AQUATICS

Southland Times, Issue 19099, 17 November 1923, Page 12 (Supplement)

AQUATICS

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“Stroke.”)

Secretaries of clubs and others interested in rowing are requested to forward any items of news or comments to this office not later than Thursday of each week. It is rather early in the season to be talking “regatta,” yet this important feature should not be forgotten by local clubs. Now is the time for a crew to build up its combination and develop a good style through the aid of a good coach. The following are the crews chosen /or the Riverton Rowing Club’s annual club fours competitionßailey (s), A. Beer, Marshall, White; Eade (s), Robson, Boldero, W. Fleck; Joyce (s), J. Fleck, G. Dickson, P. Molloy; Akhurst (s), McNaughton, J. Beer, A. Trail; King (s), Hancock, Robertson, W. Hopwood; C. Beer (s), A. Helm, A. Leary, E. Dennis; Brumby (a), Begley, S. Keen, Gordon; Slaughter (s), Dutton, J. Dennis, Agnew; Frew (s), K. Foster, V. Rose. M. Mills. As an indication of the increase in the ! Riverton Club’s active membership, it will j be noticed that, this vear •

crews, as compared with an average ranging about the half-dozen mark in former years. As there are many beginners, crews will have a fortnight in which to practice, the competition commencing on Monday, November 26, when Akhurst will meet Frew and Bailey will row Eade. On the following night the third and fourth heats will take place between Brumby and King and Joyce and Beer. Slaughter has the bye for the first round. The Port Chalmers Regatta will be held on Saturday, December 29. John Thornycroft, jun., son of Sir Joha Thornycroft, shipbuilder and engineer, who was the builder of the world-famous coastal motor boats which rendered signal service on the English coast during the war, is on his way to Sydney with a high-powered latest model speed boat. He is keen oa gathering in the championships on behalf of the Motor Yacht Club of Great Britain. Thornycroft is well known in the motor-boat racing world, having successfully competed in the sport of Great Britain and the Continent for several years. He is confident that his craft will attain a speed of mor® than 50 miles an hour on Port Jackson. The opening of the boating season at Auckland will be filmed by the Department of Internal Affairs, and the pictures will be shown at the British Empire Exhibi- • tion in 1924. At present it is anticipated that thre® .egattas will be held in the Marlborough province this season —the New Year’s Day regatta, the championship regatta, and th® interprovincial fours. It is probable that the interprovincial fours race, which is to be held about Easter, will be strengthened by a regatta programme. The Wellington boating season opened last Saturday, when gusty weather disturbed proceedings. The first test race to select the Canterbury representative 14-footer in the Sander® Cup contest will be sailed on December 1 at Lyttelton. Apparently Napier is to be represented in the Sanders Cup contest- this season, a boat of the Rona design already being under construction at Auckland. At the monthly meeting of the Otago Yacht and Motor Boat Association on Wednesday the judges were unable to eliminate any boats in the Sanders Cup trials, weather conditions conditions having proved fatal to any discrimination. The fifth race in the Sanders Cup trials at Dunedin will be sailed this afternoon.