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CROSS-TOLO HARBOUR SWIM ******

SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1976.

AN AMERICAN BANKER AND AN ENGLISH SCHOOL TEACHER ARE AMONG 367 PEOPLE WHO WILL TAKE PART IN THE CROSS-TOLO HARBOUR SWIMMING RACE TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

THE RACE IS TIMED TO START AT 10.30 A.M. FROM HA HANG ON THE TAI PO TO PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR ROAD, AND THE WINNER WILL FINISH AROUND 30 MINUTES LATER AT YUEN CHAU TSAI.

THE AMERICAN ENTRANT - THE FIRST IN THE RACE'S NINE-YEAR HISTORY - IS MR. TOCHER MITCHELL, 29, AN ASSISTANT TREASURER WITH AN AMERICAN BANK.

HE SWAM COMPETITIVELY IN THE UNITED STATES WHEN HE WAS IN UNIVERSITY, BUT ADMITS HE HAS BEEN +OUT OF TRAINING FOR SEVEN YEARS+.

+WHEN I WAS SWIMMING COMPETITIVELY, THE LONGEST DISTANCE I EVER RACED WAS 1,650 YARDS, SO THIS 2,000-METRE COURSE IS GOING TO BE A REAL CHALLENGE.

+I'VE NEVER SWUM THE COURSE BEFORE, SO I JUST HOPE SOMEBODY POINTS ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.+

THE ENGLISH ENTRANT IS A TEACHER AT THE YUEN LONG LUTHERAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RACE ORGANISERS, THE TAI PO DISTRICT SPORTS FEDERATION, SAID THAT ENTRANTS THIS YEAR HAD COME FROM ALL PARTS OF HONG KONG,

THE OLDEST SWIMMER WILL BE MR. CHAN CHUNG-YAU WHO, AT 65, IS STILL A KEEN AND WELL-KNOWN WINTER SWIMMING ENTHUSIÁST. THÉ YOUNGEST ENTRANTS ARE TWO 12-YEAR-OLD SCHOOL BOYS, WONG CHAK- CHUNG AND CHOW LIT-MAN, WHO COME FROM THE LI CHENG UK ESTATE.

THE RACE WILL BE OFFICIALLY STARTED BY THE DISTRICT - OFFICER TAI PO, MR. CLIVE OXLEY, AND PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED

BY MRS. JANE AKERS-JONES, WIFE OF THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THERE WILL BE SEPARATE PRIZES FOR THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SECTIONS AND ALL SWIMMERS WHO COMPLETE THE COURSE IN UNDER 80 MINUTES WILL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE.

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