Aquatics.

Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 72, 22 September 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)

Aquatics.

[By Neptune.] The West End Rowing Club, Auckland, has a fine record for the past year. During the season the club cmvs started in iiU regatta, races, of Avhich' they won 20, thus securing £113 19s. There is a membership of 232. The club-house and plant are valued at £850. During the past tAVo years the club expended £436 'in tho purchase of boats. The Canterbury Jubilee Regatta, which by the way, must not be confounded Avith the Champion Rowing Regatta-, Avhich is also likely to be held in Canterbury this year, will furnish a programme ofe events extending over tAVo days. It -will be held ab Lyltelton on Ist and 2nd January, and gives promise of being a very big affair. The prizo money for the yachting races should attract good outside entries, and intimation has already been received of the intended entry of two Auckland, one Wellington, and two Dunedin yachts. A feature of the gathering w"ill be the Maori War Canoe racas, in which there are expecled to be several competitors from the North Island. George ToAyns, Avho last week re-estah lished his claim to the sculling championship of England, is a native- of l>i ewcasUe, New South Wales, and come into prominent notice as a rowing man about four years ago. He went Home and contested tho sculling championship of England with W. A. Barry, of Putney, bub was unsuccessful. In May last year the pair again raced for the title, and the Englishman Avas decisively beaten. Last Areek's result entitles the Austra-iian to hold the Sportman's Challenge Cup for a further term. Arrangemants are in train for holding the annual rowing and sailing regatta at Nelson this season. A meeting is to be held shortly to draft the programme The date of the annual meeting of the N»Ar Zealand Amateur Rowing Association is fixed for Saturday, 3rd November. If the season's championships are al.loted to Ohristchurch, — the Championship Regatta Avill be held on Lake Forsyth, on Boxing Day. ' v In recent years the Nelson Rogatta has always 'been set down for Boxing I Day, bub the date this year will have to be altered, if the attendance of crews from Wellington is looked for. Indications point to most of tha Wellington crews Spending Boxing, Day tMs year at Lake Forsyth. The attractions of the charming little city— "where ib is always r afternoon" — have inyariably appealed strongly to Wellington oarsmen, and it is hoped the J^elsom Regatta Committee will be able to select a date this season Avhich, by not clashing Avith the Canterbury fixtures, will ensure the usual visit from the Wellington Contingent. The Canterbury Rowing Club is erecting a tombstone over the grave of the late J. G. Da]y,^as a mark of respect to the memory of One who was for nearly a dscade in the front rank of New Zeaj land amateur oarsmen. I notice that Mr. F. D. Kesteven has been eleot-ed hon. treasurer of the Union Rowing Club, Christchurch, for the ensuing season. The genial "Kes." has probably experienced more active stewardship in connection with acquatic bodies than any other man in NeAv Zealand. He has Avorked long and enthusiastically for the sport in Canterbury, having filled all kinds of offices with conspicuous success. Last season the Canterbury RoAving | Club won prize money amounting to £263 11s, which is a record for the club, and one that has seldom been surpassed by any club in the colony.