WELLIWGTON DEFENDER

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 122, 19 November 1931, Page 6

WELLIWGTON DEFENDER

THE BETTY SELECTED

The selection of the Betty as the defender of the Sanders Cup, the contest for which will be held on Wellington Harbour in January, was announced at last evening's meeting of the Wellington Provincial Yacht and Motor-Boat Association. The Sanders Cup, which is the. blue riband of racing among the. Roua class 14ft centreboard yachts of the Dominion, has already been won four times by the Botty, on three occasions for Canterbury. Mr. W. H. Wagstaff is owner of (he Betty, whose performances in winning four of the five trials recently held stamp her as a worthy defender- of the trophy. In accordance with the association's usual practice, Jlr... A. Johnston, . who sailed the Betty in the trials, has been automatically selected to sail the boat in the contest,-and he. .and the sole selector (Mr. J. Moffat). will, decide upon the crew in due course. ... * Two of the skippers who took part in (he trials—Messrs. A. G. Crawford and F. Harten—wrote in appreciative terms of the conduct of the races by the selector and his three stewards, Messrs. V. G. Boulton, M. Mills, and R. Durrant. A vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Moffat and the stewards, and appreciation was also expressed of the services given by Mr. W. Cable, owner of the launch Kerevu, and.his crew in following, the ...The chairman (Mr- ..o.."Mailer) and others commended the sporting spirit in .which those taking..part in the. trials had shown. ■ Several sub-committees were set up to make arrangements for financing the contest. ,