ROWING AND YACHTING

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12017, 20 December 1924, Page 10

ROWING AND YACHTING

STATUS OF NEW ZEALAND EIGHT ALL BLACK'* FIHGT WIN NOTES FROM THE SLURS

. By

"NAVIS"

BOATS ANB OARS REPRESENTATIVE OB NOT? ! ■ . —| NEW 22EADANH ®GHT IN QUES' i TSION. Nmnjnntions are now coming in front aB -palrts of tbe Dominion for. places j in the representative eight winch is ;■ to row in- Australia in- March!. Gan- 1 tonbrmy - hft just forwarded its quota - s . to’, thief Newt Zealand! Council, and . aanfo- men of undoubted merit Ore dm i • eluded iff ftb list. One point seems 1 to- fie dseuifiamc' the minds of - the ‘CBndatftnrcfii foSia and that is in. roj- i .spent to the ataitua of the crew .which ,t ■fe' to fie sent over. They profees ft: ‘ ba‘ rincßirtain ft to whether thef invi>- -i tatkmi firoini Anstkidia was merely for i ar olub ftht or for a representative i New Zealand, crew. Di the telegram! • frqmr, Ohriatchnreh! published) at the bet j ginning, of the week it waa stated that - M? A. D. Bavfeild, secretary of the-i New Zealand Rowing Association had - (been interviewed dni iffi‘o matte*, and ’ had been unable to dear the point up; NEVER ANY DOUBT. OJfe Ohriacclmroh Miggestioit vra« I, mohr a- radical departure from the gens- | erally accepted view of the aitiiarionl j that “Navis” prut the question directly td-Mn Bayfeild as to whether there was any doubt as to the status of the crew'. :Mr Bayfeild’s reply was to the' effect that .them had; never -been any doubt ink hie mind that it was to be a.Neft Zftfand repfSesantative eight, tlfcngh, .when the orlestion. waa put to him) by 'the ehristchttosh raae-, ed the point. Re could not, at. the mo l anlefnt, piftidi'rie' anything definite ill support of his opinion. He had told them-, therefore,. that he would look - through the , correspondence on the subjeot, but he was quite certain, in His' own- mind, what the result of his ’investigations would be. v MEETING OF SELECTORS. ! A preliminary meeting 4>f thei sele<& tiott committee was held during the Week When matters in connection with the of the crew wore gone into; The selection committee com sistg ■of' the following five members . Messrs Ayres (Christchurch) Hale - (Blenheim), Sharpe (Wanganui), Minnis and Bayfeild (Wellington. Nothing definite was neveaift after the meeting, presumably because nothing ’ definite wow dope, and it is übli'kely that atrytllirt-g Jit the ivay of a* selection -will be made until after the New Qhf-rarpionahips. The* ooml mitfee. hna merely .agreed upon ft* procedure l to the followed in making its sftfotion. AN AFTERNOON’S SPORT MIXED SOCIAL FODHS. i The' mixed-, social fours' race, which : was hftj under the ansptoeSt of- fteWellingtoA Rowing AssociatiOri- last Saturday proved very suecesstiu fired, a Vowing point of view, Petone. Wain again unfortunate in being umabto to have the races located the*#;; the’ southerly wind malting it neceaiary tor t" rfiri tor her rowed .at- tfie’ town ,dnd- oif the hftbdur. Tt?«3ve crews lined up ■ for the rape, - which woav very satisfactory in- .view of - tha unpleasant weather- ..-In if had -been debated earlier in . the efa-y-wheithea; or Aft. thte ■ race should be postponed. A HARD" FINISH. . The • final- waai. »ari:ietilarJy siiii<#huouA being towed offr fetWten Dd&on’s ere*’ 1 sad Wilson’s. Both fteWa had had ha. f tuftles, in- the seam-finals, Hut went Oilt- Ml of figfit; f or the finish. -The .boats kept prAdtreallly togethel Over nSoet of the cojlfce, but toWardfe ’ the end, the more finished tearfi - work of Wilson’s crew gave thenn the ad- : Vantage, and they oMntfi'ithedd to win ■ByMr * length. Tins lostfrA stiick to it- with’ great tenacity, Doßsorf, - fte» AtrtJfoe 1 , .being a model- cf , gSmeneft. H* cneiw was ooirteVbat ill-assoitod, however, the two man, in particular i «ppßdring to be out of his i-’teh#afi Dobson has had hard luck this season' Saturday’s racer being the third sudceesrVO event if Wnielj he) Ms UeeA just pipped in the final. WELLINGTON CLUB . , HALF-YEARLY MEETING. ■ I? 6 hulfeyearty.meeting of the Well-- j Club waa held durmg the week, - Mr G, J. SymondS presiding oVbr at good attendance of members.- i The .half-yearly report stated that W- - new members lift joined the dub dor- ’ mg the period under review, which wa^' S satisfactory increase over that of' ’other years. The room had been , .enlarged, afid a billiard table installed, : a provision which should held to.keep’ the members together during the offSeason, Two new racing boata Werer on order, besides the new, maiden four which had been received from Me&rs iWebb and .Green the previous week. Mention Was also made erf. the need for strict- supervision of tbe handling ,of plant, and- a- sub-commhtea l fif -members Was later appointed to aseist in tint direction. The expense of buying the’ new plant having been a heavy drain on the club’s resources, a financial committee r comprising Messrs Them, B. Smith, J. dohnsen. A. Anderson was Appointed to go into the-, matte* Of raising money. . At the conclusion Of the meeting a soaial was heldy during which prizes Won during the previous season were ; presented as follow:—Caps: W. West, W, Moye. and P-Mawson, members of the Winning maiden and junior fodrs at Pieton; G, Vaii Slyke, S; Leokie, G. Zander, Ond A. Wilkie, winners Or the IlghtWeinKt mfiiden fours at- -Wellington. - : Medal. (donated by Mr Sbl. Myers), G. S, Willetts, most improved novice. Certificates: W. A. Scarfe, W: Fraser, . G Bright, and J.- J. Johnson, first and second in regattas. General prizes for club races, were also presented. i ■ ■ ■ .. • PETONE CLUB GENERAL "meeting. \ The half-yearly general meeting .Of •' the Petone Rowing dub whs held in

the boathouse on Monday evening, and WaS presided Over by Mr A. E. White (elab captain). ..The, half-yearly report end statement of acdoUnte were read’ and' adopted. Before, however, for-; maUy 1 moving the adoption. Of the re-' pert, the chairman' referred to various', joints raised therein. In regard to ihe membership, be said it was Very gratifying to see the increaee from 43 to 63 active members, hut there was still room, for 20 more members. HealSo Spoke iri reference to the care of; plant, which was mentioned _ in the. report, and also to the training of. regatta crows.- and to finance. Many, oomplimenfajy remarks Were made during . the evening concerning fte- firie manner in which Mr Claude Prunamond and his assistants were keeping the boats; some of the speakers went, so far. as to say that they considered the clinker plant equal to. any in New Zealand. : It was deoided last night that as the' senior men were now forced' to stay cot the “bank” through having no Suitable Best and BOst boats, the club- gri into the 1 Ways and means of purchasing ft Best and Best four’ by next year. HOW TO GET FIT. . , At the- condition of the meeting, Mr’fl. Hi Adamson, who has had conciderable experience as a masseur both kr,tF:B:A.- and New Zealand, spoke-for: Dome time on “Physical Training and Bow to Attain Fitness.” During the s course of his remark® he stressed the) necessity for regular training. He* said that if members who were iii regatta crews cottld not got eut in 'She boats they should do land training, - skipping, ete'., and they 'Should on no> Account miss theft -work'. He also* mentioned the fact that- if was useless 1 training hard- at the sheds, and an soon, as the. sheds: were loft behind, to stftt smoking. He said that in Oxford! and Cambridge crew® at Home, at smoker —even- a- pipe smoker —wouldbe’ thrown out of a crew if -he coijj tinned with smoking whilst in train-: tog. . He. also mentioned tne necessity of. tegular rest, early to bed—say 9* .o’clock—and about nine hours sleep in; well-ventilated rooms.- He stressed! the point of leaving starchy foods' well alone, and mentioned' , various' lefts wfeioH would, assist! ckewd to get fit. j ~ At- the conclusion of his address Mr Adamson was- accorded, a hearty Vote' of thanks by acclamation. WIND AND SAIL THE TASMAN SUP ’ AUCKLAND APPROVES OF OQNFfißENea, The Royal..-Port Nicholson Yacffif Chub .dealt some time ago with the -question, ft choosing, a suitable class of -boat- to compete for the. Tasman Cup, and- fixed finally upon the six mefts tvpe- as being,- in its opinion, most S»it> able for the purpose. It communicated its derision to fhe Royal New' Zealand - Yaoht Squadron at Auckland, together .with- a suggestion that.a cdnferencS of ijivg principal yacht dubs should be held at during,. January, at iWhich » final- derision might be come - t«L . , At a meeting; of the oommittee of the Royal Port Nioholson- Cifub this •Week, si reply wav received iron* Auckland approving of tl)e suggestion-"ft a 1 corifereitce-. They were.quite agreeable to represejftptivdsf of ether dubs: bring: present but only in. an advrsory eapailorty. the final drawing, up. of Ftnes and the actual governing of the race l to- be in the hands of the two Royal Clubs. . ANNUAL REGATTA AN INTER-CIitTB CUR. Among the matters discussed at Main-, 'day’s meeting of the Peril NichoU son Club’a committee were the ari rangeffleats for ho-ldfrig the awmfttl Y?"elUngtori- regattST arid the ioterteluh cup .face.- The reeponsibiEty for the re ’gatta has rßoently been taken over by the Yacht and Motor-bctet Association, but signs are* not wanting, that they would he wfllin&to diveat themselves of that- responsibility if anybody else wduld talto it oVer. It had eveti been) 'mooted -at one . stage that ooutrof 'should revert- to the Part Nicholson, Club: hut it is ndt UoW likely that this: will be resorted to for the' present season at any rate. It woe derided instead to enlist the: support of all yachting enthusiasts who were willing to give assistance, and accordingly a meeting, of those interested i was callft for (Wednesday evening, last, when, the question of the regarttu. was discussed at length. It wa» pointed out that offers of assistance l ootfld always be obtained - -from, fts active yachtsmen who- were able to do good work up to the day of tbe regatta, but who werethen- engaged with their boats,- leaving a, very- small group of officilas to carry out the arduous duties on- shore. ’What was wanted was for some of those not actually engaged in the races to come forward Hod help the committee with tlie running of the regatta.- Many - offers-of Assistance were received, arid it is believed that a good working committee can be setup, l OFF TO THE SGUND3 MANY YACHTS MAKING THE TRIP. Christmas time is peculiarly the holiday season for yachtsmen, and every owner of a yacht and member of his crew looks eagerly forward to the time when they can let slip, for a brief spell, the shackles off civilisation, and get, a little closer to mother nature as she is- to he found in some of the sheltered bays and coves of Marl bordugb Sounds. "Wellington harbour is practically denuded of yachts ! every Christmas holidays, and this .year again: most of the fleet will be sway with the fortunate owners. From , the Royal Fort Nicholson dub at least j-Seven of the yachts will he journeying 1 eoundwards, - these _ being the Viola, Mans., ‘Wina-ward, (Hater, Galatea, Seabird, and Atlanta. The Evans . Bay Qtib. will also foe represented tjy a, number of boats. • TJie majority of the yachts will leave Wellington late on Christmas Eve or early_ on Christmas morning, probably running out bid the heads and Writing there till daylight so as to have a clear run across the straits,

SANDERS CUP TRIALS The local, trials for til« Sanders Gap have been considerably dsloyvd through unfavourable weather. La«t Saturday's race had. to. be postponed because the' wind wee too heavy ; Monday's racer wa| abandoned because it wan too light. .531 BUtck lust wedk 'scored her tost Win dh the triale, getting home ahead of Wellesley by a margin of 30 seconds? - All Black led ell the way, and wan comfortably. Herctew were E. Bailey, E. Breen, ■ and N. Howntree. On Mpnv day last she started off well, add loosed like achieving another victory when the .Wind failed, and the boats were towed home. Although’ she started lata All Black has now established herself as a boat to he reckoned with, and the succeeding trials will he watched with great interest. " The Dtagp Sanders Cup trials have been - automatically concluded through the decision of the local association . members to send lona, with Wiseman as skipper, to Auckland.. states.. the Buticdm ‘'Star.” The writer continues: Itessro Waters, Davys, and Smith visited Port Chalmers last night and consulted with Mr Wiseman as to the selection of the lona’s crew. As a remit I am able to announce that the •ieW Crew will be as follow*:—-A Wiseman, P. Hunter, F. Percy, and O. tellett Sir Wiseman expressed hi? • iitdsfaction at the eelecilqn, and . is uite Confident that he .Win be able to bring the. Sanders Cup once again to Otago. The following is the principal paragraph in the judge's report presented, to the association last Wednesday night: •v'floria hating four Wins to her credit has proved herself the best all-ronnd boat. She has won in the only one-reef breeze We had, with over four minutes to spare (only half the course). Sha has also won*in every light and fbll-sail breezee.”