AQUATICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14250, 22 December 1909, Page 9

AQUATICS.

ROWING. ' • - .The performances of (he Wert End light maiden v||a and :• heavy i Junior crews *on j' Saturday .1 last J must msl have been very satisfactory to/ their 4 energeticf§j| coach: (D. Hanna). The victory of' thelight- <» .] weights 1 came as J somewhat M¥«i surprise even to the supporters of the club. The crew put up It ■' J good ! race and deserved j their win. Of i course, iqfm carping critic oould point to more than ; oriip fault MB in their ■ rowing," but for a; new. crew they /pulled AH well together. ft?- Mo. 3 :fshould J try f and *j keep a Rtralarhler back, and No. 2 should hold his tilde : a ' fraction longer. Ift noticed, too, that | the crew were inclined lto fail to pieces towards ithe' finish;jL*| of the; race. No doubt < a few more 1 weeks' rowing will ; enable them ,to t overcome this. tendency. 4( The heavy junior ; crew had all - their work f cut j out to |i 1 displace Waitemota 1 ! for first > honours. The finish, 1 | between these '■ two crews r) was very dose, .Went |s| End getting honie iby feet only. This is a much improved crew, t but I fain inclined |to think even more ii pace £ could be obtained with a|3 slightlylgJ accelerated rate of stroke. ;! The alow and, balanced •' recovery is generally accepted as Iteing one ot the 'fundamental S principles; of the % English t style p|f of oarsmanship,fbutyls? well to ; remember that»M at ;no part <of the stroke should ] there ibe iabsolute cessation of movement—the hands must be shotl out immediately on • extracting the blade, v f w ?•' ] t McDonald, the winner of ,tb(f sculling > handicap, till would appear to be iin s better form ; thy year. Ifa? understand " that hp has been: putting fin a';good Wa deal of work .in tne boat and' intends having i an*«| other shot at championship honours > this season. ' v V .V-.; f