ROWING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2122, 22 February 1908, Page 1 (Supplement)

ROWING.

(Notcs'Tiy “Single Scull. ) liuinanuili est err are is true of selectors .is well as writers; and perhaps it is wrong on my part to criticise the work ot those gentlemen entrusted with tlie selection ot the crews representing the Poverty Bay Clufi in the challenge shield events; hut opinions differ amongst sportsmen as well as in the medical profession, and in my humble opinion two oi the crews could have been strengthened. The senior crew is a really .rood one, and all going well witli them, will take a lot of beating the opposition shed. 1 do not know whether it is tlie intention or Jones to go to N .pier with, this crew m place of Nicholas as origin:. 1- selected hut if lie does they will make a ,r (K) d showing in the events they -nay start for.'The ten stone crew could verv well have been strengthened ay selecting Somerville stroke, I ortei o, \y Robertson 2. and Broken,shire in the how seat; and J feel sure it that crew challenged the one selected to represent the Club they could beat them bv over two lengths on the lanaheru'course. In regird to the junior crew, considering the. "A Nicholas brought on his men m t c fast fours, he was well entitled .o he position of stroke. AVmter on h form all through thus season, is "CU entitled to his scat and has made more improvement than any rower m the Club this season. Seymour is n the opinion of myself ami oilie.s well id died to a scat m this Cie>\. rL j s cert ii ll l v a better oarsman than Brokinshiie with more reach, and wpiwht Also lie would have made a 'mod number 2, and J Newton who has been getting into form and has done good service in the past in the how would have made a atrongercie.\ than that as selected, rsuthwitii "(“.iiiS .it i.

chance at all, either in the local race againsc the Gisborneites, who are already doing good work, or in the fixtures at Napier, where they will be rowing against the pick of the Dominion.

J Before next issue of this Supplement the great event in the rowing | world will have been lost and won. i In no part of the world do people take their sports so seriously as in Australasia, and more particularly in. the Dominion, which, tor its size and number of inhabitants, can claim a record, I -think, for its successes in. | the field of sport. If only requires ' any observant person to note the I tense expression or the average colonist.either waching a big event in proI gross, or anxiously writing at the | notice boards in the. various towns ! when news is awaited regarding perj haps the success of the All Blacks against Wales, Fitzsimmon v. JefI fries for the 'boxing championship, | Wilding and Brookes in the tennis ■ championship.and so-on: and the comI ing championship on .the Wanganui ' river on Tuesday"next is no exception Ito the ride. Already from the Three , Kings to the Bluff the event is being discussed, and the merits of the coni testunts argued for and against. , There is no doubt that from all ap--1 pea ranees it will be an Homer 1 ? , struggle, and each man is leaving no ' stone unturned,, as the say nig goes, to be it the zenith of his powers. Whichever* of the two fails it wid not be for want-of condition. There is no doubt the supporters of b will get a 'good run. It is to be hoped that climatic influences will not interfere with the arrangement:; to mar the rowing, and a record in time should be registered for the journey. J think when the numbers go up New. Zealand will not be found in Second place. I The crew to represent fine Gisborne Club in the Ten-Stone and Open Mai--1 den races at the -Napier'regatta .have been hi training for about a month, and if they train hard and consistently from now they should give a good account of themselves. J3ow wants to .ret his hand away quicker and not fall awav from his oar it the end ot the stroke. Two has not'd one much rowing this season, but >s allowing very good form. He should cultivate more control of his slide, and sinouul <ret out of his habit of “skying fiis. oar on the feather. Three is new to the seat, and is rather erratic with the time. He is slow in getting his hands away, and he does mot. swing I straight in the boat. He has aw£i\ . fault of looking out O. the boat. 1 Stroke is new to the seat this season, i but is showing fairly good hum. He 'does not swing quite straight when 'coming forward. He should endeavor to get the crew to do sow ei Idwork.' 1