ROWING

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 71, 25 March 1933, Page 8

ROWING

By "Stroke" "THE EIGHTS"

ITEMS OF INTEREST

THE ARAMOHO CREW

Notice was received from the New Zealand Council at this week's meeting of the Wellington Bowing Association that the interprovincial championship eight contest should be held over a three-mile course. " The race will, of courso, be rowed over that distance, if possible, but everything depends upon the weather. In "the event of- a fairly strong southerly wind it ,-will be impossible to row the race over that distance on the Oriental' Bay course. If the wind "is from the north, however, a full three-miles will be available" on" the Korokoro course. Loan of an Eight. At this week's meeting of the Wellington.. Bowing Association it was agreed to accede to' Auckland's -request for a. loan of an eight-oar boat for the interprovincial championship eights. Although the request was granted, it was' pointed' out that there was 'always a considerable risk in interprovincial contests of a boat being damaged in transport. Attention was also drawn, to the fact that at the last interproyincialY championship held, at Wellington, the Wellington crew, were unable, to .compete: as:.their boat was smashpd just . before' the race through' a.cpllision' with a submerged pile. Mr. Duflea'n, who presided at the meeting, saia that,: personally he was quite willing..to. lend Wellington's second eight" to .Auckland,, jbut he thought it might be wise to have a spare boat available at Wellington on the day ofthe. race in/case of accident rto. one of the visiting boats. . In. advising. Auckland that Wellington were willing to lend them their eight, it was decided to ask Auckland to bring down a boat of their own in case of accident. The reason for Auckland's request, for the. loan, of the Wellington boat does not seem very, clear,' but it is probably a matter of finance. In fairness to the other, associations, Auckland should make every, effort to: bring a boat to Wellington. The cost of bringing an. eight from Auckland to Wellington.is very small in comparison with. 'the. disappointment that would be caused if one' of the provincial crews was unable to compete owing to some unforeseen accident. Wanganul's Second Eight. ' A considerable stir lias been caused in rowing circles at Wanganui owing to the efforts of-the Aramoho Club to enable their crew to compete at the interproyincial eights. Altliough tho New Zealand Council ' permitted the Aramoho Club to be. represented;' it was' only after a lengthy -aiscussibn at a meeting this week that the Wangaautißowing ■Association decided by nine W^^:'tq,,seveii to, agree |6vthe nominaMfflftpfct^e plub's/crew. r The: Aiamoho ■eitfB1- was informed that if their crew oo'mpeted.they wouia have td.',pay ; all expenses, and if, they .succeeded in winning the race they would'have to hand the donations over to'the association. Feeling was sharply aiviaed over the question, states the: Wanganui "Heraia." Some members 'I held that .|he association would be out;": of1 order it to the nomination^ of Ara-. asit would thereby be-rescinding' a\ "^o|fmer motion.: which declared the i%i^.neri of the Head-of-the-Siver .Race to be the Wanganui' Tepresejitatives in the interprovihcial Tace. 'Mi-^E. ' Crotty, a Union delegate to the; ■'•' Wahgahui- Association, described Aramoho's action as unsportsmanlike. Mr. C. A. Healey (Union);" objected to the principle, involved*b"y over-. riding the motion and said, that his club would not compete if: Aramoho were given, permission to Tace; , After the meeting, Mr. Healey saifcthat the •matter would be referred ttKttio crew to decide. Mr. D. Holmes. (Arimoho) said that his club wouia: send' ia crewwhether Union, competea or "not. '"Why aidn't Aramoho make their application in December?"••asked Mr. Crotty.'; >.. ■'.". .-...; "Because they thought tfiey would win. the H<ead:of-the-Eiver,"- said Mr. T. Walsh (Aramoho). ;-v^"-.-A.lthough it should not trouble the other provinces if Wanganui -'enters two-crews or not there are several important principles involved/ 'What: would be_ tho status of the second" Wanganui crew in the event '.of'- them drawing an.inside position in.the race? It -would seem unfair to penalise the. crews representing other provinces by forcing them further out. into-possibly rough water. Under the circumstances a No. 2 crew should have.no option but to row on the outside course. The question as to imposing a definito limitation on the number of boats that may represent" a province in' the ' eights should be, a matter for the tion of delegates at the next annual meeting of the N.Z.A.B.A. ;•: Spitthiand and the Eights. ' ■Although no official advice has been : receiyed-in. Wellington as to-'whether "Sbut^land; it. to Venter "a crew for the interprovincial championship; eights, it does, , ; not appear; that they have any serious intention of doing so. Th.c. Southland Rowing Association ; is criticised by the rowing writer in the Southland "Times," who; states that it is time that the association awakened to the duty it owes to the rowers of Southland. "What about a- South-land-eight crew," he asks. . 'Jit seems a.' pity after the trouble to procure an eight that no effort is being made to represent Southland at the interprovincial eights at Wellington." Petone Club Notes, . : A handicap sculling contest: for members of the Petone Rowing.-Club was heja last Saturday afternoon.' -.-;. There wero eighteen nominations, and some good finishes were scon. The best finish was between W. Kennedy (scr) and P. Abbott (3sec). Kennedy beat Abbott by a canvas. There are now three Towers left in the contest. The semi-final between' Kennedy and Bosweil 4s being rowed toaay, and the winner-will meet R. Pritchard in the final. ; Star Club Bacing. ■ . •.: v Members of tho Star Boating Club are at present engaged in a,series of club contests comprising senior pairs junior double sculls, and junior single' sculls. One heat of each jaco has been decided.' The following are the results:—... . :- Senior Pairs. —First heat: T, Hinklcy and J. Thodcy beat J. Petors ana M .- '. . .■,..,,. . -~:''.. Junior Double Sculls.—First-heat: F. loggers and.Miles beat J; F. Delancy and Wright.^ ';■"• .: '.'• - . . Junior Single Seulls.^-Firsf.'.heat: P. Newman beat Milne.