Sportsman’s Notebook REGATTA AT LAKE FORSYTH CANCELLED

Press, Volume C, Issue 29435, 10 February 1961, Page 15

Sportsman’s Notebook REGATTA AT LAKE FORSYTH CANCELLED

Rapid growth of weed at Lake Forsyth, caused by the warm weather over the last few days, has led io the cancellation of the speedboat regatta which was to have been held on Sunday by the New Brighton Power Boat Club. Members of the club inspected the lake and came to the decision that racing would be virtually impossible. The weed, which at present gives the impression of a green lawn in parts of the lake, chokes the water scoops and the propellers of the boats. Eleven outboards stalled in a race about two years ago when the lake was in a similar condition.

The club hopes to hold a regatta at Kairaki next month and possibly one at Lakeside, also during March.

A club day will be held at Pleasant Point (South Brighton) tomorrow, and the emphasis will be on practice for forthcoming championship regattas in the South Island during the next month. On February 18 and 19 a regatta will be run at Invercargill, followed a week later by another at Lake Waihola. south of Dunedin. The South Island cubic inch V-bottom championships will be decided at the Waihao Forks. Waimate. on March 4 and 5. and on March 11 and 12 there will be a regatta at the Wairau river, Marlborough. The New Brighton Power Boat Club will be represented at all these regattas which means that for some drivers the next month will be a busy one. * * •

Wilding Park Tennis Because the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association's senior inter-club competitions are so far behind through lost Saturday’s this season it is necessary to play senior competitions on the same days as representative matches and there will be a crowded programme at Wilding Park on Saturday. The interprovincial match with Hutt Valley will be played on four main courts in the later part of the morning and in the afternoon. In the senior mixed competition the Opawa-Avonside v. Elm-wood-Shirley and Cashmere I v. Cashmere II fixtures are set down for the morning with the University v. North LinwoodAvonside match for the afternoon. However. University has

three —L. Walpole. Mrs G. Middelberg and Miss S. Mackay—of its four-member team also in the representative side so it hopes they may be able to begin their senior mixed matches about 9 am * * * Army Rugby Team The New Zealand Army Rugby team will play in Hong Kong this year as finalists for the Far East Land Forces Rugby competition. This follows the defeat at Singapore zone champions, the 18th Signal Regiment, by the 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Regiment. in Singapore recently. Shortly before its last win, the New Zealand battalion beat the Ist Royal Australian Regiment to become Malaya zone champions. The Hong Kong trip will be the second for the 2nd Battalion team, which last year won the Far East Land Forces competition. • • *

Unbeaten Teams Unbeaten teams to date In the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association's inter-club competitions are: senior men. North Linwood and* United; senior women. Cashmere and Femside - Kaiapoi; senior mixed. University: senior reserve section 1. North Linwood and St Albans; senior reserve section 2. South Brighton; first mixed section 1. Waimairi and Woolston; first mixed section 2, Avonside.and Elmwood; second mixed section 1, Fendalton; second mixed section 2, New Brighton; under-19, Elmwood. * • •

Power Catamaran Much interest will be taken in the Christchurch Water Sports Club's regatta at Kairaki on February 19 in the appearance of a revolutionary power - driven catamaran. Driven by one of the world's most powerful outboard motors the boat is expected to reach speeds of up to 45 miles an hour. A similar motor holds the world outboard speed record of 123 miles an hour. Neither a power catamaran nor this type of motor have been seen in the South Island before.