-kai fourth place. For the 50
and Lau Yiu-ting will battle it dash, Chan Wing-kai and Lomers. Some had to wait too long whilst on the is quite capable of upsetting the one basis.
should beat Robert to be tapped, Yuk-wing Then there is the possibility of out. apple-cart, and it is my personal
other hand, at least four, were On past performances Lawrence Chan of the C.B.C. prediction-that-the-margin of vice surprise in the back stroke event
will give them a fair and Rumjahn should finish in In the distance event of 1500 tapped long before the previous tory will not be more than five which
one-two order, but with the up-metres. South China is finding swimmer finished the lap. points, which means that an upset number of points.
The swimmers should have- to-date training records of Poon some difficulty in producing an and Lau still in the dark, it is entrant, and as it stands at pre-been told to start off at their own whilst the judges difficult to forecast the result. sent, it seems unlikely that they discretion, The 200 yards free-style relay is can find one to last the distance. should be watching the starting This would then leave the a foregone conclusion, with the Ho Fun-kun, who
is actually a off.
start-off in the V.R.C. quartet of Hutchinson, sprint breast-stroke swimmer has timing, for the
swimmers them- Silva-Netto, Huang and Lawrence been approached to undertake the hands of the averaging 26 against the Lai event although he has never at-selves. Tsun's average of about 27 secs. tempted the distance.
Should V.R.C. decide to field the The Ladies' 200 metres breast-all the four swimmers hitting the Misses Weir, Anderson, Lopes and stroke will be a clean sweep for turn together, but Kew (Eastern) Churn, they should be able to beat South China, as I cannot imagineung Kwai-sang, (Chung Shing).
managed to the Lai Tsun squad in the Ladies":
his nearest rival. Chu Fai-lam, free-style relay, although accord-anyone beating Misses ing to the latest information, this uen and Au Mei-chuen, although who did not do so well in a recent some quarters favour Miss Chan event is still in the air.
In the 50 yards free-style event, than either of them.
Yuk-king of the "Y" to be better relay, made up for it when he in- creased the lead. However, this the points should be evenly The waterpolo game between the lead was soon picked up by So shared with Miss V. Churn just home team and a contingent from Tim-mo, of Chung Shing,
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The race started evenly, with
finish ahead
of
who
finished together with Young Man-kit. Meanwhile S. Bux of
the
taking first place. coach has great confidence in Missi win for the foriner. The C.B.C. Ko Miu-lin, and it is reputed that she has done under 32 secs for once a very formidable team, has International was steadily closing not shown good results Intely, in the gap, and creeping up on the the distance in a fresh water poospite of the fuct that they have leaders with Chan King-pong, of the Ching Wing, close on his heels. been holding practices whenever With a brilliant burst of specc Ladies' Relay Event
tide conditions have allowed. Lee Fook-ke put the issue beyond
Evidently what they need is a doubt when he went into Through the courtesy of South spark-plug to liven up the team. China and the Chinese Bathing The line-up for the two teams will water almost together with Kong Cheuk-chau (Chung. Shing) and Club, the services of Misses Lee be Po-luen and Sa Wai-ying have! SOUTH CHINA: Ng Wal-chol, Lee beat him by a body's length. A. been obtained to complete a Ke-young, Ho Yuk-kwan, H. Winglee, J. Hussain of International, also Chinese all-star medley relay Lionel Lowe, Henry Sa and Kwok Kal-swam a good race, finishing to- team.
Igether with Kong. C.B.C.: Po King-look, Wong Cheuk- With the last lap coming up, This last minute event should nin, Enrique Chah, Yeung Taldun, Chu Shek Kam-pui (Eastern) started prove to be the most popular of Fook-to, Robert Chan and Wong Kam with a full two body's length lead, the ladies events: Miss Grant is nok.
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down to start the backstroke for In a waterpolo game last week, but was almost caught by V.R.C. against Miss Su Wai-ying, European "Y" team trimmed an Nin who displayed a magnificent present Colony Champion, while Eastern team to the tune of six burst of speed.
Sprinter Lo Yuk-wing found he Miss Doreen Weir will compete clear goals. Owing to a misunder- against Miss Lee Po-lucn in the standing in arrangements, Eastern was no match for D. Hutchinson, breast-stroke. Both V.R.C. re team were unable to field their and finished last.
For, the remainder of the swim- presentatives are not expected to regular seven, and. made replace- obtain any lead in these two ments from the junior squad, with ming events, poor results were styles, in which case Miss V the consequent
result that the obtained, with the exception of the Churn, swimming free-style, will game was marred by the too 100 metres backstroke when Shek find it hard to finish first for the frequent but necessary use of the Kam-pui returned a fair time of whistle, mainly due to infringe- In between events, a Diving ments of rules as a result Exhibition will be given by Lionel ignorancë. ·.
team.
Roza-Pereira: present Colony
champion. Being the colourful
'
artist that he is, he can always be Inexcusable Fouls relied upon to give a good per- formance.
of
75-2/5 secs.
International's Plucky Display At Water Polo The programme concluded with Jumping from the bottoth of a waterpolo game in which” the ̈ ̈ ̈
teams beat International - the bath is excusable for a team home Triangular Tournament playing in a bath-with-a-shallow. Athletic by the odd goal in seven. end, for the first time, but the Kew, opened the score for Eastern, various other fouls, which were after Lee Fook-ke hud, broken often repeated after warnings, such away from Hutchinson and pass- The first of a series of Trian-as swimming over an opponented to the then unmarked Kew, gular Tournaments between the without the ball and swimming, who. had 'no difficulty in scoring,
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