. GEORGE WHELCH, AKABOA, ->&&■ . Who is to row Ben Thorough good, champion of Australia, on the Hunter River lor. a"stake of £200. Whelch. has.won th«N.Z. amateur single sculling championship on .three occasions. His youth's record' (under 21 years) includes no less than 22 wins out of 23 starts. In 1906 he beat *W«bb' for the amateur eculling championship of N.Z. Out of 56 races, including single and double sculls* pair and four oars, Whelch nas secured 46 firsts and 7 seconds, and was three times unplaced. — J. I* Buckland, photo.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2848, 14 October 1908, Page 45
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89. GEORGE WHELCH, AKABOA, ->&&■ . Who is to row Ben Thorough good, champion of Australia, on the Hunter River lor. a"stake of £200. Whelch. has.won th«-N.Z. amateur single sculling championship on .three occasions. His youth's record' (under 21 years) includes no less than 22 wins out of 23 starts. In 1906 he beat *W«bb' for the amateur eculling championship of N.Z. Out of 56 races, including single and double sculls* pair and four oars, Whelch nas secured 46 firsts and 7 seconds, and was three times unplaced. —J. I* Buckland, photo. Otago Witness, Issue 2848, 14 October 1908, Page 45
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