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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 556, 8 January 1929, Page 14

WITH the OARSMEN

BY

“RIGGER”

Turner, winner of the handicap sculls at Tauranga, will be an aspirant for further honours at Picton.

Wesit End will commence a handicap pair oar trial on Wednesday evening for trophies donated by Mr. J. A. Cooper. Members will select their own crews and handicaps will be decided immediately prior to the racing. The programmes for Hamilton and Ngaruawahia are now out and the next movement to interest Auckland oarsmen will be the allotting of positions. St George’s will hold a flannel danco in the Parnell Park tea kiosk on Saturday. Auckland and Waitemata will decide trials next Saturday. The Kohn Medal lours are scheduled for Auckland, while Waitemata members will contest fours for the Hugh Wright trophies. F. Baker, bow of West End’s youths’ four, who was injured in a motor smash before Christmas, is rowing again and made an appearance in Saturday’s trials. Another meeting of delegates from the harbour clubs to arrange the organisation of the harbour race for the Stuart Reid Cup will be held next Tuesday. Canterbury has asked the X.Z.R.A. to fix the date for the inter-provincial eights either two weeks before or after Easter. The central body has not yet fixed the date of the championships. * * * Members of the A.R.A. who were to have travelled up to the proposed Whau course shortly before Christmas will make the trip on Sunday week. TAURANGA CREWS The following crews have been chosen to represent the Tauranga Regatta Club at the Hamilton and Ngaruawahia regattas on January 29 and March lo respectively:—Senior fours: C. Tonkin. W. Turner, C. Haua, G. Lindell. Junior pairs: C. Haua and G. Undell. Maiden fours (open): G. Denniston, J. Gifford. C. Hardy. G. Gibbs. "Maiden fours (lOst. and under): F. Bickers, F. Lysaght, W. Teasey, J. McKenzie. Youths' fours: It. Mirrielees, S. Ibbotson, C. Cameron, M. Washer. Maiden double sculls: S. Ibbotson and R. Mirrielees. Maiden pair oars: B. Riggir and O. Broad. FORTHCOMING REGATTAS Programmes for - Hamilton and Xgaruawahia regattas have been received by the A.R.A. Hamilton in-

eludes senior fours (two miles), handicap single sculls (one mile), junior fours (one and a-half miles), junior pairs (one and a-quarter miles), maiden fours, light maiden fours, maiden pairs, maiden double sculls, maiden single sculls, youths’ fours (all one mile), eight-oared nc-class (one and a-half miles). This last event is open only to clubs that have entered crews for the senior fours. Ngaruawahia programme is: Youths’ fours, maiden fours, light maiden fours( all one mile), Ngaruawahia senior fours (two miles), maiden double sculls, maiden pairs, handicap single sculls (all one mile), junior fours and junior pairs( both one mile and a-half). The date of the Ngaruawahia regatta is •March 16. Hamilton will go gay on Anniversary Hay, January 29. * * jc Win for Haylock It is a well-known and significant fact that club captains rarely score wins in trials. If they should find

their own crew too strong: they feel in duty bound to adjust it. It is therefore a pleasant duty to congratulate skipper Haylock on winning the R. L. Stewart trials on Saturday. The popular West End captain thus registers his first win in trial fours for two

years. With officeholders it is alwavs

iioiaers it is always Club first, and Haylock has never forgotten this, so perhaps no one was more surprised than he when, after a stirring race with Gordon Conway, he crossed the line a length to the good in Saturday’s final.

TRIUMPHANT SHORE Shore men are patting each other on the back over their excellent showing at Whangarei. Three firsts and one third is a good day’s work for any city club and it is pleasing to note that Shore’s successes were in the light and heavy maiden and youth classes. Young oarsmen are the life blood of a club and Shore evidently has the goods. Auckland scullers strolled in for the maiden race and Conway (West End) had no difficulty in collecting the single sculls. Hamilton turned the tables on St. George’s by winning the junior fours. Whangarei, the home club, was unplaced except in the single sculls, when Hannan finished 20 lengths behind Conway. So far as regatta successes are concerned West End, St. George’s and Waitemata have been most unfortunate this season. Auckland and Shore are the only city

clubs to have made a stir in the holiday contests. HAMILTON AGAIN Once again Hamilton has gone to tho first regatta of the season with a senior crew that can beat the rest of the province. It is said that this season’s crew is not as good as usual and many experts shake their heads at the thought of St. Clair in stroke seat. The Tauranga race was interesting, three crews fighting a fairly even battle until rough water was reached. St. George’s and North Shore were the also rans, but there was not more than a length between Hamilton, Tauranga and Waitemata when the last half-mile was reached. Rough water was then encountered and Hamilton made the most of a favourable position. The form of the crew is generally judged as unconvincing and. if the river men visit Picton, they will have to improve considerably before they can expect to put up a strong fight against Healey’s men or some of the South Island crews. City clubs were rather starved at the Bay regatta, most of the successes going to Tauranga and Hamilton. Out of nino events the provincial clubs secured six wins, Auckland had two wins and St. George’s one.

STEVENSON IN FORM W. A. Stevenson is in good form for his meeting with Jackson at the championships. At Tauranga the Waitemata man was giving away Bsec to Turner (Tauranga), who is a fast man over a mile. Stevenson reduced his handicap by a half in the race and ■would probably have had little difficulty in heading Turner had the course been miles. The eyes of Dominion rowing enthusiasts will be turned toward Ficton when Stevenson meets Jackson. At present there seems to be | only one man in the race, but 1 "Wanganui fans, with their usual optimism. will soon get over the shock of j tho debacle on the Parramatta and I Jackson will get as much boost as ever lor the championships.