SANDERS CUP TO AUCKLAND

Southland Times, Issue 24027, 18 January 1940, Page 8

SANDERS CUP TO AUCKLAND

CARESS WINS FOUR RACES

OTHER COMPETITORS OUTSAILED

TAUKANGA CHAMPIONSHIP TO NELSON

(United Press Association) WELLINGTON, January 17. Outsailing the other competitors in light breezes Auckland won the fourth race for the Sanders Cup today and won the trophy. This is the first time Auckland has won in the history of the contest. The winning boat was built and owned by the same person, George Andrews, who built and owned Betty which won the contest three years in succession for Canterbury in 1926-27-28. Ariki, the Canterbury representative, sailed by G. Brasell, put up a good performance to gain a first and two seconds but the wind was too light for him today. Kitty (Wellington), which was expected to do well, gained only a second and third. With heavier weather she would have done better.

Wanganui won the fourth race in the Idlealong contest, which was an excellent performance considering the little competition she has in her own waters. Wellington is still leading on points as the result of today’s races with 19 points; Canterbury is next with 17, Bay of Plenty third with 15 and Wanganui fourth with 14. Wanganui and Auckland, with two wins each, are leading in the Cornwell Cup contest from Wellington, who was expected to do well, but has only one win to her credit. The Wellington skipper, E. Wagstaff, won the trophy last year- but has put up a poor performance this year. In light winds Nelson won the Tauranga championship with 416.6 points, Wellington was second with 373.2, West Coast third with 361.6 and Tauranga fourth with 331.6. CARESS’S BRILLIANT RACE Sailing a brilliant race in Caress, W. Rogers (Auckland) won his third race this afternoon and also the Sanders Cup. Caress is an ideal boat for light weather and her crew outsailed the other competitors. Auckland went into the lead soon after the start and was never headed. At the end of the first, lap of a triangular course Rogers was lmin 51sec ahead of Canterbury: then Wellington, Otago and Southland. At the end of the second lap, the boats had strung out, still in the same order and Canterbury’s lead was 2min 33sec. There was no change in positions though Auckland increased hei’ lead. , The finishing times and placings were:— CARESS (Auckland) 4.2.46 1 ARIKI (Canterbury) 4.6.22 2 KITTY (Wellington) 4.8.4 3 EVELYN (Otago) 4.12.53 4 VORENA (Southland) 4.13.15 5 TWO CORNWELL CUP RACES AUCKLAND BOAT’S DOUBLE SUCCESS (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, January 17. The fourth Cornwell Cup race was sailed over a triangular coutse. At the end of the first lap Christchurch led from Auckland, Lyttelton and Wellington. The second round developed into a duel between Auckland and Christchurch, Auckland finishing 31 seconds in the lead. Christchurch was later disqualified for a breech in the tussle with Auckland. The times and placings were:—

The fifth race, held this afternoon, resulted in a drifting match, the breeze dropping away towards the finish. Auckland crossed the line first, followed closely by Wanganui with Christchurch third and Plimmerton fourth. The other competitors did not complete the course. Wellington has entered a protest against Wanganui. NO INFRINGEMENTS OF RULES OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND PRAISED (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, January 17. There had been no infringements of rules during the whole contest, said Mr W. H. Beanland, secretary of the Sanders Cup Committee, at a meeting after the last race today. The contest had been conducted in the best of spirits. He expressed appreciation to the Otago and Southland delegates for their continued interest in the contest. Otago had not won the trophy since 1930 and Southland haa never won it but both showed sportmanship by sending a representative each year. Were it not for their interest, the trophy would lose a certain amount of value. He hoped Wanganui would be represented at the contest in Auckland next year. The delegates expressed appreciation of the arrangements made by the Wellington Association and of the hospitality extended to the crew and delegates. ,

Auckland 1.46.51 1 Lyttelton 1.48.40 2 Wanganui 1.49.30 3 Wellington 1.50.33 4 Hamilton 1.50.41 5 Manukau 1.52.18 6 Otago 1.52.33 7 Timaru 1.53.58 8 Tauranga 1.54.51 9 Plimmerton 1.59.55 10