ON THE WATER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19815, 5 December 1919, Page 2

ON THE WATER.

MOTES BY (i PROW,” ROWING, C.R.C. crews are busy preparing for j Akaroa regalia, but rlie majority hare ! not yet- Marled to do very solid’ work, j So far ibe junior four are not comhin- : ing very well. They >vill have to ini- ; prove a lot, to he in ilie running. , The innidon four have got a very : hard row to line, as three men in this ! crew have not been on a .slide before. ! haring been selected from ilie trial , pairs. However, they are a ,hefty crew ' and should be able’ to make ii good ; showing at the Christ church regatta i later in the season. The youths are i about the pick of the fours, and should give a satisfactory account of themselves The senior pairs. Guthrie and Hills, : are, about the only ones who hare got.; right, down to business. Both men ! hard shown exceptional form this sea- j son. and their prospect of capturing j the honours for' the C.R.C. in their: event is excellent. ! ♦ .... ' j The junior doubles ’are going well) " i' l . patches,'’ so that there is every I possibility id their making a good show'- I ing if they can clean up their work | a bit. j Up to the present Avon’s Akaroa j crews have not been doing any last work. The youths' fours No. 1 are showing fairly ~oocl form. The combination of this crew is very fair. but. j an improvement would be ’effected if they got thpir hands away from flic body more smartly, taking care not to rush forward. The Xo, 2 crow are not so consistent in their training. Withers (stroke) is inclined to be rather short in the water, while Xo. A is weak upon the commencement. The whole crew would improve by developing better body swing. Union's elioico of a maiden double, sculls crew for Akaroa was challenged. In the first heat Dyer and Truman defeated .Freeman i.m* Ross (the picked crew), and then won easily against Whittington and Byers.

lho li.ti.C. senior double sculls dial-1 lenge race was rowed on the same, oven- j uik. H. and V. Adkins (the selected ; crow) defeating \V. Puggan find A. <.'. I I'inwill (the. dinlU'tigo crow). The win, \ iters should prove formidable at Aka- | I'OH. ! Roth of Avon's, maiden fours have i been putting in good work lately. The ; No. 1 rrew (Henry) arc a, Moiid conibinn- | tion. bill, stroke, is .iivMined to hand j ■.it lho comnicneemcnt of tho strode. ! No. :3 has got into the habit of rowing j Ironi bis arms tow much, but lias beeii j show ins: improvement. 'No. ;2 must ■■ keen control of bis slide coming lor-j ward. Bow cart get a little extra'wu'r-K ! before- the rigger by reaching out-. The .No. 2 crew (Tfcgan) arc good ! workers, but they appear to row ra.ihet I short in tht water, and would inmrove i by hringing the. oar well back to the j chest. I Union's junior four arc showing good i form, and should bare a. very good ; chance. The present choice of" semoi \ pair anrt doable sculls crew.-, is verv 1 strong, and ihoy are. looked upon as : " morals." The maiden double sculls are also a good crew. There is good material in Unions youths' lours. ' No. ;j should display more activity in tho bout and throw Ins weight iti the catch simmer. .No. 2 is faulty in finish. .Stroke* and bow arc .rowing nicely. Their ichanrcs would be good if they would tidy up a. bit. . Avon's junior mir (Sail) arc putting in steady work. No. li should improve his body sn-inc. At present he is rowing short. No. <J has developed the hnbit of nntieipiiing the commencement by coming forward with elbows bent. This crew should imorove with .-» little- last work on deep water. . The sculling craws ar? fairlv consistent in their training, but the senior stroke has been indisposed dnriim the past few days. , Union's youths' double sculls and junior double sculls ,-rews to improve before they can expect victory. Their maiden tours (Freemen) will row a. challenge, race to-night against If. •w, F. Malmanoho and (~ Yates, and their senior pair (Ad- | kins) will row against Duggan and l'ini will. W. M Stewart and it. A. Morgan , were selected to represent, the C.R.C. I in the maiden doubies, but rumour has ; it that Stewart is making the trip to i \Aaiiganin with the High School crew. j and will thus be prevented from eom- | peting at Akaroa. This is unfortunate. I as Stewart is a, good and enthusiastic i sculler. No other man has y c -t been i selected to bake his. place. I Canterbury's youths,' doubles have ; not vet got. into their stride hut with j coaching might develop into a useful couple. | crews are m training for Uie, j C..K.C. trial double «-ulls. which will be. ■ rowed on fixed seats. This race will be I got off about. December I£. j To-nigbi, an Avon Cub Akaroa <l,aV j lenge race will V,,.. rowed between 1 j Icgans. 1,. M'Lorjghlin. L. Barwell and i l-J. \\lutMvl (the picke.fl i-.rewl, and C Keys. "\ . Moir. E. liinstrad :U id A Mint. Air V. P. Kestoxe.n ha.= been appolulcd patron of the Otauo regatta. I understand that the regatta is to bo rowed on PeoeiYibci 2b. but I was told j this week that no progivimme'or infoi- ' mafion has been received bv the clubs. j /Seeing that the date ,< so' close, u y, | to be booed thai the 01-ijro uuihoi-i. j lie? will lie prompt in ■"ommunicatiii'C with local organisations. 'Hie annual general nieetiui; uf the Christ.-iiiircli Regatta Club will be hold on December 10. Tresumabv this year's regatta will lie the main 'subjoet of dis-ussion. The probability is that is will be hold early in February in the estuary, inside Shag Hock, on the New Brighton side, with the. finishing post ne-iv the rock'. i The .Sumner dub ha- not, yet affiliated with Mia' Canterbury ]{owing Association, lb should do so soon if it, desires to miter crews'for forthcoming regattas It, is pleasing to note that tJi« wed for improvement of the Avon is not' being lost, Fight of by the powers that be, and that the City Council has' agreed to receive from the Christchurch Domains Board a deputation with reference to the gradual silting up o, the liver. Now i s (he tune for boating clubs.to make then voices hoard.

Mr \\. If. .|«, Tn „ s . w i, 0 i IMS } )eril t | lc , (..M-ntPrbury IWin- Club's Piipr K ptie fn.ptan; for i-h... j„ lSt , SIX ve . lrSi .|,. IS ro _ sigiiPf] owtiig t„ h, s ] m \ w , y Ullt , „u () , P . Ms linn (o giro I.lip tinio which ho wnsulprpd Hip. position vrqitin-d This is to Ik> ni.ich pxtont, flup 1o Mi' Kv;ms's pfTorts'thab the plnh lias Wen ;ih]p, to lfppp Rninp; during *hp critir-nl poriorl ii. h,T pnsM>d through wing to thp war. and.it sppiiis ii pity t.linl. lip lias li«. rn roT-vpntod from fnjoyino; ii,,-, f rn j l6 n f t |;,, p(K ; t ; on c j,„.. m<l Ih" nrp.-on' son>-.in. A| r V. 1). HiMvor, tiiP '.loiiuty. bus lupn ;ippoint.prl in thp niparitinip. with Ar M. .). (iiit'nrir ; is npting-dpiuitv. Mr Evans's Mipppssor will rl o wpll'if ho liih tloit position as prwlitnhlv. Tho plioifp is ,-i happv imp. POWER BOATING AND

SAILING. There is good news this week fern those wlio move on the face of i.ho Witters in the vicinity of Now Brighton and lifdclifl's. In response to ;i commonieation from th..<. Christehure.h Power Boating and Sailing Club. the, Marino Department have replied that i hey ivil] send an officer of experience to inspect the spit :it the end of ihi> I naval reserve opposite Shag Rock, where, a.s before mentioned, tlio sea. is ' encroaching to ;i disturbing extent.. The inspection has- now been made. I am informed, and the officer will present his report in due cour.-.0. Another very gratifying feature.' is the. Harbour Board's decision to makes a survey of the part of the Avon below the New Brighton tram bridge. This, of coulee, is the fruit of the hoard's! trip down the. river which was referred :o last week, and it is to be hoped, now that a move has been marie, that the matter will be energetically pursued. There is always a danger of subjects like this fading into . oblivion unless there, is applied the stimulus of active, interest on the part of all concerned. As Mr Cyrus Williams pointed out. j it is desirable, apart ■ altogether from whether anything should be done to ! the channel,' to have existing surveys ! connected so that there should be 'at | complete survey of the whole "Estuary. | Once this vnhmble work is done, tlie) j matter con bo tackled in its other phases. I There is no doubt that much of thot i silting up of the. lower reaches of the : river is due to suspended matter from j the city being deposited as soon as it '. meets the, resistance of the tide, and it I is a, fair question as to wbothcr the j TT arbour Board should be called upon I to bear the whole cost of removing the , obstructions. Tho point indicates j plainly the need of co-operation in the j application of remedial measures taken j in ro.ciml to nil parts of the .Atvicvu. I which was urged by "Brow" last.week. | Not only would op-operation, enable, the | expense to be apportioned .-justly, but ! it would make for efficiency and good | results. ; Some lime,ago. it was• stated thai ;\ ; conference of local bodies wa,s to b*J | called to consider the state of tho Avon. ! It would bo well for the Harbour Board I and the boating clubs to bo represented j nt it. whenever it is held.

i A fitful son'-wester hi pm - when flip I Christeliurdi Sailing and Power Boat ■ Club hold 3, race for yachts under 20ft | nn Saturday last. A good start was efj feefed. hivb Boris capsized. Going up ! the Heathcote channel. "Eureka. and 1 Breeze kept the lead. Echo caught her j plate in the mud and also cap,sized. : On awe and "Redwing, being unable to j face the wind, returned. Eureka gra- | dually gained on Breeze, and finished ! with an eight minutes lead, tint on the I time allowance Breeze (9iniii) won first 1 prize. I Xi'te. “ Prow,' 1 who writes weekly 1 boat ing notes for the ‘‘ Star.” welcomes | e/mtrihntions regarding all forms r.f i the sport. The notes appear «aeh Frij day. and relate hrieflv to local boating. As a. good de.a! of work is entailed in collecting information, written contri- , hutions are especially welcome.