ROWING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 73, 27 March 1922, Page 8

ROWING.

SMITH SHIELD. The Smith Shield race. the rowinj event of the year. was rowed jH Saturday afternoon. l'rom the Waitemata Clubs shed. There was a large attendance of rowing enthusiast-, and keen interest was token in the ra ing. Unfortunately the Hamilton crew-, which was looked upon as ihe probable winners, were unable to travel, and favouritism was divided between St. George's, Waitemata, aud Auc—and.

The weather conditions were not §»'i. The wind was blowing in strongly f• m the north-west, causing a rather choppy, sea. There was talk' of postpoiuns the races, but a siigh: moderation nt tue ■ wind allowed of ilieir being got off. Mr. Walter Mason president of the A.R.A., officiated as starter, and Mr. W. G. smith, the donor of the shield, and Mr. G. U. Reston were judges\" the crews were started away at about 3.30 p.m. They hung will together for some little lime, then the Auckland four , drew nut in the lead. The Waitemata four challenged this advantage and assumed the lead soon After pa-sing th" King's wharf. Opposite the new r* .-.anial ion St. George's dnced the gap lo within a few feet of Waitemata. from then on to the finish tee we was a hard curl between these two crews. Waitetunta. about fifty yards from the line, drew away again, but St. ireorce's wltb a good swinging stroke came oil and won by about six fen. with Auckland, third. The win w-as a most popular one. this being the tirsi time St: George's team had the honour ~f se.-lir'.nz the tr..r>hr St. George's iA. Emery stroke. K. Aimer, W. Lamb, Mar-hail. Alderton .o.vi 1. Waie- ;- mata 2. Auckland :;. West End 4. During the afternoon the races for tbe A.R.A. championships for junior an.-l maiden pair-oar crews were rowed, ihe followias being the results:— Junior Pair-oar.—West End iW. Bright and J. Skinner. 1. X,. (..eorge 2. Wal'.emata ■■■ Won comfortably by two u-n.ths. Maiden Pair-oar.—Waitemata (W. Lindsay and T. Johnson i 1. St. George's 2. Won by a length. NORTH SHORE TRIAL FOURS. Final.-- Crews stroked by Fr.llas and Harvey faced the starter for rue final of the North Shore Club's trial four* for trophies presented by Mr. 11. Gruhb. Thcrews got well away together, but halfway Follas took the Vad and won.by half a length. The winning .row was: R. Follas (strokei. 11. Ar-ncr I'll. Scott (2), Lucas (bowl. ROTORUA REGATTA. The Rotorua Regatta, to 1... he.l on Easter Saturday. April 15. provides the final ! programme of the season for oarsmen. Sli I races are provided, and donations amount ing to £40 have beeu allotted. The events J are:- Maiden Fours I open w-eighti and [ Dewar Shield. Maiden Pairs. Maiden Fours ! ilost and under). Single Scnlls Handicap for Marshall Cup. Youths" Four's, and Junior Fours .open well—.feu. Entries in duplicate close with tin- secretary of the Anckland Rowing Association nn Monday, April 10.