ROWING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 46, 23 February 1935, Page 18

ROWING.

NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW FOR POSITIONS. / The following is the draw for the positions of the crews in the various races at the New Zealand Championship Rowing Regatta to be held on the Whau Estuary on March 2. No. 1 position counts from the eastern or town uanK : — Youths' Fours.—l Whangarel, 2 Ngaruawaliia, 3 West End, 4 Mercer, 5 Waitemata. Championship Single Sculls.—l Mercer, 2 Wanganui-Union, 3 Gisborne, 4 Petone, 5 Poverty Bay, 6 Aramolio, 7 Waitemata, 8 St. George's. Light Maiden Fours.—l West End, 2 Gisborne, 3 Auckland, 4 Ngaruawaliia, 5 Wanganui-Union, 6 Mercer, 7 Waitemata, 8 Hamilton, 9 St. George's, 10 Wliangarei. New Zealand Championship Fours. —1 Wairau, 2 Star, 3 Petone, 4 Tauranga, 5 Aramolio, 6 North Shore, 7 Napier, 8 Hamilton, 9 Wanganui-Union. Open Maiden Fours.—-1 Now Plymouth, 2 Hamilton No. 1, 3 Auckland No. 1, 4 Wliangarei, 5 Opotiki. C Waitemata, 7 Gisborne, 8 Hamilton No. 2, 9 Auckland No. 2, 10 Star, 11 North Shore, 12 Mercer, 13 Ngaruawaliia, 14 St. George's. Championship Double Sculls. —1 St. George's, 2 Petone, 3 Wanganui-Union, 4 Avon, 5 Hamilton, 6 Tauranga, 7 Waitemata. „ _ Junior Fours. —1 North Shore, 2 Waitemata, 3 Tauranga, 4 New Plymouth, o Wanganui-Union, 6 Hamilton, 7 Star. Maiden Eights.—l Hamilton, 2 Mercer, 3 Auckland, 4 Ngaruawaliia, 6 West End. Champion Pairs. —1 St. George's, 2 lauranga, 3 Wairau, 4 Star, 5 West End, b Hamilton, 7 Waitemata, 8 Avon. Auckland Plate. —1 Wanganui-Union, 2 Wairau, 3 North Shore, 4 Petone, 0 Napier, ti Hamilton, 7 Aramolio, 8 Star, 9 Tauranga. BRITISH TITLE. TED PHELPS TO RETIRE. LONDON, February 22. A strange position has arisen in connection with the British sculling championship which the holder, Ted Phelps, suggests bequeathing to his brother Eric. The latter, who is coaching in Switzerland, has written objecting to the suggestion that he should take the title without a race. As a race between the two brothers would, in any event, be unsatisfactory, Eric says that if Ted retires he will row any other challenger for the title. in the meanwhile Bert Barry has challenged Ted Phelps, who is busy in his father's boat-building shops and cannot race before the autumn.