ROWING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14325, 15 October 1910, Page 12 (Supplement)

ROWING.

EIGHT-OARED ROWING. The council of the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association, in then annual report, presented to the association on Saturday evening, remarked that at the reception tendered the -few Zealand representative crew on rlaeii return from Hobart. Mr. Albert E. r*ash, chairman of the N.S.AV. Rowmg Association, in responding to a toast, regretted that so little attention was <ii\*en to eight-oared rowiim in r!rDominion. He thought after the fine showing lately given by Now Zealand crews, tliat attention should be turned to eight-oared rowing, and hoped it would not be long before a New Zealand eight would bo found competing lu . . , 0 Eight-oared Championship, which was tho "blue ribbon" of rowing in Australia. The chairman of the council, when recently in Australia, noted that most attention was given to eight-oared rowing by the rowing clubs there, and also that the principal races at regattas xcre "eights." He was assured that Australian oarsmen would be gratified tn see New Zealand take ira thi; form of rowing. The'council states th;' fr it would he pleased if local associations would give _ attention to this matter, and ascertain the feeling of their respective clubs in regard to samp TV. Fogwell <N.S.\V.> is looking for a return match with G. WheJoh i<> iirrowed at Akaroa on Easter M'jmbiv R. Arast states that lie will be m:si» willing to find some Fogwell backing should there be a match.