OAMARU BOATING CLUB.

North Otago Times, 4 February 1913, Page 1

OAMARU BOATING CLUB.

rtr-* — Tb3 first sjriis oi tlio Chili Fours was rowed lust evening, whisi Wie water was all Uiat could bs tlesii'fifl 1 tor rowitig purposes. As usual t'.'.ere w» s A gooil attendance oi the public, and altlioiifeii the fin;Bli33 were not cluse the racing' was o: an interesciiig nature. Tlvo course was from tlvo shore ei.d cf the mole and ro: ml bncys anchored at t-he entr:,ii;e niiil foci to tT:c stanin; point Mr 'R. K, Ireland actc-.l as £t u rter and judge. The fol'.owiiig lire the results. Blair v Wiiscn-From a go-o'l start Wilson drew away wttii i slight Iwd, which be maintained liali way up the coursa, when Blair overhauled and gradually forged ahead, reaching the turning point first; At the buoy alair made a- better turn than his opponent, and h.ul established a tal ot two lengths when half way down the i:o:ne .course. Wilson made a good effort to make up lost water, but Blair's crew going well caught 'the judge's eye three lengths ahead ot Wilson. M'QafllHm v Atkinson—M'Gallum got the best ot the Btart, and held a slight advantage most of the way up. At the turn M'Calium was first round, and tooth crews settled down in e.irnfst on 'the liwne run, anil " good race resulted in M'Callum winning by about a length n ßl ' a-half. :av| u m.;ie v biiiciair —jjoili crews got veil aw'jy M/Coml)i<! being brightly in tire Wad when lip.ll way up. At tbe entraiKe, just before leuch.ng the buoys, Sinclair was on men t«rms witli Kpinkie, and i.ot'h crows turned the buoys together 1113 race iume new started in earnest, and excitement ran high as 'Loth crews' shot along with nothing- lie' tweentfem. ffhtn w,out n sifiidre;! yards Irom home Jl'Corobie held a slight wli t n what otherwise anight have teen the heit race of tin evening was sjoikd by M'Combie suddenly stopping, Sinclair going on and wimiiug as ho liked. Mackie v. Ward-Beth crews were close together all the way up to the turn. Ward was first round, and in the race home proved to:.gooJ tort(a opponent, winning by two lengths. . . To-morrow evening, tile s e mi-finals will ibe rowed, when Ward meets M'Callum and Blair meets Sinclair,