ROWING

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10732, 1 November 1928, Page 7

ROWING

ANNUAL MEETING OF N.Z.A.R.A, NO EIGHTS FOR AUSTRALIA.;

(Press Association.; WELLINGTON, Oct. 31. ' The annual meeting of the New .Zealand (Amateur 'Rowing Association, allocated tln> championship regatta to the Marlborough Association, to be held at Picton. The interprovincial. eights were awarded to Canterbury, the voting being: Canterbury 7, Auckland 6. The ..suggestion to row the,, race .in heats, over, a inile and a-lialf, course was rejected’. Dissatisfaction was expressed with the' manner in which the. New Zealand representatives were selected for the Olympic. Games, it being stated that the oarsmen’s claims should have been' more favorably considered. The election ;of officers resulted : borough); vice-presidents, Messrs W J. Wilson (Otago), and A. ' Ayers (Canterbury); council, Messrs E. S Innes arid D. R. Menzies (Auckland) C. F. Turner (Canterbury), H. Patou (Otajgo), G. Lauclilan (Wanganui), E-;Diehl, and R. J. G. Duncan (Wellington); secretary and treasurer, A. -D. Bayfield; auditor, G. C. Fache. . ", i. ;■■■• ». 7:' . . Owing to the expense it was decid' ed that- the Council could not accept the invitation to send eights to New South Wales and Western Australia,; ;b.ut’favored mending A. K; 'Jackson, the Wanganui sculler, to Sydney to compete at the ,New South Wales championships. - . ■ . t ’ The Wanganui delegates resented the • criticism, of the control of the last championship regatta, and Mr Lauclilan, the. Council’s' representat'iyev (it, tlib, regatta, - agreed that. ; tft<r tj’buhte ' duo to matters dvbr' which’ there was no (jpntrol.