Rowing

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 76, 31 March 1934, Page 18

Rowing

By "Stroke."

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UNIVERSITY ROWING

. The seventh contest-between the university colleges of New Zealand for the Heberley Shield for eight-oared^crews will be rowed at Lyttelton today over a course of approximately two and a half miles from Go.vernor 's Bay to Corsair Bay. Three colleges, Canterbury, Auckland, and Otago, will take part. ■ .• .' - ■■-.•.,'. -. ■.. •;

Canterbury College;- the present holders of the shield, have won three times altogether, the trophy, having been taken three times .by .Victoria College. Victoria is not competing this'year, because the Wellington Eowing Association was unable to lend its boat. Otago and Canterbury will row in the number, two boats of-their associations, and Auckfand will use its new boat recently bought in Australia. The Canterbury crew,, is:—T. E. Evans stroke, H. Di Nelson No. 7, M.' Hunter No. 6, J. O. Eenaut No! 5, J E. Stewart No. 4, J. M. Steeds No. 3, E. W. White N0..2, E. H. Carew bow, anclß. H. Stinear cox. The crew has been training on the Avon, but moved to Stowart^s jSully this week to complete. Mr. D. St. C. Gunn is coach. Of the crew, Evans,.Hunter, and Nelson rowed last year, and Carew, who r6ws bow this ': year, was cox. : Canterbury is considered to have a very good chance again this year. The Auckland crow, is rather.: light, .and the Otago crew has not had as much experience.. ;