ALL CREWS KEYED UP
EMPIRE GAMES ROWING
YESTERDAY’S TRAINING
(Reed. Feb. 4, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 4
Yesterday was the hottest day t ■ Empire Games crews have expe enced on the Nepean River, the cc ditions being trying with little wii: ' The New Zealand eight confin’d its rowing work to short bi brightening up, and in the afternc.' i rowed about l j miles, giving pace the New Zealand four, who had t. strenuous row. Jackson and Smith had a pleasi. row in the double sculler. With less than one week to go, r " the crews are keyed up, and the wc is principally confined to increasi the rate and practising starts. The Australian eight did a thru minute row at full pressure, getti , away at 40 and dropping to 36. England did a - two-minute bur starting at 42 and finishing at 36. T. remainder of the row was confin to spurts of 10 strokes rating from to 42.
The Australian stroke, J. Gregoi ricked an ankle, but after attenti was able to row in the afternoon. Buoys were laid on the course yc terday at intervals of 150 ft. down bo sides of the course, which will 1 150 ft. wide.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19550, 4 February 1938, Page 5
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