CONTROL OF ROWING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19138, 6 October 1936, Page 14

CONTROL OF ROWING

EAST COAST DISTRICT ONE-DAY REGATTA PLAN ()FFHT ALS RE - EIJHCTED Keen interest attached to the annual iSenei-.nl meeting of the Past Coast Low,:i<r Association, held on Saturday evening, the principal remit for consideration tiding that from the, Gisborne Lowing I'lnii' proposing that district legatta competitions be confined to one day. in each season', in order that-clubs wishing to send crews to outside fixtures should nave more opportunity to do so. There were present Messrs Archie Kirk, president, C. W. a. A. Woodward, 11. Neilson, V\. Micliie, D. Jones, G.- Ardern, CL 11. .Scents. A. F. Allen, U. McLeod, .and a. A. Hell. lion, secretary. In proposing the adoption of the annual report and balance-sheet, as reviewed in the Herald recently, the president said elial the affairs of the association were iii a.healthy condition, and that another iiiccessful year had been reflected m the ouovaiicv of the revenue items. Mr. Cti. Sceiits seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. ' The officers of the association lor the nisi vear were re-elected, as imdei : President. Mr. Archie lvirk: vice-presi-dents, Messrs.' C. \Y.. Muir (Gisborne lub), J. Webb (Poverty Bay;club), VV. flicker (Napier dub), and B.'G. bignall Wairoa ■ club); executive committee, Messrs. G. H. Seeats and A. IP Allen Gisborne), U. Neilson and W. McLeod (Poverty .Bay), K. A. Woodward and 1. kill (Napier), G. Ardern and D. Jones Wairoa); delegates to Hie New Zealand A.Hi.A. Messrs. W. Dent and A. Ross; non. secret a rv, Air. K. A. Bell; lion, treasurer, .Mr'. \\ . Micliie; lion auditor, \lr. H. Dobson. Tlie delegates 'of the Fast boast association on the New Zealand Amatem Lowing Association, Messrs. Dent and Loss, were accorded the thanks ot he meeting for their work on behalf ot the district, and it was decided to nominate hoth for election to the New Zealand council. . The president made sympathetic reference to the illness .of Mr. Dobson, the non. auditor of the association, and a life-long enthusiast for the sport* ot rowing The meeting tendered its sympathy t 0 Mr. Dobson, and extended its good wishes for his speedy recovery. district regattas

The proposal of the Gisborno club in regard to the conduct of district regattas was as follows : That the present system of holding two separate regattas on different courses for competition tor Die lour shields now controlled by the association be discontinued, and that om inter-club one-day regatta be held or competition for the same four shields, and that Hie following programme bo adopted for the one-day regatta ; L.V.A. Four-oar Shield; senior, junior, welterjunior. maiden, lightweight and youths races; Harris and Hill Shield (pair-oar), senior and maiden races; Colley and Kirk Double-sculling Shield, senior and maiden races; Neill Single-sculling Shield, senior and maiden races. No difficulty arose regarding the acceptance of the first portion of the proposals relating to the one-day fixture, but lengthy discussion occurred in respect to the programme tentatively put forward by the sponsors of the remit. On the motion of Mr. Ardern, seconded by Mr. Hill, it was agreed unanimously to confine district regatta competition to the one day in each season, and after further debate it was decided to discuss each shield series separately. Relating to the four-oar trophy, Mr. Seeats moved that this competition consist of six events, as outlined in the remit, the motion being defeated bv seven votes to six. and the result being that the competition retains' the five classes into which it has been divided in recent years, . In regard to the Harris and Hill Shield, for pair-oar rowing, Air. Ardern moved that the five classes in this competition be retained, Mr. Hill seconding this motion. Mr. Allen moved an amendment, with Air. Michie’s support, that the competition be reduced to three events, and a further amendment was offered by Air. Neilson, with Mr. Scents seconding it, that four events be included in the competition. On the latter amendment being put to the meeting, it was carried by seven votes to five. Later it was decided that each of the other two shields should be competed for is four classes, the elimination of one event, from each of the shield series being left to a later meeting. CONFERENCE DELEGATE On tiie motion of Afr. Allen, it was decided that (lie lion, secretary, Air. K. A. Bell, he asked to attend the annual •onferciico of the New Zealand Lowing Association, to be held in Wellington on October 29. in order that the district association might benefit from his firstHand knowledge of national developments n the sport. Legarding the season’s regatta for the trophies under the control of the association, it was decided, on Air. G. Ardent’s motion, to ask the Napier club, as holder of two of the shields, to agree to the regatta being held on the Wairoa Liver. The meeting tendered its thanks to many organisations and private individuals who had given services to the sport during the past year, and the business was closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

P.B.R.C. FIRST FOURS

TWELVE CREWS DRAWN

Entries for the Poverty Bay Rowing Club's First Trial Fours series, which closed last evening!, proved sufficient to fill 12 crews, the committee of the club expressing satisfaction at its weekly meeting with the sustained support of old members, and with the number of newcomers to the sport. Sixteen new members are included in the list, the crews having been drawn as under: — T. Stevenstr., J. Packman, E. Batson, ,1. Prince; 1. Stevens, str., 1). Thompson. X. Beecher, .1. Bradley; A. Richardson, s.tr., M. Doyle, J. Walworth. ('. Brown; 0. Ai'dorn, str., J. McCullough., B. Fcmi, C. Valley; F. Gardner, str., A. McAncney, A. Jukes, I. Hum; 11. Warren, str., J. Stephens, .'. Scholium, and S. Yates; K. Harris, tr.. A. Poole, R. Rignev, L. Foley; (J. Iladwen, str., A. Stone, P. Miller, .1. MeCrrm-ick ; R. Neilson, str., I). Brown, \Y. Valley, T. Hughes; R. Slcvenson, •tr., S. Dennis, R. Ileffer, It. Julian ; W. Mel cod. sir.. A. Kearns, C. Smythe, ft. ''male: R. Webh, str., C. Brodie. X. Fitzgerald, W. Morrison. The commltee decided to call a special working-bee for next Saturday afterunoii. in conjunction with the Gisborne club, in order to improve ’the road-end adiarent to (lie clubhouses, where aceuimilations of refuse and rank growth have.combined to spoil (be appearance of the locality. It is proposed eventually to beautifv the road-end and to maintain it in good order by the joint efforts of the two clubs.