ROWING

Evening Star, Issue 20119, 8 March 1929, Page 14

ROWING

[By Coxswain.]

FIXTURES. March 9.—Ravensbourne Regatta. March 9.—Wanganui Rowing Association Regatta. March 16.—Interprovincial Eights, at Lyttelton. March 23.—Otago Rowing Association Regatta, at Dunedin. March 30.—Queenstown Regatta. RAVENSBOURNE REGATTA. North-east Harbour, North End, and Otago Clubs wll be represented at the Ravensbourne regatta to-morrow by the ■ following crews: — North-east Harbour.—Maiden fours: L. Hellyer (stroke), J. Hook, R. ,V. Hellyer, W. H, Timms (bow). North End.—Youths’ fours: Barton (stroke), Deans, Clarke, Rodgers (bow). Maiden fours: Johnston (stroke), Wilson, Titcheuer, Blagdon .(bow). Otago .Rowing Club.—Youths’ fours (No. 1)A. C. M'Brido (stroke), C. Batchelor, A. Young, W. Davey(bow). Youths’ fours (No. 2): W. M. Gamble (stroke), Stevens, Lukeman, K. Barclay (bow). Maiden fours: W. G. Cowrie (stroke), C. Batchelor, S. Bell, D. Mason (bow). Queen’s Drive will not bo represented as it is thought that tho fees to carry the boats to Ravensbourne and back are rather high. The members cf the dub have, .therefore, decided that it is not worth while going. The O.R.C. will row the final of the Salt Water Baths Cup _at Ravensbourne to-morrow, in conjunction with the regatta.

THOMSON FOURS AND HOWLISON CUP. - Last Saturday afternoon the O.R.C. shed was the scene of much activity on account of the Racing Committee getting off two of the club races. The first race rowed was the Thomson fours, for which there were five crows. In the first heat Lawless (stroke), S. Anderson, Lukeman, Pickford (bow) met Cooper (stroke), W. Werges, I. Glendining, Gamble (bow). Both crews got away together, and it looked as though it would bo a close race, but unfortunately Glcndining, in Cooper’s ciew, broke hs rigger some 3Uoyds from the start. Lawless paddled in the winner. The second heat was rowed between Allan (stroke), B. Johnston, Beveridge, Zaffer (bow), and Perry (stroke), Rodger, Bell, Jolly (bow). The former crow got away well at the start, tcok the lead, which they maintained to the finish, winning by two lengths. Brough (stroke), Batchelor, Young, Barclay (bow), who had drawn a by© in the first round, rowed against crew in the semi-final, both getting away together at the start, and at the half-mile post Brough had a length’s lead. When 500yds from the finish the two and bow in Brough’s boat “ caught a crab,” allowing Lawless to draw level. Brough’s crew got going again, rowing a nice long stroke, overhauled the other boat to win by a bare length. The final, rowed between Brough’s and Allan’s crews, was a ding-dong go all the way, Brough passing the winning post a boat length ahead of Allan. The second race was for the Howlison Cup, for single sculls (the cun for this race, by tho way, is one of the most valuable and handsome trophies presented for amateur rowing in New Zealand). In the first beat A. A. Perry met J. Henderson, and after a good go the former, who is the more experienced sculler, won by a length. In the second heat R. Johnston met W. Beveridge, both scullers getting away well at the start, and after going 100yds Johnston, who was steering the hotter course, took the lead and held it to the finish, winning by a length and a-half. , T In the third and fourth heats C. J. M'Ara- will meet K. Barclay, and E. W. Pickford will meet F. Brough. INTERPROVINCIAL EIGHTS. The Otago representative eight-oar crew—Brough, Solomon, Clark, M'Ara, Cramond, Mitchell, Eggers, and Pritchard—has started training at Port Chalmers, where the boat is housed. The crew is subject to alteration. Two or three spins will soon show if it is evenly balanced. It was out last fennday afternoon and rowed to the Heads, covering about twelve or thirteen miles. . . , The Canterbury crew for the interprovincial eight is now training in the eight, after having put in about two weeks of preliminary work in fours. The crew is practically the same as last vear.’s, excepting that Oborn and Whittington are unable to row, Next week one of the eights will be taken down to Redcliffs, Sir D. Leo having generously granted the crew the use of his cottage, and training will be

done on the estuary. The crew will most likely be: F. H. Brown (st), G. Duggan (7), S. P. Godfrey (6), C. Morris (5). A. Rogers (4), G. Stiles (3), A. Stiles (2), C. Agassiz (bow). All these men but bow have been definitely, selected. It is expected this crow will be quite as strong as last year, and with the experience gained last season, it may be a little faster. The Otago Club crews are now settling down to hard work. During last week-end the conditions were very favourable, and quite an amount of training was done. The senior crew are showing good form, and should improve considerably before much more more time has past. Bow will require to get in plenty of work, as he has not had the training the rest of the crew has gone through. The maiden four, now reconstructed, and much stronger than before, was displaying good form. It would soon improve if taken in hand by a coach. The same remark applies to the maiden double scullers, who should be taken in hand right away. The following Queen’s Drive crews have been picked to train for the association’s regatta on March 23. Youths’ fours: N. Macdonald (st), H. Gordon, L. Pithie, C. Macdonald (bow) : maiden fours: G. Thomson (st), D. Macdonald, W.‘ Jones, J. Emerson (bow); junior fours: G. Thorn (st), T. Treloar, F. Pithie, J. Telfer (bow) ■ senior fours; G. Clark (st.), H. Pritchard, L. Fountain, D. Matheson (bow); youths’ double sculls (No. 1) : N. Macdonald (st), C. Macdonald (bow); youths’ double sculls (No. 2): L. Pithie (st), H. Gordon (bow) ; maiden double sculls: G Thorn (st), T. Treloar '(bow); junior double sculls (No. 1) : T. Porter (st), D. Matheson (bow); junior double sculls (No. 2): G. Thorn (st), T. Treloar (bow); senior double sculls: G. Clark (st), H. Pritchard (bow) ; youths’ pairs (No. 1): N. Macdonald (st), C. Macdonald (bow); youths’ pairs (No. 2), L. Pithie (st), H. Gordon (bow); maiden pairs (No. 1) ; G. Thomson (st), D. Macdonald (bow); maiden pairs (No. 2): W. Jones (st), J. Emerson (bow); junior pairs (No 1) ; G. Thorn (st), T. Treloar (bow) ; junior pairs (No. 2); F. Pithie (st), J, Teller (bow); senior pairs: G. Clark (st), H. Pritchard (bow). All crews are subject to alteration. Most of the Queen’s Drive crews have commenced training again, and the crew showing most improvement is, perhaps, the No. 2 youths’ pair, Pithie and Gordon, who hare come on well, and by the day of the regatta should be one of the hardest crews in their race. The Macdonald brothers are also rowing and sculling well, and will also be in the picture. These four comprise the youths’ four, and have been doing a fair bit of training. The maidens have been having a spell, and should bo all the better for it, as they did not do as well as expected at St. Leonards regatta, but are expected to do better at the next regatta, although they will be up against a harder proposition. The junior four have commenced training again, and on occasions send their boat along at a good pace, but they" do not keep it up; if they did there would be no doubt as to who the winners would be. It is up to them to get fit enough to keep it up over the mile. The seniors are having a spell after their strenuous preparation for the championship; too strenuous, perhaps, and the rest will do them good. They, too, should win on the day of the regatta. Oamaru is expected to bo represented at the Otago Rowing Association’s regatta on March 23 in the youths’ maiden, and junior events. There is a prospect that the Canterbury Rowing Club will also bo represented, possibly in the maiden event. Mr C R Caffin has been appointed umpire, and Mr E. V. Fairbairn starter for the Queenstown regatta on March 30. It has been intimated that four Southland crews will bo at Queenstown for the regatta, so that there should be some good racing for local crews, Wanganui’s regatta is to be held on March 9,- the same day as the Auckland championships. The total prize £2O to the club winning the senior money is £l2O, including a donation of fours. A programme of ten events consists of: Maiden fours (open), maiden fours, junior double sculls, maiden fours (light-weight), junior fours (to single sculls, youths’ fours, senior be rowed in best and best boats), senior single sculls, junior single sculls, and junior fours (to be rowed in clinkers). All races are over one mile, except the two junior four races and the senior singles, which are 1-J miles, and the senior fours, which are two miles. Regatta arrangements are largely under tba control of Mr 0. A. Healey, the Union stroke, who is chairman of the committee.

Summarised, this season’s champions arc:—

Champion Pours.—Hamilton Rowing Club—G. W. St. Clair (st.), B. Sandos (3), W. Bayly (2), E. A. Waters (bow). Champion Pairs.—Star Boating Club —G. C. Cooke (st.), G. E. Williams (bow). Champion Double Sculls.—Union Boat Club (Wanganui)—A. K. G. Jackson (st.), E. 0. Traill (bow).

Chajnpion Single Sculls.—Tauranga Rowing Club—W. Turner. Cooke, Williams, and Turner being new-comers to the ranks of the champions, will be presented -with the coveted “red coats” offered each year by the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association to the winners of the four championship races, and regarded as the highest honour in the sport of rowing in the dominion.