ROWING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19748, 22 September 1927, Page 15

ROWING.

THE AUCKLAND CLUB. A SUCCESSFUL SEASON. The fifty-eighth annual report of the Auckland Hearing Club, to be presented at the annual meeting next Wednesday, states:—The crab, by reason of ita'achievements during the past m»swb, can be as;d to have attained the position of one of the finest dabs <ra tr.e Wa-itemata Harbour. Considering the present position oi the club, it was hard to realise that the season 1922-23 opened with its affairs in a very precarious state. Severe retrenchments bad taken place, which left the dab membership very small, ht;t by the strenuous re «ruitio» effect* of the few msunist mmben, the swwm I3BS-'36 mw the d#b wnnex the Smith Shield for the first time in sts career. During the put Mssa crew# were entered tor almost every co-j r. try resatta. and the light maiden crew had pet tip so me wonderful performances. This year. Mr. F. C Mappus barf drnated a practice pa;r tub. s-jch as is -.iwd by the Engi sb psjfeiic schools for c-oachrng pirjwse*. The memberth:p had remained steady, and now numbered 32 active members. 5n inter-clnh everts the club crews were successful ra sef-arice the Smith Siisid and Sixoa Cap. The nala.r:c#-sheet shows a balance of assets over liabilities of £TC3 1%. id.