N.Z. rowers ill

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33917, 9 August 1975, Page 16

N.Z. rowers ill

(NZ.PA. Staff Crspit) LONDON. Deprived of their planned North American warmup through lack of money, the New Zealand rowing team'* preparation* for the world championship* at Nottingham have now been hit by sickness. A number of the 18 oarsmen in the party were affected by the long flight to London from New Zealand, and two picked up a virus complaint that has out them out of action since they arrived on Monday. “Our training programme has been severely restricted,” the! team manager. Mr W. S. Wrathall. said. ‘T think «•» will have to forget plans to race at Henley this week-end.” Mr Wrathal! said that I. M. Boyrio, the bow of the eight, and J. M. Alexander, No. 4 of the squad scullers, were showing signs of recovering from their virus nineties but were still sick.

“We won’t row them until th feel up to it," Mr Wrathall *a 2 v *.2y a, *L to «i et the "» for the championships." .. The world titles begin tn N< tlngham on August 26 The New Zealanders aro ata' Ing at Pangbourne Nautical Cc lege, 45 miles from London, an *1” re "’ f,in th * r * unt, l going ’ Nottingham the week-end befor the championships start. They have token delivery 0‘ the hired German-built plastic glass fibre shells they will u »- in the championships, and art very pleased with them. “We have been taking things pretty easily to enable everyone to get over the flight and to acclimatised.” Mr Wrathall The New Zealanders had hoped to compete tn Canada on ; the way to England, to warm up I for the world titles, but had to , abandon their plans when thev iwere unable to raise enough I money.