ROWING EVENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 106, 1 November 1933, Page 20

ROWING EVENTS

PLANS FOR 1933-34

CHAMPIONSHIP EIGHTS

IN WELLINGTON AGAIN

■/- Matters of considerable iniportanee in connection with the sport of rowing were discussed at the annual meeting ■■•of the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association last evening. Amongst 'other things, it was decided that the intcrprovincial eights should be rowed at Wellington again this year on Easter :'.-":'-'Saturday. There seemed to be every V possibility also of a New South Wales . crew competing at Wellington in con- -. junction with the intcrprorincial :' eights, so the 1933-1934 rowing season .'should bo an auspicious ono for the ■ Wellington Association. In moving the adoption of the annual report and balance-sheet (details of - which have 'been published in "The' Post")j the chairman (Mr. I. Haywood, ■ ■ Wanganui) said that t.ho report was very comprehensive and he did^not in;'tend to go\very fully into it. He considered, however, that he would be lack--1 ing in his duty if he &\<L not congratulate the executive on the way it had conducted the affairs of the association .'during the past year. It was very gratifying to read snch a glowing account of the last championship regatta. It was one of the best regattas he had /ever seen, and it was exceptionally, well run. Referring to the finances of the association, Mr. Haywood said it was very pleasing to see that they had come through the year well on the right side, notwithstanding some unforeseen ex- . ponditure. LARGER MEMBERSHIP. Mr. E. S. Innes (Auckland) said that it'was a very encouraging sign to find in the report that the association had increased its- membership by aver 213 ■ —nearly 15 per cent. Gratification at the increase in membership was also' expressed by Mr. G. . Lauchlan (Wanganui), chairman of the New Zealand Council. Mr. Lauehlan ( referred to a passage in the annual re- ; port quoting a statement by Mr. , Rundle, manager of the New Zealand Olympic team, in which he said that the New Zealand rowing crews proved at the Games that they were capable of j holding their own with the world's best . oarsmen, and advised that there should , be more competition in national con- ( tests. Mr. Lauchlan said that it was , pleasing to read such remarks about , the Olympic crevfl and he thought the suggestion of Mr. Rundle, that there ] should be more national competition, , was a good one. . i It was suggested by Mr. A. M. Hale ; (Marlborough) that in view of the fact ; that a New Zealand crew was not being sent to the Empire Games, the associa- , tion should consider sending a New , Zealand crew to Victoria in 1934. ; WHY SOUTHLAND MISSED. 1 Referring to the non-appearance of a ' Southland eight at the last interprovincial eights, Mr. A. Cockcroft (Southland) said that the Southland As- J sociation had fully intended to be re- I presented, but owing to circumstances ' over which it had no control it was unable to do so. The main difficulty was, ] of course, finance. The delegates could ; Test assured, however, that if there was " a chance at all Southland would be represented at the next championship." j After further discussion the report and balance-sheet'were adopted. When the question of allocating the championship regatta came up for con- ' sidcration, it was stated that Auckland ' had applied late for the regatta as well J as Marlborough. Mr. Hale (Marlborough) objected to the Auckland application being accepted, on the ground that it had been decided at -the last annual meeting of the association that no last-minute applications for. the regatta would be considered, and that the last day on which: applications could be received was on September 30 of ■each year. application; ruled out. It was pointed out by Mr. A. D. Bay- r foild, secretary to the council, that Auckland's application had: been re- i ccived in October. Mr. Bayfeild said , that ho taigivt inadvertently have led j the Auckland Association into believ- ' ing that it was not necessary for Auelc- J land to have their application in as i early as September 30. He had ro- j eeive,d a letter from the Auckland Association in September in which it was stated that Auckland would probably J be applying'for the regatta. <■ r The chairman said that the difficulty j could be overcome if the meeting iinani- ( mously decided to suspend the rule re- < lating to the last date ofl-which the ( application could be received. On betialf of Marlborough, Mr. Hale. ] objected to the application being cou- ( sidered, and the' chairman then ruled ] out Auckland's application. i Marlborough, the only other applicant, ] ■was therefore given the regatta, which i will be rowed at Picton on February 17. j otago^and the eights. I Applications for the interprovincial ( eights were received from five associa- s tions, Otago, Marlborough, Wellington, ] Wanganui, and Auckland. ■■ i Expressing the. views of the .Otago . Association, Mr. S. G. Styche- said that j sines the inception of tho "Eights" the , Otago Association had spent about ( £400 in sending crews away. For , that -reason in particular it was. con- ] sidered that tho "Eights" should be awarded- to ( Otago this season. An- t other important factor was that if tho j "Eights" took place at" some other j centre at Easter it would interfere with j the Queenstown Regatta, on which the ' Otago clubs depended very much for , income.' 'If the championship were i allotted to a centre outside Otago at 1 Easter, a question would arise as to s whether the'Otago Association would j support the "Eights" or their • own 1 clubs. ' The Auckland,' Marlborough, and ; Wellington delegates spoke in favour < of holding the "Eights" in their con- , 'tres. In the first ballot all tho asso- j ciations with the exception of Otago and Wellington were , eliminated. A 1 further ballot to decide which of these i two associations was to have tho ] "Eights" resulted in favour of Wei- 1 lingtoii, tho Votes being 10 for and 7 , against. - . ] CENTRALISATION TAILS. J Considerable discussion ensued as a ; result of a Wellington remit proposing , that in future tho championship eights should be centralised in Wellington. , The remit was defeated by 12 votes to . 5. V . . j A Canterbury remit that tho New . Zealand championship regatta should , be held alternately at Pieton and Wei- , lington was lost by 11 votes to 6. ] With the exception of Canterbury, 1 all tho associations strongly supported , the proposal 'that a New South Wales 1 eight, should bo invited to New Zealand , this '.season. After discussion the , council was instructed to take steps t to formulate an itinerary, allocate the expenses amongst the various associations, and advise the associations what . the position was. If the replies from I the associations were favourable and .< the necessary money was guaranteed the j council was to make arrangements for '. the tour. .. ... . . . i It was decided that the annual levy i for the ensuing-year should be 2s, but . that Gd only should be called tip. i The following officers were elected:— s Pvnsirifint,. Mr. ft. Rirlincr CM^rl. 1

borough); vice-presidents, Messrs. A. C. Nbrden (Auckland) and F. W. Mothes (Wellington); council, Messrs. R.: G. Duncan (Wellington), T. M. Hinkley (Wellington), G. Lauchlan (Wanganui), A. Ross (East Coast), M. A. Turner (Canterbury), D. R. Menzies (Auckland), and H. Payton (Otago); secretary, Mr. A. D. Bayfeild; auditor, Mr IV "H Wlinplfir.