ROWING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17957, 8 December 1932, Page 12

ROWING

GISBORNE CLUB EVENTS . KEEN FOUR-OAR RACING . Further racing in the Gisborne Rowing Club’s four-oar event for the president’s trophies took place last evening on tho Waimata River, over a course of a mile and an eighth, the contests attracting a considerable amount of attention from the general public as well as from club members. Good oarsmanship was a feature of the racing. In the first of last night’s two contests, A. F. Allen (str.), Papprjll, Aitehisoi) and Egan had a sharp tussle with It. Rail, (sir.), Hay, Owen and Roddick, before they could assert their superiority. With half the course covered, however, Allen was a length in the lead, and he held off Rait’s repeated spurts to win with clear water between the boats. Allen’s win was not unexpected, as the opposing crew had not had full advantage of the training period allowed for this event. A surprise was effected, on the other hand, by the success of R. DeCosta (str.j, Crarcr, Cleaver and Garrett against R. Layton (str.); Coates. Woodward and Shaw. The last-named crow was considerably the heavier, and had an impressive swing, which carried it off tho mark at the start to gain an advantage of half a length in a dozen strokes. With the inside course on the bend, De' Costa quickly picked up, however, and rowing a fast and snappy stroke he passed Layton to lead ljim past the War Memorial by a good length. Down to tho next turn, near the Harbor Board offices, De Costa held his own well, but round the turn and down to the finish ho was hard put to it to stave off Layton’s hard driving effort. Both crews quickened up to a whirlwind finish, DeCosta winning by the narrow margin of a canvas. This morning the series was continued, when A. Lentell (str.), Zaclinriah, Dudley and Sinclair met and defeated 0. D. Armstrong (str.), Foster, Robertson and Pickering. This was the first race of the second round, both the competing crews having done well in the first round. Armstrong got away a little the bettor, but. Lentell came up on the bend to even terms, and then went ahead to lead by hair a length at the William Pettio bridge. At the War Memorial. Armstrong sprinted and reduced the lead by half, but. Lentell’s answering sprint reestablished it again. The last quarter of a mile was a sprint all the way, Lentell winning by a bare haltlength. This evening the second round will be continued, when .Teune meets Alexander, Jones meets Hanna, and Allen meets DeCosta.

The site in the vicinity of the Napier breakwater, chosen by the Napier Rowing Club for its headquarters, is proving very satisfactory. The club’s shed has been erected quite near to the water s eilce. and the course available is considered by many of the members to lie every bit as suitable as the old course on the Tutaekuri River, which was used prior to the earthquake.