REGATTA ROWING

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 282, 12 November 1936, Page 7

REGATTA ROWING

One-Day Fixture for East Coast GISBORNE PROPOSAL A discussion strongly in favour of a one-day regatta took place at the weekly meeting of the committee of the Gisborne Rowing Club, and it was decided to instruct the club delegates on the East Coast Rowing Association to strongly support the proposal. “It was decided to hold the L.V.A. Shield and Harris and Hill Shield regatta at Napier on February 6, 1937,” stated a letter received from the secretary of the East Coast Rowing Association advising the affiliated clubs of the business of its last meeting. “As the Napier club has advised that it will not compete in the sculling events the question arose as to the advisability of the travelling clubs transporting their boats to compete at a regatta where the local club was not interested in sculling competitions. “A suggestion was made that the association should adhere to its usual practice of holding two separate regattas and having the usual five classes in each competition. It was decided to refer the questions to each club and to have the position reviewed at the next meeting of delegates. “This association would like to receive each club’s views on the following:—(a) Should the sculling events be held in conjunction with the four-oar and pair-oar events at a regatta, to be held at Napier, or held at a separate regatta in Wairoa; (b) what classes should be rowed in each of the four shield competitions in the event of the one-day regatta being held 2” A suggestion made by Mr. Mahon that the rules of the East Coast association should be revised to enable a club to enter more than one crew in each class was regarded favourably. Mr. Mahon, as one of the selectors, said clubs should attempt to boat as many representative crews as possible to give all their members a chance. (The Gisborne club could boat three .maiden fours, but according to the rules eight of those men had to stand down.

It was decided to adhere to the original remit to the association that the regatta be restricted to six four-oar, two pair-oar, two double sculling, and two single sculling events, or, as an alternative, six four-oar and five pairoar events with the double and single sculling events rowed at Gisborne as an inter-club fixture between Poverty Bay and Gisborne. Mr. D. Jones said that the pairs, doubles, and singles could be restricted to the junior and maiden classes.