ROWING TITLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 50, 1 March 1937, Page 6

ROWING TITLES

DOMINION REGATTA

PETONE WINS THE FOURS

(By Telegraph-Press Association.) r-wmsnVHUKCH, February 27. I were decided at Akaroa. today. |cuU were never in ,the ■ picture. The two ciewf S^Mf aS^refSart^ of a mile, two boats being swamped The race was rowed again later, ana waf won by Union (Wanganui). Results are as follows:— Champion Single Sculls, 1J miles.— R. B. Smith (Auckland), 1, "• £• Abbotf (Petone), 2; A. Morey (AuckSh^trn^nTaWnlrl m^ s-Ar^tV Hawke, F. West, O. Wares, M. West), 1- Union (Christchurch), 2; Canterbury,^. Length; length. Time, 9min cfhsmpion. Fours.—Petone (O. Clayton, A, Hope, K. Boswell, B Rigby C. Burns), 1; Port Chalmers, 2; Otago, 3. Three lengths; two lengths. . „ Youths' Fours, 1 mile.—Union (Wanganui) (H.O'Connell, .J. Ul»sd.<;"; S Butcher, J. Longman), 1; Union (Christchurch), 2; Otago, 3. Six lengths; length. Time, Bmm Isec. Maiden Double Sculls, 1 mile.—Akaroa (K. A. Rhodes, R. J.. Phillips);,!; Cure, 2; Canterbury, 3. Five lengths; two lengths, Time, 7min 46 l-ssec. _■■ Maiden Fours, 1 mile.—Awarua CO. Williamson, N. Johnson, S. West, D. Robins), 1; Star, 2; Sumner-Redcliffs, 3. Half a length; nine lengths. Time, 7min 16 4-ssec. . Junior Double Sculls, 1 mile.—Union (Christchurch) (J. Harris, G. Browne), 1; Canterbury, 2; Otago, 3. Half a length; length. Time, 7rnin 7 2-ssec. New Zealand Champion Pairs,; '1J miles.—Avon (C. A. Stiles and H. G. Stiles), 1; Hamilton (J. Flynn and J. Clough), 2; Tauranga (J. Plumber and T. Harvey), 3. Five lengths; half a length. Time, llmin ljsec. Also started: Union (Wanganui), West End (Auckland), Union (Christchurch), Aramoho, and Akaroa. ! Lightweight Maiden Fours, 1 mile.— Star (K. E. May, L. Castleburg, K. IFraser, A. Burge), 1; Avon, 2; Canterbury, 3. Four lengths; six lengths. Time, 7min 14sec. 1 Champion Double Sculls.—Auckland (R. B.;Smith and A. Morey), 1; Petone, 2; Avon, 3. Two lengths; ten lengths. Time, lOmin 6sec. Also started: Akaroa, Canterbury No. 1, Canterbury No. 2, Tauranga, and Otago.

Champion Eights, 2 miles.—Union (Wanganui) (R. Gould, H. Benge, H. Halkett, A. K. G. Jackson, G. Delves, A. Tpnks, M. J. Granville, M. B. Luxford), 1; Port Chalmers (A. Alcock, G. Solomon, N. Rae, L. Pithie, W. Smith, G. Abernethy, C. Neilson, G. Thorn), 2; Avon (J. Rushworth, F. H. Thompson, C. A. Stiles, H. G. Stiles, A. P. Mahony, R. Lindsay, D. W. Mahony, C. A. Hampton),. 3.; Length; two lengths.

Akaroa Plate, 1 mile (for crews not having won a championship).—Avon (C. A. Stiles, F. H. Thompson, J. Rushworth, L. Hampton),l 1; Union (Wanganui), 2; Port Chalmers, 3. Three-quar-ters of a length; half a length. Avon was.. disqualified by the umpire for making three changes in its ■ crew. Time, smin 44£ sec. .