NEW ZEALAND EIGHTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 129, 3 June 1935, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND EIGHTS.

CREW NOT LEFT TO DROWN. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. Replying to the Wellington coach's complaint, which was telegraphed on Saturday in reference to the conduct of the interprovincial rowing eights race, Mr. Glengarry, who was umpire, stated that when the race started the conditions were suitable, and it was not till half a mile had been rowed that a gusty wind started. Mr. Glengarry added that he particularly objected to the statement that the crews were left to swamp and drown. He said he rescued the Wellington eight, taking aboard three members and the coxswain, and signalling, a nearby launch to take the balance and toW the boat home. He then followed the Canterbury crew inshore to ensure their safety. He considered Mr. White's letter a direct insult. , "Altogether, the whole regatta was a farce," said Mr. C. J. Mac Gibbon, manager of the Wellington crew at the eight-oared interprovincial championships held at Dunedin in April, in his report to the Wellington Rowing Association. A copy of the report was received at a meeting of the council of the New Zealand Rowing Association on Friday. ''There seemed to be no organisation," said the report, "and the crews were left to fend for themselves. The biggest mistake was in allowing the championship race to be rowed in water that made launches buck against' it. I cannot understand what the crews were thinking of to allow this race to start without protesting." The council decided to send the report on to the Otago Association, so that the council, as well as the Wellington Association, might receive a reply.