WITH THE OARSMEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 936, 1 April 1930, Page 14

WITH THE OARSMEN

BY

"RIGGER”

SPLASHES The University eight was out from the Waitemata sfied during the weekend. The crew will be training consistently during the weeks. Attest End is getting off a series of sculling races. Next Saturday there -will be singles for the Laidlaw Cup. West End At Home will be held on April 26. University oarsmen are asking for j the assistance of Auckland rowing j men in the billetting of their Easter visitors. Should any wish to offer j themselves as hosts, Brooker or J. Hunn would be pleased to hear from them. _ , Xorth Shore's programme is com- ( pleted. The club acros the harbour ! can look back with pride on a season | of well-earned successes. KEEPING A RECORD i Mr. A. M. Hale, secretary of the Marlborough Rowing Association, and a Xew Zealand selector, is compiling a record of rowing in the Dominion. He has had a scrapbook specially made. It is of unusual proportions, and Mr. Hale is a constant reader of all th-e papers in the country which publish rowing notes or news of any description. He fills his book with* photographs as well as Press clippings. So keen is he that if he sees a photograph of interest, and is unable to gain i possession of it for his records, he j borrows it, and has it rephotographed. Such a work as this will be of great ! value to its owner and also to the Xew i Zealand Rowing Association.

WEDDING OF INTEREST From the Wellington “Free Lance”: “A wedding of considerable interest to old Rugby players and present-day oarsmen was recently celebrated in Auckland. The bride was Miss Kathleen Lenore Latimer, a niece of the famous All Black Rugby captain, David Gallaher, and the bridegroom was L. E. Brooker, son of that fine old-time forward, F. J. Brooker, who represented Xew Zealand in Australia in 1897. L. E. Brooker carries on the family tradition, He has played for .Auckland University College at Rugby for a number of years, and represented Xew Zealand University in Australia. His most important success has been as an oarsman, He was a member of the champion Waitemata crew of a few years back, and in 3 928 was chosen for the All Black eight which, had the money been forthcoming, would have represented Xew Zealand at the Olympic Games.” WAITEMATA WINS Waitemata finished up the inter-club season with a flourish on Saturday, gaining both first and second places in the doubles for the Maurice Caro Cup. The winning crew, W. Eaddy and C. Fearon, were in a coxswainless best-and-best boat and sculled a good race all the way. The handicapping was not of the best as the winners, who won by six lengths easing up, could have given away anything up to another 30sec. Though there can be no disputing the fact that Eaddy and Fearon were sculling well, it is nevertheless true that the race was a gift to them. Most of the the day goes to Barker and Beesley, Waitemata’s second string, who finished second about six lengths ahead of Shore. Even the men in the best-and-best found it difficult to pass this crew and the Waitemata men rowed a hard, stubborn race from line to line. Mr. S. Caro, a brother of the soldier in whose memory the cup was donated, was judge. He was not called upon for any close decisions as the placed crews were separated by half a dozen lengths.

w WAY DOWN SOUTH There is jubilation, among: members ' of the Canterbury Rowing Club, j Christchurch, as the club has won both the D.C.L. Cup and the head of the river pennant in the same season. ! the first time the two trophies have both gone to the same club. At a I smoke concert to be held on Saturday, j the great performance is to be suit- ; ably celebrated, and “Rigger’ has just , received an invitation to the function J which he is unfortunately not able to j accept In the circular, members of j the Canterbury Club are asked to : learn the old club songs, which are to j be sung at the concert. Here is one | of them that is—well, hardly modest j and retiring in its sentiments: For in the field of moral endeavour, ; All competitors in sport we’re glad j to see; In the race for fame there never, no, never, Were competitors more worthy, you'll agree. Our rowing continues to strike us With qualities magnificent to see: Of course there are other clubs like They’re as like us as they’re able to be. Then here’s to the other clubs like us— They’re as like us as they’re able to be. PRESENTATION TO MR. DUNNE The members of the St. George’s Rowing Club met during the v'eek-ecd for the purpose of saying au revoir to Mr. Val Dunne, club captain, who has received promotion to a position in the C.P.0., Wellington. Mr. T. M. V. Morton, hon. secretary, voiced the j general feeling of regret at Mr. 1 Dunne’s departure from Auckland, and ! particularly from the St. George’s ! Rowing Club, his membership having ! extended over 28 years. On behalf of • the club members Mr. Morton preI sented to Mr. Dunne a gold watch as a token of appreciation and esteem with the wish that health, happiness and prosperity be his in the future. Mr. Dunne, in thanking his club-mates for the gift, stated he did not require such evidence of their goodwill which he felt he always had by their hearty co-operation in all work that pertained to the club. Anything he had done had been a labour of love and he was amply repaid for his efforts by the happiness and health he had derived from his associations with the club. The happiest days of his life he owed to the club and he knew that other old members felt similarly. The club was passing through the most critical time in its history, the waterfront alterations making removal of the clubhouse to another site imperative. He wished he could have remained in Auckland to help see the project to a successful termination. He felt, however, that the combined efforts of the members would arouse the necessary wide public interest and support. It was au revoir and he would be back among them again, eager to carry -V in the course of time, Mr. hoped. c NEW TROPHIES The massive Hallyburton Johnstone Cup, temporarily the property of the Otago Rowing Association, was greatly admired when it was on view at the 1 smoke concert given after the interprovincial eights. Its donor has given further proof of his generosity and goodwill toward rowing by the donation of two more trophies which -were also on view at the smoke concert. Though smaller than the eight-oar trophy, these new trophies are exquisite pieces of silverware. One has been presented to the New Zealand Rowing Association for the championship fours and the other to the Auckland Rowing Association for the provincial champion fours. The trophies are at present in the hands of Mr. Hallyburton Johnstone, who is having them altered slightly in readiness for their new roles. PERFECT WEATHER Members of City clubs have been more than fortunate in the weather during the past two months. Programmes, delayed by the boisterous week-ends of December and January, have been followed closely and delayed events have been worked in during the week as well as on Saturdays. Water conditions have been perfect and the most important events have not been marred by even an ominous cloud. Earlier in the season Waitemata and ; St. George’s particularly found it necessary to rely on the sheltered but tidebound course inside the Hobson Bay embankment. Apart from the Smith Shield fours and the Mason Pairs, it has not been necessary to seek shelter for any events lately. If the weather , continues to smile for another three or ! four weeks, the season will be over and then, as far as the oarsman is concerned, the winds may.rise and lash the I waters of Hobson Bay to fur-y.