Akaroa returns to rowing

Press, 21 December 1985, Page 31

Akaroa returns to rowing

After being in recess for 14 years, the Akaroa Rowing Club must have been well pleased with its re-entry into the sport at the Lion Brown 125th annual Marlborough rowing championships on Picton Harbour at the week-end.

The novice scullers, Chris and John Stewart, won for the club its first provincial title since 1961 with a win in the intermediate double sculls.

Bernie Reid, the man responsible for the club’s resurgence, finished a fine second in the premier singles after leading for most of the distance. With only three representatives at the regatta, Akaroa managed a fine seventh placing over alt Although Avon (Christchurch) was a clear winner, some of the less dominant clubs provided the closest. Cure (Kaiapoi) recorded a fine win in the men’s novice eights after rowing much of the distance with only seven men due to gear failure. In the men’s novice fours the club’s No. 2 crew was left to carry the day after the No. 1 crew swamped before they started and had to be rescued from the water before their boat broke in half.

Cure’s determination throughout the regatta brought its rewards with a fourth placing ahead of the much more fancied Canterbury club. Canterbury’s points came mainly in the women’s events.

Over-all regatta points: Avon 65, 1; Wairau 52, 2;

Blenheim 36, 3; Cure 34, 4; Canterbury 32, 5; Nelson 17, 6; Akaroa 9,7; Kawatiri 6,8; Picton 1, 9. Results.— INTERMEDIATE Coxed four: Wairau H 1, Wairau I 2, Avon I 3; Singles: Wairau 1, Avon 12, Avon In 3; Single sculls: Blenheim 1, Avon I 2, Akaroa 3; Coxed pair Kawatiri 1, Cure 2, Wairau 3; Double scull: Akaroa 1, Blenheim 2, Cure 3; Eight Avon 1, Wairau 2, Blenheim 3. PREMIER Coxless pair: Avon 11, Avon HI 2, Avon II 3; Four: Avon H 1, Avon I 2, Avon 111 3; Single: Blenheim I 1, Akaroa 2, Avon IV 3; Coxed pair: Avon I 1, Avon II 2, Wairau 3; Women’s four: Canterbury I 1, Nelson I 2, Cure n 3; Women’s coxless e: Canterbuiy 1, Nelson 2, terbury 3; Women’s singles: Wairau 1, Nelson in 2, Nelson I 3; Women’s double: Canterbury 1, Nelson 2, Cure 3. SENIOR Coxless pair Canterbury 11, Cure I 2, Nelson 3; Single: Avon 111 1, Blenheim 2, Nelson 3.. NOVICE Coxed pair Cure 11, Avon I 2, Cure II 3; Eight Cure 1, Avon 2, Nelson 3; Four Cure II 1, Wairau I 2, Blenheim 3; Women’s four: Cure 1, Blenheim I 2, Blenheim H 3. JUNIOR Coxed pair: Wairau I 1, Blenheim 2, Avon H 3; Four Wairau 1, Blenheim 2, Picton 3; Eight: Canterbury 1, Wairau 2, Nelson 3.