ROWING

Southland Times, Issue 22158, 28 October 1933, Page 14

ROWING

Several excellent rowing boats have been built by Mr A. M. Miller, of Carey’s Bay, for rowing clubs in Otago and Southland, and these have proved so satisfactory that further orders were recently placed. A four-oar racing skiff is now being built for the Invercargill Railway Rowing Club. Queensland cedar is the timber used, with ash fittings. The boat will be hand polished, and is expected to be ready for the water in a few weeks. A practice four is also on the stocks. A racing four was built recently by Mr Miller for the Riverton Rowing Club. Mr J. Carrigan, of Melbourne, who has presented an eight-oar boat to the West End Rowing Club (Auckland), has been away from New Zealand between 20 and 30 years. He was a member of the West End Rowing Club in the late nineties, and as late as 1907 his name appears on the list of active members. He won his maiden race and also his lightweight junior race in 1899-1900 at the Mercer regatta, and was again successful as a junior oar in 1900-1901. He also took his full part in the club trials, and was a keen clubman, holding positions of committeeman and deputy captain, the latter in

the season 1901-1902 The donor also was a club delegate to the Northern Rowing Union. A promising feature of rowing in Wellington is a proposal on the part of students at Victoria University College to form an active club of their own at Evans Bay, and thus fall into line with the Otago and Auckland Universities in this respect (says the Evening Post). Although the present proposal is that the club shall be limited to university students and ex-students, once the club is established there will probably be a move on the. part of young men living in the vicinity of Evans Bay either to join the club or form another of their own. The formation of the University Club will affect the Star Boating Club to some extent, as the latter has several first-class rowers who are at present attending the university. Rowing has not occupied a very prominent position amongst the sports of Victoria College, and the formation of a university club would encourage rowing not only amongst the students, but also amongst the young men of the Kilbimie, Miramar, and Lyall Bay districts. For these reasons the formation of such a club seems highly desirable.