SANDERS CUP DISPUTE

Evening Star, Issue 21503, 30 August 1933, Page 8

SANDERS CUP DISPUTE

TROPHY RETURNED TO DONORS AUCKLAND RESOLUTIONS [Pm United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, August 30. The Auckland Yacht and Motor Boat Association, at a special meeting, decided to offer to return the Sanders Cup to the donors. The dispute concerning the cup was discussed in committee, and two resolutions were passed. One declared: “ The association regrets disputes which detract from the high honour which New Zealand yachtsmen should at all times show to the memory of Sanders. It entertains the view that the contests have tended to exhibit the skill and ingenuity of the builders of the competing craft instead of the seamanship and courage of those sailing them. It sees no reason to expect any greater success in overcoming these difficulties by the formation of the Now Zealand Yachting Council than has been achieved by the present system of interprovincial conferences.”

The second resolution declares: “ The association cannot understand the reiterated statement that it controls the Sanders Cup races, and that other provincial associations have no voice. The control of all Sanders Cup contests since 1921 has been by dominion conferences, in which Auckland has had precisely the same voice as at any other conference, and during the last five years only one Aucklander on one occasion was appointed timekeeper, starter, or judge.”