ROWING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22136, 14 December 1933, Page 5

ROWING

By Outbiooeb,

FIXTURES December 26,-—Macandrew Bay regatta; - Riverton regatta. January 1. —Bluff jubilee regatta. January 20.—Waihola regatta. February 3.—Port Chalmers jubilee regatta.- . v . February 17.—Ravensbourne , regatta; New Zealand championship regatta ■, ;(Pieton). . . Faster Saturday.—lnterprovincial Lights (Wellington).

QUEENS DRIVE CLUB Splendid weather conditions . experienced diiriug the past week' have enabled all the Queen’s Drive crews to settle down (p solid training.’ The youths’crew, which is .-being coached b,y Mr W. Leitwich v is "showing very good form, and it is anticipated that the crew will be prominent in 'this Reason’s regattas. The junior crew is training well and showing quite good form, while the seniors are also paying a lot of attention to training, and should be in splendid form for the regattas.^ : ;PORT CHALMERS CLUB There ig considerable activity at the •..Port Chalmers Club’s boatshed every evening. All the crews arc very keen to be -in.good form for the Maeandrew Bay re-'-gatta. The Youths’ crew is not yet • rowing up-to regatta form, but the men Tyive two more weeks for solid training .before the regatta.’ Crews, however, should not. be trained too bard before the- .oarsmen fully , understand the rudiments of rowing. A common fault in.re‘ceut yfears. has been the driving of .novice crews,"the result being’that junior, members develop bad habits, which’ they find somewhat difficult to-drop later.. The junior crew is rowing very well com sidering the number' of times the men ..have trained together, but with smooth .water the crew should’ do well in the junior event at Maeandrew Bay on Boxing Day. > ■’..•'/> . ' *l i OTAGO CLUB .

' ' The Otago Club’s principal r race of the season, the Wilson Fours, was rowed off ■‘during last week-end. This year six //trews 'competed, there being two crews ftbm each of the classes, seniors, juniors, and maidens'. The. senior and jiguor crews rowed in practice boats, whilei. the, Vacing boats were occupied by the maiden erbws. The rowers were favoured by almost perfect conditions, the first mile being dead calm and' the* second, haying just sufficient life on the side to test the abilities of the various crews. The standard of rowing, especially of the three leading crews, was of a high order, and the dime registered, just over 13 minutes in practice boats, was a very creditable performance. The maiden crew also is to be congratulated on its performance, .as against the more experienced oppon- ! ents, : the crew finished only about eight lengths behind the -winners. -Before'the race a keen tussle was anticipated- be- - tween the junior and senior was realised,' but unfortunately the boats and oars of the seniors and No. 1 juniors -also entered into the tussle, causing -these two crews to foul.twice during the race. i All six crews got away to an even start, : No» 2 seniors securing a length lead. The ere\y did not retain the advantage long, the junior and No. 1 senior crews going out to the lead together, the maiden. No. I',.senior No. 2, and maiden No. 2 following in that order, r After the .first quar-ter-mile the-order was unchanged until No, 1 juniors’ coxswain, steering an : erratic course, started-to draw tonchisious .with the seniors, the oars of these crews "entangling. The No. 2 junior, crew, was ),-thcn. in. the lead, but before halfway the sam4 • two crews again ..fouled, ’putting them over two lengths astern of No, 2 juniors. In the meantime the order of •the other c rews was unchanged, although No. 1 maidens were putting a bit more water between, the No.- ,2 -seniors and themselves, while the No. 2 maidens, in the racing boat appeared to have difficulty an keeping an even keel. After the mils post the senior and junior No. 1, who rowed neck and neck throughout; the race, made a big effort to make up the leeway on No. .2 junior. crew, but Finnic was not toi.be,bustled, and rowing his.typical .''swinging 1 ‘stroke, managed, to keep/ahead., Nfiferffig, the .basin it /’seen/'that// a ‘hard finish was. in store .for the leading crews, and the three crews raced to the dine,'with No. 2 juniors one length ahead of, the Seniors, who had a canvas advantage on the No. 1 junior, with maiden No; *T. eight lengths astern. When the handicaps were worked out No. 2 " juniors proved the winners by five seconds, over the' maiden and junior No. 1.

OTAGO JUBILEE, REGATTA The Otago jubilee regatta/ to be -held at Port Chalmers on, February 3, promises to be the outstanding aquatic event of • the year on Otago Harbour. The comsmittee which will control the . regatta is liopefu] of receiving record entries, not -only from ■ local rowing clubs, ; but also from Invercargill and Canterbury crewsThe programme hag, been made most attractive, and the; Regatta Committee .is to be complimented-on the keennesa played by the members. Meetings of th£ Regatta Committee are held weekly, and sub-committees appointed for conducting various parts of the > events are working assiduously.- ■ . •/ . * -* ,i The rowing programme has been drawn! up, and -is as followsr^Youtbs’l Double Sculls, £3 10s and fl ss; Junior Fours, £lO and £2 10s; Senior Double Sculls, £6 and £2 10s; Youths’ Fours, £5 and £2; Maiden Double Sculls, £4 and £1 10s; Senior Fours. ,£2O "and £5; Junior Double Sdulls, £4 10g and £2; Maiden Fours, £6 and £2; Senior,Pairs, £6 and £2,105. In addition to the rowing events, provision has been'made on the programme for sailing, motor boat, model yachts, dinghy, and swimming events. Should the weather be'favourable, the regatta should be a most successful one, and is.expected to attract a considerable number of visitors to Port Chalmers, V .' • - The queen carnival-contest to - raise funds Jor the regatta is proving most successful. The queens are Miss Isabef Leftwich, daughter of Mr W. Leftwich, an old supporter of the Queen’s Drive Boatihg Club; Miss Dorothy Smith, daughter of-the secretary of-the Regatta Committee/who is the Citizens’ Queen; and Miss Laura Neilson. daughter.of the secretary of'the Port Chalmers Rowing Club, who is the queen for that club. The contest is expected to be very close, and very little margin will separate the queens at the close on January 31.. The financial support which has been given by vice-com-modores, business firms, and the public generally has exceeded the committee’s ex-pec-tations. ' - ' ; ■ •••; I v . - ' It is considered'that-the, most hardworking official of the Regatta Committee is the secretary (Mr t. F. Smith). With, the added responsibility of the control of the queen carnival, _that official’s duties are onerous and exacting. The comrnittee was indeed fortunate in securing the services of Mr Smith, who has always taken a very keen interest in sporting fixtures, especially rowing, sailing, and land events, and.who is always only too willing to lend a helping hand.

MACANDREW BAY v REGATTA The following programme, -which is the same as last year, wag submitted to a recent meeting of the Otago Rowing Association by the Macandrew Bay Regatta Committee for its fixture on Boxing Day: —Youths’ Fours. £1 10s and 10s; Junior Double Sculls. £1 10s and 10s; Maiden Fou'rs, £2 and Dunedin Amateur Boating Club’s. Memorial Cup and 10s; Youths Double Sculls. £1 and 10a; Senior Fours, £3 "10s and £1; Maiden Double Sculls, f l and 10s; Junior Fours/£2 10*, and 15s; Senior Double Sculls, £2 and 15 s. The programme was approved by the association. , ■ Crews from the Macandrew Bay Club for - the Christmas regatta will be:— youths’ four—R. P. Nisbet (stroke),.R. K Xisbct, J. Coutts, and R. Munro; niaideu four —S. Whitburn, W. Hamilton, W'./Small, and 31. Nelson; maiden sculls. Nelson and Small. - WAIHOLA . REGATTA . At a recent meeting of the Otago Rowing Association an application day,- January 20. as the date ior its reaatta was received from the Waihola Sports Committee. The advised that the. prize ■ money ,icr rowing events would be £20.-„ The ?«omation was requested to arrange a pro-, gramme, to include, if possible., the Ddmond Shield- race between Otago and Southland crew.*.# , r . . ■ w •-1. wa?/,decided to advise the Regatta. Committee that it would he Itupossib.e to row the Ddmond Shield event,, the yule* ol which -provided, for it* decjswa

ST. 'GLAIFL LADIES’ . CLUB On: Tuesday a very' ;j)]eakaht' < extra match'was played for/a trophy, presented by Mrs "W. 4ook the form ob W bisque! match/ and the successful*! competitor >was Miss * M‘Allan 'With: a card of'3 ;up. • / at the ©tago and Southland Rowing As : sociation’s regatta. It was Southland’s turn next. - The date was approved, and there was much discussion - concerning what several delegates considered a small amount of prize money!' It was decided, that six races be offered, and that if £5 more were supplied--eight!'races-be offered. V AUSTRALIAN VISIT• The possibilities of an Australian .eight visiting New Zealand this seasop are very remote now that Otago, Canterbury, and Wanganui have declined to give any guarantee t towards the The Otago Association, presumably owing ' to', the,fact that it did not secure the lnterprovincial Eights, has adopted a bitter attitude, on the subject (says the Wellington Evening Post). The Otagp Association, it‘is reported, considers that it already has too much money to raise for its.'own use without 'assisting the New Zealand Rowing Association, which is to be advised that-if it decides to invite the itself. The, Otago Association claims: that the Auckland delegates voted for the Interprovincial Eights to be bold in Wellington, through. an oversight, and at : a recent meeting of the southern,--associa-tion an apology from the Auckland Association in this connection, was read. Whild it is probably correct that Auckland would' have voted Tor Otago in the event of Otago supporting Auckland tor the championship regatta, this arrangement Aras upset when it was ruled that Auckland’s application for the regatta was ruled out* of order. In the circumstances. the Auckland delegates undoubtedly did,what they thought beat in the interests of Auckland. What the Otago Association oVerlooks when J-it ■ adopts such a parochial attitude im/cpunection with thk Australian visit, ia/that if-dlie Championship , Eights h«id Bden heldJn Otago this year.* • Auckland, . and r, Wanganfii would possibly have, been, unable to compete owing’to the extra cost of travelling. ", . The. Marlborough Association is. unable to guarantee its, share, and although -the Auckland Association has not definitely. turned down the proposition, it has done so in effect by passing on its share of the responsibility to' Hamilton. It seems unlikely that Hamilton will. 1)6 able to find the necessary' money.;.- . f , \ i general NOTES -! '

The high standard of oarsmanship displayed and the keen interest taken in .the trials of all the clubs so far'this season on the Waitemata augurs well for a successful rowing season (says dire New Zealand Herald). Clubs should find little difficulty in producing good crews for the interclub events- and provincial regattas to follow. The rowing writer for- the Southland Times suggests, tha't as the Southland selectors (Messrs Calder, Shepherd, and Joyce) have not yet . announced ; their eight to meft the Otago crew at the B uff .regatta- bn ; New -Yearns'.Day*-the .-following should be’chosen 'bn, last year’s performances: —M. A. Pasco (stroke) ; C, Hunter (7),- J. B. Pasco (6),.. J 5. Brinks 15), DMorrison (4).'T. Carter (3). A, Tall (2), and C. W; Wilson (bow). Unfortunately MTntyrb (.Bluff) , is'not rowing this year, and wßi,be; missed from the eight,