WANGANUI REGATTA
KEEN INTEREST IN ROWING
VISITING OARSMEN" DO WELL
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUI, This Day. The Wanganui carnival opened with a regatta on Boxing Day in beautiful summer weather and with a large crowd watching the events on the river. Maori canoe and speedboat races contributed to 'the programme, but chief interest centred in the rowing. Results:— Maiden Fours (open).—Star No. 1, 1; Aramoho, 2; Star No. 2, 3. Maiden Double Sculls.—Union, 1; Aramoho, 2; Petone, 3. Youths' Fours. —Union, 1; Petone, 2; Wellington, 3. Senior Fours.—Union (R. Gould str, H. Benge, G. Delves, and A. Tonks), 1; Wanganui, 2; Aramoho, 3; Star, 4. Won by a length. Junior Fours (open).—Aramoho, 1; Petone, 2; Union, 3. Maiden Fours. —Union, 1; Star, 2; Wellington, 3. Senior Single Sculls.—R. Coxon (Aramoho), 30sec, 1; H. J. Luke (Wellington), lOsec, 2; E. Woolcott (Wellington), 15sec, 3. Junior Fours. —Wellington; No. 1, 1; Wanganui, 2; Union, 3. Junior1 Double Sculls.—R. Tregurtha and H. Spoor (Wellington), 1; A. Tonks and R. Gould (Wanganui), 2. Open Eights.—Star, 1; Union, 2. ■Motor-boats (free for all), 3 miles.— Miss Ethel, 1; Cyclone, 2; Whoopee, 3.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 154, 28 December 1936, Page 13
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