SCULLING.
HANNAN DEFEATS WELLS. BLENHEIM, June 4. The match for the sculling championship of Now Zealand and a purse of £2OO, subscribed by the people of Pieton. between Pat Hannan and “Jumbo” Wells, both of Blenheim, was got off at Pieton on Saturday. The weather was wretched, rain falling in torrents all day. but the conditions were satisfactory for sculling, the water being like glass. A good start was effected, but Hannan (the holder of the championship) was obviously a class ahead of Wells, and he drew steadily away. When half their journey had been covered, Hannan was leading by a length and a half. At this stage, Wells in- J formed the umpire that his slide had broken, and he and his boat were picked up by a launch. Hannan finished the course alon p , covering the distance in 21.14. The attendance was poor, on account of the weather. The purse was I paid over in the presence of a big crowd at the theatre at Picton on Saturday night.
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Grey River Argus, 5 June 1922, Page 8
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