ROWING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17696, 6 February 1932, Page 2

ROWING

_ ... .. .V' »-• G.R.C. EXECUTIVE POURS ■- .i-nrr-J.M« .Wi.-5G KENNEDY WINS PINAL RACE Progress ill • the 1 Gisborne Rowing Club’s executive fours series, a club event conducted to 1 -fill part of the time consumed .in the preparation of representative crews for - to-day’s regatta, was more satisfactory than was expected by the club officials, and theseries was brought to finality last even-i ing. Tidal conditions were excellent,' and the race was watched by a large, number of interested spectators. - . The crows in the final comprised W. F. Kennedy (stroke), Oliver, Kidd, and MeCallum in one boat and J. Somervell (stroke), Lo Compte, Jennings, and O’Halloran in the other.-. The start was an even one, Somervell getting into shallow water iu early stages of the raee and thus losiug a chance of establishing a load. His boat moved more smoothly thau. Kennedy’s in the first quarter of a mile, but later Kennedy settled down, hnd from that point onward the issue was settled. From Roebuck road onward down the river, Kennedy grad-! ually drew ahead, his opponent'-Hi frequent sprints serving only to checkthe extension of the-'lead for the tune being. Over the last quarter of a mile there whs a gap of <dear between the boats, and at the finish Kennedy won by four lengths.