Brownlee In Rowing Team

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31323, 20 March 1967, Page 14

Brownlee In Rowing Team

(New Zealand Press Association)

WANGANUI. V

Six rowers who have never represented New Zealand are included in the eight and four selected last night to row in the Canadian Centennial Regatta in August.

Thirteen rowers to make the tour were named by the chairman of the New Zealand Rowing Council (Mr L. E. Brooker). They are: D. Boswell (Auckland), M. Brownlee (Christchurch), W. H. Collinge (Wellington), G. Cawood (Auckland), P. Delaney (Wellington), A. Dryden (Auckland), G. Foster (Dunedin), D. Storey (Auckland), G. Veldman (Whakatane), A. Webster. (Auckland), J. Hunter (Wellington), R. J. Joyce (Wellington and T. Just (Wellington). Hunter, Joyce and Just are students at Canterbury Uni-

versity but row for Welling* ton clubs. The coach will be Mr R. Robertson, of Oamaru, who coached the gold medalwinning Oamaru four at the Empire Games in Perth in 1962.

Mr D. G. Croot, of Auckland, has been named manager. He was manager to the New Zealand crews which toured Australia in 1965.

The composition of the eight and four has not been announced yet, and the cox* wains are also not decided. Mr Brooker said it may be decided to take two coxwains, who will be tried out during training in Christchurch, be* fore any announcement is made.

Training for the 13 oarsmen will start a week after Easter.

The four and eight willleave for Canada at the end of July, possibly rowing in Vancouver before the main races at the Canadian Centennial Regatta. However, Mr Brooker said that before any crew left the country it would have to prove itself. Time trials will be held either on Lake Karapiro, near Hamilton, or Lake Waihola, near Dunedin. The selection of the oarsmen, training venue, coach and manager would have to be confirmed by the New Zealand Rowing Council. Selections at the trials were merely recommendations to the council, said Mr Brooker.

Sarapu Leads Chess, 2-0

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