1936-37

SWIMMING.
payment from the school management, do not, because of
such payment, endanger their amateur status as swimmers.
(c) Never pursued or assisted in the practice of Swimming, or
taught, pursued or assisted in any other athletic exercise,
for pecuniary gain.
(d) Not knowingly and without protest taken part in any
competition or exhibition with anyone who is not an
Amateur . (except whilst in the Navy, Military or Air
Services, and then only in Naval, Military or Air Fore*
Competitions).
Exceptions.
Amateurs shall not endanger their status by :—
(e) Receiving remuneration for giving instruction or exhibi-
tions in life saving and resuscitation of the apparently
drowned under the rules of the Royal Life Saving Society.
(f) Taking part with or against professionals in any of the
following games in exhibitions or competitions for which
no money prize is offered:—
Baseball, Cricket, Football, Golf, Handball and Fives,
Hockey, Hurling, Quoits, Rackets and Tennis (Lawn
or Court).
A swimmer shall cease to be an Amateur and become a
professional by :—
(g) Selling, realising upon, or otherwise .turning into cash, any
prize won.
(h) Asking for, offering or accepting remuneration or expenses,
except travelling and hotel expenses as permitted by the
A.S.A.
(e) Asking for, offering or accepting any consideration by way
of employment or otherwise for becoming a member of a
club, except in cases where Clubs or Associations give
Scholarships or free membership of Clubs to children at
or leaving school, the holders of. such Scholarships being
tinder 17 years of age on April 1st.
(j) Accepting remuneration for employment in a swimming
bath or elsewhere, as an attendant on swimmers.
Competing against Suspended Swimmers
34. Any Amateur knowingly competing against one who is under
sentence of suspension shall be suspended for any period the
F�xecutive of the District may determine.
Pace-making in public for a Professional or anyone under
sentence of suspension shall be regarded as a competition.
Competitions
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under A.S.A. Laws."
26. All galas, swimming races, competitions and water polo
matches held by affiliated Clubs must be under the Laws of the
A.S.A., and all advertisements, entry forms, programmes, tickets
and official notices must contain the following words thereon :—
Affiliated to the * Counties A.S.A.,"
" Under A.S.A. Laws."
*The name Qf the District A.S.A. should be inserted here.