ROWING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 9, 12 January 1926, Page 8

ROWING.

HOLIDAY REGATTAS. The. regattas of the holiday season a> • not come up to expectations, beine n_ir_ by rough water, with the result that ___,_ crews' merits have not been fully t.stS Meeting rough water at Tauranca t__crews were hopeful that better conditw. would prevail at Russell. Such, how*™? - was not the case, and the committee w«_ fortunate in eventually deciding «__*__ events on the programme. At Wtianrar.. on I.ew Year's Day, rowing was right"out of the question, and the c6__Jit t S eventually abandoned the regatta - It cannot be said that any winninc p«» at either Tauranga or Russell showed n_f standing merit sufficient to justify "t£ being regarded as their respective _?__■■ winners throughout the season B_._ regattas have, however, given the'winners ' much heart, and it is pleasing to note th. manner they have set about training i„ _ view of the severe tests to be met o_t__ I Waikato River at the Hamilton Regatta _S f: Anniversary Day. Several ligfitweleh. I crews, notably the Waitemata Maiden Fours I open class, and West End's Maiden Fours under lOst, each with a brace of wins, will find .-the going on the river much harder and. their performances will be watched With interest. i The clubs' exchequers have considerably beneted with the winning donations, the I first four on the list being : Waitemata fit-' Hamilton £36, West End £30, St George's £29. The results were: Waitemata 6 firsts, 2 seconds; Hamilton, 4 firsts 3' seconds; West End, 3 firsts, 2 seconds; 'st George's, 1 first, 6 seconds. ' With thoughts now centred on the Hamilton Regatta, the big programme of thirteen events comes under review • Junior Fours (welterweights), 10 8 and under, li mile, donations, ±7, £2; Maiden I Fours, 10.0 and under, 1 mile, £0, £>• Maiden Single Sculls, 1 mile, £5, £2; Maiden Foiirs (open), 1 mile, £8, £i ; Junior Fours ' IJ mile, £12, £3; Senior Single Sculls, i mile, £8, £2; Youths' Fours, 1 mile, gold medals first, silver medals second; Maiden Pair Oars, 1 mile, £4, £1; Senior Fours _ • miles, £25, £5, and winners to hold the Ladies' Challenge Cup; Junior Pair Oars" IJ mile, £5, £1; Senior Double Sculls, li mile, £7, £1; Maiden Double Sculls, 1 mile £4, £1; Senior Pair Oars, IJ mile, £7, £1 '{ It will thus be seen that the events comprise the classes crews will compete' In at the New Zealand Championship Regatta and a good try-out will be offered. It is reported that several Wanganui crews have signified their intention of competinir The effort of the Hamilton Regatta in placing donations to the amount of £131 is a worthy one that should meet with a big response from all rowing clubs. The programme of the New Zealand Championship Regatta, to be held at ! Dunedin on March 6, is now available, but outside the four championship events the donations offered are not likely to attract many crews to travel so far. The race* are: Championship Sculls, IJ mile, £15, _5Maiden Fours, 1 mile, £11, £3; Maiden Double Sculls, 1 mile, £7, £2; Championship Fours, 2 miles, £80, £20; Championship Double Sculls, IJ mile, £20, £5: Junior Fours, li mile, £13, £3; Championship Pairs, IJ mile, £15, £5; Youths' Fours, 1 mile. £9, £3. Junior pairs, 1 mile, £7, £>• Exhibition Fours, IJ mile, £20, £5. The winner of the Senior Fours Championship cannot cbmpete in this event. Club secretaries should note that entries close on February 20. The Mercer Regatta is always a popular one with oarsmen, and the course being one of the best in the country good racing can be depended upon. This regatta is fixed for February 20, when the Auckland Rowing Association's championship events will be decided. i A new regatta for Auckland Province is Dargaville. This committee applied for February 20, but the Auckland Rowing Association have granted February , 27, as the Mercer Regatta is the week previous. The programme should attract the full support of all clubs. The events are:— Maiden Fours, open (£7, £2); Maiden Fours, under 10 stone (£7, £2); Youths' 'Fours (£7, £2) ; Junior Fours (£B, £2); ?_?o b ,„ , Sc . ulls ( £4 >- £1 10/) : Single Sculls (_2 10/, Hodges Cup and Medal presented by Mr. Paul, and second £1 10/). The remaining regattas are Kangiriri and Ngaruawahia. Several interclub events have yet to be decided, and the crews affected will have plenty of racing until the season closes. The first Interclub event pencilled is the Maurice Caxo Cup for handicap single sculls, to be decided on January 30. The three "Big Fours," as the Hamilton, West End, and Waitemata Senior Fours are known, have now settled down to hard training. These crews will meet twice before the championship regatta, but at present the Hamilton tour are regarded ' favourites. J - Haydock has returned from Wanganui. While at the river township he stroked the Wanganui Union's heavy maiden crew. He hns rejoined his old club, West End, and will no doubt find a seat in a regatta crew. The West End youths' crew that won at Russell hns disbanded, as two members will be over age by the Hamilton Regatta. A good crew is anticipated to replace them. Bather a coincidence that the birthday of the two coming of age falls on the same day. West End will hold their next set of trial fours on January 23, when races will be rowed for the Kohn medal. ,„ L . Brooker is having a good innings in Waitemata's trial four races. He has already won four out of six events. MERCER REGATTA. A regatta will be held at Mercer on February 20, this date having been adopted on the suggestion of the Auckland Rowing Association, in order that crews in training for the New Zealand championship meeting at Dunedin early in March may compete prior to their departure for the South. A comprehensive programme of rowing events, including many provincial championships, with trophies and certificates, has been allocated to the Mercer committee by the Association. This is being supplemented by Maori canoe races and other aquatic events. Efforts are being made to induce the Railway Department to issue excursion fare tickets to Mercer for the occasion.