ROWING

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 55, 6 March 1915, Page 10

ROWING

(By "Scull.")

Matters connected with the Wellington Regatta will, I think, loom up largely in rowing circles during the next two or three weeks. The regatta takes place on Saturday, 20th March. O. Jones and A. Jackson (Welling-, ton) will contest the Junior Pairs and Maiden Double Sculls events with Star and Petone. They have wasted no time in getting to work, with the result that they are rowing well. Their movements are cleverly timed, and the boat gets every chance of making headway. There was plenty of serious, sculling during the week. J. Hoare was the shining light. He defeated G. Blanchard rather comfortably. The personnel of the senior crew of this club has not been definitely decided upon, as two of the best -men are out of town. The maiden erew — A. Donaldson (stroke), G. Johnston, F Staveley, and R. Hoyes— will probably represent the club in both the Maiden and Junior events at the local regatta. They aTe making a particularly favourable impression, both in getting hold of the water and in combination, but there are individual faults which I should like to see rectified. Stroke does not hold on to his slide long enough, thus losing valuable support. No. 3 would improve His rowing greatly if he were to row with more rigid arms and a longer body swing. The arm work of No. 2 ha* the same faults as that of No. 3. The arms should be kept perfectly straight until the oarsman is compelled to bend them at the recovery. Bow should make a more determined beginning, and rea«h out more. In the Junior Sculls, L. Williams defeated A. Macaulay, and was responsible for many merry spurts during the race. On Monday next the Star Boating Club will commence the contest for the M'Lean and Bethune fours. Four crews have entered. The spirit and enthusiasm of the intending competitors in this race have been easily the best seen this season, and the longer the training lasts the more pronounced becomes the evenness of the crews. As each crew has a reputation for good rowing, and as each man is sound, I shall not particularise, except to say that W. Higgins (stroke), Pollock (3), Kennedy (2), and Winder seem to be the best conditioned crow. Arrangements for the championship regatta have been moving along, satisfactorily. Letters have been received by the committee from various clubs ?n reference to the number of crews likely to be entered for the races on Easter Monday. For the Champion Sculls there will probably be Wellington, Waitemata, and St. George. The latter are also sending a crew to compete in the Championship Donble Sculls. On Mie whole, the promises of support in the championship events are regarded a« satisfactory. It is stated that at least five crews are regarded as certain to face the starter in each ©vent. In the Championship Fours, Picton will be represented by F. Burns (stroke), C. Jackson (3), J. Collins (2), and H. Carter (bow) ; in the Junior Fours by W. Matthews (stroke), F. Rouse, C. Jones, and A. Intel-man j and in the Maiden Fours by C. Cragg (stroke), W. Patterson, W. Jeromsen, and D. Patterson.