ROWERS COMPETE

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 123, 18 February 1935, Page 13

ROWERS COMPETE

Successful Regatta On Wellington Course, STAR WINS SENIOR FOURS From Taranaki Street and Clyde Quay Wharves and also from the deck of the Janie Seddon large crowds watched the I Wellington rowing regatta held on Satt urday afternoon over tire Oriental Bay i course. With about 70 crews from ! Star, Wellington. Petone, Wa- . nganui. Union (Wanganui), Picton, Blens heim, Wairau and Union (Christchurch) • clubs entered in strongly-contested races. • the regatta was the most successful for . a long time. For the fourth time in the I habour regattas this season the weather : was riot the best; the water was inclined ■ to be choppy, and there were frequent i strong off-shore squalls. Star Boating Club won the senior fours race, the crew rowing remarkably well. Aramoho was a good second. The Petone crew had been expected to be prominent in the finish, but they had the bad luck to break a slide near the start. One of the most interesting results was the win by the Wanganui Union entrant, Jackson, in the senior single sculls race. He had a long, stiff duel in uncomfortably rough water with the national representative Abbott." of Petone, and he won convincingly. A disappointing response was I made to the remaining senior fixtures. In the senior double sculls and the senior pains only one crew was entered in each, being Petone (Abbott and Gimblett) and Star (Cooke and Mullins) respectively. Jackson’s win in the single sculls event, the fifth race, was the first victory for any of the outside clubs. After that Aramoho won the junior welter fours and Picton the junior fours. Star had three wins, Wellington three, and Petone two. Once again was proved the advantage of making no exceptions to the rule that all boats should be at the starting point on tim?. All boats came up to scratch, and there was no necessity for disqualifications. The arrangements altogether were handled well by the regatta committee. All races were held over a mile except the senior fours, which was over two miles, and the senior single sculls and the junior fours, one mile and a half. Detailed Results. Results are as follow :— MAIDEN PAIRS. Wellington (H. Spoor, str.; W. McLean, bo-w) 1 Star (P. T. Dennehy. str.; E. T. Hutchens. bow) 2 Wairau (T. Hegglun, str.; R. Sutherland, bow) 3 Star drew the roughest water in the outside position, but the cox made the best of the conditions by tending to run out with the wind. Although last week it was thought the crew was trained down a little too fine, Wellington rowed steadily and did not appear to be greatly tired, at the end. Star finished one length and a half behind, and Wairau was three lengths further back. LIGHTWEIGHT MAIDEN FOURS. Wellington No. 1 (A. McNair, str.: W. Melvor, 3; R. MoNair, 2; F. Meredith, bow) 1 Union (Wanganui) (D. McGonagle, str.; H. O’Donnell, 3; J. Lumsden, 2; J. Pitt, bow) 2 Aramoho (A. Broughton, str.: J. Farrell. 3; L. Henley, 2; W. Loveridge, bow) 3 Wellington ,No. 1 was in front early, with Union close up. Petone was in third position for a time, but dropped back at about half-way into the bunch, headed then by Aramoho. After being a little over a length behind Wellington No. 1, Union, rowing very much all-out, by the end of the race had closed up to three-quarters of a length behind. The other boats were thoroughly outstripped; Aramoho finished six lengths back, followed fairly closely by Wellington No. 2 and Petone. JUNIOR PAIRS. Petone No. 1 (K, Boswell, str.; K. Rigby, bow) ? 1 Petone No. 2 (H.|.R. Pritchard.,str.; D. Mcßride, bow) 2 Union (Wanganui) (G. Delves, str.;

H, Benge, bow) 3 Petone No. 2 and Wellington battled together for the advantage after the start, with the Wanganui crew also prominent. After about a quarter of a mile Wellington began to drop back, and Petone No. 1. rowing steadily, drew up and challenged the leader. Wit-Bsboth crews rowing about the same stroke, 35, it seemed that either might win ; at the three-quarter mile, however,- stroke in Petone No. 1 caught a crab, and the -boat ifell half a length behind. It was a particularly fine performance, there-

fore for the crew to rally almost immediately. and, in. face of a last minute spurt by the No. 2 boat, to win by a canvas. Union was seven lengths behind, and Wellington was fourth. MAIDEN . FOURS. Star (L. Hosking, str.; A. Lawson, 3; J. Peters, 2; J. F. Eggers, bow) .... 1 Wellington (11. Spoor, str.; W. McLean, 3; V. Morris. 2; H. Tester, bow) .... 2 Wanganui (A. W. Mitchell, str.; IT. Robertshaw. 3; M. Grace, H. Goss, bow) •••••••? 13 Wellington and Wanganui had the best of the start. Wanganui moved into a length’s lead, but strained too greatly for speed, and eventually dropped back even with Wellington. About half-way through Star came up fast and moved to a clear length in the lead, rowing at a beautitul steadv pace. Wellington finished two and a half lengths behind. Wanganui was thitd by half a length, and Aramoho was close up fourth. „ SENIOR SINGLE SCULLS. Union, Wanganui (A. K. G| B. Jackson) 1 Petone (P. Abbott) - Aramoho (C. Campbell) J Union, Wanganui (A. K. G. B. Jackson) 1 any tolling slightly behind. Campbell did not like thet rough water then being thrown up by a high wind, and he gave up the race after about half a mile, finishing at his own pace a considerable trtne after the others. Thus the race soon developed into a battle between the Petone and Aramoho scullers, and they made it a particularly stiff contest. Albbott was rowing at slightly the faster pace, but, with the disadvantage of having a heavy opponent, the choppy seas made his stroke Jess regular, and several times he seemed in danger or being tipped out. The two boats were seesawing in the lead until there was half a mile to go, when, as Jackson was increasing his pace, Abbott missed a stroke and dropped half a length behind. Jackson had been rowing with a remarkably fine style throughout, and although toward the end Atobott was quickening his stroke the gap between the boats increased and Jackson finished about two lengths in front. JUNIOR WELTER FOURS. Aramoho (K. Shaw, stc.; H. Clarke, 3; R. Boy land, 2; T. Sleyer, bow) .... 1 Picton (N. Steele, str.; J. Black, 3; V. Boese, 2; H. Boese, -bo-w) - Union (Christchurch) (A. C. Smith, str.; J. Cullen, 3; S. A. Hill, 2; F. Byrne, bow) Picton and Aramoho took the lead, with Petone and Union handy, and the fifth boat, Wellington, well back. The race soon resolved itself into two independent duels. Aromoh-o, with a slower and easier stroke, held a slight advantage over Picton over almost the whole distance, and at the finish was increasing tire lead to a length. Late in the race Union pulled ahead of Petone and came third, a length and a quarter behind Picton. SENIOR FOURS. Star (G. C. Cooke, str.; F. H. Mullins, 3; J. Th-odey, 2; A. Andrews, bow) .... 1 Aramoho No. 2 (P. Stowers, str.; F. Jones, 3; J. Stokes, 2; C. Harrison, bow) 2 Union (Wanganui) (S. A. Healey, str.; A. V. Shepherd. 3; R. Gould, 2; A. Tonks, bow) 3 From tflie beginning Star hit a fast pace and made it a particularly hard race for the other crews. Aramoho No. 2 and Union near the beginning took their places at second and third; Wanganui was rowing fourth, and Aramoho No. 1 fifth. With a mile gone, Aramoho No. 2 pushed up to half a canvas behind the leader, but Star were rowing so well that it did not appear at any time likely that they would lose. Star held a position, a length ahead of Aramoho over the last half-mile. Union, rowing strongly, held third place, one and a half lengths behind Aramoho. YOUTHS’ FOURS. Petone (D. Boswell, str.; G. Leopard, 3; I. Carter, 2; O. Anderson, bow) 1 Picton (J. Jackson, str.; R. 'Davies, 3; I. Clark, 2; A. Davies, bow) 2 Wanganui (M. McCann, str.; J. Staton, 3; J. Morris,'2; T. E. Cooper, bow) 3

After about a quarter of a mile Wanganui was a canvas in the lead from Petone and Picton. Petone then went to the front and won by two lengths. There was a good race for second place. Picton and Wanganui were on even terms over the last half. Picton made a last-minute spurt and took second by a length and a half.

MAIDEN DOUBLE SCULLS. Star (L. L. Hosking, str.; P. Wycherley, bow) 1 Petone (R. Mowat, str.; W. Lind, bow) 2 Union, Wanganui (J. Luxford, str.; A. Mephan. bow) 3 Petone, Wellington and Star were in the lead together, in the first quarter of a mile. Star, on the inside, had a slight advantage when the other boats ran into a squall; making the most of it, they quickened their stroke and began steadily to increase the lead. At half-way Petone was three lengths behind, followed closely by Union. Wellington had been too much extended and fell well behind. The race was won by three, and a half lengths, with Union a length behind Petone. JUNIOR FOURS. Picton .(E. Smith, str.; J. Fredericks, 3; R. Burns, 2; A. Cornish, bow) .. 1

Star (S. I. Kidd, str.; B. Webb, 3; H. Paton, 2; R. Rees, bow) 2 Union, Wanganui (G. Delves, str.; M. Granville, 3; Benge, 2; A. Co'rnish, bow) 3 The boats were closely bunched early in the race, and there were two fouls, affecting Star, Aramoho and Union. Star and Union dropped back the farthest, but they soon came up into the bunch, where also were Wellington and Petone. No protests were made. Picton were rowing well from the start and kept a little ahead of the other five boats. From about half-way Star and Union battled for second place, still well within striking distance of Picton. Over the last hundred yards Star made a valiant effort and drew half a length ahead of the Union boat, Kidd pushing his crew hard and even running Picton to half a canvas. JUNIOR SINGLES. Wellington (J. Luke) 1 Union, Wanganui (R. Lampitt) 2 Petone No. 1 (L. Benge) 3 Luke, rowing fairly easily, led all the way by a slight margin from Lampitt. He won by a length, with two lengths between Lampitt and Benge.