WITH THE OARSMEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 824, 19 November 1929, Page 14

WITH THE OARSMEN

BY

"RIGGER"

SPLASHES Their* vas a big muster of A U.A. Oil \V< I. . Satan ay. Mr. • . i'airnat. vice-president, and Mr. A. d. eKuv. . \ci-utive memtM r, rowed in » I for Wai-AW-t Kml club races provided the most ■i tiling linislies of the day. it Stacey, \ ickland s • ptain. was dogged by his Mi.il b d lu. U IU rowed a splendid i.i• a In ti • final ... Ids club race, but :• fr his -print a few seconds too late . r.d '«>st the decision by half a length. North Shore heavy maidens will ba" week or Walsh'who has been for two -at has injured his Ijfitn and Davies. Shore’s successful f trokiplan to make a stir in the sculling world this season. Both are t ud to be entering for the handicap event at Tauranga. It was unfortunate that West End was compelled to use such a short • >urso on Saturday. The final was i-A.d in two minutes 70 seconds, which i,i- tns that the distance was half a i die or less—a hard sprint for so early, \\ A. Stevenson, who is said to bo •« itemplating an attempt to regain Is*- Dominion sculling title this season, •as out from the Wattemata shed during the week-end. EFFICIENT WEST END VN st Knd is establishing a reputa>n tor doing things well. “At Homes” id inter-club events, organised by the Mary's Bay men. are put through • ilioientlv and in good time. On Satur,y. race followed race very rapidly, . many as three heats coming up the our** behind each other at times. In II there were 15 races and the final .» put through shortly after 5 o’clock, lie finishes in many races were keen it were marred in some instances by .o usual crop of boat accidents, such . sprung oars, stiff slides and broken noppett strings. The number of races io»t in Auckland through faulty plant far more than it should be, and it .list b© remembered that this is the beginning of the season when plant hould be in good order.

TAURANGA PROGRAMME Tin tries for Tauranga close with the secretary. A. It.A., on Friday. December 13. The regatta is set down for December I*7 and the rowing programme is ms follows: —Senior fours, two miles, first £ 15, second £3. Maiden sculls, one mile, donations, first L ti. second till. Youths’ fours, one mile, first £6. second £2. Maiden pairs, one mile, first £6, second ill. Maiden fours (light-weight), one mile, lirst £9. second £1 Junior pairs, li iriiles, first £6. second X2. Handicap single sculls, one mile, first X 6, second £t. Maiden fours (open), one mile, first £ll2, second £2. Junior fours, l> miles, first £l3. second £2. Allen Cup fours, for maiden crews, one* mile, cup and set of gold medals.

SATURDAY’S RACING Tho main event in Saturday's rowing will be North Shore’s opening day postponed from last Saturday week. The season will be declared open by the club president. Mr. YV. CassellsBrown. and fours will be rowed for trophies presented by him. Afternoon tea will be served and additional attractions will be a swimming race and an old-timers’ race. It is rumoured that Mr. YV. Conway ( West End) may bring over his veterans’ crew' to try conclusions with any Shore combination that may be eligible. YY'aiteaon’s club racing with fours for the C. J. Ellerbeck trophies. YVith seven crews Waitemaia headed the list of entrants on Saturday. and an even better muster, us many ah 10 crews, is expected for Saturday. St. Georges is taking advantage of a good tide to row* fours for tho Walker and Hall trophies and the Thomas Pairs will also be decided. West End and Auckland have free day’s. TAURANGA’S OPENING Eight crews turned out to row in trial fours on Saturday, when the row-

ing season was offi- j daily opened at Tauranga. There were some tine finishes but Ibbertson, the winning . stroke, scored de- , cisive victories in his heat, the semi - final and final. It is pleasing to note that C. ! Tonkin was stroking a crew. Tonkin has been the lead- , ing spirit of Tan-

ranga rowing lor many y*ears. YV. Turner, New Zealand champion sculler,; occupied two seat in the winning crew. HOUSE-HUNTING YVaitemata’s committee was house- j hunting, or rather site-hunting, during the week-end. On Saturday advantage j was taken of the fixture at YY’est End to j explore the advantages of that part | of the harbour. On the following day ; Mr. C. Cairns motored the committee to Orakei, where sites near that selected by St. Georges were inspected. It is not known what conclusion the members of the committee have come to, if indeed deliberations have reached that stage. SHORE ON TOP West End and Shore seem to be establishing a tradition that the Barratt Cup race should be a private affair between them, with the other three clubs largely lookers-on. For four years the trophy has spent alternate seasons in the two clubhouses, and there was certainly no doubt about the result on Saturday. The cup was first competed for in 1920-21, when it was won by Auckland. Since then it has been held four times by West End, twice by Shore, twice by Waitemata and onco each by Auckland and St. j George’s. This season’s race saw a | fine muster of 25 crews, and there is | no doubt that the donor of the cup. i Mr. G. Barratt, who acted as judge, was | ! gratified at the enthusiasm shown. It j was pleasing to notice the large num- j ! ber of new members participating in j | the preliminary racing. Though there j was an extraordinary mixture of styles, ; keenness was evident and that is cer- ; tainly the first essential. TAURANGA REGATTA CREWS From Our Own Correspondent j TAURANGA, Monday, j The following crews will represent j the Tauranga Rowing Club at the Tauranga regatta on December 27: Heavy maidens; S. Ibbetson (stroke), j C. Cameron, R. Mirrielees, O. Broad. Eight-weights, maidens (10 stone and under): F. Bickers (stroke), W. Teasey, F. Lysaght, A. Tassell. Youths’ fours: M. Washer (stroke). W. i’ickworth, D. Cameron. M. Rhodes. Junior pairs: G. Dennison (stroke). G. Gibbs. Maiden pairs: S. Ibbetson (stroke), C. Cameron. Maiden double sculls: G. Denniston (stroke), G. Gibbs. Single sculls: YY”. Turner, C. Waua. A silver cup has been donated to the club and will be competed lor by trial fours.