C.M. Monday 19 August 1968 OLYMPIANS BREAK FOUR NATIONAL RECORDS by Frank O’Callaghan Four national records, two by West Australian butterflier Lyn McClements, highlighted the Australian Olympic swim team’s first trials at Redcliffe last night. Miss McClements, 17, clipped 0.7 seconds off team mate Pauline Gray’s 100 metre mark, and 0.3 seconds off Japanese girl, E.Takahishi’s, 200 metre standard. Five events later the teenage schoolgirl became the fastest Australian woman over a quarter mile. C.M. Monday 26 August 1968 A RECORD “SPLASH” AT THE VALLEY Five national swimming records went to the Australian Olympic swimming team at the Valley Pool yesterday. At the last day of the Queensland Amateur Swimming Association’s winter carnival the girls again took the honours. However the most exciting attempt was by the men’s freestyle relay team comprising New South Welshmen Michael Wenden, Mark Anderson, Greg Rogers, and Bob Windle. SLICED TIME In an effort to break their own Australian record of 8min 7.7secs for the 4x200 metres, Windle entered the water in the final leg behind the clock. Windle, the 1500 metre Olympic champion, sliced 2.3 seconds off the existing record to set a new time of 8mins 5.5secs. The outstanding performance came from the women’s 4x100 metres medley relay team of Lyn Watson, Judy Playfair, Lyn McClements, and Lyn Bell. They clocked an outstanding 8.1 seconds off the Australian record to register 4mins 36.7 secs. DIANE TOPS A great individual swim by Diane Rickards (NSW) gave her the women’s individual medley record of 5mins 21.7secs, or 10.4 seconds faster than J.Meneres 5mins 32.1secs. Other record-breaking performances came from 14 year old Karen Moras (NSW) who clocked 9mins 31.2secs, or 2.4 seconds faster, for the 800 metres freestyle, and Lyn Watson who clocked 0.2 seconds off the 100 metres backstroke in 1min 8.9secs. Graham White of Victoria seta new Queensland record of 8mins 48.3secs for te men’s 80 metres freestyle, 15.7 seconds faster than the old time of 9mins 4secs. ----------------------- C.M. Tuesday 29 October 1968 “LACK OF DISCIPLINE” SWIM CLAIM by Judy Joy Davies Mexico City “Lack of discipline could have cost Australia some Olympic medal chances,” Mr Stuart Aldritt said yesterday. Mr Aldritt is Manager of the Australian swim team at the Games. The Secretary of the Australian Swimming Union, Mr Syd Grange, also complained of a lack of discipline in the fenced-off women’s quarters at the Olympic village. “Swimmers were up and about late at night disturbing others who were still competing,” Mr Grange said. He said that in future Olympic Games there should be a separate Manageress for girl swimmers.

NO PHONE Mr Aldritt answered a complaint that there had been a breakdown in communications between him and the Manageress in the women’s quarters. He said that although requested for some months, there was no telephone in the Australian women’s quarters. “When it became obvious that the Mexican authorities would not give us a phone, I requested a walkie-talkie set,” Mr Aldritt said. “In that way I could have communicated with either Manageress, but the walkie-talkie was never delivered. Because of lack of complete discipline I believe we may have lost some medal chances at the Games.” C.M. Tuesday 5 November 1968 SIX YEARS OUT : KENNY BACK IN International surf lifesaver, Hayden Kenny, will return to unrestricted competition at Coolum on Sunday. For the last six years Kenny has been barred from certain events. He was ruled ineligible for amateur competition by the Australian Swimming Union when he became lessee of a swimming pool in Maryborough. This restricted his surf competition to events in which rescue equipment was used. He could not contest surf or surf teams races. The .A.S.U. has lifted the ban, and Kenny will compete for his Club. Alexandra Headland, in the surf and surf teams races on Sunday. --------------------------------- C.M. Friday 22 November 1968 CHARLTON FOR RECORD Promising young freestyle swimmer Dianne Charlton is ready to break her Under 14 100 metres freestyle record. It could fall tonight at the Valley Pool at the Queensland Ladies Association carnival, or next week-end at the Brisbane championships. Dianne, 13, is nearly ready to challenge Olympian Jenny Steinbeck’s authority as State senior champion. She has already bettered her own State Under 14 record of 63.6sec by ½ sec, but not under record-breaking conditions. She clocked 63.1secat a four-way club meet at the Valley Pool two weeks ago with only one clock on her lane. Three clocks are necessary before a record will be recognised. TOUGH RIVALS Diane’s best chance of breaking the record will be in Open company where she will meet Jenny and outstanding Toowoomba swimmer, Sheila Rose. Sheila’s current times are comparable to Dianne’s, though neither is likely to beat Jenny. All three will meet tonight and again in the Queensland titles. Queensland’s other woman Olympian breaststroker, Joanne Barnes, and Commonwealth Games backstroker Allyson Mabb, will compete. --------------------------------- C.M. Monday 25 November 1968 FORTY RECORDS GO AT N.Q. SWIMS Cairns – Two Queensland, four North Queensland, and 34 Far North Queensland swim records toppled at the Far North Queensland District swim championships carnival which finished here yesterday. Swimmers from Cairns, Tully, Innisfail, Gordonvale, Mulgrave, Mareeba, Atherton and Malanda Clubs competed. A total of 217 swimmers contested the 90 individual events and 18-relay events programme. ------------------------------------

C.M. Saturday 30 November 1968 DIANNE; A SWIM BID Dianne Charlton, 13, and Olympian Jenny Steinbeck will clash again at Brisbane swimming championships at the Valley Pool tomorrow. At the Queensland Ladies Association carnival last Friday night, Dianne touched a split second behind Jenny in 64.2sec, a mere 0.6sec outside the State Under 14 mark. C.M. Monday 2 December 1968 EIGHT MEDALS TO SWIM BABIES Two water babies made clean sweeps in the Brisbane Amateur Swimming Association annual championships at the Valley Pool yesterday. The pair were Stephen Harris, 8-year-old Aspley Marlins Club swimmer, and Toni Close, 7, of St Bernadette’s Club. Swimming in the Under 9 boys’ division, Stephen won all four medals – 50 metres freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. Toni took out the four events in the girls’ Under 8 section. This is only the second occasion on which a swimmer has completed a clean sweep of an age group in the championships. TWO RECORDS Only two records wee broken in yesterday’s events. Valley swimmer Neil Gynther clipped 0.1sec off the 14 and Under 16 100 metres breaststroke to set a State junior time of 1m 16.3s. Lynda Young, Leander, set a new Under 12 girls’ 200 metres backstroke time of 2m 49.4s. (Results given) ----------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 24 December 1968 TASMANIA SENDS SWIM TEAM Warwick – One of Tasmania’s leading swimming clubs will take part in a carnival at the E.J.Portley Olympic Pool, Warwick, on Saturday night. The Clarence Swimming Club is sending the team, made up of its top swimmers. Warwick and District Amateur Swimming and Lifesaving Club President (Mr Reid) said the team would arrive in Warwick on Boxing Day from Tasmania, and would stay in Warwick until January 1. The 37 members – including three professional coaches – will take part in the carnival on Saturday night against teams from Warwick, Toowoomba, Pittsworth, and Chinchilla. After leaving Warwick they will compete at Toowoomba, Tenterfield, Scarborough and Brisbane. Their tour will end on January 7. ----------------------------------- C.M. Wednesday 8 January 1969 CUSACK IN TITLE REST By Frank O’Callaghan Olympic butterfly swimmer, Robert Cusack, will not contest the State and Australian championships this summer. He feels he has earned a break after nine years of continuous swimming. He will continue with his Club, St Bernadette’s, and is expected to return to the top bracket next summer to bid for selection in the Australian team for the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

GAMES FINALIST At Mexico Cusack was Australia’s best butterflier. He was the only one to make the 100 metres final and finished eight in the creditable time of 59.8sec. Cusack will join fellow Olympians Jenny Steinbeck and Joanne Barnes to give exhibition swims in Rockhampton on Saturday night, the third night of the State Age championships. The Age titles have moved out of Brisbane for the first time. METRIC POOL The Rockhampton City Council has had its pool converted from yardage to metric distance for the titles. The switch out of Brisbane is expected to boost interest in the sport, and with the Olympians as drawcards, could result in bigger gate-takings than if they were held in Brisbane. The State junior and senior championships are scheduled for Brisbane from January 16 to 19. C.M. Saturday 11 January 1969 TOWNSVILLE GIRL AGE SWIM STAR. Rockhampton – A Townsville girl, Helen Gray, starred in last night’s Queensland State Age Championships finals. Helen shattered the Under 12 100 metres freestyle record, won the 400 metres Under 14 freestyle by more than seven seconds, and led two relay teams to victory. Second place-getter in the 100 metres, Shane Gould, of Centenary Club, Brisbane, also beat the previous record by half a second. Judith Hudson, Leander Club, Brisbane, who equalled Olympian Joanne Barnes 50 metres Under 11 breaststroke record in the heat on Thursday night, broke it by 0.4sec in the final. Rondah Shapland, of Toowoomba, was second with 41.6sec, 0.6sec outside Barnes previous record. (Results given) GIRLS HEAD DIVE TITLES Women will dominate the state diving championships which start at the Centenary Pool today. Gaye Morley and Lorraine McArthur, who finished second and third respectively in the Australian championships last summer, guarantee a high standard in three-metre and high board events. New Zealand’s men’s champion, Cyril Buske, on a six weeks tour of Australia, is expected to dominate the men’s division The three-metre titles will be held today, starting at 2pm, and the high board tomorrow. ----------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 14 January 1969 BROUGH IN ALL EVENTS Olympic swim bronze medallist, Greg Brough, will contest and should win all freestyle events at the State championships at the Valley Pool this week. He also may swim in the 100 and 200 metres butterfly events, depending on their proximity to his freestyle programme. The championships for juniors and seniors start with heats on Thursday night, and will continue with finals on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights, and heats on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Brough may well set new standards for all freestyle events (from 100 to 1500 metres).

OLYMPIANS Two of his Olympic teammates, Joanne Barnes and Jenny Steinbeck, and Commonwealth Games backstroker Allyson Mabb, will compete in the championships. Joanne could be extended over 200 metres of breaststroke by Sandra Smith, and Jenny over 100 metres of freestyle by Robyn Risson of Toowoomba, and Dianne Charlton. Allyson, though beaten by Beth Grissell over 100 metres in the Brisbane championships is favoured to win the 100 and 200 metres backstroke, and 100 and 200 metres butterfly titles. ----------------------------------- C.M. Friday 17 January 1969 SWIM JUNIOR NEAR QUALITY OF THEILE Ashgrove’s Arthur Shean, 15, revived memories of Australia’s backstroke swimmer, David Theile, at the Valley Pool last night. In the qualifying heats of the State titles, Shean clocked 65.4sec for the Open 100 metres backstroke and set a new State resident record for the junior 200 metres of 2m 22.8sec. He was 2.1sec outside Theile’s State 100 metres resident record, and clipped 3.7sec off Kent McGregor’s junior standard. He believes he will do better in tonight’s finals. “GOOD’UN” It was Arthur Cusack, Theile’s old coach, who compared Shean to the dual Olympic champion. “David was swimming no faster at Arthur’s age,” said Cusack. He’s a good’un.” Shean might have the 200 metres title to himself tonight, but he is expecting trouble over 100 metres from Toowoomba Grammar schoolboy, McGregor, 16, whom he has yet to beat. Four other resident records fell last night. Olympian Jenny Steinbeck’s 2m 17s lopped 0.1sec off Fay Rillie’s 200 metres freestyle mark, and Greg Cusack 1m 16s bettered Neil Gynther’s 100 metres junior breaststroke standard by 0.3sec. Barbara Barrett, 14, held the junior 400 metres freestyle record for barely five minutes. The relaxed Barbara appeared to glide through her heat in the new time of 4m 54.6s. In the next heat Toowoomba club mate Robyn Risson erased this record by clocking 4m 52.4s. The quality of competition last night indicates some thrilling racing tonight. “FLAT OUT” Miss Steinbeck made it clear she aims to win the 200 metres freestyle title and in an even better time. “I have never been able to beat Fay Rillie over 200 metres, but I will be flat out to do it tonight,” Jenny said. Fay’s 2m 18.3s last night, suggests she will have to be. Miss Barrett and Miss Risson obviously are set for a great duel, and even Olympic breaststroker Joanne Barnes could find a challenger in Jane Spiro or Sandra Smith. Joanne delighted coach Joe King with her 200 metres time of 2m 52s, her best performance since her return from Mexico. Olympic teammate Greg Brough coasted through his 400 metres freestyle heat in 4m 26s, well below his best, but doubtless good enough to win tonight. --------------------------------

C.M. Saturday 18 January 1969 WENDY BREAKS TOP AUST. TIME By Frank O’Callaghan Ingham’s Wendy Way, while still under medical treatment, smashed the Australian junior butterfly swim record at the Valley Pool last night. Wendy downed Commonwealth Games representative, Allyson Mabb, to win the State senior title in 69.5sec. She thus sliced 0.3se off the national record of Olympian Lyn Watson. Wendy has been consulting a Brisbane doctor for two weeks because of strained back ligaments, and has been restricted to light training. Last night’s effort was the best in a night of incomparable State performances. The 12 new records set lifted to 21 the total number for the first two nights of the championships. Brisbane backstroker Arthur Shean, Toowoomba freestylers Robyn Risson and Fay Rillie, and Olympic bronze medallist, Greg Brough, shone brightest. Shean set a State junior record of 63.9sec in winning the Open 100 metres title, and then claimed the junior 200 metres championship in a record-breaking 2m 21.2s. Miss Risson’s splendid junior freestyle win in 63.1sec was merely a prelude to her State record-breaking 400 metres freestyle time of 4m 47.6s. Miss Rillie lowered famous young Olympian Karen Moras’s State 200 metres freestyle to 2m 15s, and improvement of 0.3sec, and Brough, a crack freestyler, bettered the standard of Olympic butterflier Robert Cusack. Butterfly swimming to Brough is merely a break in the training routine, yet his 2m 16.2s for 200 metres clipped 0.1sec off Cusack’s resident record. (Results given) C.M. Monday 20 January 1969 ONLY GAYE FOR DIVE State three-metre and high board diving champion, Gaye Morley, will be the only Queensland representative at the Australian diving championships at Perth next week. Lorraine McArthur, a bronze medallist at the 1962 Perth Commonwealth Games, and State one-metre champion, withdrew when selected because of an injured back. The titles will be held from February 13 to 15. BROUGH JOINS SWIM “GREATS” By Frank O’Callaghan Olympic freestyler Greg Bough last night became one of the “greats” of Australian swimming. After retaining his State 1500 metres title at the Valley Pool yesterday morning, he reeled off a record-breaking 55.6sec for 100 metres last night. The switch from his pet distance of 1500 metres to a world class sprint is evidence of his greatness. His sprint time was 0.9sec inside his old resident record, and only 1.4sec outside the Open State record held jointly by West Australian Olympic sprinter David Dickson, and John Ryan. SECOND TIME Brough has now won all State freestyle titles for the second successive year. His complete haul was seven individual gold medals from seven starts, and an eighth as a member of the Mermaid Beach champion 400 metres relay team. And as the Queenslander nearest to world standard, he collected the David Theile Trophy Brough clearly wanted that 100 metres title, in fact, he sacrificed a chance to equal the 1954 performance of Cyrus Weld who took home eight individual championships. He withdrew from the 400 metres medley, a title he surely would have won, because it was two events before his sprint.

SHEAN’S SIX One who should soon qualify for the Theile Trophy is backstroker in the Theile mould, Arthur Shean. The 15-year-old Ashgrove stylist made a clean sweep of the backstroke titles, senior and junior, by winning the senior 200 metres event in a record-breaking 2m 20.7s. It was Shean’s sixth record of the carnival. The only one that eluded him is Theile’s 100 metres mark of 63.3sec. (Results given) ----------------------------------- C.M. Friday 24 January 1969 CUSACK OUT OF SWIMS Olympian Robert Cusack has withdrawn from the Queensland swim team to compete in the Australian titles in Perth on February 21, 22 and 23. Cusack withdrew for “personal reasons”. His place will be taken by Graham Short, of Leander Club, Brisbane. The Queensland Amateur Swimming Association Executive decided last night to pay fully the expenses of 12 Queenslanders competing in the titles. (This decision no doubt followed the dead silence at the Pool when it was announced that Fay Rillie and Sheila Rose were in the team, but would have to pay their own expenses. I think this was the last time a team was announced which was not fully funded, though not uncommon in the past. Ed) --------------------------- C.M. Monday 3 February 1969 SHEAN’S RECORD SWIM FOR 200 TITLE By Frank O’Callaghan Queensland’s Arthur Shean became Australia’s best backstroke swimmer with a record-breaking 200 metres title win at the Valley Pool yesterday. His time of 2m 18.8s clipped 1.9sec off his State resident record, and gave him the national 100 and 200 metres double. On Saturday night Shean won the 100 metres title in the State resident record time of 63.8sec.Yester-day he wanted a 67sec first 100 metres, and New South Wales rival, Robert Orren, helped him. Orren may have been trying to burn Shean off so that his brother Charles, the title holder, could make the kill. But Shean, stroking furiously, streaked away in the third lap and opened up a gap that grew wider by the second. Queenslanders won three gold, six silver, and eight bronze medals, in the 26 event series. Queensland Olympic breaststroker Joanne Barnes lost her 200 metres title to Sydney’s Beverley Whitfield, but it was her best performance since before going to the Mexico Games. Bev won a magnificent struggle by a touch, but if Joanne had not been forced to a second short stroke inches from the wall, she would still be champion. Coach Joe King blamed himself. “I told Joanne to tackle Bev 25 metres from home, I should have said 15 metres,” King said. The girls’ times of 2m 48.5s and 2m 48.7s compare with Judy Playfair’s national record of 2m 46.1s. Sandra Smith of Brisbane nosed into third place with a splendid 2m 51.7s. (Results given) ----------------------------------

C.M. Saturday 22 February 1969 GREG CENTRE OF PERTH BLOW-UP NOT IN 800M TOP EIGHT From Judy Joy Davies Perth – Olympic bronze medallist, Greg Brough, threatened to withdraw from the Australian 800 metres freestyle swimming championship yesterday. The 18-year-old Queensland and Australian champion swimmer was not seeded in the top eight to compete in the 800 metres last night. Queensland, Victorian, and N.S.W. officials were kept busy yesterday morning trying to untangle a series of ridiculous mistakes which threatened to keep some of Australia’s top swimmers out of last night’s finals. The three day Australian open swimming championship meeting started at the Beatty Park pool with heats in the morning and finals at night. Brough, from Mermaid Beach, Queensland, is the Australian 400 and 1500 metres freestyle champion and won a third place – a bronze medal – in the 1500 metres at last year’s Mexico City’s Olympics. One of the top 800 metres freestyle swimmers in Australia, Brough rightly expected to be swimming in the “champions” heat last night. In the 800 and 1500 metres freestyle the competitors do not have to swim in heats and finals. The fastest eight swimmers are always placed in the “champions” heat, which is swum at night during the finals. The slower swimmers compete in heats in the morning. The race is decided on the three fastest times swum in the heats, and the place-getters are always from the main heat, which is swum at night. Brough was stunned when it was announced he would be required to swim in the slow heats in the morning. “It is ridiculous, they have laced a swimmer in tonight’s main heat who isn’t even here in Perth,” said Brough, while officials argued. John O’Donnell, from N.S.W., was given a lane in the main heat. He did not even make the trip to Perth. Brough, who also qualified for last night’s final of the 200 metres freestyle, walked out of the pool and left the officials still wrangling. It was more than one hour later that officials admitted their mistake and placed Brough in the outside lane – usually kept for the worst swimmers – in last night’s final. MORE BLUNDERS Graham White, 15-year-old Y.M.C.A. breaststroke swimmer from Melbourne, had to wait almost two hours before officials to acknowledge that he had won a berth in the final of the 100 metres breaststroke. White qualified after the morning heats with the fourth fastest time. But with eight in the final he was overlooked and not listed to swim. Two official announcements were made before officials finally saw their message and put White in the final. FASTEST OUT It was even worse for N.S.W. swimmer, Paul Jarvie. He clocked the fastest time in the breaststroke heats ad was left out of the final. Before things were finally straightened out and Jarvie was put into the final, there were some frenzied pool-side scenes. It took some doing, but by the time the morning heats had ended the tangle was untangled and all rightful swimmers were listed for the finals. An inaugural Australian winter swimming carnival will be held in Brisbane in 1970.The proposal was submitted by Queensland to the Conference of the Australian Swimming Union and accepted. --------------------------------

C.M. Monday 24 February 1969 QUEENSLAND THREE IN SWIM TITLES Perth – Queenslanders won three titles at the Australian swimming championships last night – the first three on the programme. Joanne Barnes won the 200 metres breaststroke, and Greg Brough the 1500 metres freestyle. Brough gave final proof that he is Australia’s outstanding distance swimmer when he won the 1500 metres freestyle in 16m 43.6s. Brough’s win followed successes in the 400 and 800 metres freestyle, and was the most convincing of his three wins. FOUR SECONDS His time was 2.6secoutside Victorian Graham White’s Australian record. White finished second to Brough, and it was the fourth time he has mounted the second place position on the victory dais. Earlier he finished as runner-up in the 200, 400, and 800 metres freestyle events. Brough trailed White for 250 metres and then gradually increased his lead during the next 23 laps to win by nearly 20 metres. His time was 1m 16s faster than the West Australian open record held by Bob Windle, and 1.27 faster than Simon Martin’s resident record. JOANNE’S TWO Martin swam the fastest time recorded by a West Australian when he finished fourth in 18:00.7 – 9.3sec faster than his best effort. Joanne Barnes completed a double when she won the 200 metres breaststroke, beating N.S.W. girl, Beverley Whitfield by a touch in 2:29.4. Brough won the next event, and then Fay Rillie won her first senior title when she finished strongly to win the 200 metres freestyle in 2:15.4. Her time was 3sec faster than Lyn Watson’s State record, but 3.8sec outside Dawn Fraser’s long-standing record. (This was the only Australian Open gold medal won by a Toowoomba swimmer in this recorded century. Ed) (Results given)

C.M. Wednesday 3 September 1969 Picture - Three swimmers in the water, one doing Backstroke, one Breaststroke, and one butterfly. MINI SPEED Three Brisbane water sprites who train 3,000 metres each day are, not surprisingly, the fastest swimmers in their respective styles and age groups. They are, butterflier, Robert Logan, backstroker Stephen Harris, and breaststroker Craig Phair, who train together at Foster’s heated pool at Aspley. The smallest (4 feet 3 inches) and youngest (8 years & Under) and most versatile is Robert, of Stafford. He is fastest for his age in Australia over 50 metres in three strokes – freestyle (37.5s), butterfly (43.2s), and backstroke (42.1s). Stephen, of Banyo, is in the 9 years class, and covering 50 metres of backstroke in 40 seconds is in a class of its own. He is a former triple “uncrowned national champion” because of his under age performances last year in 50 metres backstroke, and 100 and 200 metres freestyle. Training for Stephen comes as naturally as breathing. He has been at it six days a week at the “all seasons” pool for two and a half years with one month “vacation” period each year. Craig, 11 years, of Aspley, has a 5 feet 4 inches frame – a splendid build for a swimmer. Although he has been swimming for only nine months, he is at the top of the national chart for 50 metres of breaststroke. For all this time in the water there no waterlogged brains among them. All do well at school, and Stephen at Nudgee is top of his class. --------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 28 October 1969 Picture – Eight swimmers in the water and coach at side of pool. PACING DONE BY MACHINE Automation is combating the loneliness of the long-distance swimmer for an inventive Yeronga coach. Former New Zealander, Dave Henderson, professional coach at Yeronga, has set up a “pacing” machine to help his swimmers in the grind of long distance training. It may not look much to the casual observer – two strips of coloured cloth hanging from what looks like a very long clothes line – but it is the “pacer” for all of Henderson’s swimmers. The automat consists of an electric motor driving a rope the length of the pool. A piece of cloth attached to the rope indicates the pace a swimmer should move on each lap. “It gives the swimmer an uninterrupted view of what pace he is swimming,” Henderson said yesterday. “It can be a good companion for long distance swimmers who are forced to swim alone,” he said. ----------------------------- C.M. Wednesday 29 October 1969 NO SURFING FOR BROUGH Queensland’s outstanding young surfer and Olympic swimmer, Greg Brough, will be lost to surfing this summer. Brough, 18, will concentrate entirely on winning selection in the 1970 Australian Commonwealth Games team for Edinburgh. A student at the Southport School, Brough will complete senior studies this year and move to Sydney to train under Olympic coach, Don Talbot. Surfing, which Talbot dislikes for his charges is “out.” Brough is the holder of the senior and junior surf, and the junior belt title, and shares the junior team championship with his Surfers Paradise Club mates.

C.M. Saturday 15 November 1969 ALLYSON OUT AFTER GAMES Queensland’s unluckiest swimmer Allyson Mabb will make her initial bid for the 1970 Commonwealth Games team at the Valley Pool tonight. The State backstroke champion over 100 and 200 metres butterfly title-holder will contest both strokes tonight. She is one of the Games team hopes who will supplement the Brisbane Association’s relay carnival with competition in individual events. AT JAMAICA Illness in the national titles last year prevented Allyson from making a strong bid for the 1968 Olympic Games team. She was a member of the 1966 Commonwealth Games team at Jamaica, and last summer swam the fastest 100 metres butterfly in Australia (68.1sec). And she very nearly pipped West Australia’s Olympic gold medallist, Lyn McClements, in the national championships at Perth last February. Other interesting swimmers tonight, all of whom are early bidders for the Games side, are backstroker Arthur Shean, breaststrokers Greg Cusack, Neil Gynther, and Nick Proctor, freestyler Paul Stapleton, and all-rounder Brad Cooper. MEET AGAIN Cooper who beat the national junior backstroke champion Shean over 200 metres in State record time last August, will meet him over 100 metres tonight. He is contesting the 400 metres freestyle against Stapleton and should win it. Stapleton’s training times have tumbled by as much as 18 seconds for 400 metres this season. Gynther is national junior and senior 200 metres breaststroke champion, and Proctor and Cusack are little behind him. The disappointing aspect of the meet will be the absence of Olympic breaststroker Joanne Barnes, and one of Australia’s fastest freestylers, Dianne Charlton. ----------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 18 November 1969 SWIM CHANCES OPEN CAMPAIGN Queensland’s best Commonwealth Games prospects Joanne Barnes and Dianne Charlton will have their first serious competition of the summer in the Brisbane championships at the Valley Pool on Saturday night. Miss Barnes, the Olympic breaststroker, and Miss Charlton, a sprint freestyler have just finished junior examinations. While Joanne will strike little serious competition, Dianne has Robyn Risson, Fay Rillie, and Sheila Rose to extend her. Dianne swam the fastest 100 metres in Australia last summer (62.3sec), but she is not ready to repeat this time. Miss Risson, who swam within 2.8sec of Jenny Thorn’s State resident 400 metres freestyle record (4:42.4), last Saturday night, might be pushed to a new time by Miss Rillie on Saturday. She could, however, be somewhat flattened by her eight-mile- a-day training programme. All serious Games team contenders will be setting themselves for the State titles in January and the national and Games trials in Sydney in February. The men’s 100 metres backstroke records could tumble to two of Australia’s fastest young stylists – Arthur Shean and Brad Cooper. Shean’s 63.8sec last Saturday night equalled his State junior mark and was 0.1sec outside the national record of Olympian Karl Byrom. Cooper also is ready to bring the State junior 400 metres freestyle mark to below 4m 20s.

Nominations for the annual Queensland Ladies Association championships on Friday week have been extended until tomorrow. Most of Queensland’s top swimmers, including Miss Barnes, Miss Charlton, Sue Funch, and Sandra Smith, will compete. There will also be handicap events. Nominations close with Mrs Harris at 67 2740. The championships will be preceded by an exhibition of synchronised swimming. C.M. Wednesday 19 November 1969 U.S. STAR TO SWIM IN QUEENSLAND By Frank O’Callaghan Triple Olympic swim champion Debbie Meyer, of the United States, will swim in the Queensland championships at the Valley Pool in January. She will compete in the Queensland and New South Wales championships during a short tour of Australia. The Victorian Association, which was offered a visit, turned it down, probably for financial reasons. MEXICO WINS Miss Meyer won the 200, 400, and 800 metres Olympic freestyle titles at Mexico City last year. She is the world record holder for all freestyle events from 20 to 1500 metres. A programme of the Queensland championships (January 15- 18) has been sent to her coach, Sherman Chavoor, who will decide what events she will contest. Robyn Risson, who seems certain this summer to set a new 400 metres standard, should relish the spur provided by Miss Meyer. Though Miss Meyer’s visit will throw a great strain on the Queensland Amateur Swimming Association finances, the Association executive is determined she shall come here. They plan to offset the expense by raising the registration fee of all swimmers affiliated with the Association by 20 cents. This would bring in additional revenue of about £22,000. OPPOSITION It is anticipated the move will meet with some opposition. Australian swimming will be faced with more and more financial problems. The first world championships will be held in Europe in 1971, and every second year thereafter. The prospect of raising finance for these titles already is causing headaches within the Australian Swimming Union. ------------------------------------ C.M. Saturday 22 November 1969 SWIM UPSET Commonwealth Games swimmer Allyson Mabb was beaten in an upset by Sue Lewis in the 200 metre backstroke at the Valley Pool yesterday. Mabb was favoured to win the event at the first night of the B.A.S.A. championships. Lewis clocked 2m 40.6s to beat Mabb, who seemed to be well below her best. Olympian Joanne Barnes had an easy win in the women’s open 100 metres breaststroke final in 1m 21.4s. Promising young Fortitude swimmer Shane Gould was the most successful competitor of the championships. She won the girls’ 100 metres 12 and Under 13 backstroke final in 1m 15s, and later took the girls’ 12 and Under 13 Breaststroke final in 1m 27s. (Results given) ----------------------------------

C.M. Wednesday 26 November 1969 SWIM CHAMPION HAS HIP COMPLAINT Australian junior national backstroke champion, Arthur Shean, has a hip complaint which may force him out of the Brisbane swim championships at the week-end. He consulted a specialist yesterday, and expects an opinion tonight. Shean is a strong Commonwealth Games team candidate and already this season has equalled his best 100 metres time. The titles will be held on Saturday, starting at 6.30pm, and on Sunday at 5.30pm. Diane Charlton, Australia’s fastest sprinter last year, could be hustled along by Queensland’s latest sensation, Shane Gould. Shane, a superb all-rounder, appears to have as much ability as a sprinter as a middle-distance freestyler. The two girls are front-line Games team contenders. ------------------------------------ C.M. Monday 1 December 1969 SHANE’S FIVE IN SWIM Shane Gould, of Fortitude Club, equalled the Queensland resident, open, and junior records for the 100 metres girls’ freestyle in the metropolitan swimming title finals at the Valley Pool last night. Shane clocked 62.2sec for the swim, and broke the Under 13 and 14 records for the event. The standard of swimming in the semi-finals and finals by Shane Gould, Brad Cooper, John Van Opdenbosch, Robyn Risson, and Joanne Barnes, will hold Brisbane in good stead for the State and national titles. ------------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 16 December 1969 QUEENSLAND SWIM VOTE FOR AFRICAN TOUR By Frank O’Callaghan Queensland Amateur Swimming Association last night voted that Australia should pursue its plan to send a swim team to South Africa next March. This represents a rejection of the tactics of the Commonwealth Game Association. The Australian Swimming Union has called for a postal vote from all States on the tour issue following to what amounted to a threat from the Secretary of the Commonwealth Games Association (Mr K.S.Duncan). Mr Duncan said that if Australia continued with its plan to send an eight-strong swimming team to South Africa, Melbourne would forfeit its chances of hosting the 1974 Commonwealth Games. Some Australian Games officials fear there could also be repercussions when Australia visits Edinburgh for next year’s Games. Queensland, by coming out in favour of the tour, is showing it will not countenance the type of political blackmail which forced South Africa out of the 1968 Olympic Games. LOSE PRESTIGE If the A.S.U. takes Queensland’s lead, it will bring to a head the whole question of sport with South Africa. The deadline for the postal vote is next Saturday. Australia must not allow itself to be dominated by other countries, and it would lose enormous prestige if it surrendered meekly to the demands of any other nation or sporting association. The argument that South Africa should be punished for its apartheid policies by banishment from international participation in sport does not hold water.

IDEALS HARMED Sport is the only medium which has made so much as a dent in the iron policy of apartheid. Proof of this is that South Africa agreed to send a multi-racial team to the Mexico Olympics, and had even chosen a provisional side, when the International Olympic Committee under pressure from the black communist nations withdrew its invitation. The Olympic Committee and all it had claimed to stand for suffered irreparable harm. Here was a classic example of sport creating a chink in the apartheid wall when all other attempts had failed. How sincere then were the countries which continued to conspire against South Africa, supposedly on the cause of justice? Sport again proved its power to break down prejudices, when South Africa allowed a New Zealand Rugby Union team including Maoris to tour the country next year. This is unprecedented since the adoption of the apartheid policy. The Q.A.S.A by its vote last night struck a genuine blow for human rights. ------------------------------------ C.M. Saturday 20 December 1969 SWIM EIGHT WILL GO Sydney – State swimming Associations have voted 5-1 to send an eight-man team to South Africa next March. The Australian Swimming Union had asked the States to vote by mail on the issue. Earlier, Mr Sandy Duncan, the Commonwealth Games Association Secretary, said if Australia did send a team away, it could result in some countries withdrawing from the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh next year. ONE “NO” Secretary of the A.S.U. Mr Syd Grange, said yesterday New South Wales Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania had voted “yes” to the team going away. South Australia provided the only “no” vote. Mr Grange said the vote was an “overwhelming” vindication of the A.S.U. not to become involved in racial or political issues. “As far as I am concerned, we will send a swimming team to any country in the world. We don’t favour anyone.” AFTER TITLES Mr Grange said the Australian team would comprise four men and four women, plus a manager and coach. The swimmers will be selected after the Australian titles in Sydney on February 27. The team will leave Sydney on March 8, and will spend almost three weeks in South Africa, returning on March 2. ------------------------------------ C.M. Thursday 6 January 1970 TOP FREESTYLERS TO CLASH AGAIN Two of the State’s best freestyle swimmers, Shane Gould and Helen Gray, both 13, will clash again at the Valley Pool this week. They will meet over 100, 200, and 400 metres, during the State Age championships which start tomorrow night. Last December 13 they provided a classic 800 metres race, at the Valley Pool, which Shane won by a touch. Her time of 9m 32 s knocked 26.3sec off the State senior record. Shane, of Brisbane, is the most exciting all-round discovery of the season. Helen, from Townsville, has followed a more predictable path.

GAMES HOPES Both are strong candidates for the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games later this year, though Helen is not setting herself for Edinburgh. She is more interested in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. The championships will be held each night, until Sunday, starting at 6.30pm. Other sessions will be on Saturday and Sunday mornings starting at 8.30am. Another Toowoomba girl, Christine Schwarz, also 13, is tipped to do well. Her meetings with Shane, and Sue Fraser, of Ipswich, over 100 and 200 metres butterfly have sparked considerable interest. Christine beat Shane over 200 metres last December. Judy Hudson, 12, an outstanding Brisbane breaststroker, is capable of setting new breaststroke standards and of further reducing her State 400 metres medley record of 6m 8s. A total of 396 competitors, including 218 boys, will contest 1316 individual and relay events. C.M. Thursday 8 January 1970 AGE SWIM RECORD TO IPSWICH GIRL Young Ipswich swimmer Susan Fraser last night broke a Queensland junior record at the first session of the State Age swimming championships. Susan, 14, clocked the record time of 2:26.5 in the 14 Years and Under 200 metres butterfly. It is the first major record she has broken after ranking as the fastest Australian butterfly swimmer in her age group over 100 metres last year. Another highlight of the session was a win by Larry Forsyth, of Townsville, in the 12 Years 400 metres freestyle when he finished 1/10sec ahead of Stephen Holland of Commercial. Larry clocked 4:50.6 which is an age group record Results given) --------------------------------- C.M. Friday 9 January 1970 HELEN GRAY SET 200 SWIM ECORD Another State junior record was smashed at the second session of the State Age swimming championships last night. Helen Gray, 13, of Townsville, one of the State’s foremost freestyle swimmers, won the 200 metres 14 Years and Under freestyle event in the record time of 2m 16.4s. Helen Gray’s meeting with Shane Gould and Susan Fraser (who on Wednesday night broke a State junior record in the 200 metres butterfly) again battled it out. Susan faded away rather quickly, leaving the field clear for Helen and Shane. CLOSE BATTLE Swimming stroke for stroke for almost the entire distance, the two battled it out, with Helen touching 0.5sec ahead of Shane. Miss Gray’s coach, Laurie Lawrence, said that Helen had worked very hard over the past week, far more so than in previous weeks. He hinted that her best was yet to come. (Results given) ----------------------------------- C.M. Saturday 10 January 1970 TWO MEDALS, RECORD, TO SHANE GOULD Prize swim discovery, Shane Gould, swept back into favour by winning two gold medals and a senior record at the State Age titles last night. In setting a senior, junior, and age, 200 metres medley record of 2m 37.8s, Shane inspired Olympic coach Arthur Cusack to hail her as the greatest woman

medley swimmer he had seen. “Better that Donna de Verona,” said Cusack, referring to the 1964 Olympic and world champion. Earlier, Shane, barely 13, had won the 100 metres butterfly in 1m 11.5s, three seconds faster than her previous best. Her performances completely erased memories of.200 butterfly and 200 metres freestyle swims on Wednesday and Thursday nights. CUT TIMES There were rumblings that Shane had “gone bad” and might never reach the Olympic career predicted for her. Her medley swim clipped 1sec off Dianne Charlton’s State junior record, and 6/10sec off the senior standard of Olympian Jenny Steinbeck. It was 2.6sec better than her previous best. Shane’s coach, Gordon Petersen, said, “She has had a tough preparation which could explain her previous form, but she looks great now.” Townsville’s Suzanne Anderson clung to Shane throughout the butterfly and backstroke legs of the medley, but neither Sue (third) or Debbie Handley (second) could match her in breaststroke and freestyle. Townsville’s Larry Forsyth, 11, won his second gold medal of the championships by taking the 100 metres in 65.4sec, a performance comparable to his 400 metres in 4m 50.4s on Wednesday night. Less lucky was Forsyth’s club-mate, butterflier Christine Schwartz, who for the second time was nosed away from the gold medal. On Wednesday night Christine bowed to Sue Fraser over 200 metres by 0.4sec. Last night it was Miss Gould who beat her by a similar margin. (Results given) --------------------------------- C.M. Monday 12 January 1970 TOWNSVILLE BOY WON FOUR IN SWIM Talented young Townsville swimmer, Larry Forsyth, collected his fourth gold medal of the Q.A.S.A Age championships during the final session at the Valley Pool last night. Forsyth clocked 1m 16s, an automatic record, in winning the 100 metres 12 Years and Under backstroke final. It should have been his fifth gold medal as he won the 100 metres butterfly in yesterday’s morning session, only to be disqualified for touching incorrectly at the finish. REWARDED Coach Laurie Lawrence said last night, “It was an outstanding effort and he has been rewarded for the extra effort he has put into his training of late.” Forsyth also won a special award given to the best overall swimmer of the carnival. Earlier, the girls’ 100 metres 13 Years freestyle provided a blanket finish, when the three place-getters all touched within a fraction of a second. But Townsville’s Suzanne Anderson’s 1m 4.1s won her the gold medal from Susan Fraser and Coral O’Connell. Debbie Handley, from Ladies Commercial, and Far North Queensland’s Denise Lee-Long staged a great battle in the final of the 200 metres 14 and Under breaststroke. Both girls swam stroke for stroke in the first 100 metres, but Handley’s smoother turns enabled her to pull away slightly and win by two feet. Another exciting finish was provided in the final of the boys’ 100 metres 12 Years freestyle. Mark Tonelli (Western Districts) and Mark Martin (Townsville) raced neck and neck for most of the race, until Tonelli gained the upper hand in the last 20 metres. Townsville swimmers completed their dominance of the carnival when its boys’ and girls’ teams returned wins in the respective 200 metres14 Years and Under freestyle relays. The boys’ team won its relay in 2m 1s from City Pastime and Leander, and the girls’ team clocked 2m 4.5s in defeating South-East Queensland and Central Queensland. (Results given)

C.M. Tuesday 13 January 1970 CUSACK BACK IN BID FOR THREE TITLES Olympic butterfly swimmer Robert Cusack will bid for the return of his State butterfly, medley, and freestyle titles at the Valley Pool this week. The State championships will start on Thursday night and finish on Sunday night. The world’s greatest woman swimmer, Debbie Meyer of U.S.A. will be a guest competitor. Cusack went into virtual retirement last year after the 1968 Mexico Olympics. He now will be chasing the 100 metres butterfly and freestyle, and 200 metres medley titles he won that year. RISSON THREAT Cusack is trained by his uncle, Arthur Cusack, who also will offer Robyn Risson as a threat to all women’s freestyle titles from 100 to 1500 metres. Robyn has been kept under wraps, and is extremely fit - the fittest she has been for State title competition. She will tackle Dianne Charlton and Shane Gould in what should be the closest 100 metres struggle in years. Shane shares the State record of 62.2sec with Jenny Steinbeck, now retired, but Cusack is hoping for a 62sec swim from Risson. This would mean automatic selection for the State side for the Commonwealth Games trials in Sydney next month. Cusack is expecting a sub 4m 40s 400 metres swim from Robyn – another passport to the Games trials. STYLIST Miss Charlton, a stylist, and one considered certain for Edinburgh, now has the job ahead of her. The clash of Fortitude club-mates Arthur Shean and Brad Cooper will be a feature of the titles. Shean, State junior and senior 100 and 200 metres backstroke champion, faces a strong challenge from Cooper over 100 metres. Both are strong Commonwealth Games team prospects. ----------------------------------- C.M. Friday 16 January 1970 EIGHT SWIM TITLES GO – THREE TO GOULD Eight records were broken – three of them by Shane Gould – at the opening of the State swimming championships at the Valley Pool last night. This outstanding Queensland discovery swam 2m 36.2s in the 100 metres junior women’s medley to break the Under 14, Queensland junior, and Queensland Open, records. Greg Brough, who has just returned to Brisbane from Sydney, was beaten by Bradley Cooper in the 400 metres men’s freestyle. The time of 4:18.8 is well below Brough’s Queensland record of 4:13.3. In the first heat of the men’s junior 100 metres freestyle, Paul Stapleton of St Bernadette’s Parish Club, Scarborough, clocked 58.1sec to claim a Queensland junior record. In the fourth heat of the same event, Greg Cusack, swimming for the same Club, swam 57.9sec to take the record from Stapleton. Debbie Meyer, the 15-year-old swimmer from the United States made an appearance as a spectator. But tonight, Debbie, who is regarded as the fastest girl swimmer of all time, will compete against Queensland’s best. Shane Gould will compete against Miss Meyer, the first girl to win three Olympic gold medals in an individual effort. The other records broken were; Clinton Riley (St Bernadette’s) 200 metres junior men’s breaststroke, 14 Years age record; Linda Young (Leander) 100 metres junior women’s backstroke, 14 Years age record; Brad Cooper (Fortitude) 400 metres men’s freestyle, Queensland junior record. ----------------------------------

C.M. Saturday 17 January 1970 SANDRA BEATS JOANNE TWICE By Frank O’Callaghan Sandra Smith, a slender 14-year-old Hendra High school girl, stole the glamour from world champion Debbie Meyer at the State swimming titles at the Valley Pool last night. The underdog in three starts, she twice beat Olympic breaststroke representative Joanne Barnes and then took the 200 metres medley title in a record-breaking 2m 35.8s. In beating Miss Barnes over 200 metres in 2m 46.6s, Sandra leapt to the front of this year’s Commonwealth Games team candidates. Her time is the fastest clocked in the country this summer, and was only half a second away from Judy Playfair’s Australian record. Her coach, Alan Gynther, whose charges won four gold medals from four starts, said, “That’s what a big heart and complete dedication will do. I wasn’t altogether surprised.” BAD TURNS Miss Meyer’s classic style over 400 metres of freestyle compensated for her disappointing 4m 37s, a time 1.3seec outside Karen Moras’ State record. She muffed each turn, and explained later that she could not find the blank wall. “I am used to a mark on the wall, and I guess I lost about five seconds,” she said. “I also went down too slow. Quite frankly, I was scared. I did not know the quality of the field.” The quality was the best yet as Redcliffe girl, Robyn Risson, demonstrated by clocking 4m 39.7s, or 3.8sec inside her State resident record. DEBBIE SPRINTS Robyn stayed within two body lengths of Debbie, world record holder for the distance (4m24.5s) until the American spurted down the last lap. Debbie later tackled the 100 metres butterfly, only her second swim in the event, and finished third to Allyson Mabb and Sue Funch in 1m 10s. This was only tow seconds outside her best time for the distance performed in an individual medley event. This morning Debbie will chase Karen Moras’s Australian 1,500 metres record of 18min, a time she should slash if she can improve her turns. Other major records fell to backstrokers Brad Cooper and Susan Lewis, and Olympic butterflier Robert Cusack. Cooper downed club-mate and Australian junior champion Arthur Shean over 200 metres in 2m 16.6s lopping 1.2sec off his own State record. Susan sliced 1.9secoff Sheila Rose’ State junior mark in covering 100 metres in 1m 10.6s. Cusack, on ten days of hard training, reduced the Queensland 100 metres record to 59.5sec. (Results given) ------------------------------ C.M. Monday 19 January 1970 ANOTHER THREE SWIM TIMES TO MOODY Sixteen-year-old Townsville swimmer, Mark Moody, claimed three of the four records broken at the final session of the Queensland Swimming championships at the Valley Pool last night. His most impressive effort was the 5m 0.6s he recorded in winning the junior men’s individual medley to set an Open and Junior state record. Previous best was the 5m2s Moody set himself on Saturday. Earlier he won the 200 metres junior freestyle in 2m 4.1s to set a best by a Queensland junior. St Bernadette’s swimmer, Clinton Riley, although unplaced in the 100 metres junior, men’s breaststroke, broke the 14 Years State Age record with a time of 1m 20s. Teammate Greg Cusack won the event in 1m 15.3s from Gary Ohlson (Mackay) and Greg Short (Leander). Promising 14-year-old Sandra Smith almost caused a sensation in the women’s 200 metres individual medley, when it looked like she would beat world record

holder Debbie Meyer. Miss Smith was a good three yards ahead of miss Meyer at the 150 metres ark, having drawn clear of the champion with her pet stroke, the breaststroke. But in the final 50 metres of freestyle, Miss Meyer drew level with 10 yards to go and won by 0.5sec. Commonwealth Games prospect Shane Gould underlined her class with a narrow but impressive win in the 100 metres junior women’s freestyle over Dianne Charlton. In the morning session Miss Meyer easily won the 800 metres freestyle in the slow time, by her standing, of 9m 40.8s from St Bernadette’s Robyn Risson. In the other morning final, Max Tavasci again prove too strong for Olympian Greg Brough in winning the 500 metres freestyle in 17m 13.9s. (Results given) C.M. Tuesday 20 January 1970 JOANNE HAS LEFT TO JOIN TALBOT By Frank O’Callaghan Olympic breaststroke swimmer, Joanne Barnes, has gone to Sydney to join Olympic coach, Don Talbot. She has broken with her Brisbane amateur coach, Joe King, after being beaten four times in the State championships last week. King steered hEr into the 1968 Olympic team. Joanne lost all her State titles to the fit little fighter Sandra Smith – half Sandra’s bag of eight gold medals. She then withdrew from the State side for the national junior championships in Adelaide next month, and left for Sydney last night. TASKMASTER Joanne, 15, and growing fast, has said she now needs more work, and has chosen Talbot, a noted taskmaster, to get her fit for the national titles and Commonwealth Games trials in Sydney late next month. The 1970 Commonwealth Games will be held in Edinburgh in mid July, and should Joanne make the side, she would presumably stay with Talbot until the team leaves. Talbot also trains Beverley Whitfield, Joanne and Sandra’s chief obstacle to the Games side. Joanne and Beverley would doubtless benefit from a training association, but Sandra, trained in Brisbane by amateur coach Alan Gynther, has clocked the best 200 metres time this season – 2m 46.6s. Triple Olympic gold medallist, Debbie Meyer, in Brisbane for the State titles last week, described Sandra as a potential world record-breaker. A replacement for Miss Barnes in the State junior team has yet to be announced. The State senior side, for which Miss Barnes is eligible, should be one of the strongest for many years. It will be named on January 28. --------------------------------- C.M. Friday 23 January 1970 DIVING Gaye Morley and Gavin Pascoe comprise the Queensland team for the national titles which will be held from February 24 to March 1 in Sydney. It is the smallest team sent to a national championship from Queensland for many years, but one which is class all the way. The pair are in strict daily training under separate coaches – former Queensland diving champion Graham Deuble is in charge of Pascoe, and Gerry Fitzgerald coaches Miss Morley. The size of the team might be of concern to Queensland sports lovers, but officials have high hopes for the future. A diving spokesman said yesterday, “There has been a lull in diving in Queensland recently, but we have a great crop of juniors coming along. There is no fear for the future of diving here with these youngsters around.” (Picture of Morley and Pascoe in full flight.)

C.M. Saturday 24 January 1970 TWO MORE OUT OF QUEENSLAND SWIM TEAM By Frank O’Callaghan Freestyle swimmer Helen Gray and all-rounder Shane Gould are the latest withdrawals from the Queensland team for the national junior championships in Adelaide next month. With Greg Brough and Joanne Barnes they bring the total number of withdrawals from the original 14-strong team to four. All four fear that competition in Adelaide would hinder their preparations for the national senior titles to be held in Sydney from February 27 to March 1. The senior championships are also the Commonwealth Games trials, and the South African tour trials. AFRICA TOUR A team of eight swimmers will tour South Africa in March, four months before the Games in Edinburgh. The four Queenslanders have varying chances of Games selection with Olympic breaststroker Miss Barnes the brightest prospect for the South African tour. Currently ahead of her in both teams calculations is Brisbane’s Sandra Smith, who will not withdraw from the junior titles. Sandra’s 200 metres in 2m 46.6s is believed to be the fastest in the Commonwealth so far. The withdrawals considerably reduce the chances of winning the Corbett Shield which carries the title of champion State in women’s junior and senior titles. HIGH LEVEL Women’s swimming in Queensland, particularly at the junior standard, is at an unprecedented high level. Miss Smith, who beat Miss Barnes four times at the State championships last week, will not taper for the national junior titles. Her coach, Alan Gynther, said last night that Sandra would continue her full training programme and would be brought to her peak only for the senior championships. -------------------------------- C.M. Thursday 29 January 1970 COOPER IS LATEST SWIM DROP-OUT Outstanding young backstroke swimmer Brad Cooper is the fifth withdrawal from the Queensland team for the Australian junior titles in Adelaide on February 7-8. Cooper, the Sate 200 metres champion, was last night named in the senior side for the national titles and Commonwealth Games trials in Sydney from February 27 to March 1. The State selectors have chosen all-rounder Jocelyn Glen and freestyler Suzanne Anderson of Townsville, breaststroker Gary Ohlson of Mackay, and Toowoomba backstroker Graham Sanders of Toowoomba, as junior team replacements. BIGGEST TEAM The senior team, the biggest and strongest Queensland has fielded for many years, is missing a notable name. Olympic butterflier Robert Cusack, who would have been a strong candidate for the South African tour in March, and a near certainty for the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games in July, is unavailable. Cusack’s 59.5sec for 100 metres at the recent State titles made him the first Queenslander to break the minute in Brisbane, and easily the fastest butterfly swimmer in the country. Townsville’s junior freestyler Helen Gray has made the State senior side on her State junior title performances. She did not contest the senior championships.

The team is – Men – G.Brough, B.Cooper, G.Cusack, N.Gynther, M.Moody, A.Shean, M.Tavasci. Women – J.Barnes, D.Charlton, S.Funch, S.Gould, H.Gray, S.Lewis, A.Mabb, R.Risson, S.Rose, S.Smith. C.M. Saturday 31 January 1970 SWIMMING CHIEF HITS AT JUNIORS Queensland Amateur Swimming Association Chairman (Mr Arch Steinbeck) last night criticised Queenslanders wholesale withdrawal from the national junior championships at Adelaide next week-end. Five of the State’s best swimmers have withdrawn so that they can concentrate on the national senior titles at the end of February. Breaststrokers Joanne Barnes and Greg Cusack, freestyler Helen Gray, and all-rounders Brad Cooper and Shane Gould, have turned down the Adelaide trip. FUTURE DANGER Mr Steinbeck said last night that the withdrawals, apart from seriously weakening the team, could endanger the future of national junior championships. “We had out strongest team in years,” he said. “Some New South Wales coaches had let it be known their swimmers would not be contesting the junior titles when, in fact, only one of the New South Wales side had withdrawn,” Mr Steinbeck said. “As for the championships as an event, Queensland, which has been a strong supporter of junior titles, now can be criticised for not supporting them.” “ABANDON” At least one Brisbane coach thinks it is a mistake for Commonwealth Games aspirants to bypass the junior championships. “It is not the thing for freshening a swimmer’s attitude,” he said. “It takes him away from the drudgery of training in the same pool, and offers tough competition which Australian swimmers lack. At the same time there is nothing to stop a swimmer from continuing his training for the senior titles while he is contesting the junior,” he said. “Whatever the results Queensland gains from the junior championships, it is now likely the boycott could lead to the abandonment of the junior titles as a separate event. --------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 3 February 1970 JOANNE TOO LATE FOR JUNIOR SWIM By Frank O’Callaghan Queensland’s Olympic breaststroke swimmer Joanne Barnes has failed in a last-minute bid to nominate for the national junior titles at Adelaide at the week-end. Joanne withdrew from the original State side, left her Brisbane coach Joe King, and joined Don Talbot’s Sydney squad. After four defeats in the State titles last month, Joanne had asked Talbot to prepare her for the national titles and Commonwealth Games trials in Sydney from February 27 to March 1. And it was at Talbot’s suggestion that she try to rejoin the Queensland side for the junior championships. The request, however, came too late. Nominations for the championships closed last Friday. Speaking from Sydney last night, Talbot said that he would have liked Joanne to have some competitive swimming before the senior titles.

TAVASCI HOPE While a number of Queenslanders have withdrawn from the junior championships, Talbot is sending his full squad, but keeping them in full training. The only swimmer he will taper is Queensland’s Max Tavasci who has been in his string all summer. He is hoping Tavasci who swam 4m 18.8s to win the Queensland junior 400 metres freestyle title, can clock a sub 4m15s, and so rate consideration for the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Tavasci faces strong opposition from Victorian Graham White, Sydney’s Graham Windeatt, and Queenslander Greg Brough. Talbot, who also took in Queenslander backstroker Arthur Shean, has lost Shean’s strongest rival, Neil Rogers to another Sydney coach. Rogers is the man, Shean and another Queensland backstroker the 200 metres champion Brad Cooper, have to beat to get to Edinburgh for the Games. Two of the four replacements in the Queensland junior team, Townsville’s Suzanne Anderson and Jocelyn Glen, have withdrawn, and the State side, originally 14-strong, now number 11. C.M. Wednesday 4 February 1970 QUEENSLAND SWIM STAR HAS ANKLE INJURY Queensland freestyle swim champion Robyn Risson has a badly torn tendon above the left ankle, barely a month before the national championships. She has been restricted to arm work in her training sessions at the Scarborough pool for the last five days. Robyn has a fighting chance of winning selection in the Commonwealth Games team for Edinburgh in July. She is training with her legs tied, and coach Arthur Cusack is viewing it philosophically. “Good for strengthening the arms and shoulders,” commented Cusack last night. Greg Cusack, another of his charges, has had two days out of the water. Breaststroker Cusack appears to have belatedly recognised his good prospects for selection for the tour for South Africa in March. This prompted him to have a vaccination, and the after-effects forced him to halt his training. He is recovering quickly and should soon maker his mileage. Cusack’s 1m 14s for 100 metres at the State titles last month is the fastest in the country this summer. Coach Cusack, his uncle, is expecting his to come well under this time at the national titles in Sydney. Greg is a brother of Olympic butterflier Robert who announced his retirement last week. -------------------------------- C.M. Monday 9 February 1970 QUEENSLAND GIRLS STAR IN SWIMS From Judy Joy Davies Adelaide – Sue Funch, a slender 14-year-old Brisbane State High schoolgirl, yesterday won her first national title - the junior 100 metres butterfly. Her winning time of 68.6sec broke the Australian junior record by 0.4sec, and made her one of the leading contenders for Commonwealth Games selection. “I’m so thrilled,” said Sue, “I thought all my chances of Commonwealth Games selection were gone when I had an appendix operation just before Christmas. I’ve only been back in training for five weeks.” Sue broke away from her opponents 10 metres from the end to finish strongly and break the Australian junior record of 69sec, set only three weeks ago in Sydney by medley champion Dina Rickard. She beat Maree Robinson (NSW), with Susan Fraser of Queensland in third place.

TAVASCI STARS A shock win yesterday to North Queenslander Max Tavasci in the 400 metres freestyle stamps him a future international swimmer. Max, 16, comes from Ayr, and beat Sydney star Graham Windeatt in the good time of 4m 17.5s. Two other Queensland youngsters yesterday claimed records, and both are breaststroke swimmers. Gary Ohlson, 15, won the 100 metres breaststroke in 1m 16.2s, and Sandra Smith, 15, won the 200 metres breaststroke. SANDRA’S TWO It was Sandra’s second win in two days. On Saturday night the Brisbane State High School student had won the junior 100 metres title. In both races Sandra beat the N.S.W. champion Beverley Whitfield who had swum third in the American national titles last year. Sandra must now be regarded as Australia’s leading junior breaststroke girl, and more good performances in the national open titles in Sydney later this month will give her Commonwealth Games selection. Susan Lewis, 13, from Queensland, finished third in the junior 100 metres backstroke yesterday in the fast time of 1m 10.9s. Mark Moody, also from North Queensland, finished second in the 200 metres medley in 2m 25.2s, and the Queensland relay teams finished second in the women’s freestyle relay, and third in the men’s medley relay. C.M. Tuesday 16 February 1970 TWO OFICIALS SEEK SWIM TOUR JOBS Queensland Amateur Swimming Association Chairman (Mr Arch Steinbeck), and selector (Mr Joe King), have nominated for managerships of two Australian touring sides this year. Mr Steinbeck hopes to manage the Commonwealth Games team to Edinburgh in July, and Mr King is aiming for the South African tour next month. The teams will be named following the Australian championships in Sydney February 27 to March1. The managers will be chosen on February 28. TOP STATE? Queensland, though generally successful at the national junior titles in Adelaide at the week-end, would have been champion State had the original team stayed together. This is the opinion of Mr King amateur coach of Sue Funch who set an Australian junior 100 metres butterfly record, at the championships. “Our best swimmers would have beaten the crack New South Wales team hands down,” Mr King said. There wee five withdrawals from the original State side, chiefly because it was feared that competition in the junior titles would have affected performances in the senior titles and Games trials. ----------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 24 February 1970 SWIM THREE OFF EARLIER Three Queenslanders for the national swim titles, Robyn Risson, Greg Cusack, and Sue Lewis, will leave a day early for Sydney. They fly south with coach Arthur Cusack today so that they can have two additional training sessions at the Drummoyne Pool, the championships venue. Freestyler Risson and breaststroker Cusack are strong Commonwealth Games prospects. Miss Lewis, a talented young swimmer not yet ready for national representation, should make the championship final.

The rest of the State side will leave Brisbane tomorrow for the championships scheduled for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The teams for the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in July, and a South African tour next month, will be named on Sunday night. Queensland swimming has never been stronger, and though the Games team will certainly be limited to 25, it could include at least seven Queenslanders. -------------------------------------- C.M. Saturday 28 February 1970 QUEENSLAND “UNKNOWN” NOW GAMES HOPE From Frank O’Callaghan Sydney – Max Tavasci, of Ayr, virtually unknown before last night, swam strongly into Commonwealth Games team calculations by winning the Australian 800 metres freestyle swim title at the Drummoyne Pool. He set a Commonwealth record of 8m 40.1s. This is 3.6sec inside Graham Windeatt’s old mark. Tavasci beat Olympians Graham White and Greg Brough. Tavasci, who has been training under coach Don Talbot for the last ten months, surprised himself. “I did not believe I was as fast as that,” he said. His next mission is the 1500 metres event, his favourite, tomorrow. Success in this would almost certainly bring him Games team selection. The team will be announced tomorrow night. Anti-apartheid demonstrators could have denied young Queensland backstroker Brad Cooper a place in the Games side. SWAM BLIND Cooper was disqualified after finishing second in the 100 metres title because he did not touch at the 50 metres mark. He was swimming blind. Bags of ink thrown over the wall at one end of the pool so discoloured the water that most swimmers could not see the wall. They felt for it and consequently their performances suffered. Officials of the Australian Swimming Union said this would be taken into account when the team was chosen. Cooper’s time of 63.6sec was only 0.2s outside that of the winner, Greg Rogers. It gave him confidence for tonight’s 200 metres event. The ink did not upset great little champion, Karen Moras. After setting a Commonwealth 400 metres freestyle record of 4m 29.4s in her heat yesterday morning, Karen cleared away with the final in 4m 26.3s, a mere 1.8sec outside Debbie Meyer’s world record. Karen’s comment on the water: “It wasn’t so bad when you were in it, but it tasted awful.” (Results given – Sheila Rose third 100 metres backstroke) ---------------------------------- C.M. Monday 2 March 1970 KAREN MORAS LOWERS WORLD 800 METRES RECORD From Frank O’Callaghan Sydney – Sydney schoolgirl, Karen Moras, clipped 1.3sec ff the world 800 metres freestyle swim record of Debbie Meyer at Drummoyne swimming pool last night. Karen won the national title in 9m 9.1s, her first world record and the fulfilment of a nine year ambition. Queenslanders took second and third places. Robyn Risson who led Karen for the first 95 metres touched second in 9m 30.3s, and 13-year-old Townsville girl Helen Gray was third in 9m 33.3s. These Queensland performances allied with Robyn’s 1500 metres win on Saturday night, and Helen’s fine 200 metres performance earlier last night, might be enough to get them into the Commonwealth Games team. Helen clocked a splendid 2m 13.6s to be second to Moras in the women’s 200 metres freestyle, and established a New South Wales Under 14 record.

Queenslanders won six gold, nine silver and nine bronze medals at the championships, and three have splendid prospects of making the Commonwealth Games team. The names Allyson Mabb, Max Tavasci, and Greg Brough should be among those named today for the Edinburgh Games. Robyn Risson, Joanne Barnes, Neil Gynther, and Helen Gray, are rough chances. TAVASCI’S BID Tavasci put in strong claims for selection with a sterling second placing to Graham Windeatt in the 1500 metres freestyle championship. Windeatt won a great race in Australian record time of 16m 23.1s, or 18.4sec inside the national record of Graham White. Tavasci clocked 16m30.4s, and Greg Brough touched third in 16m 33.5s Windeatt’s time is the third fastest in the world, and Tavasci’s the fourth. JOANNE SECOND Brisbane’s 16-year—old Neil Gynther retained his 200 metres freestyle championship. He “jumped” Paul Jarvie in the third lap to establish his winning lead, the same tactics used by club-mate Sandra Smith in taking Joanne Barnes’ State title last January. Gynther’s 2m 37s was 4.7sec better than his previous best. Joanne Barnes might sneak into the team because of her second placing in the 200 metres breaststroke to Beverley Whitfield. Beverley (2m 48s) finished 1.9sec ahead of Joanne, but the Olympian showed strong signs of returning to her best. BAD SLUMP Miss Smith was the mystery of the championships after her dismal 100 metres. The Games selectors are not likely to recall 2m 46.6s in Brisbane in January is still the fastest time in Australia this summer. (Results given) ALLYSON IN TEAM Sydney – Bank clerk Allyson Mabb, 20, of Hamilton, Brisbane, staged a remarkable come-back to international swimming by winning a place in the Australian team to tour South Africa. Last night Allyson was named in the eight-strong team which leaves for South Africa next Sunday. In 1966 Allyson won a place in the Commonwealth Games team in Jamaica as a backstroker. She forsook backstroke the following year for butterfly, and on Sunday night claimed the 100 metres butterfly title in New South Wales record-breaking time. Her selection almost guarantees her a spot in the Commonwealth Games side for Edinburgh. (Allyson was the only Queenslander in this team). ROBYN IN “FIRSTS” Sydney – Robyn Risson’s magnificent 150 metres freestyle title win on Saturday night represents another “first’ for international coach Arthur Cusack. Robyn, from Toowoomba, won Sydney hearts with a time of 17m 58.5s. But it was really nothing unique for coach Cusack. He has been producing Queensland “Pioneers” since 1956. He coached – David Theile, dual Olympic backstroke champion and the first Queenslander to win a post-war Olympic gold medal. (In fact, the first Queenslander to win an individual Olympic gold medal in any sport) Bill Burton, the first Queenslander to break 2m 50s for 200 metres breaststroke. Robert Cusack, The only Queenslander to break one minute for 100 metres butterfly.

Pam Sergeant, the only Queensland woman to hold a world backstroke record set at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. Jenny Thorn, the first Queensland woman to break 5 minutes for 400 metres freestyle. Queenslanders selected for the Games – Mr Arch Steinbeck as Manager, Allyson Mabb (Captain), Robyn Risson, Sandra Smith, Helen Gray, Greg Brough, Max Tavasci, and Gaye Morley (diving). --------------------------------- Courier Mail Tuesday 26 May 1970 SWIM CAMP FOR EDINBURGH TEAM Most of the Australian swim team for the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games will start unofficial training camp at Scarborough next Monday. Games coach, Don Talbot, will bring a southern squad here nineteen days early. On June 30, the start of the official training period, Talbot will be joined by co-coach Arthur Cusack and the rest of the team. Until then, Queenslanders in the side will remain with their own coaches. The official training period for the team runs from June 20 to July 5. Dr E.G.Theile and Mr Arch Steinbeck were last night re-elected unopposed as president and Chairman respectively of the Queensland Amateur Swimming Association. Dr Theile will be starting his sixth term and Mr Steinbeck his fourth. Mr Steinbeck will manage the Australian swim team to the Commonwealth Games. The six man Executive Committee of the QASA elected from twelve candidates is – Messrs A.T.Ball, G.G.Bennett, A.Gynther, R.Manfield, A.Russell, and A.Sharpe.

C.M. Tuesday 13 October 1970 KAREN TO SWIM FOR AN HOUR Karen Moras, world record holder for 800 metres freestyle, will give an hour’s exhibition swim at the Nundah State School pool on October 24. Karen’s swim will be the highlight of the school club’s swimathon to raise money for improvements to the pool. Karen will start swimming at 5pm and hopes to swim 100 laps of the 25 metre pool in the hour. At the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Karen swam the 800 metres in 9 mins 2.45 secs, beating American Debbie Meyer’s old record by almost 8 seconds. In winning three gold medals at the Games she set three new Commonwealth records. She is timed to swim at 5pm so people can watch her exhibition on their way home from other sporting events. ------------------------------------- C.M. Wednesday 18 November 1970 274 FOR SWIM The annual Q.L.A.S.A. carnival to be held in the Valley Pool at 1.30pm on Saturday week has attracted 274 entries from 13 metropolitan and three country clubs. An innovation this year is the introduction of graded scratch events, thus catering for the rank and file swimmer as well as the champions in all grades. Swimmers will be permitted to swim in division and championship events providing they are in a different stroke. There seems to be a dearth of really class swimmers in the metropolitan clubs, and the championship events are wide open. ------------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 24 November 1970 WEST GERMANY WILL SEND SWIMMING TEAM A 20-strong West German team almost certainly will swim at the Valley Pool on or about February 20 next year. A second appearance at a provincial venue is also intended. The West Germans will tour Australia, and negotiations for a Queensland visit are almost completed. The composition of the team is not yet known, but former 400 metres freestyle world record holder (4m 4s), Hans Fassnacht, would be a likely tourist. It is hoped four American swimmers, including world record holder, Mike Burton, will compete in the Queensland championships in January. Vicki King, close rival of Olympic freestyle champion, Debbie Meyer, is also expected to make the visit. Burton holds the listed 800 metres (8m 28.8s) and 1500 metres (16m 4.5s) world freestyle records. The first big carnival of the Brisbane season will be the Age Distance championships at the Valley Pool on December12 and 13. The State Age-group championships will be held from January 8 to 12,and the junior and open championships from January 14 to 17, all at the Valley Pool. The Australian championships are scheduled for Hobart in early February. ------------------------------------- C.M. Saturday 5 December 1970 COUNTRY IN THE SWIMS Swimmers from as far afield as Mt Isa and Townsville will compete in the Age distance and Open championships at the Valley Pool tomorrow week. Brisbane entries already include Olympian Joanne Barnes, and the two top swimmers, freestyler Dianne Charlton, and butterflier Sue Funch.

Edinburgh Games bronze winner, Helen Gray of Townsville, heads the list of outstanding country entries. The championships are the first event on the Queensland Amateur Swimming Association’s 1970-71 calendar. Two sessions will be held on Saturday December 12, and one morning session on December 13. ------------------------------- C.M. Wednesday 9 December 1970 JOANNE AND JUDY AGAIN Another Judy Hudson – Joanne Barnes breaststroke swim classic is looming with the all-age distance carnival at the Valley Pool at the week-end. Judy, who downed the Olympian over 100 metres two weeks ago, will tackle her over Joanne’s favourite 200 metres distance. Judy’s time of 1m 19.7s at the previous meet was world class for a 12-year-old, and more than five seconds inside her previous State record. Her coach, Joe King, who steered Joanne to Olympic selection, considers that continued improvement by Judy would make her a 1972 Olympic prospect. The girls meet on Sunday morning. Butterfly swimmers Sue Funch and Sue Fraser also should provide a thrilling race over 200 metres on Saturday night. ------------------------------- C.M. Saturday 12 December 1970 ALL-AGE SWIM A TEST FOR HELEN Townsville’s Commonwealth Games silver medallist Helen Gray will use the All-Age distance swim carnival this week-end as a testing ground for her clashes with Shane Gould. Helen, a plucky distance freestyler, is a fierce competitor. She never has been beaten by Miss Gould who is being hailed in Sydney as another Dawn Fraser. Se comes down to Brisbane after a series of misfortunes, including a tonsils operation, which have upset her preparations. And she fully expects keen competition by another Townsville girl, Suzanne Anderson. The carnival will be held in a series of sessions at the Valley Pool – 8.30am today and tomorrow, and 5.30pm today. The performance of sprint freestyler Dianne Charlton and Olympic breaststroker Joanne Barnes will be interesting. Miss Charlton should she swim to her ability, must yet make the 1972 Olympic team. Miss Barnes, a 1968 Olympian, is being challenged as the State’s top breaststroker by 12-year old Judy Hudson. ------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 15 December 1970 SWIM CONTEST WILL BE STATE WARM-UP The biggest yet Brisbane amateur swimming championships will be contested at the Valley Pool over the week-end. There will be five carnivals – Friday night, Sunday morning and Sunday night, Saturday morning and night exclusively for 11 Years and Under. They will provide the last tough competition swims before the State titles in mid January. A surprise nomination has come from Commonwealth games all-rounder Sandra Smith, who it was thought had retired. Sandra, 15, holder of the State junior and senior 200 and 400 metres individual medley titles, will restrict herself to medleys. She is also a tentative nominee for the State titles.

RECORD HOPES Promising young breaststroker Clinton Riley is expected to give Greg Cusack’s State junior 100 metres record of 1m 14s a shake. His 200 metres effort against national champion Neil Gynther (2:44.3) last week-end was in Australian class, and Gynther confessed after the race that he would have liked to have won in a slower time. He is not yet fully fit. In this event Riley went through the 100 metres mark in 1m 19.8s – proof that he is in a class of his own in the 14-yearold age group. Backstroker Sue Lewis plans to lower her State 100 metres (1:10.6) and 200 metres (2:33.7) records, and her 2m 34.5s last week-end suggests that the longer distance is well within her capabilities. The performances of Neil Martin, Steven Holland, Debra Curr-Parkes, Mark Tonelli, and Joanne Barnes, who gave such splendid performances in last week-end’s all age carnival, will be particularly interesting. ----------------------------- C.M. Saturday 19 December 1970 LINDA LEFT NO DOUBT Backstroke prospect, Linda Young, 13, twice lowered her 100 metres age record in the Brisbane swimming championships at the Valley Pool last night. After a winning best time of 1m 14.5s – half a second inside her old record – Linda bolted home in the final in 1m 13.4s. She was one of a number of outstanding performers. Rhonda Shapland, 12, swam beautifully over 400 metres of freestyle in a slick 4m 53.4s, and lugged her closest rivals, Karen Enright (4:54.6) and Judy Hudson (4:58.0) under the formidable five minutes barrier. (Results given) ------------------------------- C.M. Monday 21 December 1970 MEDAL TIMES BY JOANNE, JUDITH Joanne Barnes and Judy Hudson re-staged their Saturday night breaststroke swim with another stirring performance at yesterday’s Brisbane championships at the Valley Pool. Joanne, 15, again clocked a spectacular time – 1m 19.5s for 100 metres – and drew Judith, 12, out to a new State age record of 1m 19.6s. On those times either girl would have won a bronze medal at the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games. As both are in full training, their respective national title prospects (next February) must be extremely bright. A total of 28 age records were broken over the three day (seven sessions) meet, and ten of them fell to Arthur Cusack’s St Bernadette’s Club swimmers. The only sour note was the disqualification of promising backstroker Linda Young last night after she led in the 200 metres medley field. Linda uses the controversial “Theile turn” and though she passed all scrutiny to set a 200 metres backstroke record of 2m 39.1s yesterday morning, she was disqualified for an incorrect backstroke turn in the medley. A tearful Linda and an angry coach (Joe King) disputed the ruling. “What are they trying to do,” demanded King. “Drive good youngsters out of the game? The attention they are giving that girl is beyond all reasonable limits.” EIGHT MEDALS Neil Martin, 15, of St Lucia, wound up a satisfactory series by taking the 100 metres butterfly yester-day (65.2sec), and Open 200 metres backstroke last night (65.4sec) in personal best times. This gave him six gold medals, one silver, and one bronze from eight starts. Clinton Riley, 14, was another with happy memories of 1970. When yesterday morning he covered 100 metes of breaststroke in 1m 16.7s, nearly two seconds inside his own State standard, he smashed his thirteenth record for the year.

Last night he claimed the 200 metres medley for his age in the smart time of 2m 29.3s, a mere 0.3sec outside the record. (Results given) -------------------------------- C.M. Wednesday 23 December 1970 SANDRA WILL BE BACK IN SWIMS By Frank O’Callaghan Commonwealth Games swimmer Sandra Smith has made a late decision to contest the State titles and seek selection for the nationals. Sandra, 15, returned from Edinburgh bitterly disappointed with her form and about to drift into retirement. A tentative test swim at the Brisbane championships last week-end influenced her to start a crash training programme for the State titles starting January 14. Sandra was a sensation at the last State titles. She won all breaststroke and medley events (junior and senior) downing Olympic breaststroker Joanne Barnes in the process. And her 200 metres breaststroke time of 2m 46.6s was the fastest in the Commonwealth at the time of the Games selection. BIG CHANGE But she failed to respond to the Commonwealth Games training system in which the entire team was placed under two coaches. For Sandra, a new coach meant a drastic change in her breaststroke technique. Her form rapidly declined until at the Games she swam a pitiful 3m 6.5s, a large20.5sec slower than the time she was selected on. Sandra was shattered. She returned home completely disenchanted with swimming. She trained little, and it was only last week-end’s experiment in a medley event that convinced her to try again. Her coach, Alan Gynther, has her stroking much like her old style and the improvement is apparent. Now it is all work, and the job of winning State selection looks enormous. She has stiff opposition. Miss Barnes, now a senior, is swimming better than ever, as her 2m 49.3s last Saturday night indicates, and there is a new threat, 13-year-old Judith Hudson. Judith has already clocked 2m 53.9s for the 200 metres. She will improve and stand squarely between Sandra and her State junior breaststroke titles. (Photo of Sandra doing butterfly) --------------------------------- C.M. Wednesday 6 January 1971 TOP GERMANS TO SWIM HERE West Germany’s best available swim team will compete in Toowoomba on Saturday February 20, and in Brisbane the following night. Confirmation of this was received by the Queensland Amateur Swimming Association yesterday. The 15-strong team whose names have not yet been released, will arrive in Brisbane on February 19, motor to Toowoomba for an afternoon carnival, and return for a night carnival in Brisbane. The Germans’ Queensland opponents probably include internationals from the south. STRONG TEAM A strong Townsville team, including Commonwealth Games freestyler Helen Gray, will contest the State Age titles which start at the Valley Pool on Friday at 6pm. Miss Gray, 16, will contest freestyle events over 100,200, and 400 metres, 200 metres of backstroke, 200 metres of butterfly, and 200 metres medley. Her coach, Laurie Lawrence, said he hoped to use the next two weeks in Brisbane (the junior and senior titles start tomorrow week) for training sessions. He said the 96 deg Townsville water made it impossible for concentrated training.

FORSYTH OUT Notable absentee from the Townsville squad is Larry Forsyth, 13, who has been ill. Forsyth all but cleaned up his age group last year. Brisbane standard is unusually high, and records are almost certain to fall to Mark Tonelli, Stephen Holland, Neil Martin, Clinton Riley, Rondah Shapland, Judy Hudson, Susan Fraser, and Karen Enright ---------------------------------- C.M. Friday 8 January 1971 SWIM “AGE” REGROUPED The State Age swimming titles at the Valley Pool tonight will be operating under new age grouping. The swimmers from 10 to 15, will use the new definition of their age as at January 1. The definition is used by all Australian States except New South Wales which still uses the old October 1 arbiter. The January 1 concept conforms with the new Australian practice of all year-round swimming. October 1 previously was the beginning of the swimming season. Clinton Riley, who is swimming in the titles as a 15-year-old, is probably one of the best 14-year-old breaststrokers in Australia. Karen Enright, who is the 12 years old 400 metres freestyle and 200 metres butterfly champion, will also swim tonight. --------------------------------- C.M. Saturday 9 January 1971 IPSWICH GIRL IS STATE’S FASTEST By Frank O’Callaghan Susan Fraser, 13, of Ipswich, last night became the fastest woman 200 metres butterfly swimmer the state has produced. Susan, unbeaten in hr age group, cleared off with the State’s 14 Years title at the Valley Pool in 2m 29.5s, or 1.6sec inside Allyson Mabb’s Open record, a time which earned Alyson a bronze medal at last year’s Edinburgh Commonwealth Games. It was a triumph for doggedness and dedication. For the last four years Susan has travelled daily, in the school holidays, from Ipswich to train with Brisbane coach Joe King. In school periods she comes down at week-ends. Susan’s performance overshadowed such splendid efforts as Linda Young’s State 14 Years 100 metres backstroke record of 1m 13.1s, and Judith Hudson’s two record-breaking swims for 100 metres of breaststroke. Judith’s heat time of 1m 22.8s clipped 7sec off the previous record. In the final, though out on her own after 30 metres, she reduced this standard to 1m 20.4s. Talented all-rounder Mark Tonelli had the bitter experience of losing a title and a record on a technicality. Mark, 13, was disqualified for an incorrect touch after 200 metres of butterfly in 2m 29.8s. This was 2sec inside the record. He erred through pushing through the water to touch instead of taking an extra stroke. Commonwealth Games distance freestyler Helen Gray’s winning 100 metes freestyle winning time of 63.7sec was a reverse of accepted procedure. Helen went down the first 50 metres in 32sec and came home faster – 31.7s (Results given) SWIM 31 FOR N.Z. Commercial Amateur Swimming Club officials have named 31 swimmers to leave on Monday for a tour of New Zealand. Under the management of Mr and Mrs A.E.Handley, the party will visit the North Island and take part in seven swimming carnivals over two weeks. ----------------------------------

C.M. Monday 11 January 1971 LAD FAST IN SWIM TITLES Stephen Alanson, 14, last night swam the 100 metres freestyle event in the outstanding time of 59.9sec at the State Age titles at the Valley Pool. Stephen, of St Bernadette’s, set a new age record at the titles with his swim which was 0.8sec faster than the Queensland record. He finished the race well ahead of Colin Everingham of Townsville (1m 0.9s) and John Sanders of Far North Queensland (1m 2.7s). An 11 Years age record was set by Steven Miller of St Bernadette’s, when he competed in the 12 Years and Under 200 metres backstroke. Steven clocked 2m 47.6s when he came second in the race to 12-year-old Robert Thams, of Carina Welfare. Robert’s time was 2m 44.8s. Another of the night’s best performances was Bernadine McCawley’s in the 12 Years and Under 200 metres backstroke. She shot out to an early lead and was never severely challenged during the event. Her time was 2m 47.6s, well in front of second place-getter, Jennifer Lappin (2m 58.2s), and Kathleen Carey (2m 58.5s). ------------------------------ C.M. Tuesday 12 January 1971 THE PACE OF RILEY (Caption over picture of swimmer) St Bernadette’s swimmer Clinton Riley caught by camera as he recorded the fastest time by a Queensland junior for the 20 metres breaststroke at last night’s State Age titles at the Valley Pool. Riley’s time of 2m 41.3s ripped 0.1sec off the previous record held by Greg Cusack, and would have been good enough to win last year’s Australian junior title (won in 2m 44.8s). Riley’s effort was made even more meritorious by the fact he was not extended at any stage to win. Freestyler mark Tonelli had the dubious distinction of beating his own State record for the 14 Years 400 metres, only to be pushed into second place by Commercial’s Stephen Holland. Holland won in 4m 34.3s, and Tonelli recorded 4m 37.7s, against the previous record of 4m 38.4s. Judy Hudson of Leander recorded a Queensland junior record in the 14 Years 200 metres breaststroke with a time of 2m 53.5s, bettering the old record by 4.4sec. Outstanding 11-tear-old prospect Paul Spiro added another gold medal to his already formidable tally of four, with a clear-cut win in the 12 Years 100 metres butterfly. Spiro’s time of 1m 14.6s set yet another Queensland junior record, beating Stephen Holland’s former best of 1m 15.2s. The closest finish last night was in the 14 Years 200 metres breaststroke, when Rodney Buchanan of Townsville just held off the finishing burst of Fortitude’s Brian Doyle. (Results given) C.M. Wednesday 13 January 1971 TOWNSVILLE TOP IN SWIM RELAYS Townsville District teams last night dominated the relay section of the State Age swimming titles at the Valley Pool. Townsville won six of the 12 events, and took 5 seconds and 3 thirds. They also broke two Queensland records, in the 10 Years and Under boys’ 200 metres freestyle, and in the 10 Years and Under 200 metres boys’ medley. In the first event they bettered the record by 1.6sec with a time of 2m 21.1s. In the second they recorded 2m 44.2s, 2.3 sec better than the previous record. It was the final session of the titles.

C.M. Saturday 16 January 1971 SCHOOLBOY TOOK THREE STATE SWIM TITLES By Frank O’Callaghan St Lucia schoolboy Neil Martin won three State swimming titles, two in succession, and set one record in 65 minutes at the Valley Pool last night. Martin, 15, began with the junior 200 metres butterfly title in a State junior resident record o 2m 20.3s – 3/10 sec inside the mark of the then future Olympian, Robert Cusack. After 50 minutes respite he claimed the 100 metres junior freestyle championship in a personal best of 57.3sec, took time out to collect his medal, and returned to take the next event, the 200 metres medley (2m 23.8s). Martin finished the night with a fourth gold medal as the backstroke leg of Leander’s winning medley relay team. American Olympians Mike Burton and Vicki King delighted the public and turned in satisfactory performances considering they are swimming out of season. Burton, the world 800 metres freestyle record holder took the 400 metres event in 4m 19.6s, and the 100 metres butterfly in 60.2sec. HELEN’S BEST Miss King, 18 today, admitted to some concern when Townsville’s Helen Gray led her through the first 200 metres of the 400 metres freestyle. She cut Helen back and touched a clear winner (4m 37s), and helped Helen to a State junior record of 4m 38.6s. This is a 10 second improvement on Helen’s time last summer. However, Helen could not match her Townsville rival Suzanne Anderson, in the junior 200 metres freestyle as Suzanne set a State record of 2m 15.4s. Slender Sue Funch, a classic butterflier, clipped 2/10sec off her Australian junior 100 metres record by clocking 68sec. AGE RECORD She was pushed every inch by 13-year-old Leander club-mate Susan Fraser whose 68.5sec was a State age record and the fastest by a 13-year-old in the country. Breaststroke prodigy Judy Hudson, 13, after bowing to Olympian Joanne Barnes through 200 metres in a State age record of 2m 51.7s, swam the 100 metres merely to win and set another State record of 1m 20.7s. (Results given) -------------------------------- C.M. Monday18 January 1971 GAMES GIRL NOT IN SWIM TEAM By Frank O’Callaghan Commonwealth Games swimmer Sandra Smith last night was omitted from the Queensland team for the national titles in Hobart next month. One week ago no one would have been surprised. But Sandra improved so dramatically in the State titles which ended last night that clearly she is returning to her best form. COAXED BACK She failed dismally at the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games last year and had to be coaxed back to swimming. She picked up so quickly she retained her 400 metres junior medley title last night in a time (5m 34.5s) 9/10sec faster than last year’s win. And this less than half an hour after having retained her 200 metres junior medley title. But the 400 metres medley was the last event of the championships and for some inexplicable reason the side had already been picked. The Team – Men – R.Cusack, R.Dooner, P.Glasziou, N.Gynther, N.Martin, S.McNamee, Jon Van Opdenbosch, and C.Riley.

Women – S.Anderson, J.Barnes, S.Funch, S.Fraser, H.Gray, J.Hudson, S.Lewis and L.Young. MARTIN’S EIGHT Last night at the Valley Pool Neil Martin, 15, picked up two more gold medals to give him eight individual titles from eight starts. He made bigger news when he missed out in the medley relay. He put the team ahead in the backstroke leg, but it gradually slipped back to fourth place. It was the only occasion he swam without taking a gold medal. He claimed 11 in all by sharing in three other relay titles. Breaststroker, Judy Hudson, 12, sprang a shock by downing Olympian Joanne Barnes and taking the Open 100 metres title in the age record time of 1m 15.3s. Miss Barnes gulped water after the turn when Miss Hudson nosed ahead. She swallowed more ten metres out, and stopped swimming. But by then she was clearly beaten. Judy now looms as a strong 100 metres junior national titles hope. YANKS COAST The Americans, Mike Burton and Vicki King, again swam well outside their best times. Burton showed his splendid butterfly technique in winning the 200 metres event in 2m 13.7s But Miss King, though she took the 800 metres freestyle yesterday morning, bowed to Helen Gray over 200 metres of freestyle as Helen ploughed to an age record of 2m 35.2s. Later Miss King could not find a place in the first three of the 200 metres medley field. Sue Funch gathered all butterfly titles (100 and 200 metres junior and senior). (Results given) C.M. Tuesday 2 February 1971 QUEENSLAND’S FOUR RECORDS IN TASMANIA SWIM Hobart – Queensland’s Sue Funch won her heats of the 200 metres butterfly and 200 metres individual medley in Tasmanian record times yesterday at the first session of the national junior swimming championships. However, both times were eclipsed in later heats. Jon Van Opdenbosch (Qld) won his heat of the 200 metres men’s freestyle in the fastest qualifying time of 2:05.3, and Neil Martin (Qld) set a new Tasmanian record for 100 metres junior backstroke of 1:06.2. Another Tasmanian record went to Martin in the heats of the 400 metres individual medley, in which he took 5:09.9. C.M. Wednesday 3 February 1971 QUEENSLAND GIRL DIVER IN WORLD CLASS Hobart – Queensland girl Gaye Morley, 22, dived herself closer to the 1972 Munich Olympics with a world class exhibition in the women’s three-metre event at the Hobart Olympic Pool yesterday. Miss Morley, who won a bronze medal at the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games, won fro Madeline Bollinger (NSW), who also dived in world class. Both girls, if they retain form, should be selected for Munich. Shane Gould, 14, of Sydney, last night equalled Karen Moras’s Australian record of 2:09.8 for the 200 metres freestyle. She finished almost 6sec in front of Sharon Booth (NSW) and Helen Gray (Qld). Queensland girl Susan Funch was only 0.1sec outside her own Australian record set last month in Brisbane in the 200 metres butterfly.

Judith Hudson, of Queensland, won the 200 metres breaststroke in 2:52.9, to set a new Tasmanian open, junior, and Under 14 record, and was only 6.8sec outside Judy Playfair’s Australian time. (Results given – L.Young, S.Fraser, C.Riley and N.Martin were also place-getters) C.M. Saturday 6 February 1971 SUE SLIPPED IN BUTTERFLY TITLE Hobart – Queensland’s Sue Funch was beaten into second place by Maree Robinson (NSW) in the 200 metres women’s butterfly at the Australian Open swimming championships last night. Third was Jane Comerford of N.S.W. Miss Robinson’s time was 2:27.5. In the 200 metres women’s backstroke, Deborah Cain (Vic) won from Lyn Watson (WA) and Sue Lewis (Qld) in 2:28.0. Former Queenslander, Shane Gould, won the 400 metres freestyle in 4:26.2, beating Olympian Karen Moras and Karen’s younger sister, Narelle Moras. DIVING New South Wales title-holder, Madeline Bollinger, took the women’s highboard championship. Queensland’s Gaye Morley was second, only two points ahead of Beverley Donnett of Victoria. Sue Funch, of Queensland, won the 100 metres junior butterfly title earlier this week in 1:08.1, only 0.1sec outside her own junior and open national record, and should keep N.S.W. girls Jane Comerford and Maree Robinson at bay. (Results given) -------------------------------- C.M. Monday 8 February 1971 SHANE STAR AS 23 RECORDS SET Hobart – State swimmers smashed Australian records yesterday in all but two events on the programme – the last session of the Open titles. During the three-day meet, 23 Australian records were shattered, 11 of them yesterday afternoon. Top record-breaker and the bright star of the championships was 14-year-old Sydney schoolgirl Shane Gould. (The write-up does not include mention of any Queenslanders. Overall results were given) -------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 16 February 1971 WENDEN MAY SWIM AGAINST GERMANS Queensland Amateur Swimming Association hopes to bring Olympic 100 and 200 metres freestyle champion Michael Wenden to Queensland to swim against the West German tourists. The Germans will swim against a Queensland side in Toowoomba on Saturday afternoon, and again at the Valley Pool on Sunday night. Wenden the greatest freestyler Australia has produced would provide thrilling competition for Gerhard Schiller, a 53.7sec swimmer who clocked 54.2 in competition in Melbourne last Saturday night. OVERSEAS TEAM Queensland butterfly swimmer Sue Funch, the national senior and junior champion, is a strong contender for the side which is expected to compete in England, Sweden, Germany, and possibly Russia, late this month. Her prospects would improve if she could beat West Germany’s Heike Nagel, who last Saturday night set and Australian 100 metres record of 66.7sec. Miss Nagel clipped 0.1se off the record of Olympic champion Lyn McClements.

Miss Nagel, like Miss Funch, is a butterfly stylist. Capable of extending both girls is 13-year-old Sue Fraser of Ipswich. The Toowoomba carnival will start at 4pm, and the Brisbane one at 7.30pm. ENGLISH HOPE Included in the Queensland side is breaststroker Nigel Johnson, a recently migrated Englishman living in Townsville, who gained a bronze medal for England in the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games last year. At the recent national titles in Hobart Johnson finished second over 200 metres to the new champion, Paul Jarvie. The Queensland team is – Men – N.Martin, A.Sheahan, R.Cusack, John Van Opdenbosch, Josse Van Opdenbosch, P.Glasziou, N.Johnson, N.Gynther, an L.Dooner. Women – S.Funch. S.Fraser, S.Lewis, S.Anderson, L.Young, J.Barnes, and D.Charlton. --------------------------------- C.M. Thursday 18 February 1971 (Picture of Christine Schwarz, 14, celebrating her selection in the Queensland side yesterday with a full-scale butterfly workout at the Valley Pool yesterday. Christine, a champion age medley swimmer and butterfly specialist, has come into the side to swim against the West German team following the withdrawal of Queensland medley champion, Sandra Smith) WENDEN TO RACE WEST GERMANS Olympic dual gold medallist Michael Wenden will swim against the West German team at the Valley Pool on Sunday night. Wenden, invited for two meets – there is one in Toowoomba on Saturday afternoon – is available only for Brisbane. He will contest the 100 metres freestyle. Wenden’s chief opponent, German 100 metres champion Gerhard Schiller, has clocked 53.7sec for the distance. That figure was Wenden’s Australian record until he reduced it by 0.1sec in Hobart last Sunday week. THREE OUT Townsville all-rounder Christine Schwarz and Brisbane backstroke specialist Margaret McCawley have been brought into the Queensland team for the Toowoomba and Valley meets after three withdrawals. Freestyler Helen Gray, all-rounder Sandra Smith, and breaststroker Joanne Barnes are out of the side. They set themselves for the national titles and stopped training immediately after. Queensland backstroke champion Sue Lewis will attack the Queensland resident and open 100 metres records on Sunday night. The resident record of 69.3sec is held by Sheila Rose, and the open record of 68.9sec by Olympian Lyn Watson. She clocked 69.7sec to take the bronze medal at the national titles, and her coach, Arthur Cusack, says she is ready to collect both State records. “LOOKED GREAT” “She looked great in Bundaberg last week-end,” Cusack said last night. “Her 33.1sec for the 50 metres was one of the fastest she has put in.” She will have three German girls nudging her along – the national champion Angelika Kraus, Karen Bormann, and Slike Pielen. Queensland junior champion Linda Young should figure strongly in the finish. -------------------------------.

C.M. Saturday 20 February 1971 GERMAN SWIMMERS HERE FOR TWO MEETS Write-up of the performances of the visiting West German swimmers. Mrs Nagel reduced the Australian 100 metres butterfly mark to 66.8sec in Melbourne last Sunday, and today faces Australian junior and senior champion, Sue Funch. Good performances by Sue will put her into the Australian team to tour Europe, starting in April. Freestyler Dianne Charlton has withdrawn from the Queensland team and has been replaced by Rondah Shapland. (This Christian name was written Rhonda in the newspaper reports, but my spelling is from the Shapland family. It was hoped she would be “Ron”. Ed) Another new Queensland team member is Sue Raeburn of Southport, who won a bronze medal in the Australian junior championships. --------------------------------- C.M. Monday 22 February 1971 IT TOOK A RECORD TO BEAT OUR SUE By Frank O’Callaghan Queensland butterfly star, Sue Funch, virtually swam her way into the Australian team by pushing West Germany’s Heike Nagel to an Australian record last night. Sue, 15, gave the German champion, 25, the race of her life over 100 metres at the Valley Pool. Mrs Nagel clocked an Australian record of 66.4sec. Sue’s 66.6sec – 1.1sec inside her previous best – also bettered the previous record – the 66.7sec Mrs Nagel set in Melbourne last Saturday night. It was an automatic junior record. The 12-strong Australian team to tour Europe next April-May will be chosen next Friday night. Sue’s selection should now be a formality. A genuine stylist she went down the first 50 metres leg in 31.4sec, turned a fraction behind Mrs Nagel, and in characteristic driving finish very nearly snatched victory. Later, after a gruelling 200 metres medley swim, Sue took off in the butterfly leg of the medley relay, a body’s length clear of Mrs Nagel and did not lose an inch. WENDEN UP Olympic 100 metres freestyle champion Michael Wenden pulled out all stops to down the German Record-holder (53.7ssec) Gerhard Schiller with a blistering burst down the last leg. Schiller changed lanes for the race so that he would have the “look” on Wenden in the last lap. What he saw must have demoralised him. Wenden muffed his turn and Schiller led him out of the wall by three-quarters of a body length. Another 20 metres and Wenden was clear. He surged on to touch in the State record time of 54sec, or 1.1sec ahead of the German. The poor turn almost certainly prevented Wenden from breaking the national record. Wenden’s daily training routine is a mere mile and a quarter. As a former world record-holder (52.2sec) he said that given a solid winter preparation, the world record of 51.9sec should not be beyond him. TIRED The West Germans, feeling the effects of their demanding tour, set only three more records – two Queensland and one Australian. Breaststroker Walter Kusch reduced the State 100 metres mark to 69.3sec, and relaxed freestyler Werner Lampe the State 400 metres record to 4m 11.9s. The 400 metres medley relay team chopped 3.7sec off the Australian standard by swimming 4m 4.6s.

An outstanding Queensland performance was 13-year-old Linda Young’s 100 metres of backstroke in 69.9sec – 2.6sec inside her previous best. (Results given) -------------------------------- C.M. Monday 22 March 1971 TALBOT IS TOUR COACH Sydney – The Australian Swimming Union last night elected Sydney’s Olympic coach, Don Talbot, to coach the 12-member Australian swim team to tour Europe next month. Mr Roger Smith, Secretary of the Tasmanian Swimming Association, is the manager, and South Australian official, Mrs B.Rhonda, will be the chaperone. The team is Graham Windeatt, Paul Jarvie, Greg Rogers, Neil Rogers, Brad Cooper, Karen Moras, Shane Gould, Debbie Cain, Sue Funch, Bev Whitfield, Maree Robinson, and Jane Comerford.

Courier Mail September 1971 MAY NOT SEND TEAM SWIM ASSOCIATION “GOING BROKE” Commonwealth champion Graham White may not be able to swim in the Australian championships and Olympic Games selection trials in Brisbane next February. Australian champion and Olympic medal hope Debbie Cain also will be struggling to get to Brisbane. So will Don Wagstaff, Commonwealth and Australian diving champion. The reason – The Victorian Amateur Swimming Association says it is going broke. ----------------------------- C.M. Thursday 7 October 1971 CHERMSIDE SWIM PLAN The Chermside Olympic Amateur Swimming Club has undertaken one of the most ambitious competition programmes attempted in Brisbane. The Club will sponsor swimming competitions on November 5, 6, and 7, among twenty five schools in the area in primary and secondary divisions. The schools in the primary division which will be divided into two sections include Aspley, Geebung, Wavell Heights, Virginia, Zillmere, St Dympna (Aspley), Our lady of Angels, Padua Juniors, St Anthony’s, and Kedron. Events in the B division will be run on November 5, and the A division on the following day. Both competitions will start at 7pm. The schools competing in the secondary division on November 7 at 7pm include Aspley, Banyo, Everton Park, Hendra, Wavell Heights, Kedron, Pine Rivers, Woolloowin, Padua, and St Alverina. ----------------------------- C.M. Thursday 7 October 1971 CHERMSIDE SWIM PLAN Chermside Olympic Amateur Swimming Club has undertaken one of the most ambitious competition programmes attempted in Brisbane. The Club will sponsor swimming competitions on November 5, 6, and 7, among 25 schools in the area in primary and secondary divisions. Schools in the primary division, which will be run in two sections, include Aspley, Geebung, Wavell Heights, Virginia, Zillmere, St Dympna’s (Aspley), Our Lady of Angels, Padua (juniors), St Anthony’s, and Kedron. Events in the B division will be run on November 5, and in the A division the following day. Both competitions will start at 7pm. Schools competing in the secondary division on November 7 at 7pm include, Banyo, Aspley, Everton Park, Hendra, Kedron, Wavell, Pine Rivers, Wooloowin, Padua, and Mt Alvernia. ------------------------------- C.M. Saturday 13 November 1971 FIVE OLYMPIC SWIM HOPES Five genuine Olympic swim team prospects will compete tonight at a three-way meet at the Valley Pool. Leander, Fortitude, and Redcliffe Clubs clash in a packed programme starting at 6.30pm. Leander has four possible Olympians in butterflier and medley swimmer Sue Funch, breaststroker Judy Hudson, backstroker Linda Young, and Neil Martin (backstroke and medley). Redcliffe has high hopes for 15-year-old Clinton Riley. Riley, 4 inches taller and a stone heavier than last year, has gained strength accordingly.

Miss Funch, the national butterfly champion and holder of the Commonwealth 200 metres record (2m 23.6s) is training strongly. Her best 100 metres time (65.9sec) is the fastest for 1971. C.M. Monday 20 December 1971 THAT RECORD NOW A HABIT Carina swimmer Stephen Holland last night broke the Queensland 14 Years 400 metres freestyle record for the third time in three days. Competing in the metropolitan championships at the Valley Pool, Holland followed Jon Van Opdenbosch and Paul Glasziou to the line in the men’s open 400 metres with a time of 4m 27.6s. Holland had reduced the record in his heat and final of the 14 Years event. Other Queensland records were set by Paul Spiro who led Fortitude Club teammate Michael Crouch and Ashley Ven De Velde to take the 12 Years 100 metres butterfly title in1m 11.8s, and Mark Tonelli who recorded 1m 07.8s in the 14 Years 100 metres butterfly. FOURTEEN RECORDS Fourteen State age record were broken during the two-day championships. Clinton Riley, of Redcliffe, equalled the Australian 200 metres breaststroke record established by Ian O’Brien of New South Wales in 1962. He also won the Tindall Trophy for the highest number of aggregate points gained during the championships. (Results given) ------------------------------------ C.M. Friday 31 December 1971 SWIM TITLES CHANGE By Frank O’Callaghan The State junior swimming division has been abolished, and next week’s State titles will be a mixture of age group and open events. The championships start at the Valley Pool tomorrow week, and continue until Saturday January 16. All competitors up to 16 years who were previously juniors will now be age group performers. For the last seven years age group championships have been held independent of the senior and junior titles. The combined senior and junior championships were of three days duration, and the age group covered five days. The new system, spread over nine days, has the backing of most coaches, who see a junior division of little importance internationally. It is believed Queensland’s move will lead to the abolition of the Australian Junior Championships. The Australian junior and senior championships will be held in Brisbane in February – the junior on February 7 and 8, and the senior from February 11 to 14. Promising breaststroker Clinton Riley last night clipped 7/10 sec off the State junior resident 100 metres record of Greg Cusack in a special record-breaking attempt at the Redcliffe Olympic Pool. --------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 4 January 1972 THIRTY FIVE TRAIN IN MOTEL POOL By Frank O’Callaghan Townsville’s star swimming squad preparing for the State titles are unsung victims of cyclone Althea. The squad which includes at least three Olympic aspirants, has, since Althea struck on Christmas Eve, been forced to train in a motel pool 20 yards long by 10 feet

Coach Laurie Lawrence reports that the knuckles of his swimmers are red raw from bashing the sides of the pool. “It was the only pool available, said Lawrence, “We were thankful for it, but to fit in my 35, each swimmer had to be actually touching the heels in front of him when training.” The squad returned to its regular training venue, the Kokoda Memorial Pool, yesterday. STRONG HOPES On Thursday they leave for the titles which start at the Valley Pool on Saturday. Lawrence believes that freestylers Helen Gray and Suzanne Anderson, and breaststroker Nigel Johnson, are strong Olympic team hopes. He sees Suzanne as a State sprint champion with the potential to break the minute at the national titles in mid February. The State championships will run from Saturday, to Sunday January 16. In a departure from normal procedures, finals mid-week will be swum in the first hour of each session which starts at 6.30pm. The rest of the programme will be devoted to heats for the following night’s finals. At week-ends heats will be swum in the mornings starting at 9am, and the finals that evening except on January 16 when finals will begin at 2pm. ------------------------------- C.M. Wednesday 5 January 1972 CENTRAL QUEENSLAND THIRTY FIVE IN SWIM Central Queensland will be entering a record 35 swimmers in the State swimming championships on Saturday. Mr Neil Douglas, coach for 23 of the swimmers, said that it was largest team entered in 10 years. He hopes it will bring Central Queensland out of the swimming doldrums of the last seven years. Most of the team arrived here last Sunday, and started training on Monday. The remainder will be here tomorrow. Mr Douglas said the team had been training for about five months, and was tapering off now. The contingent is training at the Valley Pool. BEST CHANCES Mr Douglas said best chances were Margaret Born, 16, of Rockhampton, in breaststroke, Marilyn Keefer, 12, Emerald (backstroke), Grant Morris, 11 (butterfly), Susan McLeod, 12, Rockhampton (freestyle), and Kathy Pearson, 11, (breaststroke). ----------------------------------- C.M. Saturday 8 January 1972 ASTHMA BLOW TO SWIMMER By Frank O’Callaghan Townsville breaststroke swimmer and Welsh Commonwealth Games representative Nigel Johnson may have to withdraw from the State championships which start at the Valley Pool today. Johnson, the national winter 200 metres champion, has asthma and needs a quick recovery if he is to contest the 200 metres heats on Monday night. He stayed at home rather than come down with the Townsville contingent on Thursday. Unlike the other Townsville teammates - Helen Gray and Suzanne Anderson – Johnson is not aiming to make the Australian Olympic Games team, but the Welsh one. As a Welshman he is ineligible for the Australian side.

RECORD HERE Johnson, at 16, was a breaststroke finalist at the 1970 Commonwealth Games where he collected a bronze medal in the medley relay. He has improved considerably since coming to Australia where he has set a 200 metres record of 2m 33.7s, and finished second to Paul Jarvie in the 1970-71 200 metres summer national title at Hobart. He won the winter title which Jarvie did not contest in Brisbane last August. Though Johnson has already swum the qualifying times for the national titles, he needs the competition at the State championships to prepare him for the nationals and Olympic trials in Brisbane next month. Should he win a place in the Welsh Olympic team, Johnson will have to find only half his fare home to Wales. His old schoolmaster has raised the other half. With Johnson a doubtful starter, Townsville’s big State gold medal hopes rest on freestylers Helen Gray and Suzanne Anderson. Suzanne is essentially a sprinter, but Helen will tackle all events from the 100 metres to the 1500 metres. Since last August they have logged 800 miles in training. Their coach Laurie Lawrence will keep them training 10 miles a day throughout the week long State titles. ----------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 11 January 1972 KEPT TITLE IN FASTER TIME By Frank O’Callaghan Queensland’s international butterfly swim star, Sue Funch, swam 3.2sec outside her best time at the Valley Pool last night, yet reduced her Queensland record by 1.5sec. Sue, 16, retained the State title in 2m 26.8s. Last May in Germany she clocked 2m 23.6s. This is 1.2sec inside American Ellie Daniels national record, but Australia’s crazy swim laws, while recognising Sue’s overseas time as a Queensland resident record, do not see it as a Queensland and Australian record. The 200 metres of butterfly is a lung-tearing swim at any time. Last night’s swim was done after a three-mile training swim that morning. GAMES POINTER Posting a time believed to be the fastest in Australia this summer is an encouraging pointer to Sue’s Olympic team prospects. She fairly flew through the first 100 metres in 69.8sec, slid back to 39sec for the third lap, and came home in 38sec. The butterfly title following her 200 and 400 metres medley wins means for Sue, three gold medals from three starts. In four starts Margaret Born has collected two bronze and one silver medal. She struck gold for herself and Rockhampton in the 15 and 16 Years medley, holding out such redoubtable performers as Townsville’s Suzanne Anderson and Scarborough’s Leanne Francis in 2m 35.4s. Mark Tonelli, a 14-year-old of unlimited potential, collected his fourth medal – his first gold – with a record-breaking 100 metres of backstroke. ------------------------------- C.M. Wednesday 12 January 1972 TWO MORE QUEENSLAND OLYMPIC HOPES BY Frank O’Callaghan Breaststroke swimmers Judy Hudson and Neil Gynther joined Queensland’s growing band of Olympic team hopefuls. Each claimed State titles in most impressive style. Judy, 13, downed 1968 Olympian Joanne Barnes over 100 metres, and Gynther, considered a fading former national champion, turned in his best 200 metres time. Judy gave Joanne four years of experience and it was she who looked the poised performer. It was not the true Miss Barnes she tackled. Joanne’s 1m 20.9s was a deep disappointment, 0.6sec slower than her heat-winning time on

Monday night. She tried to steal the race, jumped to an early lead, and turned 2 feet ahead of Judy. When Judy came at her, knifing beautifully through the water, Joanne had none of her customary kick. Judy obeyed orders. Coach Joe King ordered an easy first lap and a storming finish. Neil Gynther the 1969 and 1970 200 metres national champion, and shameful omission from the 1970 Commonwealth Games team, has trained only spasmodically since, yet his 2m 35.2s knocked 1.2sec off his previous best. National butterfly champion, Sue Funch, apparently dissatisfied with her crop of ‘fly and medley gold medals, cleared of with the 200 metres freestyle title, her first-ever freestyle championship. She nudged out Townsville’s Suzy Anderson and Helen Gray, both of whom showed signs of their heavy training. (Results given – picture of timekeepers at the finish) C.M. Thursday 13 January 1972 CHANGE IN SWIM TEAM SELECTION The Queensland swimming team for the Australian titles will be chosen by the selectors – not by swimmers reaching a pre-determined standard. At a meeting on January 6, the Queensland Amateur Swimming Association Council decided that anyone swimming an Australian qualifying time would be included in the team for next month’s titles. The Council since had received legal advice on the decision, Chairman of Council and chief referee (Mr George Bennett said yesterday. “The Council’s decision was only a recommendation. It is not binding on selectors. Correct legal opinions were obtained, and this was the outcome,” he said. “The way it was performing did not seem practical and was becoming too complicated,” he said. It was the first time this method of selection had been suggested by the Council. The Queensland team will be announced when the Queensland titles at the Valley Pool end on Sunday night. The Australian titles are the basis of selection for the Olympic team. --------------------------------- C.M. Friday 14 January 1972 GRAY SMASHES GOULD’S RECORD Townsville and Commonwealth Games swimmer Helen Gray smashed Shane Gould’s Queensland open 200 metres freestyle record in the Queensland championships at the Valley Pool last night. She timed 2m 10.7s, cutting half a second off Gould’s time. This is the second fastest time for the event recorded in Australia. (Shane Gould holds the Australian and world record in this event) The race was close to the 150 metres mark when the three place-getters, Helen Gray, Leanne Francis, and Suzy Anderson, turned together. Gray, the slightly stronger swimmer, pulled away in the last 50 metres to win by 0.7sec from Francis. Fortitude Valley swimmer, Mark Tonelli, broke an age record in the boys’ 15 and 16 Years 200 metres backstroke. He timed 2m 22.5s and won by more than 5sec from Mark Dixon. In the heats of tonight’s finals, Stephen Holland broke the 14 Years age record. (Results given) ---------------------------------

C.M. Saturday 15 January 1972 FUNCH CUTS STATE BUTTERFLY RECORD By Frank O’Callaghan International butterfly swimmer Sue Funch sliced 2/5sec off the State 100 metres butterfly record s she retained her State title at the Valley Pool last night. Her time of 66sec erased the old mark by German Heike Nagel, and was only 1.9sec outside American Alice Jones world record. Yet Sue, 16, was not happy. “I wanted to go a second faster and better Shane Gould’s new national time of 65.1sec,” Sue said. She may well have done that had her coach, Joe King, had given her the break from training she sought yesterday. But King, who is determined to put Sue into the Olympic team, ordered three and three quarter miles of training. BIG RACE Should Shane Gould decide to tackle the national 100 metres butterfly championship in Brisbane next month, it could be the race of the series. It is the only event in which Miss Gould might expect tough competition, and Sue, properly tapered, would certainly better Shane’s national standard. Neil Gynther, although he expresses dissatisfaction with his 100 metres breaststroke time of 1m 12.7s, enhanced his Olympic prospects and tugged 16-year-old Clinton Riley to a State record of 1m 12.9s. Riley also is not out of Olympic calculations. In seven starts this series he has collected five gold medals and two silver. (Results given) ---------------------------------- C.M. Monday 17 January 1972 TEN MEDALS TO RILEY IN SWIMS By Frank O’Callaghan Redcliffe all-rounder Clinton Riley took eight individual gold medals and two silvers out of the State swim titles which ended at the Valley Pool yesterday. In his tenth individual event yesterday, the 16 Years 100 metres freestyle, Riley, 15, claimed the title in 58.4sec. He won every event he contested in his age group, and when he moved into open company for his specialty stroke, breaststroke, he collected two silver medals. Two more gold and two silver medals in yesterday’s relays meant a total haul of ten gold and four silver. Clearly he was the outstanding performer of the championships, and as such won the E.J.Davis Memorial trophy. International butterflier Sue Funch won the prized David Theile Trophy for the swimmer closest to world standard with her State record-breaking 66sec for 100 metres on Friday night. This was only 1.9sec outside American Alice Jones world record. The Malcolm Munro Memorial Trophy for the best 11-year-old all-rounder went to Townsville’s Peter Cussens. SECOND BEST Yesterday’s outstanding performer, Leanne Francis, edged closer to Olympic team consideration with another slashing 100 metres of freestyle. She claimed the 16 Years title in 61.9sec, 0.o1sec faster than her Open winning time on Saturday night. Leanne thus became the fastest woman freestyler in the country, excluding world champion Shane Gould. It was the potential 1976 Olympian who set the records yesterday. Carina dynamo, Stephen Holland, in finishing in fourth place in the Open 800 metres freestyle, set a new standard for 14-year-olds of 9m 3.2s. Mark Tonelli, 14, of Kalinga, who has specialised this last month in cracking backstroke records, flounced into second place behind David Unwin in

the 200 metres butterfly for 15 and 16 Years in a dazzling age record of 2m 23.9s. Then there was Paul Spiro, at 13, already a classic breaststroker who knifed through 200 metres in 2m 53.8s, and Kerry Grogan reducing the 14 Years 200 metres butterfly standard to 2m 23.9s. TEAM TONIGHT The Queensland team to contest the Australian championships will be announced tonight. Originally it was thought that any swimmer who qualified for the nationals would be chosen. But such was the standard of the championships that this estimate will have to be trimmed. GAYE STILL BEST DIVER Gaye Morley, Queensland’s leading contender for a national title, retained her tower and three-metre State titles at the Queensland diving titles at the Centenary Pool yesterday. She is already Australian three-metre champion. Morley also won the women’s Open one-metre with 397.6 points from Lorraine Bauman. Bauman is attempting a comeback to diving after competing in the Tokyo Olympic Games. Jane Stuart, 14 of Ascot, successfully defended her women’s junior three-metre title from Denise Baker and Jane Dawson. She also won the Under 14 one-metre from Clair O’Connor (Goondiwindi), and the Under 16 titles. Qualifiers for selection in the Queensland team are – Gavin Pascoe, Gaye Morley, Jane Stuart, Glen Binny, Denise Baker, Jane Dawson, and Judith Sherry. --------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 8 January 1972 TWO BOYS, 14, IN SENIOR SWIMS By Frank O’Callaghan Two 14-year-old boys, Mark Tonelli and Stephen Holland, have been included in the Queensland senior team for the Australian swimming championships at the Valley Pool next month. Holland is a tireless distance freestyler who finished third in the State 1500 metres championship in 17m 12.4s, nearly 1m 6s inside the qualifying time for the nationals. Tonelli, the backstroke and butterfly champion in his age group, collected a sheaf of records during the titles. Both boys have also been chosen in the State side for the junior national titles at the Valley. The junior nationals will be on February 7 and 8, and the senior titles and Olympic team trials on February 11, 12, and 13. FROM CENTRAL QUEENSLAND All-rounder Margaret Born, winner of the three gold medals last week, is the first senior State representative from Rockhampton in many years. Townsville’s Suzy Anderson, 14, and Helen Gray 15, Olympic team hopefuls, are available for the junior titles only, as relay swimmers. Suzy is aiming for a place in the Olympic team as a sprinter, and Helen as a sprinter or distance freestyler Helen also will tackle the 200 metres butterfly, an event she did not contest at the Queensland championships.

BEST HOPES Queensland’s best Olympic hopes are freestylers Leanne Francis and Helen Gray, breaststrokers Joanne Barnes and Judy Hudson, butterflier Sue Funch, and backstroker Sue Lewis. All-rounder Neil Martin and breaststrokers Neil Gynther and Clinton Riley, are somewhat lesser prospects. The Teams – The team for the junior titles is – Men – S.Allanson, R.Buchanan, J.Dixon, M.Dixon, G.Dixon, R.Frederickson, S.Holland, L.Melisano, D.Unwin, G.Patching, C.Riley, M.Tonelli, D.Oswin, C.Wooldridge. Women – M.Born, D.Curr-Parkes, L.Francis, S.Fraser, D.Handley, C.Hudson, J.Hudson, D.Harvey, D.Lee Long, B.McCawley, S.Raeburn, C.Schwarz, J.Wanklyn, L.Young, S.Yost. Senior team – Men – G.Cussack, J.Gardiner, P.Glasziou, N.Gynther, R.Gynther, S.Holland, N.Martin, C.Riley, M.Tonelli, J Van Opdenbosch Women – S.Anderson, S.Barnes, M.Born, D.Curr-Parkes, S.Funch, L.Francis, S.Fraser, H.Gray, J.Hudson, D Lee Long, S.Lewis, M.McCawley, C.Schwarz, J.Wanklyn, L.Young, S.Yost. ----------------------------- C.M. Wednesday 26 January 1972 COACH IS CONFIDENT FOR OLYMPIC TRIALS Townsville’s swim coach Laurie Lawrence is tipping his two national title freestyle contenders to nudge the minute at the championships next month. The championships, which are also the Olympic swim team trials, will be held at the Valley Pool from February 11 to 13. Only two Australian girls have broken the minute – Dawn Fraser and Shane Gould. Lawrence coaches Suzy Anderson and Helen Gray, both of whom have been swimming up to 11 miles a day in training, even through the State championships. Lawrence has been easing both girls recently and their training times have improved remarkably. Lawrence yesterday revealed Miss Gray’s times over 16 successive 100 metres swims with a 60 second respite between each. Eight of the swims were timed at 64.5sec, and all the others were under 66sec. Miss Anderson performed a similar routine, and all but three of her times were a shade over 65secs. ---------------------------------- C.M. Saturday 29 January 1972 WATER POLO AMBITION The strong Tugun Club will attempt to win its sixth successive A Grade water polo grand final when it meets Fortitude at the Valley Pool tomorrow afternoon. Six of the seen Tugun players are State representatives, including State captain Jim Curran, and Valley’s A Grade cricketer, Ron Fingleton. Also in the team are prominent swimmer Neil Gynther, and State team goalkeeper Tony West. The younger Fortitude side have three State men. They are leading swimmer Josse Van Opdenbosch, Peter Beeston, and former Victorian representative Brian Mellon. Players on both sides will be attempting to gain a place in the State team to contest the national titles at Musgrave Park Pool from February 5 to 13. Tomorrow’s A Grade final will start at 4 o’clock will be preceded by the second grade final between Army and University. --------------------------------------

C.M. Tuesday 1 February 1972 OLYMPIC HOPE HIT BY EAR INFECTION By Frank O’Callaghan Olympic swim team hope Helen Gray of Townsville will consult a doctor today about infected ears which are hindering her training. Helen, who is completing her training in Brisbane, had to cut her schedule by half, to five miles, yesterday. Her coach, Laurie Lawrence, is not yet perturbed about the loss. “Helen and her teammate Suzy Anderson have started to taper for the titles,” Lawrence said last night. “Today’s break from training will do her no harm. It is just that we do not want to take any chances about her ears with the titles so close.” Helen and Suzy have reduced their weekly training log from 77 miles to a maximum of 30 miles this week. Both girls are expected to perform spectacular sprint times, and Lawrence is anticipating a thrilling 200 metres freestyle clash between his girls and Shane Gould. At the State championships two weeks ago, Helen, in the middle of a demanding training programme clocked 2m 10.8s – only 5sec outside Shane’s world record. Helen is such a fierce competitor, that when fully tapered and with Shane to chase, she may well make up that 5 sec. The retirement of Olympic butterfly champion Lyn McClements greatly enhances the team prospects of Queenslander Sue Funch. Sue is another Queenslander expected to shake a world mark – the 64.1sec for 100 metres of American Ella Daniel. The first interstate visitor for the titles, West Australian John Kalasulu, has reached Brisbane. The 6ft 3in 15-year old Kalasulu, holds his State’s senior freestyle titles and records from 200 to 1500 metres. His times of 2m 2.7s (200m), and 4m 17.4 (400m), underline his great potential. ---------------------------- C.M. Thursday 3 February 1972 HE AIMS TO SWIM FOR BRITAIN OLYMPIC BID IN VALLEY TITLES By Frank O’Callaghan All of Australia’s best swimmers, but one, next week at the Australian titles at the Valley Pool will be striving for places in the Australian Olympic team. Odd man out is Nigel Johnson of Townsville. His Olympic team rivals are 8000 miles away, immersed in winter training. Johnson will be aiming for a place in the British Olympic team. He is 18, Welsh born, and is the Australian winter 200 metres breaststroke champion. Because he was a Welsh representative at the 1970 Commonwealth Games, he is not eligible for the Australian team. (Further hopes and predictions were recorded) ---------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 8 February 1972 SHANE SETS NEW AUST. RECORD By Frank O’Callaghan World swim champion Shane Gould smashed her Australian 400 metres freestyle record at the Valley Pool last night, and promptly promised a world record attempt on Friday night. Shane, 15, retained her junior title in 4m 23.5s, which is 0.3sec inside her national record, and only 2.3sec outside her world mark. Unlucky girl of the 100 metres was Scarborough’s Leanne Francis who clung to Shane throughout until the last ten metres when she twice fouled the ropes with successive strokes. She touched in 62sec, the same time as Debbie Cain, but had to settle for third spot.

Had she steered a better course, Leanne would have won a silver medal, a personal best time was a friendly recognition from the Olympic team selectors. Other outstanding Queenslanders last night were breaststroker Clinton Riley, breaststroker Judy Hudson, both champions, and backstrokers Mark Tonelli and Linda Young, and the gold medal winning freestyle relay team. Riley’s 200 metres title win in 2m 36.3s clipped half a second off the national junior record he shared with former Olympic champion Ian O’Brien. His great breaststroke leg later earned him a silver medal in the 400 metres medley, and he finished the night as anchor man for the State’s champion freestyle relay team. Miss Hudson, 13, eased tired legs through 75 metres of her 100 metres swim, and won the title as she liked. Her time of 1m 19.9s, in these circumstances, says much for her senior championships winning prospects. Miss Young claimed a bronze medal for the 200 metres of backstroke, and Tonelli a silver for the 100 metres. But Linda’s 2m 26.1s behind Miss Cain (2m 25.4s) and South Australia surprise packet Debbie Palmer (2m 25.5s) was a State senior resident record. Tonelli hauled his 7stone 7 pounds over 100 metres in 65sec to break the State Under 15 record for the eighth time since mid December. He bowed only to the champion, Bob Williams (63.5sec). C.M. Wednesday 9 February 1972 SHANE, ALL ALONE, STILL NEAR RECORD By Frank O’Callaghan Another lonely swim at the Valley Pool last night cost Shane Gould another world freestyle record by half a second. Shane effortlessly retained her national junior 200 metres freestyle title in 2m 6.3s, the second best time ever recorded by a woman, but half a second away from her world record. She smashed Helen Gray’s State record by 4.4sec. There was a repeat performance in last night’s freestyle relay, when Shane ploughed past Leanne Francis in a 100 metres in an unofficial time of 58.9sec. Later when she had designs on the world 100 metres butterfly record she was thwarted by a series of frustrations. At first West Australian Ann-Maree Tomerinie broke, but so finely the starter Ray Bolland fired his recall too late to prevent the girls covering about 10 metres until halted by a dropped rope. Then, when all were poised for a second start, a voice called “go” and Shane with arms swinging in an abortive attempt to hold back, toppled into the water. Came a mass warning against the next one who might break, and all incentive for a world record had drained from Shane. Clinton Riley, Mark Tonelli, and Linda Young set new State standards. GAMES BOOST Miss Young enhanced her Olympic team prospects by pushing the national backstroke champion and record-holder, Debbie Cain, to a hairline decision over 100 metres. Her time of 69.4sec, which was 1/5sec behind Miss Cain, meant a State junior record. Judy Hudson, in winning the 200 metres title bagged the breaststroke double but she was not happy with her 2m 51s.Innisfail second place-getter, Denise Lee Long was delighted with her 2m 53.1s, her personal best by two seconds. Judy was her own pacemaker last night, a role she is not yet equipped for. She is at her best with someone to chase, such as Beverley Whitfield or Joanne Barnes. (Results given) UNIQUE LAST DIVE BY QUEENSLAND GIRL TOOK TITLE A unique dive – a triple twisting one and a half somersault – won the Australian three-metre springboard title for Queensland’s Gaye Morley at the Centenary Pool yesterday. It was the last dive of the 10-dive Women’s Open three-metre final. Miss Morley knew she had to produce her most spectacular dive to pull back a slight points lead held after the ninth dive by Sydney’s Madeline Barnett. She

chose the triple twisting one because of its high degree of difficulty which carries maximum points. Her execution of the final dive was almost perfect, earning her near maximum points and giving her the title for the second successive year. ONLY WOMAN Miss Morley is the only woman in Australia who can perform the triple-twist one and a half on the three-metre board. Yesterday’s win gives her Olympic Games selection chances a big boost, and if she can repeat the victory in the high board final on Friday, she is almost certain of selection. Miss Barnett gave a courageous performance considering the accident at the week-end in which she hit a board during training and broke her nose. Yesterday she dived with her nose taped and with both eyes blackened. She will have the nose set when she returns to Sydney after the titles. Victorian Donald Wagstaff retained his Open men’s three-metre title with a runaway win. Wagstaff scored 558.98 points from Ken Grove (NSW) with 507.9 points. There was a terrific battle between Ian Nichols (Victoria) and Queensland’s Gavin Pascoe before Nichols took third place with 463.89 points. Pascoe scored 463.17. ----------------------------------- C.M. Saturday 12 February 1972 FIRST AUSTRALIAN TO BREAK 16 MIN. By Frank O’Callaghan Former Brisbane schoolboy Brad Cooper swam within 6/10sec of the world 1500 metres freestyle record at the Australian swim championships at the Valley Pool last night. His time of 15m 57.7 is the third fastest in the world for the distance and made him the first Australian to break 16 minutes. (Considerable comment about Cooper’s efforts and Shane Gould’s) Queenslanders Sue Funch and Helen Gray enhanced their Olympic team selection chances. Sue’s second place to Miss Neall in the 200 metres butterfly should impress the selectors. Helen turned in a grand 400 metres of freestyle (4m 33.5s) and a slick 100 metres relay swim. ANN’S TWIST BEAT CHAMP New South Wales diver Ann Jones won the national highboard championship at the Centenary Pool yesterday with her last dive of the series. She performed a one and a half somersault with double twist to snatch the title from former champion Madeline Barnett. Queensland’s three-metre champion Gaye Morley finished third, but this should have guaranteed her a place in the Australian Olympic team. Gaye was well up with the leaders until she made errors on her last two dives, the extremely difficult one and a half somersault and the one and a half triple twist. ----------------------------------- C.M. Monday 14 February 1972 QUEENSLAND FIVE COULD GO TO MUNICH Five Queenslanders emerged as strong Olympic team candidates and four enhanced their prospects at the Australian swimming championships which ended at the Valley Pool last night. Last night’s title winners – Helen Gray (200 metres freestyle), Sue Lewis (100 metres backstroke), surely joined Sue Funch, Leanne Francis, and Suzy Anderson on the selectors’ short list.

The four whose chances are somewhat slimmer are all-rounder Neil Martin, backstroker Linda Young, and breaststrokers Joanne Barnes and Judy Hudson. Severe sinus has hindered Miss Lewis’ preparation, and though she is below Debbie Cain’s best time, her potential should be recognised. Potential is also what could put 13-year-old Judy Hudson into the side although she could manage only fourth in last night’s 200 metres. Miss Barnes, third in this event, could claim a virtual second, because the winner, Dorothy Harrison, here on a Churchill scholarship, will be bidding for the British team. Joanne’s best time of the summer, 2m 45.7s is well up in current world standards. Martin’s chances are not particularly bright, but his medley swimming on Saturday night was impressive. Given the training schedules of his rivals, he also would give them the race of their lives. The Australian team will be announced in Brisbane today. COOPER THE BEST AGAIN By Frank O’Callaghan Sydney swim ace Brad Cooper followed world freestyle record on Saturday night with an Australian backstroke record last night. The 17-year-old former Brisbane boy retained his 200 metres title, reducing the record to 2m 10.6s. Shane Gould retired from last night’s events. If she had been there, perhaps Townsville’s Helen Gray would have improved on her title-winning 200 metres freestyle time of 2m 8.8s. Helen, who was only three seconds away from Shane’s world record thought so. In any case she surely swam into the Australian Olympic swimming team Sue Lewis overcame Debbie Cain in the 100 metres backstroke. Her time of 68.5sec was a Queensland record. C.M. Tuesday 15 February 1972 PACKING THEIR BAGS FOR MUNICH (Pictures of Queenslanders chosen) Morley, Anderson, out, but… QUEENSLAND HAS SIX FOR GAMES By Frank O’Callaghan Queensland, although it has a record six in the Australian Olympic swim tea, has been treated shabbily. The Queenslanders chosen are butterflier Sue Funch, backstroker Sue Lewis, breaststroker Judy Hudson, (at 13, the team “baby”), freestylers Leanne Francis and Helen Gray, and medley swimmer Neil Martin. This number betters by two Queensland’s highest previous representation at an Olympics. The omission of sprint freestyler Suzy Anderson and national three-metre board diving champion Gaye Morley is shameful. After all the strong words from the Australian Swimming Union officials about refusing to accept a limit of numbers, the selectors – Alan Blue (Vic), Roger Pegram (NSW), and John McNamara (Qld) – have come up with a skinny team of 27,of whom only 24 are swimmers. This is the same number of swimmers sent to Mexico in 1968, at which Australia won three gold medals. “Strongest” Yet Australian Swimming Union Secretary (Mr Syd Grange) declared the 1972 team as the strongest since Australia dominated world swimming in 1956. Breaststroker Joanne Barnes, backstroker Linda Young, and butterflier Sandra Yost, were unlucky omissions. Anderson and Morley have been positively snubbed. So has New South Wales national butterflier record holder, Jane Comerford. Olympic coach Don Talbot, while full of praise for the side which he described as “exciting”, said he would have liked a team of about 30 to work with. “There are always sad omissions,” said Talbot, “but I was genuinely surprised that Joanne Barnes, Suzy Anderson, and Jane Comerford were not chosen.”

It was generally thought that when Miss Anderson flashed into third place behind Shane Gould and Leanne Francis in the national 100 metres title on Saturday night, that she would be in the team. Four sprinters are needed for the freestyle relay, and Suzy’s 61.7sec has been bettered only by world record-holder, Shane Gould. N.S.W. GIRL The girl preferred to Suzy is Sydney’s Sharon Booth. Why? They are the same age, 14, and Sharon could not find a place in the national junior or senior 100 metres championships. Sharon’s best performance this summer is fifth place in Saturday night’s title race in 61.9sec. Victorian Jenny Pengelly was between Suzy and Sharon. Miss Morley has won the three-metre (an Olympic event) national diving title for the past two years, and took a bronze medal at the 1970 Commonwealth Games. She performs two dives no other girl in the country can do, and with one of them – a one and a half somersault with a triple twist – she retained her three-metre title. Gaye finished third in the highboard title, but Ann Jones, of New South Wales, winner of the highboard and third in the three-metre, has been preferred. BLAST FROM 2 COACHES Two Queensland swim coaches, Joe King and Laurie Lawrence, last night blasted the selection of the Australian swim team. King claimed that his backstroke swimmer Linda Young, who finished a creditable third in the 200 metres title, and second in the 100 metres title. Yet Linda was ruled out of a place. King said that officials on one side of the pool unanimously judged Linda as second. Unfortunately the official judging was done on the other side of the pool. “This decision possibly cost Linda a place in the team.” King said that electronic timing should be installed at the Valley Pool. “Championships are becoming too important to rely on human judgement. All the big centres in the world have, or are installing, electronic timing. It is overdue here,” King said. Lawrence, of Townsville, was bitter about the exclusion of his 14-year-old girl, Suzy Anderson, the third fastest freestyler in the country, who could not find a place in the four-strong relay team. “NOT FASTEST” “Don’t the selectors want the fastest team in Munich?” Lawrence said. “They certainly have not got it. What does a kid have to do? She trains her heart out; you tell her if she comes a place she goes to Munich; she does this and they leave her out of the side.” “What sort of incentive is that for a coach, yet alone a swimmer? If Suzy failed I would not be complaining, but she did not fail.” A tearful Miss Anderson said last night she had no idea whether she would continue swimming. “I don’t feel much like it now,” she said. Suzy, apart from her 100 metres success, finished fourth in the 200 metres, and clocked a smart 5m 24s in the 400 metres individual medley, proof of her versatility. King has three swimmers in the Olympic team – Sue Funch, Judy Hudson, and Neil Martin – and Lawrence has one – Helen Gray. Helen, from Townsville, is the only member of the Queensland contingent from outside Brisbane. (Full team given) -------------------------------

C.M. Tuesday 22 February 1972 TOWNSVILLE BID FOR SUZY BERTH Townsville – Sports followers, incensed at the omission of Townsville swimmer Suzy Anderson from the Olympic Games team, have been urged to attend a special public meeting in Townsville tonight. The meeting is not solely to protest the unfairness of the omission, but more to discuss alternate means of “getting Suzy to Munich.” The question of raising enough money to pay her fare to the Games will be one of the matters discussed at the meeting. Convenors feel that if enough money could be raised, an approach might be made to the Australian Swimming Union asking officials if they would include her in the team. There is still a possibility the Australian swimming team might be increased by three. Supporters of the public meeting believe that a public outcry about the omission of Suzy from the team could influence the national selectors in any future decision. The fact that Australia’s third fastest woman freestyler over 100 metres could not gain selection for one of the four relay berths is seen as an injustice. ----------------------------------- C.M. Thursday 24 February 1972 DELEGATES TO AIR GRIEVANCES ON GAMES TEAM By Frank O’Callaghan The shameful omission of Townsville’s Suzy Anderson from the Australian team will come under fire at the Q.A.S.A. meeting on Monday week. The injustice, not only to Miss Anderson, but to breaststroker Joanne Barnes, and diver Gaye Morley, will be aired. A number of Council delegates have promised to raise the issue. The selection of only 27 swimmers and divers in the Olympic team has raised a storm, particularly in New South Wales and Queensland. Miss Anderson, the third fastest freestyler in the country, has been omitted, and the fifth fastest girl, Sharon Booth, has been included. Miss Barnes times for 200 metres are in world class, and Miss Morley, winner of the national three-metre board, and third in the highboard titles, can perform two high degree of difficulty dives no other girl in Australia will attempt. The selections can only bring discredit to the Australian Swimming Union. North Queensland is so incensed at Miss Anderson’s omission that a public meeting on Tuesday pledged £10,000 towards Miss Anderson’s fare to Munich. But Suzy’s place in the side cannot be bought. It must be won constitutionally, hence the initial Council meeting moves. With Q.A.S.A. President (Mr Arch Steinbeck) and Chairman (Mr George Bennett) out of town on holidays, the Council meeting will give delegates the first chance to protest. Australian Swimming Union Secretary (Mr Syd Grange) said yesterday that the team could by increased only by re-convening the Australian Swimming Conference which ratified it. It would take a 4-2 vote of the six States to re-convene the Conference. The best Queensland can do is to force a vote on the issue. But it must move quickly. The deadline for the swimming team with the Australian Olympic Federation is April 8. New South Wales is complaining about the omission, among others, of butterflier Jane Comerford. Few have noticed that Jane was beaten three times at the national titles by Queenslander Sandra Yost whose times this summer have tumbled down from 3m 0.5s to 2m 27.8s for the 200 metres, and from 1m 31s to 1m 8.1s for the 100 metres. If Jane should be in the side, why not Sandra? (Photo of Suzy Anderson)

C.M. Tuesday 29 February 1972 QUEENSLAND TALK ON SWIM TEAM The New South Wales move to have the Australian Olympic swimming team increased by six swimmers, will almost certainly be discussed at tonight’s meeting of the Queensland Swimming Association Executive. Q.A.S.A. Chairman (Mr George Bennett) said this yesterday. The New South Wales Association decided by an overwhelming majority in Sydney at the week-end, to call an urgent mail vote between the Sates to have the size of the team increased by six. A team of 27, including three divers, has been named to represent Australia at Munich. Two Queensland swimmers – Joanne Barnes of Brisbane, and Suzy Anderson of Townsville – and Brisbane diver Gaye Morley were shock omissions from the team. Because of this the New South Wales move will gain wide sympathy in Queensland. Two of Queensland’s top swimming administrators, Mr Bennett and the Q.A.S.A. President Mr Arch Steinbeck, returned from holidays only yesterday. ------------------------------------ C.M. Thursday 2 March 1972 OLYMPIC SWIM TEAM RESTS WITH VICTORIA The chances of additions to the Australian Olympic swim team appear to rest on the vote of the Victorian Swimming Association. Three States – Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australia - are almost certain to vote for the increase. They need one more backer. A team of 27 swimmers and divers was chosen after the national championships in Brisbane last month. This was up to eight fewer than was predicted. The New South Wales Association last Sunday unanimously agreed to seek an increase in the team, and nominated a figure of six swimmers, no divers. The New South Wales request will be put to a postal vote of all six States, and a 4-2 majority is needed to carry it through. The South Australian Swimming Association has declared it would favour an increase in the side, and last Tuesday the Queensland Association Executive recommended that its Council take a similar view. CLUB PROTEST Western Australia and Tasmania are believed not to favour an increase. This leaves Victoria as the swinging vote. The Victorians’ thoughts are unknown, but they have cause to deplore the omission of their sprint freestyler Jenny Pengelly. Brisbane’s Leander Club will write to the Australian Swimming Union protesting against the exclusion from the team of backstroker Linda Young. Leander will tell the Union that Linda’s times of 69sc for 100 metres and 2m 26.1s for 200 metres are closer to world standard than those of any other swimmer excluded. ------------------------------------ C.M. Friday 10 March 1972 CONFUSING MOTIONS ON SIZE OF SWIM TEAM By Frank O’Callaghan Moves by Queensland and New South Wales to increase the size of the Olympic swim team could prove self-destructive. Both States have called for a mail vote on the issue. New South Wales wants the side to be increased by six, and Queensland merely wants an increase. The six States will be asked to vote on both motions. There is bound to be confusion. A 4-2 majority is needed to carry either motion, and four States – Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania – have indicated

they want to have the team increased, but there is a genuine fear of a split vote. It is thought some States might support New South Wales’ motion, and some Queensland’s. Should four States vote for both motions, the direction is still not clear. Is the team to be increased by six, as New South Wales wants, or is it simply to be increased (Queensland’s motion), which could mean an increase of one. The voting papers were issued yesterday by Australian Swimming Union Secretary (Mr Syd Grange). At least two Queenslanders are front-line candidates for inclusion in the side, should the New South Wales motion be adopted. They are Townsville freestyler Suzy Anderson, and Brisbane breaststroker Joanne Barnes. Brisbane diver Gaye Morley would have the chance of selection if the New South Wales motion is carried. It states specifically, six swimmers, with no mention of divers. (The records show that no further Queenslanders were included in the team)

Courier Mail, Saturday 1 September 1972 AGE SWIMMERS SHATTER RECORDS Stephen Holland of Carina last night at the Valley Pool produced a State Age 1500 metres freestyle record (Junior) with an outstanding 16mins 39.5secs. Swimming in the national winter titles, Holland, only 14, beat the more experienced Peter Tetlow by about three seconds and indicated definite Olympic potential. Butterflier Sandra Yost and backstroker Mark Tonelli, both of Brisbane, also set good times for their ages. Sandra, 15, took the 200 metres title in 2mins 24.3secs – an age record and only 1.1 second slower than it took Olympian Gail Neall to win the Australian title last February. Sandra is obviously another junior Olympic prospect. Tonelli, 15, has been regularly been lowering his State backstroke record. Last night he pulled it down to 63.7 seconds. This bettered his old time by 0.3 seconds. Titles continue today and tomorrow morning and afternoon. ------------------------ (No further results seen in the C.M.) ------------------------ C.M. Tuesday 21 September 1972 Picture - WELCOME HOME FOR OUR OLYMPIANS Queensland members of the 1972 Australian Olympic team were given a “Welcome Home” last night by the Premier, Mr Bjelke Petersen, parliamentarians, and sporting officials. Sports Minister, Mr Herbert, spent time hearing first hand from the Olympians Judy Hudson, Sue Lewis, Sue Funch, John Cuneo, and Neil Martin. (This was the year of Shane Gould’s success, Brad Cooper’s win and medal controversy in the 400 metres freestyle, and of the Arab attack on the Israeli team.) ------------------------ C.M. Wednesday 27 September 1972 BRAD IS BACK TO SWIM IN QUEENSLAND By Frank O’Callaghan Australian Olympic 400 metres freestyle swim champion, Brad Cooper, 18, is back home in Brisbane and plans to swim for Queensland in the national titles next year. Cooper was strictly “on loan” to New South Wales while being coached in Sydney for the Olympic Games by Don Talbot. He won’t stay here long. Next February, after the nationals, he plans to take up a sporting scholarship at an American University. He was relieved to learn that Queensland, unlike New South Wales, does not demand a six months residential period for eligibility to represent the State. -------------------------

C.M. Tuesday 3 October 1972 NORTH QUEENSLAND COACH TO JOIN TALBOT By Frank O’Callaghan Townsville swim coach Lawrie Lawrence will join forces with Don Talbot’s (Sydney) coaching organization. He will live in Sydney and virtually replace Talbot, the Olympic coach, who is understood to have accepted a coaching job in Canada. Lawrence recently built a 25 metre pool in Townsville. This will now become part of the organization along with two Sydney pools – an indoor 25 metre pool and one of Olympic standard, outdoors. UNIFORM Speaking from Townsville last night, Lawrence said the objective of the new group was to have uniform coaching of all pupils from learners to Olympic class. “We will employ coaches and stick strictly to a syllabus so that our swimmers in Sydney and Townsville will be coached in exactly the same way,” he said. “The Townsville interest will be managed by qualified coach, Ken Wood of Gordonvale. Lawrence will make occasional visits to Townsville and will travel overseas each year to keep abreast of the latest coaching methods. FAMOUS PUPILS Lawrence, 30, a former international rugby union half-back, has had over six years of swim coaching - a notable record. Twenty five of his Townsville squad have made the top ten in Australia in various divisions. His most famous pupils, the freestyler Helen Gray, breaststroker Nigel Johnson, (both of whom have made 1972 Olympic teams) and sprint freestyler Suzy Anderson, the unluckiest omission from the Australian team. Johnson, after two years with Lawrence, returned home to Wales this year and was chosen in the British Olympic team. Lawrence is not sure how many, if any, of Talbot’s famous squad he would take over. A number, including Olympian Jim Findlay and Graham Windeatt, are taking out scholarships at United Sates universities, next year. ----------------------- C.M. Friday 13 October 1972 GALLAGHER TO COACH JOANNE By Frank O’Callaghan Queensland Olympic swim representative, Joanne Barnes, has come out of retirement and will be coached in Brisbane by former Olympic coach, Harry Gallagher. Gallagher will move to Brisbane from Adelaide next month. He has acquired coaching rights to the Centenary Pool. Joanne, 17, last night denied she had prime ambition to again represent Australia. “If I make the 1974 Commonwealth Games team or the 1976 Olympic team, it will be great,” she said, ”but I am really returning to prove to myself that I can do better than I have done in recent years.” A classical breaststroker, she was the surprise omission from the Olympic team for Munich after a 200 metres swim of 2mins 45.7secs at the national championships in Brisbane. This was about the seventh fastest time in the world. Ahead of her in that performance by a fraction of a second was the future 1972 Olympic champion, Bev Whitfield. Gallagher will also coach bright young breaststroke prospect Paul Spiro and freestyler Sandra Bright. He made overtures to Olympian Neil Martin and all-rounder Mark Tonelli and was believed to be interested in acquiring distance freestyler Stephen Holland.

C.M. Monday 20 November 1972 FOUR SWIM RECORDS BROKEN Four State swimming records were broken at the Brisbane Amateur Swimming Association’s carnival at the Valley Pool last night. Highly promising freestyler Stephen Holland set two of the records, and young breaststrokers Michael Bohl and Susan Pendlebury one each. Holland, 14, of Carina Club, lowered his own State record in the 400 metres freestyle, recording 4m 18.6s, or 1.1sec better. His mew figures also slashed the State 15 Years age record of 4m 19.8s set by West Australian John Kulasalu at the national titles in February this year. Ten-year-olds Michael Bohl and Susan Pendlebury both recorded new times in their divisions of the 200 metres breaststroke. Bohl, of Commercial clocked 3m 10.7s, knocking 5.3sec off the previous best time. Susan Pendlebury, Leander, clipped 3.4sec off Belinda Russell’s former record when she clocked 3m 21.9s. --------------------------------- C.M. Monday 27 November 1972 BOY SWIMMER BEAT WEEK-OLD RECORD By Frank O’Callaghan Star swim prospect Stephen Holland, 14, last night clipped half a second off his week-old State 400 metres age record in a Brisbane Association freestyle carnival at the Valley Pool. Holland, a Churchie schoolboy, clocked 4m 18.3s in great style. His was the only individual record of the carnival. Holland’s potential is highlighted by the fact that at 14, he holds the State Open 800 and 1500 metres records. A natural distance swimmer, he also posted his best 100 metres by clocking 60.7sec, an improvement on his previous best of 1.3sec. Other splendid performances not so evident were the 100 metres times of 10-year-old Michael Bohl, 9-year-old Lionel Hogg, and the 200 metres performance of 15-year-old Sandra Yost. IN TRAINING Michael posted a mark of 1m 10.6s, which, on current readings, is the second best time in the country for his age group. Lionel’s 1m 10.5s was the third best for a 10-year-olds and possibly the best in Australia for 9-year-olds. Sandra sped over 200 metres in 2m 15.6s, or 8.4sec better than her previous best. This is the more remarkable as it followed solid training sessions yesterday afternoon of two miles of butterfly and 1500 metres of freestyle. (Results given) ----------------------------------- C.M. Wednesday 6 December 1972 COOPER STAYS UNTIL TITLES By Frank O’Callaghan Olympic 400 metres freestyle swim champion Brad Cooper has changed his plans about an early move to America because of an Australian Swimming Union directive. Cooper, who had intended going to an American high school after the State titles next month, now will wait until after the nationals in February. A mail vote between the states has decreed that times of Australian swimmers in the United States would not be recognised by the A.S.U. as a guide to choosing national teams. Australia will send a team to England next April and in the world championships in Belgrade next August. Cooper, who plans a year at high school to qualify for an American University, said yesterday that he would contest the nationals from which both

teams would be chosen. “I understand I may have to go into a training camp, but maybe I could be excused from that,” he said. Cooper is desperate to tackle the world 400 metres title at Belgrade to prove his Olympic title was earned. He won the Olympic championship when Rick Demont, the American who touched 1/100sec before him was disqualified on a drug charge. Australians in the United States who will be affected by the A.S.U. ruling are Olympic silver medallist Graham Windeatt, breaststroker Paul Jarvie, and butterflier Jim Findlay. Another Olympian Graham White who went to Harvard has returned to Australia. Cooper will contest the distance swimming carnival at the Valley Pool on Saturday and Sunday. He is training in Brisbane under Olympic coach Harry Gallagher. At the Brisbane meet he will contest the 1500 metres freestyle, the 200 metres backstroke, and the 200 metres butterfly. ------------------------------- C.M. Saturday 9 December 1972 TWO OLYMPIANS IN SWIM CARNIVAL Olympians of different Olympics, Joanne Barnes and Judy Hudson, will feature in the Queensland Amateur Swimming Association carnival at the Valley Pool tonight and tomorrow morning. Joanne was in the 1968 Olympic team to Mexico, and Judy eliminated her from selection in the 1972 Munich team. Joanne, after a short retirement, has come back into the sport, and is certain to give Judy strong opposition. The girls, both breaststrokers, have been arch rivals for the last few seasons. Judy is the State 100 and 200 metres junior and the 100 metres senior champion, and Joanne holds the senior 200 metres title. Olympic 400 metres gold medallist Brad Cooper will have his first swim since the Games, contesting the 1500 metres freestyle, the 200 metres backstroke, and the 400 metres individual medley. Cooper is not expected to crack national times, but he s in solid training and good marks are expected. He will be an ideal pacemaker for Stephen Holland in the 1500 metres. Holland is the fastest 14-year-old over 1500 metres in Australia, and he looks likely to further raise this standard. Today’s carnival will start at 5.30pm, and tomorrow’s will be at 9am. --------------------------------- C.M. Monday 11 December 1972 OLYMPIAN IS BEATEN By Gary Keep An Olympic gold medallist was sensationally beaten out of a place in his first distance swim, since the Munich Olympic Games. Under instructions not to push himself, Cooper finished fourth in the Open 1500 metres freestyle during the State all-age championships at the Valley Pool. He found the younger opposition of highly promising Stephen Holland, John Van Opdenbosch, and Paul Dixon, much too strong at this stage of his preparation. Cooper, holder of one world, four British Commonwealth, and six Australian, records, clocked 17m 47s – 1m 49.3s outside his national and Commonwealth record. Holland, on his incredible winning time of 16m 35.4s could possibly become the youngest male swimmer to represent Australia at the World Titles in Belgrade next year. Only 14, his time not only slashed the State 15 and 16 Years age record, but also would have qualified him for Munich.

HIS SECOND Cooper, 18, winner of the 400 metres freestyle at Munich was having only his second competitive swim yesterday, following his win in the 200 metres backstroke on Saturday. Cooper also swam in the Open butterfly yesterday, finishing third behind Mark Tonelli and Denis Oswin in record time. His coach, Harry Gallagher, was unconcerned about Brad’s performance yesterday in the 1500. “He is weeks off being in top condition, so for that reason alone, Brad was told to have a training swim. He’s got a lot of hard work ahead with the Australian titles coming along, so a big improvement is expected.” Holland, who is coached by Gallagher, will concentrate solely on the 1500. Six records were bettered and one equalled yesterday. Paul Spiro established himself as Australia’s fastest 13-year-old breaststroker when he clocked 2:46.6 in finishing second in the men’s Open 200 metres. Mexican Olympian breaststroker Joanne Barnes had a timely return to form when she downed Munich-elect Judy Hudson in the Open women’s event (200m). Her time of 2m 51s was 5.3sec outside her best, but she is improving. Miss Barnes is aiming for selection for the world titles. (Results given) --------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 12 December 1972 DEBBIE CLEARED FOR SWIM TITLES By Frank O’Callaghan South Australian Olympian, Debbie Palmer, will join her Queensland teammates in the Brisbane Amateur Swimming Association championships at the Valley Pool this week. The championships will start tomorrow night and will run through to Sunday. Debbie, a backstroker training in Brisbane with her coach Harry Gallagher, was cleared last week to contest these titles. Linda was an unlucky omission from the Olympic team many claim. She was placed in the Australian 100 metres championship from which the side was named. The official place-getters, Sue Lewis, Debbie Palmer, and Debbie Cain all were chosen for the Games. She is back in full training and will not be at racing form for the titles. But then, neither is Debbie. A keen race is certain. Olympic 400 metres freestyle champion Brad Cooper will be a likely starter. He is not at all disturbed by his defeats last week. He is far from peak fitness because of his long lay-off after the Olympics. All other Olympians will compete over the series except all-rounder Neil Martin who is in full training following his school examinations. Butterflier Sue Funch will strike strong opposition over tomorrow night’s 200 metres from Sandra Yost. Sue has not done the training for the strenuous 200 metres distance, and Sandra is one of the most promising butterfliers in the country. Other visitors cleared for the championships are another South Australian, Debbie Pearson, New South Wales girl Mandy Ellis, and American Billy New port. Miss Pearson was runner-up at the nationals last February in the 400 metres medley and the 1500 metres freestyle. Miss Ellis, 12, is No 3 in Australia in her age group for 100 metres freestyle (67sec plus). Newport is a 15-year-old freestyle sprinter from Los Angeles. ----------------------------------

C.M. Thursday 14 December 1972 13-YEAR-OLD BOY BREAKS RECORD Paul Spiro, 13, of Fortitude-Newmarket Swimming Club, broke the 13 Years boys’ butterfly stroke record in the Brisbane Amateur Swimming Association championships at the Valley Pool last night. He broke the 1m 8.3s record by 0.3sec in the final. The old record was held by D.Dickman. Mark Tonelli, of Northern Districts, was 0.1sec outside the State record time of 1:03.7 in the 100 metres 15 Years backstroke final. He won the race from Gerald Comadira by about seven lengths. In the 200 metres men’s Open butterfly final, Tonelli failed to come anywhere near his State butterfly record. He swam 2:21.3 compared with the 2:16.2 record. Second was Joe Dixon of Leander, who swam 2:29.1. Judy Hudson failed to get a place in a close finish in the 100 metres 14 Years girls’ freestyle final. She was fifth in 1:06.5. Winner was Karen Enright who swam the race in 1:04.3. Linda Young scraped in for a half length win over Carol Hudson in the final of the 100 metres 15 Years girls’ backstroke. Her time was 1:11.3, compared with her record of 1:08.6. In the 200 metres Open women’s butterfly final, Sandra Yost was 0.4sec outside her State 200 metres butterfly record for 16-year-olds. (Results given) --------------------------------- C.M. Friday 15 December 1972 CRAIG 2nd - BUT BROKE RECORD. Fourteen-year-old breaststroker Craig Phair set the only record of last night’s Brisbane Amateur Swimming Association Championships at the Valley Pool. But young Phair, of Marlins Club, had to be content with only a second placing in his record-breaking event last night. He was swimming out of his age group in the men’s Open and was forced to a new record for a 14-year-old in the tough open company. Phair pressed open champion Clinton Riley in last night’s open final. Riley is from Redcliffe. Two of the best individual performances of the night were the wins by Riley in the Open 100 metres breaststroke, and the 16 Years 100 metres freestyle final Riley’s time for his open breaststroke was 1m 16s. His 58.4sec for the 16 Years 100 metres freestyle was a creditable performance. Results given) ---------------------------------- C.M. Saturday 16 December 1972 TONELLI TIES SWIM TIME Mark Tonelli equalled the State 200 metres 15 Years freestyle record, and was 0.1sec outside the State 400 metres, 15 Years freestyle record at the Valley Pool last night. He was swimming in the Brisbane Amateur Swimming Association titles. The 200 metres record was equalled during the 400 metres open freestyle final. Tonelli won the race by four lengths from Paul Dixon whoi is now joint holder with Tonelli of the State 200 metres freestyle record. John Perkins, of the Marlins Swimming Club, was 0.3sec outside the State record for the 100 metres boys’ 12 Years backstroke. The title is held by P.Lewis in 1:13.9. In what was the most exciting race of the night, William Clarkson defeated Mark Mailey in the 100 metres boys’ breaststroke final by 0.1sec, with third placegetter Lindsay Spencer trailing the winner by 0.5sec. Clarkson’s time was 1:30.0. (Results given)

C.M. Saturday 6 January 1973 SUZY ANDERSON IN N.S.W. 100 METRES By Frank O’Callaghan Townsville’s State 100 metres women’s freestyle swim hope Suzy Anderson will warm-up in the New South Wales 100 metres swim tonight. Suzy, with 11 other Townsville swimmers, is in Sydney training with their coach Laurie Lawrence, formerly of Townsville, who recently took over the Don Talbot complex. Talbot, the Olympic coach, is now coaching at a Canadian University. Among the Townsville contingent in Sydney with Lawrence are medley swimmer, Larry Forsyth, freestyler Claire Beck, butterflier Kerry Grogan, the Harvey sisters, Dianne and Lesley, and Munich Olympian Helen Gray. All will contest the Queensland championships which start at the Valley Pool next Saturday. Miss Anderson, the central figure in an Olympic Games team selection blunder, is in exceptional form. Her fastest time this summer, 62.5sec has been bettered in Sydney only by Shane Gould. And Lawrence is hopeful that with Shane in tonight’s sprint championship, Suzy will go close to the minute. In the Olympic selection trials in Brisbane last February, it was thought that Suzy’s 100 metres third placing would win her Olympic selection. But the unplaced Sharon Booth was preferred. ------------------------------- C.M. Monday 8 January 1973 SUZANNE DEFEATED OLYMPIAN IN 400m Sydney – Queensland’s new swimming sensation, Suzanne Anderson, defeated Narelle Moras to win the State (NSW) women’s junior 400 metres freestyle at North Sydney Pool last night. Suzanne, of Townsville, swam her best time of 4m 32s to beat Narelle by three metres. There was not much between the two, but Suzanne showed great tenacity over the final lap. Narelle won the title last year in a time one second faster than Suzanne’s time last night. World record holder Shane Gould showed she’s still the best lady in Australian swimming with a clear 200 metres freestyle win. Shaking off the slowing effects of a shocking turn at the half way mark, Shane went on to retain her State title in 2m 8s. HAUNTED But, as in the 100 metres on Saturday night, she was haunted by the shadow of Queenslander Suzanne Anderson. Miss Anderson, who already has emerged as one of the stars of the championships, finished second in 2m 9.7s. Olympian Sharon Booth was several metres behind, third. Shane and Suzanne turned together at the 50 metres mark in last night’s final, and were still together approaching the 100 metres turn. But Miss Gould lost valuable seconds when she swam too far into the turn to be fractionally behind Miss Anderson. The two girls were still locked together at the 150 metres mark, but an earlier 400 metres swim by Miss Anderson took its toll. ------------------------------ C.M. Tuesday 9 January 1973 GIRLS COULD BREAK BARRIER IN SWIM By Frank O’Callaghan The minute barrier for 100 metres freestyle, still unbroken in Queensland women’s swimming, will be in danger when Suzy Anderson and Leanne Francis clash in the Queensland championships at the Valley Pool. The titles will run from next Saturday to Sunday week.

Suzy, rejected last February by the Olympic team selectors, now is being hailed in Sydney as the new Australian swim sensation. This follows her second placings – to Shane Gould – in the New South Wales 100 and 200 metres freestyle titles, and the defeat of the Olympian Narelle Moras to win the 400 metres junior crown. Suzy, 15, clocked 60.7sec in last Saturday night’s final. But Olympian, Leanne, training quietly at St Bernadette’s (Scarborough) Parish pool, is still the third fastest Australian. Her 60.2sec last March has been bettered only by Shane and former world record-holder, Dawn Fraser. Leanne’s coach, Bernie Shapland and Suzy’s coach Laurie Lawrence, say their swimmers will not taper for the Queensland championships, but will train through and “peak” only for the Australian titles in Adelaide next month. But the intense competition the girls will provide over the 100 metres may produce sub-minute performance. Suzy’s improvement has been spectacular. Her performance in the New South Wales championships reflects considerable improvement over her previous best times. She improved her 100 metres by a full second. Her 200 metres time was 2m 9.8s was 3.2sec faster than her previous best, and her 400 metres time of 4m 32s represented an improvement of two seconds. Leanne has had little competition this summer, and nothing as demanding as the New South Wales championships. The titles promise to set an unprecedented standard because of the presence of such swimmers as 40 metres Olympic freestyle champion Brad Cooper, other Olympians Helen Gray, Judy Hudson, Neil Martin, Sue Lewis, Miss Francis, and Debbie Palmer, plus outstanding prospects Miss Anderson, Linda Young, Mark Tonelli, Sandra Yost, and Stephen Holland. --------------------------------- C.M. Thursday 11 January 1973 COOPER AND HOLLAND IN CLASH Age and experience will compete against youth and potential when Olympian Brad Cooper, 18, meets Stephen Holland, 14, at the State titles next week. They will meet at the Valley Pool on Sunday week in the 800 metres freestyle. Both are coached by Harry Gallagher. Gallagher said last night that he could not split them. “Holland comes out fast, but Cooper, always cagey, sticks behind and cuts back the lead but comes good at the end.” Cooper holds the 800 metres world freestyle record at 8:23.4, while Holland last year recorded 8:39.8. Cooper aims to equal or better any time recorded in Australia in the events he has entered. THREE RECORDS Gallagher predicted that Cooper would equal or better three Australian times. In the 200 metres backstroke Cooper should swim 2:09.0. The Australian record is held by D.Williams of New South Wales at 2:11.3. In the 400 metres freestyle Cooper hopes to go almost three seconds faster than Stephen Badger’s Sunday night record swim of 4:09.7 in the junior men’s 400 metres. ------------------------------------ C.M. Monday 15 January 1973 COOPER SLICED OWN RECORD By Gary Keep Olympic freestyle gold medallist Brad Cooper lowered his own British Commonwealth 200 metres backstroke record at the Valley Pool yesterday. Cooper, displaying a glimpse of form which established him last year as Australia’s best male swimmer, won in 2m 9.6s.

The time is one second faster than the former record set at the National titles in Brisbane last February. Cooper’s personal best time for this event is 2m 6.6s established at the Munich Olympic Games in the final. A world record was swum on that occasion when East German Roland Matthes raced away from the field in 2m 2.82s. HAIR LUCKY Cooper, 18, of St Bernadette’s downed felloe Olympian Neil Martin by 5.5sec, with Mark Toneiil (Western Districts) third, another 5.9sec away. “I’m very pleased with that time at this stage of my preparation,” the new-look Cooper said. He added jokingly, “I wonder if my haircut made the difference?” Last week Cooper had shorn off his long hair which swim critics said cost him outright first place in the 400 metres freestyle at Munich, when he was beaten by one hundredth of a second. He was subsequently awarded the gold medal when race winner Rick Demont was disqualified for taking a drug. Cooper also boasts one world record (800 metres freestyle) and four Commonwealth (400, 800, 1500 freestyle, and 200 backstroke records. TWO AIMS Cooper last night also swam in the 400 metres freestyle and inevitably won. His time, 4m 4.8s was 3.1sec outside his Queensland and British Commonwealth record. From her on he will concentrate on the 200 metres backstroke and 400 metres freestyle for the Australian championships at Adelaide beginning February 9. Coach Harry Gallagher said, “By then Brad will have improved out of sight. I expect him to be clocking about 2m 6s flat for his backstroke. What he has swum today has been done entirely on basic training. Brad will gradually be eased out of long-distance swimming to concentrate on these two main races,” Gallagher said. BEAT OLYMPIAN Cooper’s next appearance in the State titles will be on Thursday when he will contest the 200 metres freestyle. Two other outstanding times wee recorded yesterday on the second day of the State titles by –backstroker Linda Young, and rising freestyle star Stephen Holland. Miss Young, an unlucky omission from Munich, downed Olympian Sue Lewis in the Open women’s 200 metres event. Her time, 2m 23.4s, clipped 1.6sec off the State record held by South Australian Debbie Palmer. It was only 0.5sec outside the Australian record held by Debbie Cain. Holland, 14, of Carina, set an Australian junior record for 400 metres freestyle when he clocked 4m 11.3s. He won in effortless fashion by more than 11 seconds. (Results given) --------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 16 January 1973 “BLACK” FOR HIS RECORD By Frank O’Callaghan Sunday night’s blackout may have denied outstanding swim prospect Mark Tonelli an Australian backstroke record The blackout terminated much of Sunday night’s State championship schedule at the Valley Pool, forcing a rearranged programme for seven events, among them the 15 Years 100 metres backstroke. Tonelli, the strongest of favourites, the defending champion, and the State record-holder, was being set for the national record set last week at 62.9sec by Sydney’s Robert Williams. Tonelli has clocked 63.6sec, but because of the

new programme he must now tackle the new record on Thursday after two demanding swims – a 200 metres backstroke final, and a 200 metres butterfly final. PROTESTED His coach John Rigby protested and requested that the 100 metres event be held last night. His request to the Q.A.S.A Executive was turned down. “Mark was mentally tuned for this race tonight,” Rigby said. “I feel it could have been added to the programme. However, I know someone has to be upset when these things happen. I merely want to do the best for my swimmers.” Tonelli will get another chance at the record when he contests the Open final on Saturday night, and this was a factor which governed the official decision Another Rigby swimmer, Sandra Yost, and Townsville’s Helen Gray, also have been adversely affected by the loaded programme. They are committed to a heat and final of 200 metres butterfly in the morning, and a 200 metres butterfly final that night. SEVENTH MEDAL Tonelli last night pocketed his seventh medal of the titles, when he claimed the 400 metres freestyle in his age group in 4m 17.5s. Other outstanding performers were St Bernadette’s William Clarkson and Mackay’s Ted Lloyd. Clarkson, 11, gave a year to his rivals and won the 400 metres freestyle in 4m 40.7s, which is 1.8sec inside the record Stephen Holland set as a 12-year-old. Holland now is being hailed as a 1974 Commonwealth Games hope. Lloyd, 15, won his 100 metres freestyle heat in 57.6sec which was 0.4sec inside the current record. Age records are not being recognised until after the championships because of a new system of age grouping. (Results given for finalists and finals.) ------------------------------ C.M. Wednesday 17 January 1973 SUZY’S DEFEAT SURPRISE OF SWIM TITLES By Gary Keep Suzy Anderson, Queensland’s outstanding freestyle sprinter who almost defeated superstar Shane Gould 10 days ago over 200 metres, failed last night to win the State’s women’s title for the same distance. Miss Anderson,15, of Townsville, found Munich Olympians Leanne Francis and Helen Gray too strong for her, and finished third, three seconds behind them. Beaten but not disgraced, Miss Anderson’s defeat was the biggest surprise of the titles at the Valley Pool since they began last Saturday. Miss Francis, of St Bernadette’s, won in her personal best time of 2m 9.5s. Miss Gray, of Townsville, clocked 2m 9.9s in finishing second – 1.1sec outside her best. Miss Anderson’s time was 2m 12.8s. Only ten days ago at the New South Wales titles, she clocked 3.1sec faster in finishing second to Miss Gould. To be defeated by the distinguished pair of Miss Francis and Miss Gray was no shame for Suzy. Miss Francis, as well as Olympic representative, is Australia’s third fastest sprinter behind Shane Gould and Dawn Fraser. Last night she showed her customary early dash to lead Miss Anderson into the first turn. At 100 metres Helen Gray moved into second place and Suzy dropped back into third. Over the final 50 metres Miss Francis never looked like losing. Four events after her freestyle swim Miss Anderson defeated her own age group in the 100 metres butterfly.

SOLE RECORD Sole record-breaker of the night was 16-year-old Sandra Yost of Chermside. Miss Yost, an outstanding prospect for the Australian team later this year, won the 15 and 16 Years individual medley (200m) in record Queensland time of 2m 29.3s. She smashed 0.2sec off the State time set by Victorian Olympian Debbie Cain at the national titles last February. Miss Yost’s previous best medley time was 2m 31.6s. When runner-up Linda Young drew level with Miss Yost just after the 100metres mark, Miss Yost streaked away to an unbeatable lead. (Results given) -------------------------------- C.M. Friday 19 January 1973 MARTIN’S RECORD IN BUTTERFLY By Frank O’Callaghan Brisbane Olympian Neil Martin last night swam the fastest 200 metres of butterfly in the country this summer to set a Queensland resident record at the State Championships at the Valley Pool. Martin’s 2m 12s lopped 4.2sec of Olympian Greg Brough’s record, and made him an early favourite for the national title in Adelaide next month. It was Martin’s second resident record of the championships – he lowered the 200 metres medley mark last Saturday – and it brought him his fifth medal of the series. It all has been done on a mere week’s training. In the previous event his Leander clubmate and State 200 metres backstroke champion, Linda Young, also posted a resident record by ploughing over 400 metres of individual medley in 5m 20.2s. This improved by two seconds the standard set only last Saturday night by Suzy Anderson. Last night’s events again amply demonstrated the unparalleled standard of State swimming. Age performers like Brisbane’s Michael Bohl, Steven Miller, and Mark Tonelli, and Townsville’s Peter Cussen, Barry Kubig, and Jayne Jocheim, turned in amazing times. The wispy 16-year-old Tonelli missed the national backstroke record of 62.9sec by 1/5sec, and with nobody to drag the last ounce out of him. Tony Dunne, his nearest rival, was 5.4sec away. It was Tonelli’s second championship of the night, and his fifth of the series. Olympic freestyle sprinter Leanne Francis again demonstrated her 200 metres ability by wining the event for the second time in two nights, and in the same time of 2m 9.5s. Last night she claimed the title for 15 and 16-year-olds. On Thursday it was the Open crown. Helen ray was again second, but Tuesday’s third place-getter Suzy Anderson, was beaten into third place by Coral O’Connell and Sandra Yost. Suzy may need an easing of her heavy training programme if she is to threaten Leanne over 100 metres on Saturday night. (Results given) -------------------------------- C.M. Saturday 20 January 1973 RILEY GOT SECOND AUST. RECORD By Frank O’Callaghan Clinton Riley, 16-year-old Scarborough schoolboy, last night at the Valley Pool claimed his second Australian junior breaststroke record. His 1m 11.3s to win the State Open 10 metres title equalled the national junior record of 1964 200metres Olympic champion, Ian O’Brien, and clipped 1/10sec off 1960 Olympian Bill Burton’s Queensland resident record. On Tuesday night Riley reduced the national junior 200 metres mark to 2m 34.4s. Last Riley went down the first 50 metres in 33.8sec, easily his fastest.

On the way home he slapped water, shortened his stroke and clearly missed his chance of taking the record. His coach Arthur Cusack would not accept it as bad luck. “It was bad swimming,” said Cusack. Scarcely an hour later Cusack was applauding Riley’s 200 metres freestyle heat. “Not bad for a breaststroker,” he chortled. “That was well inside his previous best HAULED Olympic 400 metres freestyle champion Brad Cooper hauled fellow Olympian Neil Martin, Jon Van Opdenbosch, and mark Tonelli through the fastest 200 metres ever recorded in a State title. Cooper’s 1m 58.7s, though not his best, beat Van Opdenbosch resident record by 1.8sec. He spurred Martin to a 2m o.1s, his best time. Tonelli, the 15-year-old all-rounder finished in 2m 3.5s, a further improvement for him. Tonight Tonelli and Cooper will go after the national 100 metres senior and junior backstroke records together. Sandra Yost, another amazing all-rounder, evened the score with Olympian Helen Gray by downing Helen in the Open 400 metres freestyle. But Sandra’s 4m 32.6s failed to match the 4m 31.9s State resident record Helen needed to nose out Sandra in their age title swim on Sunday night. Yesterday Helen made a shock switch of coaches, moving from Laurie Lawrence who steered her to the 1970 Commonwealth Games and 1972 Olympic teams, to Harry Gallagher. Stephen Holland, the stringy 14-year-old Churchie schoolboy, turned in another incredible time, streaking over 200 metres of freestyle in 2m 1.5s, easily the best for his age in Australia. While official recognition of State age records is being withheld until after the championships, the listed record is Denis Oswin’s 2m 7.5s. Tonight offers, apart from the 100 metres backstroke clash, of Cooper and Tonelli, a 100 metres women’s freestyle in which the minute barrier should be decidedly shaky. It is only a matter of time before Suzy Anderson and Leanne Francis break through. With both in heavy training, this may not be the time. Yet the competition between them could create local history. (Results given) --------------------------------- C.M. Monday 22 January 1973 TWO DIVERS IN 21 FOR SWIMS By Frank O’Callaghan The Queensland swim selectors last night named 21, including two divers, for the national championships in Adelaide next month. From the championships will come teams for an invitation meet in London in April, and the world titles in Belgrade in August. Thirteen of the side will have fare and accommodation paid, and the remaining eight will have to find accommodation expenses. The divers are national champion Gaye Morley and Jane Stewart. The swimming team is – Men – B.Cooper, N.Martin, C.Riley, J.Dixon, J Van Opdenbosch, S.Holland, M.Tonelli, D.Wilson. Women – S.Lewis, L.Young, S.Yost, J.Hudson, H.Gray, R.Milgate, L.Francis, S.Anderson, C.O’Connell, D Lee Long, A.Smith. COOPER AGAIN Olympic 400 metres champion Brad Cooper wound up his State championship programme at the Valley Pool yesterday by setting yet another State resident record. Cooper clocked 8m 31.5s to knock 4.6sec off the previous record of Mark Tavasci. He won by the merest of margins from 14-year-old Stephen Holland whose 8m 31.6s is certain to be recognised as a State junior record.

Cooper said later that he considers Holland a potential world champion distance swimmer, particularly over 1,500 metres. It was Cooper’s fifth individual title of the series. Talented all-rounder Sandra Yost, 16, took a silver medal in the age 200 metres backstroke title to take her medal haul for the championships to13 – 10 of them gold. (Results given) C.M. Saturday 27 January 1973 FLYING HIGH, CANADIAN STYLE This is the caption over picture of two Canadian divers, Cindy Shatto, 15, of Toronto, and Janet Nutter, 15, of Winnipeg. The girls are members of a five-strong Canadian diving team which will oppose Queensland at the Centenary Pool from 9m today. The Canadians are on a national tour which will culminate at the national championships in Adelaide next month. Such is the standard of the Canadian diving, that the 1970 Commonwealth Games representative, Beverley Boyce, could not find a place in the touring team. The Canadian team is Miss Shatto, Miss Nutter, Pat Hoskins-McGregor, Linda Cuthbert, and Tammy McLeod, plus Olympic coach Don Webb. Mrs McGregor is the national three-metre and highboard champion. The Canadians will face a team stiffened by the inclusion of New Zealand national men’s champion, Mark Gazley, who is in Brisbane training for the national championships. Other members of the Australian team are Gaye Morley, the Australian three-metre board champion, Jane Stuart, the State junior champion, Denise Baker, and Anne Harlin Gaye, formerly of New Zealand, is the national three-metre board champion who last week-end won the New South Wales title from Madeline Barnett. She is the only Queensland girl who will be diving off the tower today. -------------------------------- C.M. Wednesday 31 January 1973 IN 18 MONTHS, SANDRA BECOMES A WORLD BIDDER By Frank O’Callaghan Sandra Yost, an unknown this time last year, now is a front rank contender for the world championships in Belgrade next August. Sandra, 16, of Chermside, has two singular characteristics. She comes from Tasmania, a State not given to producing swim champions, and she has been swimming with competitive seriousness for only 18 months. Yet at the recent Queensland championships, she won ten titles in freestyle, medley, and butterfly, set Queensland record in the 200 metres medley, 200 and 1500 metres freestyle, and an Australian junior record for 200 metres butterfly. Next week at the national titles in Adelaide she will be bidding for the Australian team for the world championships, and for a much more elect side for the international meet at London’s Crystal Palace. The London team may be as small as 10 or 12. The team for Belgrade, based on 1972 Olympic selection, should be in the high twenties. BEST HOPE Sandra’s best selection prospects are as a butterflier. It seems disheartening that between her and the national 100 metres butterfly title is the incredible Shane Gould. But two events before the ‘fly is the 800 metres freestyle, and it is possible that not even Miss Gould can come from the water after a killing 800 metres, and almost immediately swim a hot 100 metres of butterfly.

Sandra almost certainly will come home with the national 200 metres butterfly title, but the 100 metres event is the one to win, or at least touch second to Shane. Australia has the basis for a medal-winning medley relay team at Crystal Palace and Belgrade with Shane (freestyle), Olympic champion Beverley Whitfield (breaststroke), world class backstrokers Sue Lewis or Linda Young, and a butterflier. HIGH LEVEL Why shouldn’t she be Miss Yost, is what Sandra and her coach John Rigby want to know? Sandra is not the only Queenslander with London or Belgrade aspirations. Queensland swimming standard is at an unprecedented level. Backstrokers Miss Young and Miss Lewis, breaststroker and medley swimmer Miss Hudson, and freestylers Suzy Anderson and Leanne Francis, and possibly Helen Gray, will give the star-studded New South Wales team a fright. And the Queensland men, Brad Cooper, Stephen Holland, Neil Martin, Clinton Riley, and Mark Tonelli, in the team sense, appear in a class of their own. It is not inconceivable that Misses Yost, Young, and Lewis, Hudson, Anderson, and Francis, will join Holland Cooper, Martin, and just possibly Tonelli and Riley on the team for Belgrade. There could well be another Queenslander on their plane – pert, former New Zealand diver, Gaye Morley. MISSED OUT Gaye is the national three-metre board champion, and can perform dives no other Australian woman has so much as tried. She should have been in the 1972 Olympic team. The girl who beat her into the team, Anne Jones, now has retired, and it will be between Gaye and Madeline Barnett for the world championships. Gaye recently beat Madeline in the New South Wales springboard title, and went down to her in the tower diving. A good performance off the tower in Adelaide is what Gaye needs more than anything. (Photo of Sandra Yost) -------------------------------- C.M. Wednesday 7 February BRAD COOPER TO QUIT QUEENSLAND By Frank O’Callaghan Olympic 400 metres freestyle swim champion Brad Cooper will not return to Queensland after the national championships in Adelaide at the week-end. Cooper leaves for Adelaide this morning bent on winning the 200, 400, and 800 metres freestyle, and 100 and 200 metres backstroke titles. He has delayed his entry to an American University for twelve months, and will continue his schooling in Sydney. His new Sydney coach will be Tony Fraser, coach of the outstanding Sydney junior Stephen Badger, one of Cooper’s chief rivals for the 200 metres freestyle championship. DISORGANISE Cooper, 18, has rejected the idea of qualifying academically for an American University in America. He had intended leaving for the United States after the championships. He said yesterday, “I have a feeling there would be a lot of disorganisation getting into a High School in the States, so I have decided to do my Leaving Certificate in Sydney. I have done a lot of basic work there. To get the equivalent in Brisbane would mean having to take two strange subjects.” Cooper is not a noted trainer. He has had frequent tiffs with his coaches, which leave the placid Queenslander unaffected. “I am not physically suited to consistent hard work,” said Cooper. “Some days I feel quite weak. They say it’s

a case of mind over matter, but it’s not. If it was, I wouldn’t be able to swim world class times.” Talented Queensland junior Mark Tonelli, also threw a scare into coach John Rigby yesterday, was rushed to a doctor and given an injection for tonsillitis. Tonelli, who is bidding for a place in the team for the world championships in Belgrade, woke yesterday with classic tonsillitis symptoms. With the titles starting on Friday morning, antibiotics were out of the question. Tonelli took a needle and last night there were no further symptoms. “I think we have nipped it in the bud’” Rigby said. Tonelli, though only 15, has every chance of getting to the world titles. He has the second fastest backstroke and the second fastest butterfly times in Australia this summer. If second-string swimmers are chosen and this is likely, at least in backstroke, Tonelli should merely have to touch behind Cooper to win the trip. Much depends on the Australian Swimming Union’s attitude to swimmers in American Universities. The present ruling is that contenders for the world championship must contest the national titles. This may be changed at the A.S.U. meeting tomorrow. Queensland will send its strongest team yet to the nationals, with the chance of winning the Interstate Trophies – the Kieran Shield for men, and the Corbett Shield for women. Strong gold medal prospects other than Cooper are – Sue Lewis (100 metres backstroke), Linda Young (100 and 200 metres backstroke), Sandra Yost (200 metres butterfly), Stephen Holland (1500 metres freestyle), Mark Tonelli (100 metres butterfly), Joe Dixon (100 metres butterfly), Clinton Riley (100 and 200 metres breaststroke), and the men’s and the women’s medley relay teams. -------------------------------- C.M. Saturday 10 February 1973 WENDEN OUT OF A PLACE Adelaide – Mike Wenden, former Olympic champion and world record-holder, was beaten out of a place in the Australian 200 metres freestyle championship last night. Leader for three of the four laps, Wenden, 23, was passed on the last lap by fellow Olympian Brad Cooper, 18, John Kulasulu, 16 (WA), and Robert Nay, 18, (NSW). Wenden finished fourth, a touch ahead of Victorian champion, Graham White. Cooper’s swimming time was 1m 57.9s. Two races later, Cooper was the winner of another gold medal. He won the 100 metres backstroke in the fast time of 1m 0.5s. If he had not fouled the ropes so badly in the last few metres, Cooper wold certainly have broken the Australian record as he was only 2/10 outside it. (Results given. Noted also S.Yost won the 200metres butterfly, L.Young won the 200 metres backstroke, with S.Lewis second, Helen Gray second in 400 metres freestyle) --------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 13 February 1973 QUEENSLAND NINE FOR WORLD SWIMMING TITLES TWO MORE THAN AT MUNICH OLYMPICS AND ONE IN WATER POLO TEAM By Frank O’Callaghan Queensland has won a record 9 places in the 22-strong Australian swim squad to train for the world championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in September. A tenth Queenslander, Tony West, has been named in the water polo team. This too is historic. No Queenslander has previously made an Australian water polo side. The Queensland swimmers are – Brad Cooper, 18 (freestyle and backstroke), Neil Martin, 17 (back-stroke and medley), Stephen Holland, 14 (freestyle), Judy Hudson, 14 (breaststroke), Leanne Francis, 16 (freestyle), Linda Young, 15 (backstroke), Sue Lewis, 18, (backstroke), Suzy Anderson, 16 (freestyle), and Sandra Yost, 16 (butterfly).

Queensland had seven swimmers at the Munich Olympics, excluding Cooper, who at the time of selection was a temporary Sydney resident. Cooper, who collected five individual gold medals at the national titles in Adelaide last week, has gone back to Sydney and to school at Waverley Christian Brothers College. KING’S THREE Coach with the greatest number of swimmers in the team is Queensland’s Joe King. He has three – Neil Martin, Judy Hudson, and Linda Young. Miss Lewis, who lost her 100 metres backstroke title to Miss Young, will captain the women’s team. Men’s captain is Michael Wenden. Miss Young, Stephen Holland, Miss Yost, and Miss Anderson, have not previously been chosen in Australian teams. Miss Anderson, it will be remembered, was a surprise omission from last year’s Olympic team. A team of five, which will include Cooper, has been named for the international meet in London on April 21. The team is – Cooper, Shane Gould, Beverley Whitfield, Stephen Badger, and Gail Neal. The Australian Swimming Union has decided that swimmers can be dropped from the squad, and on August 4 they will in fact be fighting for their places against selected opposition. Swimmers outside the squad will be required to qualify for the trials on performances. Among those should be Olympians Graham Windeatt, Neil Rogers, Paul Jarvie and Jim Findlay, who are studying at American Universities. A move to have these swimmers chosen on times submitted from America was rejected, but they must leave the States before August 17 to have any chances of making the side. (Photos of the nine squad members) --------------------------------- C.M. Tuesday 17 February 1973 MEDAL WIN A MISTAKE Sandra Yost, Queensland butterfly swimmer had a bronze medal taken from her at the national championships in Adelaide on Sunday. It was all a mistake. Sandra was called third in the 100 metres event in error. She was placed third by the chief judge, but not by any of the others. In fact, when it was thought she was third her time was changed from 66.6sec to 66.4sec, the same time as Debbie Cain. Sandra went to bed happy, but by next morning the Victorian had protested. Miss Cain was placed third and a distraught Sandra was forced to hand back her medal. IN SQUAD Compensation came when Sandra was named in the Australian squad to train for the world championships in Belgrade in September. Sandra clinched her selection on the first night of the titles by winning the 200 metres butterfly title. The Queenslanders, in conditions totally foreign to them, went to within a point of winning the Kieran Shield for the champion men’s swimming State. They competed in water 15 degrees colder than they had been accustomed to, and this affected their performance. Queensland was beaten for the Shield by New South Wales when Mike Wenden cleared off in the last leg of the 200 metres freestyle relay. Queensland last won the Shield in 1929.