TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1933.
THE CHINA MAIL.
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ASSOCIATION ARRANGE COLONY AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIP DATES
SURFBOARD
REGATTA AT
Swimming
REPULSE BAY Personalities L
Lionel Roza-Pereira Favourite For Sunday,
ĦAWAIITM INTERESTED IN
INNOVATION.
(By G. L.)
Lionel Roza-Pereira, the Colony's leading all-round swimmer, T. Paget and L. A. Soares, are favour- ed candidates for the Men's.100 yards event at the First Annual Surfboard Regalta, which is to be held at Repulse Bay on Sun- day. A Chinese entrant from Honolulu is also competing in this
event.
Seven · events are on the pro- gramme, including races for ladies, boys under 16, and relay races for Ladies and Men.
This will be the first surfboard Regatta staged in the Colony, and it has been decided to hold annual championships in the last weeks of October. Sunday's regatta will not be held unless conditions are
ideal-a calm sea.
It is understood that the Surfboard Association Hawali is interested in the regatta and have requested that the results be sent to them.
The first event On
Leung Shui Man (Chinese B.C.)
EPRESENTING China
the Far Eastern
RE
C. J. COOKE GO.M. OF STRONG Y TEAM FOR COLONY MEET TO BE
SWIMMING
FOUR TIMES WINNER OF HARBOUR RACE
Holder Of Long Plunge Record.
INTRODUCES CRAWL STROKE IN COLONY.
(By G. L.)
C. J. Cooke,
SMITH & FULLAGER FOR DOUBLE”?
H.Q. Wing Borderers Aquatic Meeting.
CANTON VISIT
Best Sprinters In
Team Of Eight.
(By CRAWL).
The Invitation issued by the
Canton YM.CA. to the European
Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, for a· svim-
STAGED AT Y.M.C.A.
CANTON MEETING CAUSES CHANGE OF DATES
ming contest in Canton on Sunday HEATS COMMENCE ON AUGUST 23
has been accepted.
The local "Y" have drawn up a programme as follows and have: submitted it to Canton for con- Armation:-
60 Yards Free Style
60 Yards Breast Stroke 60 Yards Back Stroke
220 Yards Free Style 240 Yards Team Race (6 men
to swim 40 yards each). The Canton YM.C.A. bath is
Four times winner of the har- bour race, holder of the Colony's Long Plunge record and winner of the event for five years in succes sion, and holder of every swimming record in the Colony in his time, C.J. Cooke, the Colony's G.O.M. of Heats for the Headquarter only 20 Yards long, which makes at swimming has, set up a record Wing. South Wales Borderers, it impossible for a game of water- Olum- which will probably remain un-swimming st, which will be polo, and as a result of which the piad at the age of 15 Leung beaten.
held to-morrow in the YMCA distances have been altered from Shui Man has gained inter- One of the outstanding feats of bath, will be awum off this after the usual 50 and 100 Yards to 60 national recognition casions in 1921, 1924, 1927
on four oc his swimming career was recorded noon at the "",
Dmr, Smith and L/Cpl. Fullager on the occasion he swam second to have excellent chances for record. 1930.
Taking up swimming at Queen's J. Finch in 1906 when the ing the "double."" Smith should College in 1921 he tean the School latter clocked 22 minutes 17 win the 50 Yards Back Stroke quite individual Championship and also seconds to set up the record for the easily, but he will be fully extend-Schreuder, H. Lange, Jr., F. won the Victor Ludorum at
Cooke finished only five led against L/Cpl. Sutherland in Annual Inter-Schools' Meeting. Atyards behind Finch after a titanic distance. this meeting he gave Queen's the Aggregate Shield, and repeated there struggle throughout the gruelling feats in the following four years, race.
and
the event.
the Free Style event over the same
Fullager is almost certain to win both the 50 Yards Breast Stroke and the 75 Yarda Med- ley,
and 220 Yards,
The following have been in- vited to make the trip:-
A..G. Donn, E. W. Railton, W. F. Kerr, H. Lange Sar., W. ·
Anslow, and B. Rasmussen. This is a very strong team and contains the best sprinters the "y" possess,
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(By Crawl.)
HE Hong Kong In national Amateur Swimming Association have fixed August 31, September 1 and 2, for the Colony Champion. ships to be held at the European Y.M.C.A. bath. Kowloon, commencing at 5.45 p.m. on the first two evenings and at 9 pm, on the last day.
The championships were originally fixed for September 7, 8 and 9, but as these dates clash with those of the Chinese Provincial Meet- ing to be held in Canton, the Finance Committee decided to hold the championships in the week preceeding the Cantor meeting.
It is expected that the entries
will exceed over 100, and competi-
tion should be very kkeen, especial- ATHLETIC LEAD ly among the Chinese Clubs, who are expected to make full use of this opportunity as a preliminary
THE CHINESE LEAGUE
to the Canton meeting, which Surprise Results Feature should act as a pointer to China's chances at the Far Eastern Olym-i piad in Manila next year.
Opening Matches.
The entry list for the Colony The Chinese, Athletic Associa- Championships opened last [tion, past winners of the Chinese Saturday and will close on
Water-Polo League, look like an- Mondayy, August 21, after the
nexing their second title. This first postal delivery.
season both their “A” and "B" Altogether 15 events will be fea-teams have maintained 100 per tured on the programme and the cent, records and are now leading following heats have been arrang-the field in the League table by a ed to take place at 8 p.m. on the
clear margin. nights of August 23, 24 and 20;—. With such formidable opponents
Wednesday, August 23.
as the Young Companions Aquatic Association, the Chinese Civil Ser- vants' Swimming Club, and Fuklen, it was expected that the Chinese Afflètic would not be able Įto compete very successfully, but they have so far surprised even their own supporters and look like finishing, up one behind the other at the top of the table. ~
Donn and Rasmussen will pro- In 1923 he joined the Chinese In 1925 Cooke was unable
bably swim in the 60 Yards Free the pro Bathing Club and became Colony to compete in the event owing to a
Style, while Schreuder and Lange gramme, which will commence at Chinese Champion for four con-cold. He was a certain winner in Bdsm. Maynard and Bdsm. Mar Jar, will be in the 60 Yards Breast 2.45 p.m., is the Men's open half secutive years. During this period that year, and it cost him the tin should be seen to advantage in Stroke. talie. The course for this race he won four Chinese harbour swims. honour of winning the event on a closely contested 25 Yards Free H. Lange Sar., and F."Anslow will start from the shore around Five years later Leung catablished Ave consecutive occasions. His Style. In the Diving event L/Cpl. will swim in the Back Stroke, the raft on the right hand side, a Colony record for the 100 Yards present record of four wins has Linnington is a warm favourite, and the former and Eric Railton Men's 50. Yards Free Style across to the raft on the extreme Back Stroke, but his time of 75-2/5 been equalled by J. R. Johstone, The Boys' 25 yards looks a cer-will probably contest the 220. | left, and back to the staarting pointcs, was beaten by 4 secs, by Wong now in Shanghai, and Lionel Roza-tainty for Boy (60) Smith,
Kerr, Rasmussen, Dann, Railton, at an angle. In the event of low Siong-hing, a swimmer of repute Pereira
The Drums are likely to bring Anslow and Lange Snr. will com tide the distance from the right-from Singapore.
In his 50 years of swimming in off the "double" in the team prise the Relay team end raft will be extended to the In 1928 Leung founded the Chin- the Colony, Mr. Cooke, has taken 'events. They are favoured for the buoy a little beyond the raft on ese Water Polo League with entries more than an athletic interest in 100 Yards Relay against the Band, the extreme left. The approximate from South China, Chinese Athletic, swimming. He was the first swim the Signals, and the Employed, but
Chinese YM.C.A., Chinese Bathing mer to introduce the crawl in the in the Tug of War they may en Ladies' Mark To Be Set Club "A" and "B," the University Colony, and also first introduced counter stiff opposition from The second event, the Ladies' and Queen's College. He is now the surfboard riding at Deep Water Signals, 100 yards dash, will be held in Chairman of the Chinese Water Polo Bay as far back as 1924, but he was deep water parallel to the shore. League, and from 1929 to 1981 was then too absorbed in his swimming In the relay race, a stretch of an official of the Chinese Amateur to give the sport more than a trial. 110 yards will be carefully marked Athletic Federation.
distance is 900 yards.
are
the
Cooke's llet of Colony Champion H. Q. BORDERERS LEAD
as they appear on the, out and the teams will race in the Leung has been responsible for the ship wine
ARMY POLO same manner as in a swimming sudden rise to the limelight of Shek V.R.C. Championship Boards, bath. Each man, however, will Kam-pni (Young Companions, as follows.
Two Wins Over R.A. Combinations.
use his own surfboard.
Ás only six entries have been received for the ladies' race, it has been decided to choose the first four ladies in the 100 yards dash to
race
against time in the relay and
Lo set up a Colony record
A Chinese girl, Miss Peggy Ma, daughter of Dr. C. K. Ma, is com peting in the ladies' races,
In the Men's Relay race V.R.C. have entered a team,
the
and
two other unattached teams will also compete.
Men's Colony Record
·
In this race, it is also hoped, to establish the very best possible time, in order to set up a Colony record. The world's record for the
Chan Fook-sing (Chiness Civil Ser- |vants), Tsang Ho-fook (C,B.C.)! and Chan Ki-chung (South China), all of whom have proved upt pupils. Though past, his prime Leung. should render a good account of him-
100 Yards, 1910, Time, 85 4/5 seconds. 1913, Time, 64 seconds.
440 Yards. 1928, Time, 5 minutes 49 seconds. ¡
880 Yards.
"Stroke events in the HXIASA.{seconds.
Colony Championships, and should be
1928, Time, 13 minutes 2 seconds. serious contender for a place in (On this occasion he dead-heated China's team at the Olympiad in
with J. R. Johnstone). Manila next year.--Crawi.
Harbour Race.
HARRIES WINS THREE EVENTS
"B" Company, Borderers Hold Aquatic Meet.
Ladies': 50 Yards Free Style Men's. 880 Yards. Free Style Ladies 440 Yards Free Style
Thursday, August 24. Men's 100 Yards Free Style Ladies' 200 Yards Breast Stroke Men's 200 Yards Breast Stroke Ladies' 200 Yards Team Race Men's 440 Yards Free Style
Saturday, August 26. Men's 220 Yards Free Style
Ladies' 100 Yards Free Style
Their recent exhibition against the Victoria Recrea tion Club was good proof of their water-polo abilities On that occasion they were naE- rowly defeated by the odd goal in three.
Men's 100 Yards Back Stroke Ladies' 100 Yards Back Stroke Men's 200, Yards Team Race An excellent afternoon's sport
The charges for admission to the
Fukien have collapsed badly, was provided last Friday after-Y.M.C.A. bath during the Cham. They were thought to be one of the noon at the European Y.M.C.Apionships will be 50 cents on the strongest teams in the Chinese - bath. Kowloon, when "B" Coy. of first two nights and $1 on the night League and one of the most serious the South Wales Borderers held of the Finals.. No charge will be dontenders for the title. their aquatic gala before a large made to witness the beats.
· 20th Battery, RA, favourites for
The following is the League Water the Final Garrison
Polo gathering, including Mrs. Gott
table showing the positions to-
FOR SEPT. 9.
The following is the League table showing the positions to-date:-
P. W. L. D. Pts. Chinese Athletic “A” 32 2.2 0
Chinese Bathing Clib Chun Sing
Benevolent S..
2.0
3 Championship Events Chinese Athletic "B" 2228
Feature Card.
self in the 50 and 100 yards Back 1927, Time, 13 minutes 7 1/6 League, were sensationally defeat-waitz, wife of the Officer Command YM.C.A. GALA FIXED date:
ed in the Y.M.C.A. bath by H. .Qing the Company, who presented
the prizes in the West Lounge. Wing, South Wales Borderers by 3
The following were the resulta: goals to 1.
The Battery opened the scoring Men's 25 Yards Free Style:
1. Marsh 2. Waltham 3. Harries
Time: 14.2/5 seca. Children'
Rece 1. Dorothy Organ 2. Doreen Denton 8. Peter Bromley Diving for Plates:-
The Chinese Bathing Club are hold. seconds..
in the first half, but soon after; 1924, Time, 26 minutes 11 4/5 they cracked up badlyy, D. Suther-
|land recording the "hat-trick,"| Selley scored the losers' only goal.
HQ, Wing, Borderers, also best! the 24th. Battery by 4 goals to 3 In a thrilling game.
ing their next monthly gala, on Aug, 1926, Time, 26 minutes 10 1/5 30, the day before the Hong Kong seconds. International Amateur Swimming A 1927, Time, 23 minutes 17 3/5 socistion's championships.
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seconds.
די
minutes 35
1. Harries
In the other game the 24th. Bat- ́ ́ [tery, R.A., defeated the 12th Bet-
2. Doddrell
tery, A. by 3 goals to 2 in a Men's 75 Yards Free Style: inches.scrappy game.
1. Waltham
3.
Cruce
LE
3...
Men's 50 Yards Novelty Race
(Fully Dressed):
1928, Time, 23 The University could not field a re- presentative team in their Water Polo seconds. League game yesterday and conceded
Long Plunge, 400 yards relay is 2 minutes 9 1/5 full points to the Chinese Civil Ser- 1924, Distance, 56 feet 6 Beconds, and the best ladies' time vants Swimming Club,
1925, Distance, 62 fest.
Scott recorded the "hat-trick' 1926, Distance, 60 feet 9 inches for the 24th, while Walker and 1927, Distance, 64, feet 6 inches-Collins netted for the 12th... 1928, Distance, 67 feet (record)..?
Goals
is 2 minutes 21 3/5 seconds.
The League Water-Polo game be The Men's 100 yards world, resing Benevolent Society yesterday was tween South China "B" and the Chung cord is held by Tom Kiakons, of postponed. Honolulu, who established a record
fite for
Jones
L/Cpl. Harries was the only petitor to finish the race. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pis Men's 50 Yards Free Style:--- of 31 1/5 seconds. Tom Blake, of Lionel Roza-Pereira, who is favour
The Police and Prison Aquatic HQ. Wing Bdr. 4 3 0 1 12 57 U.S.A., holds the half mile record Surfboard Regatta on Sunday, has Roccation Club at 2.80 p.m. on Sep. 4th Bty EA. 3 1 203102 the Men's 100 yards at the Sports will be held at the
1. Marsk Victoria 20th Bty. RA. 2 2 10 7 4 4. with 4 minutes 49 seconds.
sent to America for surfboard.
& Harries Messrs, A. 8. Watson and Com- The board is being made by Tomtember 28. pany, are presenting three prizes Blake, world's record holder, to bis for the winners of the ladies' race, own design. while Messrs. Lane, Crawford,
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Entries for the first annua) 1. surfá)
Ltd., are presenting the prizes for board Regatta close on Friday and are the Men's Open Half Mile, Messrs to be addressed to Mr. W, Butt, at the Bernards of Harwich are present Sports Department, Messrs. Lana, ing three prizes to the winners of Crawford; Ltd.
the Men's 100 Yarda event. Pl
Messrs. Lane,, Crawfords "are loaning three' surfboards:for... the
Men's 100 Yard Dash
com-
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.
At a recent meeting of the Y.M.|"Y" Companions A.A. 2 1 1 0 CA. Swimming Council, it was de-Civil Servants B.C. 2 1 1. Fukien Swimming Club 0.30
cided to hold the next monthly gala.
which will include championship
events, on Saturday, September 9, TWO COLONY EVENTS
and, if possible, to hold a final gain
inter on in the same mouth.
One of the most enterprising programmes yet arranged, it will
IN V.R.C. GALA.
extend for at least two and a quar- Long Plunge & Throwing ter hours on September 9.
It was suggested that several Ladies' Championship should be in- cluded in this gala, but it WAS agreed that A Ladies' 50 Yards Championship should feature the
12th Bty. B.A. 302461100 Yards Inter-Platoon Tean Race: final gala.
South China Gala Results
Mr. Lo Yuk Tong, Vice-President of 205 Metres Ladio" "Beast Stroke, the S.C.A.A., daugiai all the prizes for - Est. Miss Young đạo King at night's extra gala at North Paint., 2nd. „Mok Sak Koon The following were the resulta.
Brd. Au Yan Chins ve
Exhibitiod. 50 Metres Small Bey's Obstacle Race. Fancy Diving, Beit
1st. Yuen Chi Kwok
L. E. Morgan, W. Tanner, S. MacInd. As Leung Wah-
3rd. An Kwok Kee
Regatta, and several other local Nider, W. Batt, W. Lawrence, Lionel
owners are placing their boards at Rosa-Pereira, La A. Soares; T. Paget 105 Metres - Men's Free Style the diaposal of competitors, and M. M. de V. Soares.
The following are the entries to date:
Men's (Over 30 Years) 100 Yards
G. Lammert, W. Tanner, J. AK YA Boarea and F. A. Sequeira.
Ladies Falay Race Team to be chosen from winners of
Race 448-Yarda) ( Men's Relay Rece V.R.C. team: T. Pagel, W. Law- Doris Rust, Doris Marabent, fra pe, W. Butt and L. Barcen,
|_ Unattached--term-Lionel Fozil
Men's Open Half-Milo? LE Morgan, W. Tanner 8. Mac Nidar, Lionel Roza-Pariera, T. Pagot, Ladies' race. W. Lawrence, La. A. Soares, M. M. de
V. Boares and W. Butt
· Ladies' Open 100 Tards Dash
Bacalahon, Jane Weller, Miss J. Wil- Fariera, W. Tanner, L. E. Morgan and son and Miss Peggy in Band Mi M. de V. Bouzas.
"Boy's (13 and under) 198 Tárás y 1 Unattached team:d. A. V. Boares, G. Anslle, W. Anstle and G. Little MacNider, T. A Sequeira and A. H. ¿Continusă at foot of mant Column 3. Other:
We representing confestants).
le
thin it thuộc
2nd. Leung Wal Sang."
3rd. Kwok Hon Ming
4,500
2nd. Lez 3rd Leung Tin Son
Men's fort. Kwak, Chan Bang
Free Style, Metres
2nd. Wong In Mendes
Bun Man
150′′ Metrant Back-Brexit and Bike
(For Families), 1st. Lama's Family 2nd. Toung's Family: “Red, Mst's Family, él
100. Matrón: Móng Back Stroke Eur
Verouk andading contestants).
lat. I woke Chun Hang 2nd Laing Yo Hang 3rd, Kanner. Ming
400 Meters Ladies' Free Style, Lat. Miss Young Bau King, 2nd. Yeung Sap Chan Srd, Lang Wing Han 196 Medres Men's Free, Styin,
1. No. 6 Pistoon 2. No. 7
7 Platoon No. 8 Pistoon Na Medley Bac
1 King
Harries
S: Marais
100 Yards Invitation Company Relay
Coy: 8.W.B.
"C" Cas. 8.W.B
3. "Don" Cor. 8.W.B.
1. Barries"
Diving
2. Waltham
2. Moon
The following qualified as holders
of the Royal Life Saving Sooleky's
Proficiency Certificate and Bronze
The following are the events: Men's 50 Yards Aggregain, Men's 50 Yards Championship Men's 220 Yards Championship Men's 100 Yards Breast Stroke Championship (comprising
Diving
one pisin
The Polo Ball On
Sept. 2.
The Committee of the Victoria (
Recreation Club have decided to stage the Long Plunge and Throw- ing the Water-Polo Ball events. In- the forthcoming Colony Aquatic Championships which will be held ander their, auspices at the end of the swimming sesion, so tha
and one nominated These events, however, will be dive of the low-spring board featured at the extra "Night Fete and the same for the high board which the Club is staging on Sep with an additional voluntary tember 2. The events are open to dive)
Ladies Yards Aggregate
› Mixad, Team Raley, Bolm
Mixed Novelty Race
Water Polo (Teams to be amazanced
**later).
m
all swimmers in the Colony, and entries should” be sent to the Secretary of the V.R.C. *Last year's winners were:
Long Plunge 8. H. Garrod, (Y.M.C.A.) 81 feet 9 inches, "S
Throwing the Water-Pola Ball-
The Colony's records for these events are:
It is learned that The South China Medallion at the recent Chinese Athletic Association, in order to en- Bathing Club testi:Ng Kwok-hang, courage swimming and other sport in F. Webb, 62 feet 7 inches.
Tat-fon, Ip Ki-chi, Lig Kwai Canton, are arranging a swimming
Kousenin-fook, Cha FANTAZ08 contest, to be held there on Sunday
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adio-ain Aikg chuo. 1
Long Plunge C. J. Cooke, 67.
Ka-tit next the 20th, inst. This contest will be similar in many ways to our ung Wing-yan, Chaannual harbour race. The distance feat 11 inches in 1912.
Ping-thin and So Blu-chl
hin
Blyle
Ist
2nd
Young Bàu Chun'
3rd.
An Po Ying
Með Laf, Lok-sin, who trained this to be covered is 1100 metres, between class, becomes a holder of the Bo-Tai Tan, Mei Customs House and Shek ciety's Hon. Instructor's Certificate. Wel Tong.
Throwing the Water-Polo Ball-
1R, Coleman, 78 feet 1 inch, in 1912.
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