SANDERS CUP CONTEST
SOUTH CANTERBURY WINS FIRST RACE (P.A.) , AUCKLAND, January 20. By superior tactics, South Canterbury won the first race for the Sanders Cup from Otago and North Auckland over a windward and leeward course. The wind was light and variable with an occasional freshening during the race. Approaching the last mark before the run home North Auckland was clearly in the lead, but at the mark a lead of 53 seconds was lost as the spinnaker tangled and the boat became becalmed. South Canterbury and Otago both cleared the mark before North Auckland overcame its difficulties, and in the run to the finish South Canterbury maintained its lead • without difficulty, crossing first with a margin of 40 seconds. Otago. North Auckland. Auckland. Wellington. Canterbury, and Wanganui finished in that order.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25088, 21 January 1947, Page 8
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