Rowing Merger

The district's two roving club's –– the Poverty Bay and the Gisborne –– are pooling their resources in a bid to breathe new life into the sport.

Steady silting up of the Taruheru River over the years has become a severe handicap to the clubs. A new site on the eastern bank of the Turanganui (right)will enable rowers to practice their sport in all tides. Plans for a joint clubhouse have yet to be drawn.

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Are Harry Hankey, Gisborne club president, and Bill McLeod, president of the Poverty Bay club.

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New rowing shed will be built near R.S.A. club–rooms

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Present rowing sheds are practically isolated by mud at low tide