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| Sunday, 9 June 2002 |
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NAASU Age Group Meet in July by LESLIE FERNANDO National Amateur Aquatic Sports Union (NAASU) has decided to conduct FINA (world controlling body for aquatic sports) Diving Judging Clinic and Synchronised Swimming coaching clinic on the last week of July at the Sugathadasa Stadium Swimming Pool. Won Sue Kut, FINA Technical Committee member and Vice President, Asian Swimming Federation will be in-charge of the two clinics. In the last week in May NAASU conducted a FINA Referees Clinic at the Sugathadasa Stadium Conference hall and 28 attended. NAASU has made arrangements to appoint a national swimming coach shortly. According to a senior official of NAASU, a former star swimmer Julian Bolling and Ranil Gunasena of Ambalangoda fame have held the post a couple of years back. But the previous NAASU regime did not appoint a national swimming coach. It is reliably understood that former national swimmer E. G. A. Wilson, present Royal swimming coach is tipped for the post. NAASU executive committee also plans to appoint waterpolo, diving and synchronised swimming coaches soon. Former Royal swimmer and national waterpolo player, Nethru Nanayakkara will accompany the solitary swimmer Conrad Francis to the Commonwealth Games to be held in Manchester in July/August as the Manager. Age Group Swimming and Diving c'ships Entries for the Age Group Swimming and Diving Championships will close on June 26 at 5 p.m. at the NAASU office at Reid Avenue, Colombo 7. It will be held from July 11 to 13 at Sugathadasa Stadium pool. The meet will be the final trial to pick swimmers and divers for the Asia Pacific Age Group Swimming and Diving Championships to be held in August in the city of Zhuhai, China. The age categories for swimming for both boys and girls are under-10, under-12, under-14, under-16, under-19 and over-19. Altogether 135 events will be on the card. All events will be swum as timed finals except for the 50 metres freestyle event. For the first time there will be qualifying time set to enter for all 135 events. The meet will begin at 8.30 a.m. (morning session) and the afternoon session from 2.30 p.m. on each day. The diving championships will take place on the same dates as swimming but the events will start from 11.00 a.m. each day. The Age Group are Group 'C' - age 13 years and below, Group 'B' - 14 to 15 years, Group 'A' - 16, 17 and 18 years and Group 'D' - open age 19 years and above. The events are one metre spring board, 3 metre spring board and platform. |
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