ROWING HEAD-OF-RIVER SERIES

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28159, 24 December 1956, Page 7

ROWING HEAD-OF-RIVER SERIES

CANTERBURY CLUB’S SUCCESS MOST WINS IN FOURS By winning the seniors, light-weight maidens, and the maidens, Canterbury gained the honours in the Head of the River fours contested by the Christchurch rowing clubs on Saturday. A late sprint by Canterbury was just sufficient to give it a narrow win from a much-improved Union crew in the senior fours. In winning the youths event by a canvas, from Canterbury, Avon surprised by recording the same time as the wining Canterbury crew in the . senior race. Another very close finish was also seen In the light-weight maidens, when Canterbury beat Avon by a canvas. The Union No. 1 novice four put up an excellent performance to win the novice race and showed that they had improved considerably even since the Kerr’s Reach Pennant races a week previously. Largely through the strictness of the president of the Canterbury Rowing Association (Mr W. G. Richards), who was acting as starter, Saturday’s programme was the first regatta for many years to finish on time. Early in the afternoon Mr Richards dispatched heats of the maidens and light-weight races at the scheduled programme times, although all the starters had not taken up their positions. Crewjs were on hand for their races after this.

With only one more day left to complete the series, and this has been tentatively set down for February 9, Avon seems assured of winning the series. Points scored are: Avon 16, Canterbury 6. Union 2. Results :

Light-weight Maidens.—Canterbury (K. H. Kibblewhite. E. G. Hill, E. J. Carrington, J. D. Ward) beat Avon (J. Wylie, H. Tyler, G. Taylor, L. Hampton, R. Lane, cox) by a canvas. Seniors.—Canterbury (P. J. R. Spooner, E. C. McCrae, E. R. McCalman, C. J. Sewell, T. Dyer, cox) beat Union 1 (D Borgfeldt, D. Knight, N. M. West. J. Harrison, R. Gibson, cox) by half a canvas.

Maidens.—Canterbury (R. G. Smith, C. L. Beel, C J. O. Tobin, I. D. Ayers, P. Dyer, cox) beat Union I (R. Richards. J. Barrett, W. Ransby, D. O’Connell, G. Jones, cox) by three-quarters of a length.

Novices.—Union II (B. Smart. A. Simms, R. Truscott, A. Davies, T. Faass, cox) beat Avon I (M. Fraser, L. Browlie, N Orr, W. Blazey, P. Wylie, cox) by one length.

Youths.—Avon (W. Inns, B. Kelly, P. Keegan, J. Millwood, R. Lane, cox) beat Canterbury (R. T. Turner, D. W. S. Moloney, A. R. Taylor. N,. J. Warden. G. Larkin, cox) by a canvas. Juniors.—Avon (N. Morris, B. Sadler, W. Norton, B. Reid. P. Wylie, cox) beat Union (E. Akins, R. Williamson, J. Hendry. F. Judd, A. Faass, cox) by three-quarters of a length.

WATER SUPPLY AT KERR’S REACH

Members of Canterbury rowing clubs on Saturday morning by a combined effort finished laying a quarter-mile of pipe to the Canterbury Rowing Association’s temporary boat house at Kerr's Reach.

The Christchurch City Council supplied the materials and the tools for the rowing clubs to do the job which was started the previous Saturday afternoon.

AUSTRALIAN SCULLER TO COMPETE IN N.Z.

(Rec. 9 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Dec. 23. Stuart Mackenzie, the Australian sculling champion and Olympic Games silver medal winner, includes the New Zealand championships in his itinerary for 1957. In February, he will contest the New South Wales championships and the New Zealand championships. Three months later, he will defend his Australian title in Brisbane, then leave for England to compete at Henley.