FINANCE THE OBSTACLE

Evening Star, Issue 22232, 9 January 1936, Page 5

FINANCE THE OBSTACLE

SANDERS GUP CONTEST OTAGO REPRESENTATION DISCUSSED Only £2O of the £9O required to despatch Yal, the Otago representative, and her crew to Auckland for the Sanders Cup contest - commencing on January 27 has so far been collected by the Otago Yacht and Motor Boat Association, which expressed its opinion at a special meeting last night that want of interest on the part of the general public was the repercussion of administrative troubles. Now that the association is saddled with this financial burden, members were extremely doubtful whether Otago would compete this year. That the art union being conducted by the association would result in enough money being obtained was the contention of the secretary (Mr A. Burt), who introduced the subject. The trouble was that the crews would have to leave within about a week, and the money would be needed by then. Mr W. Webber : It looks as if a boat will not go away. _Mr T. Anderson: Tho position certainly is very awkward for us. Mr Burt said that in his opinion a Sanders Cup crew should be sent away, and if enough money were not forthcoming the challenge for the Cornwell Cup should be cancelled. Mr Webber: But we haven’t got enough to send even one crew. Mr Burt: I have no doubt that we will get enough, out of the art union. “ I knew it would come to this,” said the chairman (Mr E. T. Holler). “ We are suffering from all that tommy rot of a little while ago. People will not give to us for that reason. They are sick and tired of it all.”

“ We have got to face the facts,” said Mr Anderson. “We must send a Sanders Cup crew away. It would bo very unsporting for us to pull out now. We have got Auckland back into tho contest, and as it was Auckland and Otago that started the contest it is only right that we should be there this time. If we make an effort I believe that we will get the money.” It was eventually decided to appoint a committee comprising Messrs Moller, Anderson, and Burt to canvass for funds and make an effort to get tho crews away. CONTROL OF FUTURE CONTESTS. A suggestion that a special conference of delegates from all yachting associations in New Zealand should be held during tho present year to discuss the future control of the Sanders Cup contest and - put it on a better basis was made by Otago’s representative on the New Zealand Yachting Council (Mr W. O. Martin). The suggestion met with the approval of all the club delegates present, and it was decided to forward it to all the other associations in the Dominion.

When the arrangements for the forthcoming Sanders Cup contest were being discussed Mr Martin said that other associations seemed to be forgetting that the contest was to be controlled by. the New Zealand Yachting Council. A conference would be held in Auckland at the time of the contest, but delegates would have their time fully occupied with other things, and would not have an opportunity to go fully into all the points that would be raised. In any case, they would not be in a position to commit the associations they represented, and before anything definite could be decided concerning the future control of the contest the associations would have to be given an opportunity of discussing the position. In his opinion the conference in Auckland should be a preliminary _to another conference to be held during the off season, when tho future of the conference could be discussed and its control put on a decent footing. The chairman (Mr E. T. Moller) said he agreed with Mr Martin. Prom what he had learned, many points would bo raised at the Auckland conference, and it would be impossible for delegates to commit their associations. “ Mr Martin has hit the nail on the head,” said Mr T. Anderson. “We fought hard to get the New Zealand Yachting Council, and we are not going to give it away cheaply.” Other delegates spoke in favour of tho suggestion.