STAR BOATING CLUB.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 593, 23 August 1909, Page 5

STAR BOATING CLUB.

H^^^ ;; ; ;i;':M^NUAL : ;REPO^ '.': 'According /to.Ulie,.report ..'to; be ,presented:,at ;thevforty-third ..annual' meeting: 'of. the Star Boating 'Club, next/week, .the. .'club now has a : membership: : ot'; 393 i "40. new--members-liaving .'.been;:elected, last.;season.,.The cliab-.'was , ; repre--. ■sented !:at ! the ..if ollowin'g\ regattas during; the ; - ;seasohi—Pictdnjv.'Wellington,,■'■Wanganui, :a'nd ,Christcb.urch.V;..The:-/Maiden .-.Fours,/ ', Maiden• 'Pairs','"and '.Youth's ' .Fours''we're'.won';both■'•■ at! ■Pictoa_and-'AVeni^t6n,"/and;the Junior Fours' ■at/,-Waneanui..:/-,;The ''''club's':.''representatives',: though- close:.up.;in v several.'events at':Christ r church,/did' not ..sjicceeil -in gaining a ..victory. Th.e.'usual.clubi.racas,'were also/got..off,/but in; some .of tlie. racesjthe entries, were 'not-aslarge ;ds ': might Jhavevbeehi'expected./i.The'; committee '■ thank those 'feiv.'members" who 'acted' asi-coaches during tho'season. Great/difficulty:-was; expert enced; in'obtaining. the;';BerFices/.of.:bp'isipet'e|iit'-' coaches'(of; whom:' there, numberi'ampngst old: members),: f6. come'forward- and endeayou;r■! to. instruct: the/younger'members.-: ';'-'■ ■"£ '■"■ ■'■ :••■-.■.■■'■'-■ :>AJdebatihg" .'society 'has'. been .•.fprmed/^fpr'.the' purpose of. holding'discussions; oi-varipus- 'sub-, jebts-,d'uring; tho" winter;-months, i /Several' good ; .debates: have'; already, t taken /place, "anld '■ a's the fee'.'of: the;, society" : iis.-'iiierely nominal>tlie' ! gpod workrVaohi^ved'^y^.this' ; 'b'ody. should bo supported and debates, attended l>y; every-'member. .The"c6mmittee'were/.unablb : to make any, re-: ductionan the; debenture;.debt.(X29s):owing" to the'iheavy; expenditure pn-.nbw plant and Vp'aint-'i ■ing-j/'and..iepairing'bf "the; blub-houses. / ,The plant /is'ueing'.'thoroughly; overjia.uled,.;aud/.wili be handed over to , ,the incoming committee in good./order.- ■ '.During (the'-winterj Mr. ; G./.Lee'• ■built/a/light'/pleasurp/boat/arid}nPW; has'' t\ypjunior.'sculling"boats under^/construction.';?.A best and ■ best.tracing 'four' has ..also' been or-. (lered-from/'Messrs/Greenland .'and. Son, ■ Mel-bourne',-;.iind.; "should ..'be/.to; hand, in'.-time, for early/regatta's.;,-A;large;shipment, of .oarsJapd: sculls-came to' hand 'from''.'Messrs.::Aylirig. and Soir during the season',' and..it is nbt : likely that further .expenditure -under thisV'headi.vyill , 'bo : required.for'some : time.. The Thorndbh-shed., the coirimittee regret -to. state, was' not. availed ~pf by crews for/training-purposes as v inuch as it/should have been, especially bo regatta crewe.' ...Thanks are extended to Mr. J. Stephens'for a special trophy.; awarded, to; tie -winner of the Junior :Soulls j : the .Taihui Canoe Club 7Messrs.- : A.T. Bothamlev, G. , . Fitzgerald, y Dr. H. Rawson, and Dr."F.,;W. Mitenzie), for valuable 1 gift; of their canoe-shed "to ' the club; the ■ladies' committee,.who assisted, /and the ladies and'gentlemen who.contributed musical: items;' ■:etc.';'-at the various social function.- ■ .-•.'' •■'■ / /i'h'e balance-sheet -shows, the :receipts ~far- lost year 'as JG7M' 25.;7d. and. the expenditure v£G!)8 : "35..2(1., leaving;a : credit balance of <£55>195. 5d.The'balance .of assets over-liabilities is : 65. ; -'ld:/ o v:.- v :': v --." O-. ■,-..-5 -V ; V; , ■..;';. ■:'<?■■; '-,