Clean sweep for Muff
Peter Muff, of Christchurch, made a clean sweep of the Canterbury Branch Jet Boat Association’s trophies on the Waimakariri River on Saturday. In his boat Konvecta, Muff won both ; the Glasscraft Trophy for the fastest over-all time on Saturday, and the Savage Marine Trophy for the fastest time in the series. From the time he started the race at Kairaki, he was never seriously challenged and extended his margin over Steve Kirner by a further six minutes, j John Watson, who. was challenging Kirner for second place, was involved in an incident with another boat that lost him 10 minutes. A large field of 48 boats started the race but mechanical problejns took their toll
and 11 boats failed to finish. Results.— Glasscraft Class six— Angus McFarlane 1, Trevor Gamble 2. Time: 1:39.16. Class five.— Steve Kirner 1, Derek Busch 2, Kevin Aitchison 3. Time: 1:23.21. Class four — Peter Muff 1, Dave Matterson 2, Richard Brows. Time: 1:17.49. Class three.— Brian Roberts 1, John Watson, 2, Pat Quinn 3. Time: 1:31.18. Class two.— Geoff Millar 1, Selwyn Paynter 2, Peter Munro 3. Time: 1:2929. Class one.— Colin McCall 1, Konrad Scott 2, Geoff Taylor 3. Time: 2:19.35. V 6 class.— Alan Bull 1, Bruce Street 2, Kevin Belcher 3. Time: 1:4321. Glasscraft trophy for the
fastest over-all time.— Peter Muff. Savage Marine series Class six— Grey Thompson 1, Mike Pooley 2. Time: 11:09.11. Class five.— Steve Kirner 1, Derek Bush 2, Dicky Russell 3. Time: 4:19.05. Class four.— Peter Muff 1, Richard Brons 2, Rod Warrison 3. Time: 4:09.55. Class three.— John Watson 1, John Roberts 2, Ken Jordan 3. Time: 4:28.35. Class two.— Selwyn Paynter 1, Geoff Millar 2, Peter Munro 3. Time: 4:47.44. Class one.— Konrad Scott 1, Geoff Taylor 2. Time: 8:23.38. V 6 class.— Alan Bull 1, Bruce Street 2, Len Parker 3. Time: 6:59.53. Savage Marine Trophy for fastest over-all time.— Peter Muff.
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