ROWING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 2

ROWING.

MEETING OF NEW-ZEALAND ; COUNCIL.' ,:A- meeting "of 'thV; council ;of the Ne Zealand-Amateur Bowing Association wt held last .'evening. at tho Star. Boatin Club's shed,' and.was attended by;Messri H. W. M'Villy (chairman),; E' E; Han mond, W. Bndson, G. Lachlan, J. I Widdop, W. Coffey,. and A, D. Bayficl (secretary). \V : :' V 'A . .Mercer Bowing Club was grante auiliatioH totlie a&sociation. JLsssrs. Widdop and Hammond wei appointed to;represent -the N.Z.A.R.A. : a the championship regatta to' be held;- s Picton-iiext Monday. ' ■'i'Sv--G^terbtiry'v.^Bowing Asfociatio drew attention .tb\a-cdndition inserted-1 the_programm6 of'the.Otagd fegatta, ha at l'ort Chalmers on December ■' 27: "I all races, there must-bo'four entries .c no race,otc. . Tho' association ' aske i r i.S ru "pß .'from the . ..council- .as ' t ' i I « suck; a -cbMitiontcopld'-ba' ij cludei.an. a.-tegatta;. programme.-.^;'Th : council resolved-.to' writc to'tho';Otaeo' As soeiation .askiug'.-why :tho.:programme 1 lm been with;, this condition 'included lo- another guestion ask'cd-;by;- the' Can terbury Association, whether", a conditio] could bo made, such.-asr "l?our. : crews t ,i" ? r ?,° secpnd'i>rize," the council rc plied m the affirmative. ' " s ' c^, r , ; . Herbert Smith, - Hon'.'- secretar <*■. Canterbury ; Bowing.Assbciatibii wrote, that "he. hadrbeen-gwiited a-.bonu of five .guineas, by .his-.association.'H asked tor the approvals of-'the' council .- 1 ? K as . ."greed to approve-of th'ogrant membtes fu ™re,pwm!ssioh.shpifld first bfi:obtained ihe , .Wtllington\Ep\rihg.Assraati'on.''for ■ warded; a jetter; frbto' ! ,s(U:'.' , N;:'Galbi!aith who'reported: that' feome-fof-IKo Events- a .the .Picton'vß-e Dai ivere-. rowed in , '.v«ry': , .Thi a^oiatioii',' : :.,urged :.tb'af VR'ulov-16, pro vidingythat'.fclianipionshipsrmtistr.ija■ de . cidbd, in. smooth. water, observed.;; at'.tho :i Monday. . The council decided to writi ; inglyr. y ;: :'A; The- Otago Rowing'-Association • wro(4 stating; that, thr olub's tinder tKfeir juris diction -.'were tli© ;: col. purs:;allottcd„',to theidl'Ai'-th» cblbaxt .were'iiptito ,com<! untir?nttt .son,;, they' a&bciation?xonsidered.. thatv'-il now. /.be. niadtf, .j theV-ni atter ■; Having 'beeii •r«jly,;OTDSid^;-f;Vj^lett« y <iii<'il»- samt Rowing Cjub: ; 'i;- . '. :;; Tj(eYAii6fclf^'dfWttgV r Asso&Ho£'':'» por.M;.t|iat!;a:niember :of tho' ; N6Tth Shore Bowing Club' had" for|eited--hisainatenr status: by.' assumed natae,;- in '> j recenir professional" handicap. Th^asspdiatibnh'ad^ his nariie in ust be; removed' fro'tn. the, toemr°ll\. japproTed ofJthe disqualification.^;;. 3 '----; ' '■'' -- i~',' . AMATEURS AND: .PROFESSIONALS; 7 AN INTERESTING POINT ■; At.'the meeting :of the:.N.Z:A.B.A." last :evpning;;Mr:y^;;Coffeir, ,sQine.. . aniatcii- ro'wi ng; bodic3 had; been taking active Vpait ; ;m ! '-connecti6n^ sional; right"?' ; he- i asked/' LV 'xhQre' '\\'as'' nb > ;'rale on , tho . ' posed to. the spirit 'of'omatourism; Or.Q of-:, tho jBiM of- .•, starter.>. - at; the ' " recont Fostoli sculling Handicap,. and': he that certain prominentr o ffi ci als ;: ; of thG - Wanganui' . Amateur'Rbwing"iClub r iid' taken part in ling; on ,thb , Mr.; A. D., Bayfield ' (secretary): ' Yea, or.'.thie# amateur'; S ■; , -Hr.: E. Il.'.,Samniond: I don't sea what you'^rbtgoingSfaJ a ruling 'ba';a* iiiembeß of the .VTa:nga'nui;.Eowin'g)Club^'taMhg:,ho..parttto ; regat&;;:n6wereK":;s ; r, ; . ■; .. Srr. 1 Coffey:-,, I; think-there some rule prohibiting mombers of> amateur; from; at ; professional events.'.... . ir; Mr. \V. Bndson remarked that all rthe world the Thames, on-tho Parra- . matta; .and closely . ling. •' iHe, 'considered.Vtnat ;,it made.' for I cleian' , such ■■ ;pOsMbns^;.;.';;-!"'X i .-T'V:?.v-■ --iv' :.- Another member-of. the council''satr.no; Jiarmj-in ' it.-ivnTh^?,iquestionvV lie . -seemed;,'tb: ; bei'-i^s,'ls.-professional sculliiig ■ detfimbiital; - L ;', .•; '-On : tlie Buggestion-of ;the'.cliairman (Mr.E; S W, matter, . tice ; having; .beaur given;;; it- was agreed th'at a, proposed'addi tion to the definitibn. of "amateur" should bo drawn up, and submitted ; to . .the VannuM . .meetingi- that: •: the miglit ; -