SPLENDID SAILING

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31579, 17 January 1968, Page 17

SPLENDID SAILING

Tanner Cup To Moves C.V.Z. Press Association) TAURANGA. The brilliatft 14-year-old Auckland P class yachting representative, J. Moyes, has won the Tanner Cup, the interprovincial trophy for the class. Yesterday at Tauranga, Moyes won the fourth and fifth races to give him such a points lead over Marlborough, the nearest competitor, that even dropping his fourth place in the first race and staying ashore in the final race today he cannot be beaten. Moyes led soon after the start in both races to sail untroubled by any opposition. Results:— Fourth Race.—Auckland (J. Moyes), 1:33:55, 1; Bay of Plenty (N. Wilson), 1:36:51, 2; Marlborough (L. Kennedy). 1:41:30, 3; Canterbury (P. Stemmer), 1:41:26, 4: Wellington (R. Coutts), 1:47:51, 5; Manukau (D. Lewis), 6. Then came Otago, Nelson, Wanganui-Manawatu. Seven did not finish. Fifth Race.—Auckland, 1:21:29, 1; Wellington, 1:22:8, 2; Otago <G. Frew), 1:22:41, 3: Marlborough, 1:23:40, 4: Manukau, 1:24:35, 5; Canterbury, 1:24:42, 6. Then came Northland, Nelson, Bay of Plenty, WaikatoThames. West Coast, Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, Poverty Bay, Wanganui-Manawatu, Southland. Points After Five Races.— Auckland 440, Marlborough 230, Northland 210.86, Canterbury 210.24, Wellington 208.89, Bay of Plenty 195, Otago 160. Manukau 119.68, Nelson 118.17, West Coast 76.99, Hawke’s Bay 72.68, Wai-kato-Thames 69.13, WanganuiManawatu 59.84, Taranaki 56.19, Southland 53.92, Poverty Bay 46.82.

Squash Win.— J. Barrington, an Irishman, has won the British amateur squash championship for the second successive year, playing against doctor’s orders. He beat M. Corby (Britain), 9-3. 9-6, 2-9, 9-5, in spite of a strained shoulder.