STAR BOATING CLUB.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3827, 24 August 1899, Page 7

STAR BOATING CLUB.

The annual report, of. tho Star Beating Club to bo presented at the annual general meeting, to be held at the club house on Thursday, 31st August, states ' that an inspection of tho balancesheet will show that the amount received for subscriptions and entrance fees for the past season waa'.£449 12s 6d, as against £449 9s- for-tho previous-season. The gross receipts were £614 9s Id, and the expenditure £591 03 6d,- leaving a balance to credit of £23 8s 7d. The balance of Assets over liabilities' ’amount to £1929, 3s 7d," whic|i,'-is ap ;i increase: of £5 19s 6d'on the" corresponding figures for -the i preceding, -year*. and - this notwithstanding the,, fact ithat £lO5 .has. been -written off i tho - club . house, _. Kai-, wa-rf a - shed' and .plathfc lor/depreciation. Fortyeiix-"* elected during the season,, there being now 326 on, flie roll, an".increase ;of- 26; on last year;.;The, deb’enturEs'; of "; the " club have been .reduced, by-£&5," dnd thd liability under, this head ..now . stands , at £500; - ..Aißufenommittep, whiqh. was ..appointed to consider the question., ,or coaching; brought up’ ad report," that with r, view of establishing, as far as possible; 1 a uniform ‘sfcvlo of revving throughout the club, they recommend that ah coaches teach rowing on the lines lain down in -R, Cj. Lolniiap"/- book, ‘(Rowing” This report, "wßTcn also contained further;: rocommendMions with reference to coaching- juniors, and selection of regatta .representatives, was adopted by ■ tho OIL is hoped that during the coming season some practicable'‘sfepa 'WilTutbe' taken;;Jto carry out in a regular and, systematic mailißr the ' Vahiabld VreobrnmCn'dations contained.: in...the report. , ‘ Y-U ' The‘club Was represented 'at" the New Zealand . Amateur ..Rowing Association Unatopionship Regatta held at Auckland on 28th January by Mr R. Pownall and Mr E. G. Hume, who were successful in-.winning'tho. Champion. Double Sculls.. The cluli’s/ repfeseptaHyes/; uyere .also; successful in winning' the Junior Clmlfer . Fours and Malden Fours at WanpgdiiE Regatta:- -the--Junior Fours -- -at. SlarlbOrough -Regatta-, «t¥e Juriidr ■Fenrs. and Junior IJpubJe.,Sculls . afi, Wairau Regatta"." ’ j Regatta , ntbl? A g*yb, m conjunction/with .;£&©; rfY%lhngton ; Rowing Club',' wo were successful in winning; the “Pearce” Sculls. It would therefore bo .. seen, .that. the club has been more' siiccefes"firl_ £t- regattas than during the previous-" season,' hut the coinmltteo “would urge ■ members to persist in their efforts ..until, the club holds the Chamjriofi' Foiirs ; of New - Zealand.- ■' The-’ mMmDlong / programme of club races was .- carried out, and was satisfactory both, in point of entries and keenness-of competition. , , , Mr* E. S. Cranford, who was elected secretary at the last annual meeting, resigned that position on December 14th, owing to" his" removal from Wellington, and was succeeded by Mr N. Galbraith, Mr R; -Pownall being elected -to fill the vacancy-in the committee. Mr .A. E. Dean, who had efficiently performed the duties of, an auditor for the past seven years, having left to reside in Auckland, had resigned his auditorship. Ille club might Consider itself fortunate in having secured Mr J. Stephens, a very old member, as his successor. A line of rails had been places across the skids by. the Harbour Board contractor' for the Te - Aro reclamation face-wall, but as ha has promised to inconvenience members as little as possible, the committee does not anticipate that the work will materially interfere wiTi the operations of tho club during next season. While the contractor s plant is in position the committee hat. arranged for an examination oi the skids, with a view to their being nut in a thorough state of repair. Tne president had left on a. visit to the Old Country, but it was hoped that he would soon be amongst members again. In conclusion, the committee, while congratulating the club on its satisfactory' position, earnestly impressed upon members tho necessity for assisting the incoming committee to maintain tho club s good name, and trusted that greater energy, w.ould ,bo displayed ,by all its rdwitig 'members' in training for ■ the qyen.ts of thp-..comipg:n.eason.