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WANGANUI WINS EIGHT-OAR. OTAGO LOSES CHAMPIONSHIP By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON. April 2. Giving a peerless exhibition of oarsmanship* from start to finish Wanganui, by dint of a magnfiicent effort in the closing stages, took the New Zealand interprovincial eight-oar rowing title from Otago in a spectacular race rowed on the Korokoro course in Wellington Harbour to-day. The race was not decided until the final 200 yards was reached when Wanganui increaser! their stroke for a last-minute spurt, crossing the line a bare canvas ahead of Otago. The race was one of the most spectacular sporting events seen at Wellington. It was fully representative, seven crews from Auckland, Wanganui. Wellington. Marlborough, Canterbury. Otago and Southland competing. Owing to rough water the race was postponed from Saturday afternoon,
and this morning conditions were superh. The whole harbour was as a sheet of glass, there not being sufficient wind tn raise even a ripple. AVanganui’s win is of particular interest inasmuch as they defeated the crack Otago crew which has held the championship for the past five years Wanganui owed their win to sheer endurance. They set the pace at the start and never over the long course gave a suspicion of slackening.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 93, 3 April 1934, Page 4
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