SANDERS CUP.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18922, 10 February 1927, Page 11

SANDERS CUP.

ACTIVITY AT LYTTELTON. BOATS OUT FOR PRACTISE Vestrrday both Avalon nnd M»nhiku FT. were out for prsi.-nse spins at Lyttelton. There was a strong i" I '''"- easterlv- blowing. The'{Southland and Ota go d-rimel! Cup crews were also out. Rona, tbo Auckland boat, was landed from the steamer Wingatui yesterday. The Auckland party will arrive, from Wellington this morning. The Wellington boat. Peggy, will arrive to-morrow with her crew in the ferry steamer. Ft is expected that Betty will be brought over from Rodcliffs b\ motor truck on Saturday morning.

Canterbury Championship. The Canterbury Championship for lt-looters will take place on .Saturday week, when, in addition to the Sanders Cup representatives, other local Mfootcrs and the RcdcliiTs boat Secret, will compete. There is also a probability of at least one other 1-Mooter being sent down from Wellington to compete. Afte r the civic reception at Lyt tclton to-morrow night, the New Zealand Yachting Conference will meet to arrange final details for the contest. The Harbourmaster (Captain T. •"• Hunter! lias chartered two courses. each a tri-angular and a windward and 1 ward, for the Sanders Cup contest, and the Corn well Cup contest. They will lw finally approved of by the Conferi i to-morrow night. The Harbourmaster has also had buoys made for marking the course, and these will be laid down on Saturday morningLaui.ehcs and other era ft following np the races nro asked to keep well clear of the competitors, to avoid any possible iutcrferome.

CREWS FROM WELLINGTON. [THE PRESS gpeeiil Serrice.J WELLINGTON, February f. The fourteen footer, Tcggy, Wellington's representative in tlic Sanders Memorial Yachting Cup contest, which commences at Lyltelton on Saturday, will be shipped south by the Maori to-morrow night. Her crew, comprising A. Sterling (skipper), and X. Itountree, Ifurlaud, Berg, and Honntrec, will accompany the boat to Lyttelton, and the Cornwell Cup crew, B, Brecn and Mnrland, will go down on the same Btcamcr. The last two will be billeted at Lyttelton. The 12ft (iin Takapuna class boat, in which they will race for tho Cornwell Cup, will be supplied to them there.

The Wellington Association's delegates to the Dominion Conference, ■which meets on Friday nigljt to discuss matters in connexion with the conduct of the Sanders Cup contest, are Messrs J. Moffat and U. Groves. They have been instructed to support a remit that only true Rona type boats should be eligible for future contests. A number of well-known local enthusiasts have announced their intention of going south to view the two contests.