ROWING
CHAMPION N.Z. FOUR IN SYDNEY FAST-STROKING PRACTICE ON PARRAMATTA (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) _ SYDNEY, November 30. New Zealand’s champion four, which practised on the Parramatta river yesterday, is the fastest stroking crew to visit Sydney. It did not row at less than 29 strokes a minute during its three practice rows. This- is only three strokes a minute slower than the average racing rate for Sydney crews. The New Zealand sculling champion, Don Rowlands, trained with Mervyn Wood.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27211, 1 December 1953, Page 5
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