ROWING.

Evening Star, Issue 17920, 16 March 1922, Page 11

ROWING.

[By Clinker,]

The next regatta to cla'im the attention of local oarsmen is the Queenstown regatta, which takes places at Lake* t'ipu on Easter Saturday (April 15). The programme of rowing _ events includes youths’, maiden, and senior douolo sculls, youths’, maiden, and .senior pair-oar, •youths’, maiden, junior, and senior fouroar races. Entries close on March 31, and it is hoped to see liberal entries from all the local clubs. All events will be rowed on a course marked out on tno ]?nmlcton arm of ike lake, and it it- is found impossible to hold the regatta on Saturday It will bo held on the Monday. In addition to the rowing events there ■trill be two launch races and an innovation in the form of a race for fourteenfoot vnehts under Sanders Cup rules. Strict training is the rule in practically every crow in the North Endl shed at present, in anticipation of being picked to represent tho club at Queenstown Hie maiden crew which won at Port Chalmers is improving every day under the finished coaching of the veteran Mark Higpna, and overvona in the club will watch with great interest tho results of tho Queenstown maiden and junior &>««• ... „ _ The race for the Presidents (Mr b. ». Mvevs) Fours of the North End Club is in progress nightly this week. Phe semifinals and finals will he rowed off on Saturday if the weather proves favorab e. This race is being followed very keenly by club members, and Saturday’s racing should prove really attractive for any interested in the sport. ■ . It is expected that Wellington, Auckland, Wanganui, Marlborough, Otago, and Canterbury will be represented in the Intcrprovincial l?otirs race. Christnhurch It is the intention of the North End Boating Club to hold its annual sports meeting before Easter. Some good times should be registered, as all tho members are at present in good form and feeling

vcrv fit. , fho main' topic of discussion m rowing circles at present (says the Christchurch •Star’) is the Canterbury crow for.the Intorprovincial Pours race, to be held at Corsair Bay on April 15. The selected tro w—T. H. Grenfell (stroke), W. Sergieon (3), C. Champ (2), and H. Adkins (bow) —appears to give general satisfaction, although in some quarters Yelvm (Avon) is preferred to Grenfell. The latter is a junior oarsman, and rows in that grade for the Union Club. It is questionable whether he has hath sufficient experience to row in such an important event, where the pick of the, crows of other provinces will compete. Ho has practically on unbeaten record in pair oar races. The other three picked 1 men are undoubtedly the beet available. Jas. Paddou, challenger for the world s championship sculling title, stands 6fb din high, weighs 1421 b stripped, and is 43m round the chest. . There is no doubt (says the Ohnstohuron 1 llefuree ’) that Lake Forsyth provides practically an ideal course, and it has been suggested' that it might be advisable, to row the Intorprovincial Fours there. It would involve considerably leia handling of boats, than at Corsair Bay,_ although, 1 '»i__ ......... 4 ' 4l< * «nsa . lurtttnce rrk Kn

postponed, Corsair Bay would be > much more convenient. Then, again)', it is proposed to hold only the two events—the IntcrpTOvincial Fours and tho Firms Race —on Farter Saturday, and it is a question whether these two rucos-wi.il bo sufficient attraction, especially from _a spectator's point of view. If. tho lake is decided on, it will moan a day’s outing, and' it will probably ho found necessary to add two or three races to the programme to help to sustain tho interest.

Paddon has brought over two boats from Australia, and Casey (pacemaker) and Larson (trainer) also have brought over boats with them. Paddou’s boats were built by George Towns. His training boat is “ The Referee,” so named because it was given to him by the ‘ Referee ’ newspaper when he vistod England to row Barry for tho championship,-and he used it in that event. His second-boat la called “Richmond,” having been presented to him bv his Richmond River friends and admirers. This is tho boat he will use against Hadfielcl. It is 27ft Bin in length, about 121jm in width, and 6in in depth. When equipped for rowing it weighs 291 b, and ho uses 7]in blades, The training boat is tho same length as tho racing boat. Paddon’s boats will in the _ meantime be quartered in the Wanganui Rowing Club’s sheds, which have been kindly placed at his disposal. The annual BICO half-mile Christmas Handicap on tl» Tyne was concluded on January 1. It took six rounds before tho final was reached, when J. J. Farrow (Seotswood), 17soc, heat W. Tait (Gateshead), 15soc, by a length, Farrow, who was well backed, is twenty-five years of ago. and Is a Tyne man. He has been sculling for three years, and it was his first victory. James Paddon, of Australia, who is Becking to capture the world’s sculling championship from Darcy Hadfield, has been seen on tho Wanganui with pacers a good deal recently (says a Wanganui correspondent), but his style of rowing appears to bo quite tho opposite to that of HadCeld’s. Paddon does not possess a finished stylo of sculling, and is rather rough and not at all impressive, though ho scorns to get considerable pace out of his boat. Ho appears to indulge in too much arm work, and his arms and logs do not work in rhythm. Ho finishes his stroke with a kind of jerk, and it almost appears as if his legs are too long for tho boat. However, as already indicated, he gets a. good pace out of his heat, which is the main thing. But whether his style, which should be effective In spurting, will, he equally good over the long distance remains'to be seen. Paddon is to establish his camp on tho site recently used by Dick Arnst. Ho is anxious to settle down to solid work, ns ho has considerable weight to take off, though he does not anticipate any difficulty in that connection. He has not raced for some time, hut hopes to get back his old-time form by the date of tho race, about April 20. Hadfield has not yet. returned from Auckland to undergo his training in preparation for his contest with Paddon, .but his supporters are confident that when ho does get bade, in a day or two, and settles down again he will put up an even finer performance than he did against Arnst.