N.Z.E.F. OARSMEN
SUCCESSES IN CAIRO
(By Telegraph—T* res* Assn.—Copyright.) tN.Z.E.F. Olliei.il War Correspondent.) CAIRO, July 16. The Wellington sculler. Chris Hegfdun, yvho is also a prominent, boxer and Rugby footballer, won the single sculls title in the Cairo championships, defeating the Egyptian champion, Mustaplva el .Said for the second lime. Hegglun and other New Z<?alanders rowed for the Cairo Club training and racing facilities are available to (he New Zealand Expeditionary Voice. The New Zealand pair, U. L. Young and J. Chester, were narrowly beaten for tne pairs championship after leading for the greater part of tlie distance. - Referring in the part taken th C, N-W Zealanders, the French newspaper La Bourse •taid "There is no doubt in anyone s mind that the major part of the success of the regatta was owed to tlie New Zealand oars men-those lusty sportsmen who came very close to taking the lion s share of the eham
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21150, 19 July 1943, Page 4
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