POWER BOAT CHAMPIONSHIP
MARLBOROUGH RETAINS GUP DUNEDIN FOURTH [Pee United Press Association.] PICTON, January 22. The New Zealand power boat championship was raced on Picton Harbour this afternoon in brilliant weather and under good water conditions. Marlborough retained the title and the Masport Cup, Pelorons Jack Senior, owned by J. W. Brownlee, of Havelock, winning handsomely after an excellent contest. F. Freeman’s Miss Wanganui filled second place, while the 1934 cup-winner, J. H. Perano’s Tory Chick, of Picton, was third. L. W. Algio and J. Partel’s Miss Syndicate, from Dunedin, filled fourth place.
Lucas Bros, and J. Morgan’s Miss VB, from Blenheim, was the only other starter, Miss Ethel (Wanganui) and Bio Rita HI. (Christchurch) scratching. The race, which carried a £2O purse besides the cup, was run over five laps of a course of three and a-half nautical miles. The winner’s time was 16min 35 2-ssec, and the second boat covered tho distance in 17min 4 3-ssec. Pelorous Jack Senior was first away and was never headed. Tory Chick was in a good position in second place until the last lap, when Miss Wanganui came from fourth up to second with a great burst of speed.
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Evening Star, Issue 21935, 23 January 1935, Page 11
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