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P.B. CLUB DOUBLES,
The semi-fii.,'tl rriee of tliti Poverty Day Cliib double sculling series Vvjis rowed last evening, tlio ..course, being reverseif paving to tlio tidal conditions. F. Stich'bury and C. Edwards reeeLyed a handicap of Osec from C, Ryaii and. S. Ovenden, and getting' away well they sot. up a. lea,d of .three lengths. Stiehbury struck a patch df dead wafer in the, .first quarter of. a mile, however, and lost some ,of his advantage. Ryan steadily gained, rowiug a faster stroke than his opponent arid with half the distance covered, there was not a length between the boats. A good spurt enabled Ryan to gain level terms, and thereafter .ho continued to , improve steadily, finally whining with a margin of (dear water.
Tho winners of last night's race will meet Wilcox and Lindslrom, the scratch pair, in the final, this even-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16975, 5 March 1926, Page 10
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