WAIROA RIVER REGATTA.

Auckland Star, Issue LVII, 1 March 1926, Page 12

WAIROA RIVER REGATTA.

ROWING RESULTS. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) DARGAVILLE, Saturday. There "was a good attendance at the Northern Wairoa River Regatta Club's annual regatta held at Dargaville to-day in showery weather. The racing all the way through was very keen. Results are as follow:— Maiden Fours, open -weight.—Waltemata 1, Dargaville 2, Whangarei 3. Won by a canvas. Double Sculls.—Waltemata 1, West End 2 Whangarei 3. Won by a length. Inter-club Invitation Open Weight Fours in Practise Boats (open to crews of the Northern Wairoa).- —Dargaville No. 1 crew 1. Te Kopuru 2, Dargaville No. 2 3. Youths' Fours, under 21, (one mile). West End 1, Whangarei 2, Te Kopuru 3. Won by a length. Junior Fours. —Dargaville (Danks, Manning, Forrester, Hoskins. Thompson (cox). 1. Waitemata and Whangarei did not complete the course, both being swamped. Maiden Fours, lOst and under.—West .End (Snowden, Dowling, Macey, Taylor, Dowling, cox), 1; Te Kopuru (Heatley, W. Rope, <3. Cameron, Savident, Kelly, cox), 2; Dargaville (Webb, J. Rope, Landing, Chaplin. Thompson, cox), 3. Single Sculls Handicap.—C. Fogarty (West End) 1. S. Hannam (Whangarei) 2, W. Lowe (Waitemata) 3. Won easily from the start. SWIMMING. Northern Wairoa Championship, one mile.—F. Van Kenin 1, H. Walker 2. 880 Yards.—Van Benin 1, H. Tregidga 2. Ladles' 100 Yards.—l. Eiley 1. AI. Cook 2 440 Yards.—S. Tregidga 1, Van Benin 2; 11. Walker 3. Won by three yards. 200 Yards.—Van Benin 1, Paul 2, Griffiths 3. Won on the post. LAUNCH RACES. Launch Race, 4J knot Sealed Handicap.— Idler 1. Kate 2, Walmea 3. Ten starters Traders' Launch Race.— Northern Wairoa Dairy Co.'s Lomen 1, H. Stanaway's Emma 2, E. C. Farr's Ivy 3. Ocean Launch Race.—W. Curl's Kate K. 1, C. Farr's Ivy 2, J. Curl's Thistle 3, Northern Wairoa Club Launch Race. J. Stanaway's Wairoa 1, W. U. Curel'e State ir A. BanckU'e Axtlioaui &