ROWING

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1932, Page 19

ROWING

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REGATTA PROGRAMME

EIGHT-OAR CONTEST

EASTER NOT FAVOURED

The following programme pi; events for the New Zealand Chamoionship Regatta to bo held on tho Waikato Biver on 29th January was approved' by the New Zealand Bowing Council at its last meeting:— ,11.15 a.m.: Maiden, Pat; Oar (ono mile), donations, first j£4, second £1. • 11.30 a.m.: Junior Four, Clinker (one and a half miles), donations, "first £10, second £.2. ; .' 12 p.m.: Maiden Pours, Ten Stone (ono mile), donations, first £7, second £2. . ■;■■.- ■-■•" ;. . 12.45 p.m.: New Zealand Championship, Single Sculls (one and a half miles), donations, first £10, second &2:. 1.30 p.m.: Maiden Fours, Open (one mile), donations, first £9, second £2. 2 p.m.: New Zealand Championship Fours (two miles), donations, first £40, second £10. . . 2.20 p.m.: Maiden Double Sculls (one mile), donations, first £4, second £1. 3 p.m.: New Zealand Championship Double Sculls (one and a half miles), donations, first £12, second .£3. 3.30 p.m.: Junior Fours, Best and Best (one and a half miles), donations, first £10, second £2. ..- 4 p.m.: New Zealand Championship Pair Oars, (one and a half miles), donar tions, first £12, second. £3. /. ■ 4.30 p.m.: Youthß' Fours (one mile), donations, first £7,. second £2. 5 p.m.: Consolation Fours, Ladies' Challenge Cup (one and a half ihiles); donations, first. £15, second £5. For Championship Honours. . Large fields are expected to compete at the championship regatta this season, .and already considerable interest Is being. taken in the plans of New Zealand's leading oarsmen. . W. Turner, the holder of.; the New Zealand single sculling championship for the past' three years, will be at Hamilton to defend his titie, says an exchange. : With C. Tana he will defend the doubles tif;le which they gained at-Wellington last year. ■ W/ Stevenson, an ex-New Zealand single, sculls champion, who has won his title four times, is now training hard at, New Plymouth for a further attempt at the hononrs; He first won it at Bluff in the 1922-1923 season* and held it atPicton next year. He lost it to I. W, St.' Clair at Hamilton in the ■1924-i92s,season, regained it, at Dunedin in: 1925-1926 season, and; also held it in the following year at Picton. He finally lost it to A. K. Jackson, of the Wanganui Union Boating Club, at Wanganui>.in the 1927-1928 season. A. K. Jackson, of the Wanganui' Union, will, wear ..the light blue of his club'tn an endeavour to wrest back the singles title taken from him by W. Turner.-- With Trail, Jackson will most probably make an effort to regain the double sculls title which they held during the 1927-1928 and 1928-1929 seasons. As former New Zealand champions they will" make matters interesting in this race for W. Turner and C. Taua. J. W. and G.. St ■ Clair (Auckland) are entering for the champion double sculls. ■'■.•' /"" '•'■ ■'"", !-' .' ■' " The Hamilton senior fourr-N. Pope, B. Sandos,... W. Bowley, and E. A. Waters—is now in serious training for the championships. "As the champion fours is certain to be a hard-fought contest on. that course, the! crew's belated appearance on the river is open to doubt," .says tho -"New Zealand Herald;'.' .":■,"■ ■ • :.-;"."\'"- —".."'■ Championship Course. ' The' Waikato River- was inspected last week by Auckland Bowing Association officials for the purpose of laying out the course for the New Zealand championships.' The'officials stated that with the riyer buoyed in certain suggested places it should prove eminently satisfactory as a championship course.' They mentioned that one feature would be that the championship races could be started on time, since the river complied with the.main championship condition—smooth water at all times. The ■visitors were impressed with the training facilities existing in Hamilton, since in ■ Auckland training is often dependent upon tides and Hyind being suitable. : r >- • H v Eight. Oar Championship. ■The date fixed by Marlborough for the New Zealand Championship Bights (26th March) has hot found favour with Otago and Southland on account of their Easter, Regatta at Lake Waihola, which is always well .patronised by southern rowing clubs.' They have written to Marlborough to see.'if any alteration can be made. The New Zealand Council is naturally desirous ■ that a date suitable to the association, more particularly the Otago Associationy the holders of the championship, should be' fixed. The council has; also approached the' Marlborough Association to see if anything can be done. The distance which Marlborough wished to row is two miles onlyi against three miles (whenever practicable) provided for by the rules. Possibly the Marlborpugh Association has in view the distance of tho Olympic eights, which is only one and a quarter miles, the idea being to give oarsmen experience in short distance racing. Southland's Bight...; : The Southland Bowing Association is to have an eight-oar boat. The New Zealand Council was anxious to test out its racing eight with the Wellington eight, but. the test was not arranged. A meeting of the.council was, held last week, and it was decided that the special eight should be given to Southland, with the proviso that it is not to be used in interprovincial contests till approval is given. The council's suggestion is that before the boat is used by Southland at an interprovin-: eial. regatta it might be tested with the Otago, or any other, similar boat. In tho event of a New Zealand crew going to the; Olympic (jambs tho eouneii will purchase, a new boat. !. I. apler Club Ke-formed. All oarsmen in New Zealand will welcome back the Napier Bowing Club, which .was recently re-formed and has been affiliated to tho New ZealandAmateur Bowing Association. The. ITapier Bowing Club was originally; formed in 1875 and was one of those clubs which suffered severely by de-' creased membership owing to the war. The Napier Club had not functioned for a number of yeaTS. * The Idle Aloug 12ft 9in boats do not seem to. be proving themselves at; Plimmerton, says a correspondent. Notwithstanding*''the liberal handicaps given to them they have been led around the course on five consecutive occasions by the Taukana, a 12ft boat. The results have been much the same in either light 05 feousteroua jveatheg, '-