ROWING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22612, 28 December 1936, Page 14

ROWING

IiEGATTA AT TAURANGA FAILURE OF HOME CREWS AUCKLAND CLUB'S SUCCESSES [from ouii own corrkspondknt] TAURANGA, Sunday Howing in Tiiurniiga yesterday proAided the chief interest of the annual regatta. The day was lino and the water lively in contrast to the had conditions experienced last year. Crews were present lroni Auckland, .Mercei, Xgaruawahia, Hamilton, Whakatane and Poverty Hay, and the lull enti,\ of •").'{ laced the starter. Watched by a large crowd, the races were closely contested and provided thrills and nianv surprises, the chief being the failure oi the Tanranga crews in every event except the special challenge race for Ihe Soinerv lie Shield. The trophy was retained by the ciun fur the third year in succession. The three Auckland clubs competing provided a pleasing feature of the racing, it was the \iickland Mowing Clubs < 1 :i> out, however, and with three wins, two seconds iirid two thirds, the club won a lair proportion of the prize money, Wallemat.i had three wins and one second, while West I'.nd had three seconds. The Hamilton and I overly Bav clubs had one win each and Tan ranga enjoyed only minor success. Numerous craft, ranging from large keelers to seven-footer midgets, competed in llie various sailing events. Special interest was (liken in the idle Along class, a new one m Tail ranga, which promises to become \er,y popular. Kesiilts were as follows:

ROWING EVENTS Light Maiden Fours. —Waiteniata, 1; Auckland, 2; Hamilton, :i. West End was first to show out with Mercer and Waitemata not far behind. Auckland and Hamilton started badl.v, but made uii ground. At the bridge the order was Waitemata, Hamilton, West End and Auckland, with the latter aiming up fast (.isborne and Mercer seemed to tire Wa |fr ; mata r.iaintaineil its lead, with Auckland and Hamilton challenging. Hamilton, however, dropped hack leaving Waitemaia to win bv half a length from Auckland, w_hicli was one length ahead of Hamilton. West End was fourth. The. winning crew comprised: .1. Jones (stroke), D. Algie. C. Bowling .T Harper Maiden Double Sculls.—Waitemata. 1; West. End. 2; Auckland. :i. The crews moved away to an even start, but when they had settled down Waitemaia took the lead and was two lengths ahead of West End at the bridge, while Hamilton, Tauranga and Mercer were bunched in from of Auckland, which was last. Auckland <r;iiiied very fast and passed the three crews. "\t Ibis singe Mercer withdrew. Waitemata finished three lengths ahead of West End, while Auckland was two lengths away third. Tauranga and Hamilton followed. The winning crew comprised (). W. Dcnison and A. Harper. ~, „ c , , Single Sculls Handicap.—W. McLeod (Poverty Bay), los, 1; R. B Smith (Auckland), scr, 2; A. Morey (Auckland), Mis, .1. Although McLeod's form was steady, his win was bv no means meritorious with Ins handicap o'f do seconds. Perhaps the best form shown was that of Smith who, from scratch, came through to gain second place. \ Morev rowed strongly to gain third position, while J. T. I Mummer was steady in coming home fourth. C hamberlain, llar\e.\ and (1. 1 Mummer, who moved away together off 255. dropped back. , , , . Maiden Fours.- Auckland, 1; Waitemata, 2; Ngaruawaliia, :i. Thirteen crews representing Jan ranga (2), Hamilton (2), Gisborne (2). Auckland, Waitemata, West End. Mercer, Poverty Bay, Ngaruawaliia and Whakatane ■ were represented. , ~ Waitemata took the lead early followed lialf-a-iength away by Poverty Bay. Poverty Bay had half-a-lcngtli on Auckland at the bridge, while Waitemata liiid lost ground. Auckland was forging ahead resolutely. West End withdrew after half the course had been covered, at which stage Np;aruawahia was coming up very strongly. In a strong finish Auckland made a spurt to gain the verdict by half a canvas from Waitemata, while Ngaruawaliia was another half-canvas away, third. Poverty Hay was fourth, Mercer fifth and then came the two Hamilton crews. The winning crew comprised J. Gniniven (stroke), W. Eliot, T. Gallagher, K..Rule. Junior Fours. —Hamilton, 1; West End, 2; Tauranga, West End was first through the bridge. Then came Tauranga and Hamilton. Tauranga was still ahead of Hamilton at the lirst wharf, but West End had dropped back. With 200 yards to go Tauranga was just showing the way to Hamilton and West End. Mistaking the winning post Tauranga slowed down and Hamilton crossed lialf-a-iength ahead of West End, while Tauranga drifted over the line to get third, a length away. The winning crew comprised I?. Paterson (stroke), A. Dillon. I. Bary and J. Kane. Senior Fours. —Auckland, 1; Tauranga. 2; Hamilton. ;J.

Hamilton was first away closely followed by Auckland, which was a canvas ahead of Tauranga. Corninc through the bridge the order was the same, hut Tauranira had dropped back slightly. Hamilton, however, was rowing a losing race and dropped back, leaving Auckland and Tauranga to fight out a great finish. First one boat then the other would forge ahead and the issue was in doubt until near the line, when Auckland pulled away very strongly to gain the verdict b,v a length from Tauranga. Hamilton was six lengths behind. The winning crew comprised I?. B. Smith (stroke), C. Chamberlain, G. Oxspring and R. l'orter. Maiden Eight-oar.—Auckland, 1; West End, ; Tauranga, 3. The eights made a fine picture as they moved away to a good start. It was an even contest to the bridge, where West I-'.nd took the lead with Auckland and Tauranga challenging. West End dropped back to third place, but off the first wharf had passed Tauranga. The race developed then into a fight between Auckland and West End with Tauranga two or three lengths behind. West End, however, was handicapped by erratic steering and Auckland was rowing in calm water. Racing on terms to within oil yards of the line Auckland spurted and a great finish saw the crew gain the verdict by a bare quarter of a length, while Tauranga limped home four lengths away, third The winning crew comprised ('. Marceau (stroke), L. Winter D. Klwood, J. Faulconbridge, H. Mulvihili, D Baverstock, I). Moir and L. Sailings. Youths' Fours.—Waitemaia, 1; Tauranga, 2: Hamilton, 3. Auckland and Waitemata showed up first when the crews had settled down. Then Waitemata challenged and went through to the front. Hamilton lay in third position. West End, too, was in the running, but dropped back badly at the half-way mark. Waitemata, rowed stronglv off the wharf in an attempt to increase its lead, but 'lauranga kept resolutely on, while Hamilton challenged. Through an error in the finishing gun being fired ton soon Waitemata almost lost the race. As it was, only a foot separated the crew from Tauranga, which fought a hattlo of its own with Hamilton to gain second place by another foot. Auckland, Mercer and West End followed ill that order. The winning crew comprised J. .Tones (stroke), J. Childs, J. McCowan and I'. l Kight-oar Race, Somervillo Shield.—Tauranga, I ; West End, 2. \ good start saw the crews move away steadily and there was little between them all the way. From the bridge until off the wharf first' one crew then the other took the lead. However, with 300 yds to the line, Tauranga asserted its superiority. \\ est End was unable to hold out the distance and was forced to giv way tu lauranga, a crew which had strength left for a strong 01 "Tho*''winning crew comprised S I. Smith (stroke), P. Sander, C. liana, I. D. Harvey, M. H art net t, .1. H. Plummer, D. l aterson and G. Dennistoii.

SAILING F. VENTS Tauranga Midgets, seven-footers, handicap. --W. Stevens' Prize and P. Wilsons \ estal, dead-beat, I; W. Sneddon's Redwing, 3. Sailing' Handicap, Idle Along boats.—G. Carter's Toanui, i; V. Smiths loroa, J Hunter's Wairiri, 3. ... Sailing Handicap, T Class, 10ft and under. —R. Burke's Charm, 1; Tanner and New''"sliHing l "llandicap, Z Class, Cornwall Cup floats,—l. Denby's Irene, 1; A. Wilsons Tit) L. Steven's Oi, 3. Centreboard Yachts. 20ft and under. — 1 llby Bros'. Wizard, I; A. Rendell's Mavis, 2. Is colors' Handicap, A and 1! Class.—N. Mains' Waionio, 1; Tattersfield and Mills Heelers' Handicap, C and E Class. —P. Simmonds' Matua, 1; Allen and N orris Moutere, 2. , . v Idle Along Class Championship. K Julian's Vampire (Wellington), l; C. Adams Ore re, 2; Smith's 'loroa, .5. - , T Launch Race.- J. arosham s Kr°s. 1; Oliver's Valencia, 2; 11. Mollg.iard s La lllo |'!auiicb Hace. boats steered bv lady—D. Lambie's Latex, 1; L. Olivers \alencin, C. Cameron's Caledonia, 3, M ISCE LLAN EO US K V ENTS Tug of War. —Mercer defeated Cambridge Road; Oropi defeated Mercer, In tho final Oropi beat Mercer. Horse Swimming Race. —J. Kobu, 1; O. Griffiths, 2. Hoys' Swimming Race. —It. ANard, 1; w. J { i cr jr j r, 'J. Diving.—Neat header: IV. Ward and (!. Riggtr, tie, I. Swimming Handicap, open.—U. l\igg.r, 1; R. Ward, 2. Greasy Boom.—G. Silvester, 1; R. Ward. 2. CARNIVAL AT WANGANUI RESULTS IN VARIOUS CLASSES [BY TELEGRAPH —T'HESS ASSOCIATION] WANGANUI, Sunday The Wanganui carnival opened with a regatta yesterday in beautiful summer weather and with a largo crowd watching the events

on tho river, Maori canoe and speedboat races contributed to the protrmmmo, u interest centred in the rowing tho results 01 "0. 1. » *SB& Aniolio, 2; Petone, 3. Petone 2; Youths' Fours.—Union, 1; Jetono, W So"ior on 'Fo; i rs.-Union (R. Gonlrt, H. HengeO Delves. A. Tonks), 1; Wanganui, 2; ArinSiio. :t; Star, 4. Won by a len J Junior Fours, Open.—Aramoho, 1. i etone, "'Mii'iden Fours. —-Union, 1; Star, 2; Well'"stoSinzlc Scnlls.-R. Coxon (Aramoho), 3„s 1; ,T. Tl. T/uko (Wellington). 10s. Z, E. Wnlcott (Wellington )«"• '-). '•> s ' Junior Fours.- -Wellington No. J, 1, \va II Siioor (Wellington), 1; A. lonks and ° 0 01 , pK , . ,, 5n Class.—Star, Union. - i his' event. Star finis! on the opposite Hid, of tho course and during the progress of tho race cut Union and Petone- out.