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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1324, 30 December 1911, Page 12

ROWING.

(Hy Miincunv.) lIF.HE AND ELSEV/HKHE. .Inn. 1-Piclnn Regatta, .Inn. I L.vltollon Regatta. l-'i-l). 7--Ni!W Zealand Championships, 1.a.1t0 Wnihnln. l fob, 17—Wt-lliiißtou Regatta. The Star Club opened jU regatta ncuniiil. h« Boxing Day, ilw first entry being mi tliii credit side, and consisting of a win in the maiden donblo sculls at I'orl. Chalmers Ijy ]'. (,', Craig and 11. Tuiulinson. Jiiisl wi'ok "Mercury" picked this iluo us having ii good chance, and now Inis l» congratulate them on I heir excellent, win <m slrungn water and iu a Urango boot. A southern paper thus described the ruco:—"'lh» crews got away well together, mid the whinci-u soon begun to forge ahead. At. the half-way Star were leading, with Union close up, Timnru lying .bird anil OUigo bat. ,lusl, before reaching tiio Bowcn pier n yncht crossed right in front of tho D.A.8.C., who wot« lying handy, and another crew. The, Star crew maintained their lead, and won by two leiißths, with Timarii close up, third. Otago were leading with ilia winners at liall-way, but. broke a poppet mid lud i« retire. Tiirte, 7min. Msec." The visitors all round were, very fine-ce...-I'nl. Several crews went down' from ('lirislchuruli. and one of them, (he Union I>.i.. senior four, annexed the big event. < aiilerbury won Ihe Junior fours and Junior l'nirs, thus adding to the long list wins secured fo the club bv this splendid crew. The prize-money was well distributed, 'iho division being:—Union 1t.f,.. .£2l s Canterbury R.C., Jila; QuernV )i>ve 8.C.. .£7; Awarua 8.C., .£5; Port <halmur.s 8.C., .£(; North Jind H.f:., .CI; Oamarii U.C., ii; Slur 8.C., ,C 3; I). A .8.C., .c:j; Otago E.G., £2; Timaru, Wal crows leave to-day for the Picton Regatta on Ist Jauunrv. The improved weather conditions have brought he men along fast in their training of ate, but it is to b« feared that it is too la e Mercury may be pessimistic, and he hopes that he j s> but ~ow the only favoured crew from Wellington | 0 which he can give a winning chance is llu> htsir Juniors.