North Shore dominates national rowing

Press, 8 March 1982, Page 3

North Shore dominates national rowing

PA • ... Dunedin ;. North Shore was'the.dom- ’,j inant club at the New,? Zea- j land rowing championships , at Lake Waihola, winning < four premier titles and com- I ing third in the eights after a ' week of intensive competition. . • i North Shore had only won one premier .title before, but ; the club has now emerged as the best in the country. Conditions for the final day of the championships . were perfect — in contrast to the winds which interrupted the programme on the previous five davs. Premier results.—Light-

weight eights: Final: Hawke's Bay (G. Gregory. C. Bavley. J. Drinkwater. R. Tripp. G. Ross. S. Austin, A. -Austin, W. Dockary. cox. S." Hastings) I. Wellington (R. Coad) 2. Canterbury (C. Duncan) 3. 6m 11.665. Quad —Final: West End (D. Ashby. B. Beavis. B. Cooper. L. Eade") 1. Waihopai (P. Sinclair) 2. Auckland University (P. Dignan) 3. 6m. 7.455. >JSighL—Final: Waikato (G. Horan. A.. Stevenson, D. Rodger, A. Horan. C. White, B. Holden. C. Thorsen, R., Donner, cox. R. Palmer) 1. Avon (S. Donaldson) 2. North Shore (R. Angus) 3. 5m 43.935. Coxed pair.—Final: Waikato (C. White. A. Stevenson) 1, Wairau No. 1 (R. Lindstrom. M.

James) 2. Petone No. 1 (V. Haar) 3. 7m 29.685. Coxless four.—Final: Wairau (P. Le Compte. M. Stallard. K. . Sutherland. T. Brook) 1, West End (S. Henderson) 2. Union, Wanganui (R. Tong) 3,6 m 15.565. Champion , lightweight double.—Waihopai (P. Sinclair. F. Sullivan) .1, Auckland University, (M. Eliassen, A. Rowe) 2. Union, Wanganui (J. Glenn. J. Howie) 3. 7m 2.805., Single.—Final: North Shore (C. Robertson) 1, Whakatane (J. Alexander) 2. West End No. 4 (B. Cooper) 3. 7m 11.035. Coxless pair: North Shore (M. Stanley, R. White-Parsons) 1. Union.’ Wanganui (R. Tong. S. Worsfold) 2. Otago (W. McLaughlin) 3. 7m 3.465.

Lightweight coxed coxless four.—North Shore (R. Redpath. R. Angus, C. Thornely. B. Thomas) 1. Canterbury (C. Duncan) 2. Auckland University (M. Eliassen) 3,6 m 42.875. Double.—Final: Whakatane (J. Alexander, G. Reid) 1, West End No. 1 (D. Ashby. B. Beavis) 2, Hawke's Bay (K. Trask, Wilkie) 3,6 m 41.675. Coxed four.-Final: North Shore (M. Stanley, R, WhiteParsons. B. Mabbott. K. Mcßobbie. cox. T. Russell) 1, Avon (S. Donaldson) 2. Waikato (C. White) 3. 6m 31.605. Champion lightweight single.— Auckland University No. 1 (A. Rowe) 1. Waihopai No, 1 (F. Sullivan) 2. Auckland University No. 2 (M. Eliassen) 3. 7m 41.385.