ROWING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1052, 15 February 1911, Page 7

ROWING.

"WELLINGTON REGATTA.'■■ ,o ■ ' . ■ <j Tho local Rowing Association's annual regatta on Saturday promises to he even a greater success than usual, whioh is ", saying: ihuch;'as'this fixture is generally i- considered to be second in importance i, only to the championship,fathering; The K) presence of Union _ orew. that won the. Australasian, faur- . oared championship at Hobart last seafon against the,elect of the Australian Sta'teS, in. the senior \fonr race, makes this event a very, .interesting one, more especially so as opposed to the Wanganui champions is the Blenheim craw, that pushed them so closely in tho big race at Hobart. The Picton crew, so far unbeaten this season, and the Christchureh Union's are also engaged in this race,, t- which is timed for 2.30 p.m. The'arrangements regarding the ,' "follow-the- .„ race" steamer aro set out in .an advpr-

tisoment. Tho first nice is at 12.45.p.m. The location of tho' regatta will bo denoted by a. flag at the G.P.O. on Saturday morning—a blue signifying tao northerly course along this Ngahaurahga foreshore, and α-rcd ono tho town course. , . .. ~. ,n ~..- . '■■..'

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