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NEW ZEALAND AMATEUR ROWING ASSOCIATION fPicu Rnicss Association.] WELLINGTON, October 3. The twenty-second .annual meeting of the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association was held on Saturday night, Mr. R. W. McVilley presiding. Delegates were present from Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, Wanganui, Wellington, Marlborough, Canterbury, and Otago. Officers were elected as follows:'—President, Mr. R. McCallum (Marlborough); vice-presidents, .Messrs J. Thomson (Hawke’s Bay) and A. S. Biss (Wellington); council, Messrs It. .M. Isaac s (Otago), W. Coffey .(Canterbury), E. E. Hammond (Southland), Geo. McLauchlan (Wanganui), R. W. McVilley (Otago), J. E. Widd.or> (Wellington), and W. Bridson (Auckland) ; secretary and treasurer, Mr. A. D. Bayfield ; auditor, Mr. G. C. Fache. A motion by Canterbury to give coats, caps and badges to the New Zealand champions met with considerable opposition, and was withdrawn. New rule s were adopted providing for : (1) The presence of a representative of the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association at every regatta, to see that the rules of the local Association and of the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association are complied with; (2) the programme of every regatta must be approved by the local Association, and in the case of championship meetings by the Council of the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association ; (3) all races shall be started by gunshot. Wellington’s motion that all championships be rowed on smooth water, and if on a river, at slack, was defeated after a long discussion. The next championship regatta was awarded to the Marlborough Association, to be rowed at Picton during the last four weeks before the big gathering to be held at Hobart in February. The' Council was instructed to appoint a committee to select a ..team to compete in the inter-State four-oared race ,at Hobart at that time. The Sumner Club was granted affiliation. It was suggested that the Council obtain a legal opinion as to whether a professional mav belong to an amateur club.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2623, 4 October 1909, Page 6
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315ROWING. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2623, 4 October 1909, Page 6
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