TAURANGA OCEAN RACE.
ENTRIES CLOSE TO-MORROW. Entries for keel and for centreboard boats for the ocean race from Auckland to the Mount, Tauranga, close at eight o clock to-morrow wifch Mr. W. J. flicks, secretary of the Royal-New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Owing to tBV times the cash prizes this year are not«sb good as formerly. Ihe first prize for keel. yachts, in addition to the -Colin NorrJs gold. cup and miniature, is £5. The same cash prize is offered for. the centreboard class, in addition to the Clench trophy. To mark hie ' approval of long-distance rnrine Mr Ernest Davis, who was waited on tMs mornl?g by Mr.'w. A. Wilkinson, representing . the Tauranga Regatta Club, has supplemented the first prize with a donation of £2,10/ towards first _ prizeJn both the keel and the centreboard classes, which wilfc now be £7 10/ each. No doubt Mr. Davis' sporting action will be appreciated by boat owners as it is by the regatta committee, and should help to increase interest in this popular annual race.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 302, 21 December 1932, Page 19
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171TAURANGA OCEAN RACE. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 302, 21 December 1932, Page 19
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