ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Evening Star, Issue 22271, 24 February 1936, Page 11

ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS

THREE TITLES CHANGE HANDS PICTOH WINS THE FOURS SINGLE SCULLS TO R. B. SMITH [Fzit Uuitan Press Association.] WELLINGTON, February 23. Three -out of four national titles changed hands at Wellington on Saturday, when the. New Zealand Rowing Championships were decided, on the KOrokoro course, near Petone. Aramoho lost the fours to Picton, Star the pairs to Hamilton, and A.’K. G. Jackson, of the Union Boating Club, Wanganui, was defeated in the single sculls by R. B, Smith, of the Waitemata Boating Club, Auckland. The only title retained was the. double sculls championship, which was defended by P. Abbott and 0. Gimblett, of the Petone Rowing Club. Except during the middle afternoon, yrbea a jobble necessitated the postponement until later in the day of the champion single sculls and the. champion T double sculls, the watex- was almost ideal for rowing. More than SO crews visited Wellington for the contests, which were under the auspices of the Wellington Regatta Club. The big race of the day, the New Zealand Champion Fours, brought out nine crews, but actually only three finished, the rest giving up through their boats becoming swamped or gulling out because they had fallen into the rear in the troublesome water at the time. Nevertheless, the very large crowd lining the course on the Hurt road or following the race in motor cars enjoyed a thrill near the finish, when Picton took the title from Araznoho in a close race for the line. A sensation marked the finish of the single sculls, Jackson being robbed of the title by Smith, who swept over the line half a canvas ahead of the Wanganui man after negotiating a narrow channel between two rocks. P. Abbott, of Petone. coming up in third place, ran hard on to another rock and badly damaged his boat. Results:—

NEW ZEALAND FOURS. 2tn. Picton Rowing Club (L. Jackson, , G. Charters, E. Smith, A. Cornish) 1 'Aramoho Boating Club (P. Stowers, F. Jones, T. Ditchfield, C. Harrison) 2 Blenheim Rowing Club (R. Tapp, S. W. Cox, W. Humphrey, H. Mackey) 3 Also started; Clifton Rowing Club, Hamilton Rowing Club, Star Boating Club, Petone Rowing Club, Union Boating Club (Wanganui), Wanganui Rowing Club. Picton won by three-quarters of a length, a big gap being between Aramono and Blenheim, which paddled in slowly to the fininsh. The rest did not finish, LIGHT-WEIGHT MAIDEN FOURS. Im. Wanganui Rowing Club (W. Butzfaack, W. Christian, M. G. Henui, B. Stroud) 1 Napier Rowing Club 2 Star Boating Club ... 3 Also started: Wellington Rowing Club, Wairau Rowing Club, Union Boating Club, Aramoho Boating Club, Wellington Rowing Club No. 2, Petone Rowing Club. Won by a length and a-quarter, with two lengths between second and third. WELLINGTON PLATE. Im. Wanganui Rowing Club (R. Edwards, H. Robertson, M. Clay, A. R. Byres) _ 1 Petone Rowing Club 2 Hamilton Rowing Club 3 Also started: Blenheim Rowing Club, Union Rowing Club, Aramoho Boating Club, Star Boating Club, Clifton Rowing 01ub. Won by five feet, with two lengths between second and third. YOUTHS’ FOURS. Im. Union Boating Club, Wanganui (H. O’Donnell, J. Lumsden, S. Butcher, I. Langman) 1 Canterbury Rowing Club * Petone Rowing Club 3 Also started: Star Boating Club, Wairau Rowing Club, Picton Rowing Club,Wellington Rowing Club, New Plymouth Rowing Club. Won by a length and a-quarter, with a length between second and third. JUNIOR PAIRS. Im. Petone Rowing Club (K. Boswell, B. Rigby) 1 Star Boating Club - Wellington Rowing Club 3 Won by two lengths, with a canvas between second and third.

JUNIOR SINGLE SCULLS. Im. Wellington Rowing Club No. 1 (H. Spoor) ... 1 Union Boating Club 2 Wellington Rowing Club No. 2 ■... 3 Also started: Petone Rowing Club (H. R. Pritchard), Wanganui Rowing Club (E. Merchant). Won by three lengths, with 10 lengths between second and third. NEW ZEALAND CHAMPION SINGLE SCULLS, lira, Waitemata Boating Clulj (R. B. Smith) ... 1 Union Boating Club, Wanganui (A. 3£. Jackson) ... 2 Wellington Rowing Club (H. J. Luke) ‘ 3 Also started: Wairau Rowing Club, Petone Rowing Club, Wanganui Rowing Club. Won by half a canvas, with a wide gap between second and third, owing to Abbott coming to grief on a rock within a few yards of the finish. NEW ZEALAND CHAMPION DOUBLE SCULLS, lim. Petone Rowing Club (P. Abbott, 0. Gimblett) 1 Wellington Rowing Club (H. J. Luke. E. Woolcott) 2 Union (Wanganui) Boating Club (A. K. G. Jackson, A. Tonks) ... ... 3 The only starters. Won easily. NEW ZEALAND CHAMPION PAIRS. IJm. Hamilton Rowing Club (B. Sandos. J. Flynn) 1 Star Boating Club (G. C. Cooke, F. H. Mullins) 2 Union Boating Club, Wanganui, No. 2 (A. Tonks, W. B. Kruse) ... 3 Also started: Clifton Rowing Club, Union (Wanganui) Boating Club, Otago Rowing Club, Aramoho Boating Club. Won by three lengths, with a fair distance between second and third. MAIDEN FOURS. Im. Canterbury Rowing Club <L. Robertson, M. W. Graham, J. F., Stewart, H. S. Read) Aramoho Boating Club 2 Wairau Rowing Club 3 Also started: Napier Rowing Club, Union Boating Club, Petone Rowing Club No. 1, Star Boating Club, • Arapawa Rowing Club, Wellington Rowing Club, Petone Rowing Club No. 2, New Plymouth Rowing Club, Wanganui Rowing Club. Won by one length and a-half, with a-quarter of a length between second and third. JUNIOR FOURS. Petone .„ Star 1 Picton 3 Also started; Arapawa, Union, Wellington, and Aramoho. Won by three lengths. WELTER-WEIGHT JUNIOR FOURS. Im. Wellington (R. Paterson, W. M'Tvor, R. M‘Nair, F. Meredith) 1 New Plymouth Aramoho >. Also started: Petone. Won by three lengths, with a length between second and third.