SCULLING.

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 February 1911, Page 2

SCULLING.

CHALLENGE TO PEARSE. SYDNEY, Feb. 21.—Sycl Kemp, son of - the ex-champion, Peter Kemp, has lodged a deposit to row Pearse for the Chaiiipioiiship bf Australia and a hundred piffihdis ffpidcj mi the Parramatta River, at-the end Of April «r the beginning of May. The challenge , came as a surprise, though Kemp lias won a number of races lately. ■ ARNST AND PEARSE. SYDNEY, Feb. 21.... The Ariiflt-Fbarae negotiations for the world’s champiorislPp rooiling race have been blocked, through Pearse s inability to obtain.the full amount of the stake, Arnst declining anything less than five hundred pounds a-side. A very large number of athletes are in tfiaifiiiii fa*, the sports to be held at Paroa on Wednesday,- March Bth, The eight-mile open bicycle race (Paroa tOj Taramakau) promises to evoke keen competition, as some of the best riders on the West Coast intend competing. Mr. Louis Nees has donated fl flew Reliance bicycle (value £l2 10s) as fir§t prize for this event. The programme also includes chopping, sawing, running, dancing, and .other side events. Entries for all events close with the secretary, Mr D. McGlaslian, at Paroa not later than 10 p.m. on March Ist. Handicaps, will be declared on March 6th. All events will he "Tun under the auspices of the New Zealand Athletic Union,