UNIVERSITY CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 245, 16 October 1929, Page 18

UNIVERSITY CLUB.

The report of the Auckland University College Rowing Club, to bo presented at the second: annual meeting on Monday next, strikes a very optimistic note. . The report, which recdrds another step forward in the development of the ideal cherished by University rowing enthusiasts throughout the Dominion, states.— '•To the club's most ardent supporters, the year's operations have been distinctly Gratifying and the steady advance during the period indicates that the, sport is at last coming into its 'own. lhe out-' Standing feature of the year the torniation of rowing clubs at Canterbury University College and Otago University Now that rowing lias gained a, looting in each of the 'four colleges it is hoped that the zest of healthy rivalry will accelerate the growth of the separate clubs. "Chrlstchurcli was tne Mecca of varsity | oarsmen at Easter, the Canterbury centre being favoured with the second . annual eight-oar clash. The event was made memorable by the successful debut of Canterbury College, which marked .the occasion by rowing into second place. Tne weather proved most unkind, and delayed the -race from Saturday to Monday, when perfect conditions prevailed. A mishap near the finish ruined the changes of the Auckland crew, which was as follows: ICeegau, Brooker, Lowe, McCallum, Blakey, Ilunn, Moore, Field, Fearon. Victoria. College eventually crossed the line first. A conference of delegates at Clinstcliurch resulted in the founding of a New Zealand University Rowing Council. "Early in the year the Auckland Club was accepted for affiliation with the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association, and is entitled to all, the privileges enjoyed by clubs under the control of the Auckland Rowing Association. "The club's inabilityj.to levy on its members offer's a very serious, difficulty to university rowing clubs in New Zealand alone. It also retards the achievement of the club's ambition' to have its own racing eight and oars, together with a slied to house them. The executive has opened a subscription list as a nucleus of a boat fund, and enlists the whole-hearted support of all members in encouraging a generous response. It cannot be emphasised too strongly what handicap the club will face if compelled by the enterprise of its southern rivals to race in the heavier practice boats."