TAURANGA BOATING CLUB

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5489, 30 March 1910, Page 3

TAURANGA BOATING CLUB

The ,Y.T\f a vouittbfe weaihjr cm Monday vcKnpletely ii.larrod'iMwji Uo-atinj* Club's .Water Carnival, iwhiih: .p'thi-r---wi.'e promised to 1a? a. great success. As it was tth^rc were a good many spectators, who, hjwever, on octfount H>-f the rain, kept to. the .'.halter of the t.iv ih,». Strand. Under the circumstances this programme had to \>e greatiy curtailed, .tyut some cf xh'-i principal events were got 'off with the following (results :— MOTOR LAUNCH RACE, uncljr ."> h.p.— Mr R. Allely's Unity 1, Mr T. tituart's iSAvan 2, Mr I', ilunro's Jersey iLiiy 3. Also started : Skeetladdle. YACHT RAQE.— Three feoats camo crut for this race, Marie und J)«vft. The race ivns q gift to Irere, which was the jonly l)oat. to litiish. The Auxiliary 'Yacht Race brought out four contestants : May (scr), Silvern (lmin), Unity (sm in), WtWmana (GJtnin)', Silvern a wrong course antl May's .engine bod became so |"rfck&ty','' that, she had to gave ujj. A' fgpod r-aco foot ween 'Unity and TYJai'nuauim-'resultOd in/ « win for the latter l>y ■l«vin> 33 3 j "> sees. There were ssjc <*ntrios for tjie Sfcitllta.ee, .with ihvf result thali Messrs ilUiodos and CJuinton delcatod Messrs Hn.ua an:l Kolfe after a desperate strntyrlu. 'Xbo. other bpats ivena iiot in U* The Ladies' Skiff Knee was a "wnlk over" fcr Misses Alujuro aiul Vickory. Two hosts entered, but the 'Toss of tin oaf effectually hut mio of tticf ccnbcsiaiits tiut of the race. ■\ TTorso Swimming Race brought out four competitors, of whirti Ormsby '•secured first |>lace ea-ily. The best race of the Ktayf avjus tfrhe tast;:tho .Motor BU.»£ IW/x. The»o were ajsj -entries : Lhwty (scr), Waimana (30sec), Swan (3mm), Jersey lily (Sjtnjn), Skedaddle (>7-lm*n). , This was a cl-oso go between Swsn and Ihe diminutive Skccdadidl?, the former securing 1 the victory by^l4 l-speo., with 'L T »ity ia gipod third. :Ha,d the yve&ihar <HM\ Vine no doujjt tile cluil xrould 'Wave had a very successful day. The official". wsth> th» veteran secretary (Mr C. F. Hvlme) did all that was possible to gat the events off to time. \ The proceedings were livened up a go":l deal by the town bard, whose pi'y\ng was very, creditable and gives promise of better (hings in store.