ROWING

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 20

ROWING

«y 'CTROKIr •• .REGATTA AFTERMATH CHANGES IN CREWS NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE . The next regatta, of importance to Wellington oarsmen will be that at Christclmrch which is to take place on 20th January, and as has been the case in the -past,.-Wellington, oarsmen will probably' be represented there. Ono club, Star, has definitely decided to send crews, thoifgh, just at the'present it is not' known what crews will make the trip. The club hopes to be well represented at the regatta. After the Christchurch-regatta, local oarsmen will, be concentrating upon the Mothes Shield regatta, a fixture of local interest only. Thereafter follow tho -Wei-: lington regatta, on 16th February, and a week later the championships at Picton. ' ' " , '' .Recent Developments. • One of the Wellington clubs which had a very poor measure of success indeed at the:recent Pieton regatta was Star, which was unable to gain a .first place in the races. Conditions for rowing wero ideal,, and . the crews had everything in their favour. One'of tho reasons why., the club'was not successful was the fact that the stroke adopted by the club was by far too slow a stroke, andsteps have now been taken by the authorities to rectify the trouble. In. addition to the faulty stroke, the Star representatives-;.,we.r6. outclassed .. and beafeni;oti 'ffiiir^ents.;;'/As/a; result; of; tlie.v's!aowiiig.;|h^y/;.:m£fde/;; i th,e:;.,eni;ire..:r.e-' gat{a;v9rßWs'-iiiaye:^p;^;:be?ttV/aiter!ed,'';Pn; thevaayvijif ;.|^SMSion-r6_gatta, >. ■'■-. only' three Bi'embei'S,of the senior'crew were pfeseiitj ,: an!dyetfiisequ,ently the. crew was ','scratch^d^,^ iof?;;that ;i*ace.!', .As- :a re-; suit tjie' setnio.r-.f bur ilia's now- beenjbroken up^'-;\;jA'-i*i?o!i^sng-.''\tb!!'.:thia:''' decision' the se.lee|ow; I^vejfo^\P!'otiaif3ly > influenced by. th^^e, "rfaqpy :sh p wing;of!.the ■other crews; at the^regatta, /aiidj^liei'fact that .the; lower status^rjqwsl'iipjildireasily be.strengthen- ! ed^byshe|^cMfe j seni^^fpUJf^sli!B'-'U:'-^i^'i^;V''-';/':^}'V?'. :;' tne^-:cliiJj'Sv;^'e^i%tS^^ci ieVs 1,.'0i ie;viid>ir';','a;B follows:^';,"';/;;;.;?;'; 1./,,;: '■■■■' :^.''-J:; v ■ Junioiv. and-;•. Senior, Dduble.; Sculls'^ G.;WiiliamsHv(str ), A G.■:;. Cpoko ;<[str)'.;:'-; : :{ Junior;iPour.T—D'i'-'i&ray (strj, P. 'MuP: liiis>^,iiG';;TJiPnias': (2>,iP. yield;; (bow). Junior*-;p£nr^G).;Tho'J3ias; (str)>ft^;P.f I:',.?l^:^'^"'^' VMai'deii'Four.^C.'Steel ;;(s;tr),'> H.F. M'Leaii': (3);;. JJv'Butler (2), S/ G. :;Eees' (b'.p'w;).;"...:;-',,"----l^?',l'-'-:-.'':;' v , '■■.' .' ■''. ;' ■ ,; .- :■■'■:'■:' - Maiden 'P'airi-^C^ Steel." (str)>i;;S. ,;:'G.; Kee^Xbijw^^^vyJjijßutler ') (str), :H;-P.; (star) '{xMS(x/-!&iMiy' i^biw)..';' U 7'i fchiifi '■'. 'Light.weigfit'Malden.'iFour,-—J. .Taylor (sir);ik\imeoin:(3y, C r Webb ;;(2)i:';T.._ Sariiso]i.:(bpw).' >,'. "■ . ;': ■"'.':'' .. .:: ' Youths' Four.—B. A. Comerford (str), P. Cullimore (3), F. M. Bell (2), A. Waddell "(bow). . The crow;that was:to-have'represent-,. Ed the : elub^-in. the..-senior -■ races .during, the season consisted/, of G. Coqke (str),H. F.M'Lqan (3), G. Williams (2), D. Gray (bow). . ' Cooke and Williams will now be rowing in junior and senior double sculling races. 'M'lj'ean'is.rowing in. the maiden' four and in'the niaideri: pair,l and Gray as to stroke tho junior four:':-.'' ' ,' -;". A Nasty Acciaent. '■-■ , ' ' . - A nasty accident, occurred on the harbour' recently when, a double-scutl-ing b'oa,t and a single-sculling boat collided. : Tho double-sculler was being used by West" and 'Bright, of the Wellington Club)-, and C. Moffatt, of the Star" Club,"- .was tho,.occupier of tho single "sculler; "' Moffatt was injured in the' back' by the' bow of tlio double-sculler,-and had to receive medical attention. Such accidents among oarsmen are by no' means rare, but fortunately up to -the : present' Wellington harbour has';b6'en comparatively frep.'from them: An Oarsman Departs. ...' . . . . ; ■■.Bowing';" in: Wellington is tho poorer ■ ■for-the-.abscnco.-.of Mr. B. G.. Duncan, a member:.of .the,- Petono Club, who .has been transferred to 1 Sydney. Mr. Dmican .was not. only an. active : oarsman, but , he: was .'actively-.'engaged ..in .the administrative side of.rowing.,' He was a life member. ; of 'tho Petono . Kowing Club, and -had occupied - the position of: secretary- aiid. captain of -the club. ■He had also represented the club on. tho executive/of the..Wellington Bowing As? so.ciation '■• for some - eight years, and was also a' delegate -from Wellingtonto the council of the New Zealand Ama-. tour. Bowing. Association. At the recent annual meeting.of the New Zealand Association, when he resigned his position ■from the council, he^vas appointed New Zealand's official rowing representative in Australia.' Upon the occasion of his departure from Wellington, he was farewelled by the meriibers of tho Petone Club at a "social," and presented with ,a travelling- rug. Among the tributes that were paid-to his work in connection with 1-owing was one from Mr. A. D. Bayfield, honorary secretary of. the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association. •

Former Champions. Two former champion* scullers, Stevenson and St Clair, participated at the Tauranga regatta held during the holidays. Commenting upon the racing a writer in the "Waikato Times" states: "In the sijngle sculls the handicapper was f-oeling a bit too generous in allowing Turner, of Tauranga to--go. off the lOscc. mark and hehad the race to himself by the time ho passed -'the bridge. • The back markers, Stevenson and-. Sf Clair were together at the middle distance, when St Clair had the misfortune to striko a particularly heavy sea which split his boat rind he camo ' ashore per' medium vof the . breast stroke, leaving Stevenson- to • catch the 1 limit ■'maiV a furlong 'from home and row, into second-place about four lengths behind Turner." ■ . ' >. ..; '' The event over two mile's was more a test of watermanship than of rowing, especially over the last three-quarters of a miles,'and the: Hamilton 1 crewmanaged to hold" off the strong challenge of Tauranga, who, being accustomed : to the -course arid rough water conditions, rowed' a very determined race. ; On its next appearance at Hamilton on 29th January, the local crew, which will then be using its new Sim's boat, should be able to • show whether it has the pace and form to successfully contest the New-Zealand ; championship :at Picton on 23rd February.-, • ' ; '•'