Regatta umpires view from bank

Press, 10 November 1986, Page 21

Regatta umpires view from bank

Umpires had a somewhat different view of the races than usual when the first regatta of the Canterbury Rowing Association’s 1986-87 pennant series was held at Kerrs Reach at the weekend.

Instead of following the crew in speedboats the umpires watched from fixed points on the bank. A rowing official said that the reasons for the change were the cost of fuel and wear and tear on outboard motors. "It worked out pretty well,” he said. The regatta was marked by good, close racing. Some of the less-experienced crews had a little difficulty in starting because of the wind. A new points system operated with petite finals held where there were more than five entries for a race. Points were awarded on a 5,4,3,2,1 basis.

Because of a dispute over points the outcome of the

regatta will not be confirmed until the C.R.A. meeting tomorrow night. But Avon dominated the men’s events and Canterbury the women’s events. Avon provided all three finalists in the men’s novice eight. Results of finals:— Men Novice four.— Avon No. 1, 7:41.8, 1; Canterbury No. 2, 7:44.1, 2; Avon No. 3, 8:06.2, 3. Novice eight.— Avon No. 3, 6:52.9, 1; Avon No. 1, 7:23, 2; Avon No. 2, 8:14.7, 3. Intermediate coxed pair.— Avon No. 1, 7:42.4, 1; Avon No. 2, 7:45.6, 2; Union, 7:50.9, 3. Intermediate double.— Akaroa, 7:11, 1; Union, 7:34.6, 2; Avon No. 2, 7:52.8, 3. Intermediate single.— Union No. 1, 7:36.2, 1; Akaroa No. 1, 7:42.8, 2; Union No. 2, 7:43.8, 3; Akaroa No. 2, 7:46.3, 3.

Intermediate four.— Christ’s College No. 1, 6:11.6,

1; Union No. 2, 6:16.2, 2; Avon No. 1, 6:25.5, 3.

Intermediate eight.— C.C., 5:54.7, 1; Union No. 1, 5:57.5, 2; Avon No. 1, 6:11.2, 3. Open single.— Union No. 1 (D. Maher), 7:22.9, 1; Avon No. 5, 7:34.4, 2; Avon No. 4, 8:29.6, 3. Open double. — Avon No. 1 (D. Symon, N. Gibson), 6:41.4, 1; Akaroa No. 2, 6:57.6, 2; Avon No. 3, 7:23.4, 3. Open pair.— Avon No. 2 (Symon, M. Rickerby), 7:04.8, 1; Canterbury No. 2, 7:09.5, 2; Canterbury No. 1, 7:23.4, 3. Open four.— Canterbury No. 2,1; Avon No. 3,2; Canterbury No. 1,3; Cure, 4. No time. Open eight.— Avon No. 1, 5:50.2, 1; C.C. N 0.2, 2; Avon No. 3, 6:07.8, 3; Canterbury, 6:09.1, 4. Women Novice eight.— Canterbury No. 1, 7:32.1, 1; Canterbury No. 2, 7:40, 2; Cure, 7:42.4, 3. Novice four. — Union No. 1, 8:35.2, 1; Canterbury No. 1,

8:50.2, 2; Cure No. 1, 9:31.8, 3. Intermediate single.— Union No. 1, 8:21.9, 1; Cure No. 2, 8:48, 2.

Intermediate double. — Union, 8:18.3, 1; Cure No. 1, 8:32.8, 2; Canterbury No. 1, 8:51.9, 3. Intermediate four. — Cure No. 1, 7:32.2, 1; Canterbury No. 1, 7:34.4, 2; Cure No. .2, 7:39.4, 3. Intermediate eight.— Canterbury No. 1, 7:34.2, 1; Cure, 7:38, 2; Canterbury No. 3, 7:43.7, 3.

Open single— Canterbury No. 1 (D. Pauli), 8:19.9, 1; Canterbury No. 2 (J. Duncan), 8:25.6, 2; Union, 9:03.9, 3.

Open coxless pair.— Canterbury No. 1 (D. Pepperell, Duncan), 7:16.6, 1; Canterbury No. 2, 7:18.5, 2; Cure No. 3, 8:18.2, 3.

Open four.— Canterbury No. 2 (H. Pepperell, L. Ross, C. Taylor, S. Weston; T. Payne), 6:59.6, 1; Canterbury No. 1, 7:06, 2; Cure, 7:29.5, 3.