ROWING Northern Crews Do Well At N.Z. Regatta

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28524, 1 March 1958, Page 14

ROWING Northern Crews Do Well At N.Z. Regatta

1 (From Our Own Reporter)

WANGANUI, Feb. 28. Auckland provincial and Wanganui crews fared best in the championship elimination heats of New Zealand championship regatta which began at Aramoho today after a delay of two days because of flooding in the Wanganui river. With the river back to normal today, conditions for rowing were ideal until the last few races, when the wind made the water choppy. z Results:— CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS Single Sculls First heat: Hamilton No. 2 (J. Worth) 1, Whakatane No. 2 (R. Burt) 2, West End (G. T. Alley) 3.- Twolengths; one length. Second heat: Hamilton No. 1 (J. R. Hill) 1, St. George’s (D. D. Rowlands) 2, Blenheim (L. B. Saul) 3, Whakatane Na. 1 (B. Jordan) 4, Waitemata (J. C. Williamson) 5. Three lengths; two lengths. Repechage heats (first two in each heat qualified for final)—First heat: Blenheim 1, Waitemata 2, West End 3. Length and a half; one length. Second heat? St. George’s 1, Whakatane No. 1 3- Whakatane No. 2 3. Three lengths;' a canvas.

Pair-oar First heat: Riverton (F. Turner, G. Bailey) 1, Hawke’s Bay (A. Austin, C. Harrison) 2, Wairoa (T. Karauria, H. Callaghan) 3. Three lengths and a half; four lengths. Second heat: West End (H. Smith, M. Lawton) 1, North Shore (M. H. Iversen, G. Iversen) 2, Wanganui ,(T Wilson, S. Male) 3, St. George’s (C. Wyatt, G. Wyatt) 4, Invercargill Railway (B. Stanway. N. Stanway) 5. Eight lengths; a canvas. Third heat: Mercer JR. H. Parker,’ R. A. Douglas) 1, Union, Wanganui (R. R. Topg, W W. Chelley) 2, Aramoho (S. Carroll. R. Dempster) 3. Ngaruawahia (H Haggie, L. Rennie) 4. Two lengths; four lengths. Repechage heats (first In each heat qualified for the final) —First heat: Hanke's Bay 1 Aramoho 2, St. George’s 3. One foot; two lengths and a half. Second heat: North Shore 1, Ngaruawahia 2, Wairoa 3. Three lengths; a canvas. Third heat: Union, Wanganui 1, Wanganui 2, Petone 3. Three lengths; a canvas.

Double Sculls First heat: Auckland (M. S. Radjokovich, J. K. Stevenson) 1, Haberfield (K. Webb, I. Tutty) ’2, North End (G. Gamble. L. Arthur) 3, Invercargill Railway (B. Stanway, N Stan way) 4, Riverton (F. Turner, G Mailey) 5 One foot; seven lengths Second heat: St. George’s (D D. Rowlands, R. Andrews) 1, Hamilton (JR. Hill, N. Suckling,) 2, West End (D. Groot, G. Alley) 3, Wellington (J. Simmons, B. Russell) 4. One foot; eight lengths. Repechage heats (first two in each heat qualified for final) —First heat. Haberfield 1, West End 2, Invercargill Railway 3. Six lengths; three lengths. Second heat: Hamilton 1, Wellington 2, North End 3 Six lengths; five lengths.

Fours First heat: Waitemata (R. Reid, D. Whipp, J. C- Williamson, D. Doughty) 1, Picton (L. Jones, J. Jones, G. Tupms, V. Chandler) 2, Star (B. Fraser, I. Smith, W. Hillock, J. Morgan) 3, Gisborne (N. Mills, J. Scott, K. Beere, J. Kinder) 4, St. George’s. (C. Wyatt, G. Wyatt, D. Peden. R. Seymour) 5, Whakatane No. 2 (B. Watkins, B. Morpeth, R. Bloor, D. Howat) 6. A canvas: one length. Second heat: Union. Wanganui (D. L. Gemmell, P. Aitchison, F. Crotty, G. Moran) 1, Wairau No. 1 (D. Neal, R. Sutherland, H. Sadd, D. Morrison) 2, Hamilton No. 1 (J. Mason, J. Wilson, G. Cawood, R. Goddard) 3, Wellington (J. Galbraith, W. Loader, P. Preston-Thomas, M. Winter) 4, Aramoho (R. Anderson, M. Wright, T. Luff, E. Harrison) 5, Whakatane

No. 1 (R. Reid, M. Brown, K. Bowering, B. Slipper) 6. Two lengths; half a length. Third heat: Wanganui (C. Esewell, P. Baddeley, B. Lockett, L. Penn) 1, West End (M. Weston, G. Potbury, A. Munro, D. Croot) 2, Clifton No. 1 (P. Montgomerie, P. Lucas, R. Laurent, T. McKeon) 3, Clifton No. 2 (G. Poletti, T. Day, W. Montgomerie, P. McDavitt) 4, Haberfield (I. Tutty, C. Bullard, R. Harris, M. Wood) 5. Half a length; canvas. Repechage heats (first in each heat qualified for final) —First heat: Picton 1, Wellington 2, Clifton 3. One length each way. Second heat: Wairau No. 1 1, Clifton No. 22, Star 3. Three-quar-ters of a length; one and a half lengths. Third heat: West End 1, Hamilton 2, St. George’s 3, Gisborne 4. Half a length;, four lengths* The •winner of the race between repechage losers tomorrow morning will also qualify for final Eights

First heat: Aramoho (T. Liff, M. Wright. R. Anderson, D Hogan, B. Lowe, F. Fromont, J. Quirk, E. Harrison) 1, Whakatane (R. Reid, B. Morpeth, B. Watkins, D. Howat, R. Bloor, M. Brown, K. Bowering, J. Slipper) 2, Ngaruawahia (T. Herangi, G. Cotter, R. Ellery, P. Haggie, B. McNicol, N. Hinton, J. Connolly, A. Lauder) 3. One and a quarter lengths; one and a half lengths. Second heat: West End (M. Watkinson, D. Storey, P. Watkinson, J. 8.. Delfos, G. Angus,. W. Dugdale, W. Moon, E. Blackburn) 1, Otago (R. L. Sonntag, —. Lawrence, L. J. Logan, O. M; Borlase, M. J. Lawrence, B. L. Robertson, B. C. Brinsdon, G. R. N. Brinsdon) 2. One and a half lengths. Repechage .heat (first two qualified for final): Otago 1, Whakatane 2, Ngaruawahia 3. Two and a half lengths; one and a half lengths. Non-Championship Events

Maiden Fours.—First heat: Canterbury 1, Gisborne 2, Aramoho No. 2 3. One and a quarter lengths; threequarters of a length. Second heat: Nelson 1, North End 2, Picton 3. One and a half lengths; half a length. Third heat: Union (Wanganui) No. 1 1, Hamilton 2, Wanganui 3. One and a half lengths; half a length. Novice Fours.—First heat: Wairoa No. 21, Aramoho No. 22, Canterbury 3. One length; a canvas. Second heat: Aramoho No. 1 1, Picton 2, Auckland 3. Six inches; one length. Third heat: Aramoho No. 3 1, Nelson 2, Clifton 3. Two and a half lengths; one length. Wellington, which hit a - snag after being swamped by the wash from the umpire’s launch, also enters the final.

Maiden Pairs.—First heat: North Shore 1, Star 2, Haberfield 3, Clifton 4. Two lengths; three lengths. Second heat: Picton 1, Invercargill Railway 2, North End 3, Petone 4. Two and a half lengths; threequarters of a length. Maiden .Fours (light-weight).— First hedt: Aramoho 1, Hawke’s Bay 2, Auckland 3, Wanganui 4. Canvas; one length. Second' heat: Union (Wanganui) 1, Whakatane 2, Clifton 3, Star 4. Half a length each way. Maiden Eights.—First heat: Union (Wanganui) 1, Haberfield 2, Aramoho 3, North End 4. One and a quarter ’engths; two lengths. Second heat: Wanganui 1, North Shore 2, West End 3. St. George’s 4. Th’-ee-quar-ters of a length: one length. Junior Fours.—First heat: Mercer 1, Waitemata 2, Blenheim 3, Ara-, moho 4. One length; four lengths. Second heat: Nelson 1, Wellington 2. Clifton 3, Wanganui 4. Half a length each way. Youths’ Fours.—First heat: Canterbury 1, Union No, 1 (Wanganui) 2, Clifton 3, Wairoa 4. . Half a length; one and a quarter lengths. Second heat: Aramoho No. 21, Wanganut 2, St. George's 3, Waitemata 4. One and a quarter lengthi; two lengths.