ROWING

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21993, 18 January 1937, Page 14

ROWING

HEAD-OF-THE RIVER 'CONTEST ' AVON CLUB IN LEADING POSITION There - were - few ■ close finishes in the head-of-the-river rowing contest, which was continued on the Avon on .Saturday afternoon. It was apparent that some of the , crews' had .-.not regained their ; fitness after the holidays. - The Avon club .was the most successful on the day,;, securing six points to place it well in the.lead,with 10 points from the next club. Union, which now' has six points. The events conducted on Saturday were youths’ fours light-weight maiden Tours, maiden fours, junior fours.’ and senior fours;. Except for the youths’ and senior fours, all events were run off in heats. The fastest time of . the day was put up in the senior fours by the A Von crew, which completed. the mile course in Smln 53 3-ssec. The .following table show’s", the allocation of head-of-the-river points,, at the conclusion of Saturday’s row’ing:—- ' . ‘ Points. Avon . . . .. .. 10 Union .. '... ... .. 6 Canterbury .. .. ... ,2 Christ’s College 2 . Following are the results:— Youths’ Fours—Union (E. Hesseir. A. Palmer, J. De Free. D.. Wilde) 1, Avon (F Agassiz, M. Power, A. Cameron. E. Newberry) -2. Time, 6min 30sec.. Won by one length: Light-weight Maiden Fours—First heat; Avon No. 2 (S. Kelman, R. Lowe, L. Cotton, ;W. Cook) 1. Union (J. Bryson, J. Iredale. R. Bryson. K. Smith) 2. Time. 6min 23 3-ssec. Won by six lengths. Second heat; Canterbury <E. Cameron. W. Burnett. A. Palmer. J. Vivian) I,' Avon No.. ,1 (L. Hampton. W. Penman, L. Miiburn, F. Saville) 2 Time. 6min 29sec. Won by six lengths. Final: Avon No. 2 1. Canterbury 2. Time, 6min 27 2-sscc. Won bv three lengths. Maiden Fours—First heat; Avon (A. P. Mahoney. R. Lindsay. H. Lorimer, D. Mahoney) 1, Union No 2 (J. Layton. N, Duggan. E.. Dasler...M. Harding) 2.. Time. 6min 14sec. Won by two lengths. Second heat; Union No. 1 (H. Wild. W. Cooper, R. Smith. G. Bryson) 1, Canterbury (H. ;Flower,-S. M Gray, R. Hampton, A, Guild) 2. ' Time, Bvriin 12 3-ssec. Won by 'four lengths.: Final; Avon 1. Union No. 1 2 Time. 6min 3lsec. Won by five lengths. Junior Fours—First heat: Canterbury (A Bowie.. M. Hunter. L. Robertson. M. Graham) 1. Sumner-Redcliffs (C. Sutherland, R. C. Neville. H. Bliss, J. Sutherland; 2. Time. 6mln 5 l-ssec. Won by half a length. Second heat: Union (.1. T. Harris. G. K, Browne, S. Scott, S. A. Hill) 1, Avon (J. Rushworth, B. Walker, F. Dugcan, W. Francis) 2. Time, fimin 5 4-ssec. Won by three lengths. Final: Union 1, Canterbury 2. Time. smin 57 3-ssec. Won by one and a half lengths. t Senior Fours—Avon fF. -H. Thompson, H G. Stiles, C. A. Stiles. L. Hampton) 1. Union (A. Hogan.- C. A. Cooper. M. Cullen, J. Cullen 2. Time, Smirt 53 3-ssec. Won by three lengths.