WITH the OARSMEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 148, 13 September 1927, Page 14

WITH the OARSMEN

Carrying the good wishes of all Auckland ’ oarsmen, sculler _W. A. Stevenson, and his coach, W . Logan, left for Melbourne by the Niagara today. At Melbourne Stevenson will pick up a new Sims boat, in which he will train on the Yarra for the Victorian Henley, which is set for October 22, T. D. A. Collett, the English I amateur, had intended to be present, but he has lately informed the regatta authorities that in consequence of his defeat at the English Henley he feels disinclined to the trip. NEW ZEALAND STANDARD Stevenson's success, or otherwise, will form a reliable g uide to the present standard of amateur sculling in New Zealand. By virtue largely of his remarkable stamina, Stevenson is ahead of his contemporaries, though I. W. St. Clair, of Hamilton, is perhaps prettier to watch. New South Wales considers it has a champion in the herculean R. Pearce, son of an old-time champion. F. Adams, of Vancouver, who has been pacing Goodsell, is another crack who may be competing at the Victorian Henley. NORTH SHORE CELEBRATION Auckland’s oldest rowing club. North Shore, will hold its prize night to-night. The club was founded in 1874. five years after the Auckland Club was first formed, but Auckland went out of existence for several intervening years. In its 53 years, many notabilities have been on the North Shore roll, not the least being Tom Sullivan, later champion of England, who worked in Logan’s boat- building establishment at the Shore. A secretary, R. N. Nolan, lived to be knighted, and a s<iore of foundation men are now represented by their grandsons. WAS IT A RECORD? Last season the North Shore lightweights established what is claimed to be a Dominion record by winning the light and hea.vy maiden events, and the youths’ fours, at the Dargaville regatta. The same crew won the light and heavy maidens at Hamilton, the light maidens at Ngaruawahia, and besides holding the Schmidt Shield, won the A.R.A. championship at Rangiriri. The junior crew, stroked by D. Davies (who contemplates joining up with St. Georges) won the junior championship and the Seale Cup. Davies, with Dean behind him, showed his versatility by getting second in the maiden and junior double sculls at Tauyanga. FLIER FROM THE SHORE The North Shore Club has a distinct association with recent longdistance flying efforts, as FlightLieutenant R. C. Carr, whose attempt to fly to India, .was halted when he was forced to descend in the Persian Gulf, was a former member. Carr, a Rotorua lad, rowed for the Shore in the 1910-11 season, and was a member of a successful light-weight crew. He left for America, and from there graduated to England and the flying game. WAITE MATA SENIORS The Waitemata senior crew, which is to row at the Melbourne Henley as the representative of the New Zealand A.R.A., has pencilled passages on the Maheno, which leaves Auckland on Mrs. Massey, Miss M. Clark v. Miss A. Whyte, Miss H. Sutherland v. Miss B. Roberts, Miss G. Whyte v. Miss B. Whyte, Miss Muir v. Miss M. Speedy, Miss R. O’Loughlin v. Miss Simijionds, Miss Ellison v. Miss Smith. The inter-club match with Waiuku, postponed from last week, will be played on Thursday. Akarana Ladies The qualifying round for the ladies’ championship, postponed last week, will be played by members of the Akarana Ladies’ Golf Club to-morrow, commencing at 1 o’clock. Following is the draw:—Mrs. Mueller v. Miss Tapper. Mrs. Ellis v. Mrs. Hodges, Mrs. Cox v. Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Gilmore v. Miss Ballantyne, Mrs. Beattie v. Miss Darrach, Mrs. Coppard v. Miss Bygate, Miss T. Cox v. Miss S. Longdill, Miss R. Ballantyne v. Miss Batty. Miss Joyce v. Miss Crandall, Miss Hinchcliffe v. A. N. Other. The stroke competition for Mr. Watt’s trophy was won by Miss F. Ballantyne. Maungskiekie Ladies Matches which were postponed on account of the weather will be played by members of the Maungakiekie Golf Club to-morrow. A draw will be made at the clubhouse fo.r the Saturday players, who will play the first round of the medal competition for Mrs. J. Wilson’s prize. Pupuke Ladies The members of the Pupuke Ladies’ Golf Club will play to-morrow the matches which were postponed last week. Waiuku Club ( Frovi Our Own Correspondent.) WAIUKU, Monday. Tho Waiuku Golf Club’s senior ladies’ championship was won by Mrs. Christiason, who defeated Miss Aldred in the final, 5 up and 3 to play. In the semi-final for the Duthie Cup, Miss Glynes and Miss U.. Muir finished all square and will thus need to play • again. The winner plaj s Mrs. Christianson in the final for the cup. Taumarunui (From Our Own Cui~respondent.) TAUMARUNUI, Monday. A medal handicap played on Saturday by members of the Taumarunui Golf Club resulted in a win for T. Gilpin (handicap 16), with a score of 62 net. That the standard of play generally was good was shown by the fact that nine players returned net scores of 71 and under. In the ladies’ championship, the finalists are Mrs. Butt and Miss McPherson, who defeated Miss Montgomerie and Mrs. Godfrey respectively in the semifinals. In the men’s senior championship Holford will play Fisher at the end of the week in the semi-final, and the winner will play Sandel. In the men’s junior championship Stevenson plays Bato and Beresfo.rd plays Wood in the semi-final. All finals will be played on Saturday, September 24.

“RIGGER”

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I September 3c. Efforts are stm . I made to arrange a match h> with a percentage of the would be a help toward the a W 1 I arrangements. According tn . r; - I arrangements, the crew “ | about a fortnight for trairi. - , u,, e the race. Last year the even, r ' won by Otago, so Waitemata L! as | record to maintain. 188 & DEFYING THE WEATHER Sunday’s stiff southerly ma d, crews that took the water keen , to the sheltered reaches and tr CJv stage of lh- ..ruing at least crews were \ -ted in the le« of ,h‘ King’s Wha. Of Sunday's Waitemata was strongly and the crews on the water mav £ the regatta Tews of next summer £ present the wretched weather is r . encouraging, but from now on taoti and more practice crews will be in action. VETERAN WATERMAN V'. Logan, who has been coaching w A. Stevenson, and is credited wit effecting improvement to his style, nuup some remarkable Performances when he wt s an active rowing man bel fore the war. Some of his memorabh feats were nads in opposition to tha* fine oarsman and sculler, C. E. Stone' of St. George’s, and in one of his la*i races Logan stroked a practically raw crew to victory over Stone on Lake Takapunn. He was urable, however to beat Stone for the double-sculling championship. Logan learned to row as a lad at North Shore, where hi? father. R. Ljgan. was a boatbuilder The style and physique of young Lcgan were often compared with those of 7 Sullivan, later sculling champion oi England, who for a time was one of bi? father’s employees.^ WEST END DOINGS The admission of Training Coilege students at reduced rates is an interesting feature of the recent policy of the West End Club, which holds its annual meeting next Tuesday night. By encouraging Training College student? the club hopes to stimulate .arsitv rowing, and it is expected that a racing crew may wear the Training College colours next season. A new departure to be considered by West End members next Tuesday is a proposal to elect a sole selector. The club had a successful season last, summer, winning £32 10s in regatta prize money, while it also won the Ilarrett Cup and the invitation four-oar race at Whangan i. The financial position is very sour d, and reflects prude n; management. ODDS AND ENDS Annual meetings: St. George's and North Shore, early next month; West End, Tuesday, September 20. North Shore is inaugurating a campaign to secure funds for new boats, and Mr. R. Duder has handsomely headed the list with a donation of ten guineas. At present the club is without a best and best boat. Following on his win over Barry. Goodsell is evidently quite happy to remain in America, the land of hi? newly-acquired spouse. Doutbelss the papers in the .and of, the dollar will soon be referring to him as an “Australian -Amer: can.”