INVERCARGILL REGATTA

Southland Times, Issue 24362, 17 February 1941, Page 3

INVERCARGILL REGATTA

CITY CLUB’S SUCCESS The third annual regatta of the Invercargill Regatta Club was held on the Oreti river, Otatara, on Saturday. Conditions could not have been better for rowing. Considering that most of the crews were young, some good times were registered. In addition to the rowing events gun dog trials, held under the auspices of the Southland Gun Dog Club, and a clay bird shooting contest were held. Three swimming events, conducted by the Southland Swimming Centre were also held. The races were held across the river and the public had an opportunity of seeing some of Southland’s leading swimmers in action. During the afternoon a display of boat drill and life-saving was given by the Jellicoe Sea Scout troop. The rowing events were run off in good time and were the major attractions. The Southland Sports Trust Cup, which is for club competition and is awarded to the club gaining the most points, was won by the Invercargill Rowing Club with 16J points. The Awarua Boating Club gained second place with 122- points and the Invercargill Railway Rowing Club was third with 10 points. The Riverton Rowing Club was fourth with nine points. No prize money was allotted for the events and all the profits from the fixture are to be given to the patriotic funds. The events were watched by a large crowd which lined the bridge and the river banks. The results were as follows: ROWING EVENTS YOUTHS’ SCULLS. (Three starters). One mile: Invercargill Rowing Club (N. McEwan, s, R. Boniface, b) 1 Invercargill Railway Rowing Club, A crew, (B. Mackay, s, D. Boyd, b) 2 Riverton Rowing Club (E. Ward, s, R. Bailey, b) 3 Time, 6.9 2-5. From a good start the Invercargill crew took the lead early and came on to win by a fairly comfortable margin. INTER-CLUB SCULLS. Three starters, One mile. Riverton Rowing Club, B crew (L. Bean, s, J. Fleck, b) 1 Invercargill Railway Rowing Club (H. G. Pickford, s, A. S. McCulloch, b) 2 Invercargill Rowing Club (J. B. Pascoe, s, A. McEwan, b) 3 Time, 6.5 1-5. From the start the Invercargill crew took the lead from the Railway and Riverton crews. After about half a mile had been covered Riverton went into the lead from Railway and Invercargill. Riverton came on to win by half a length from Railway with Invercargill a short distance further back, third. MAIDEN FOURS. Three starters. One mile. Awarua Boating Club (A. Budd, s, J. Haberfield, —. Mason, G. Lindgist, b) and Invercargill Rowing Club, A crew (J. Stewart, s, N. McEwan, R. Boniface, R. McEwan, b) equal 1 Invercargill Railway Rowing Club, A crew (A. Walker, s, J. O'Neill, A. McAnus, L. Bulling, b) 3 i Time, 4.41 1-5. The Awarua crew gained an early i lead from Invercargill and Railway ! about a length behind. It was a great finish, with Invercargill gradually overhauling the Awarua crew. Awarua could not hold the lead and the Invercargill boat drew level just on the post, the decision being given as a dead-heat. Railway was always close. This event was for the Mackenzie I Memorial Casket.

YOUTHS’ PAIRS, four starters. One mile. Awarua Boating Club (A. Budd, s, C. West, b) 1 Invercargill Railway Rowing Club, B crew (G. Hillstead, s, D. Boyd, b) 2 Invercargill Rowing Club (B. Adams, s, R. Cowley, b) 3 Time, 5,32 4-5.

From a good start Awarua took the lead from Railway with the Invercargill crew a short distance back, third. The order remained unchanged and Awarua won by three lengths from Railway and Invercargill, who were practically together.

INTER-CLUB FOURS, five starters. One mile: Awarua Boating Club, A crew (L. Hawke, s, A. West, C. Denny, H. Raymond, b) 1 Riverton Rowing Club (E. Ward, s, W. Bickley, J. Fleck, D. Reidie, b) . 2 Invercargill Rowing Club (A. McEwan, s, R. Tinnock, J. B. Pascoe, J. Greer, b) 3 Time, 5.32 4-5. Awarua A and Riverton drew ahead from the start, closely followed by Invercargill. Riverton took the lead Irom Awarua A, but the Awarua crew recaptured it and came on to win by three-quarters of a length from Riverton, with Invercargill one length further back, third.

MAIDEN PAIRS, four starters. One mile: Invercargill Rowing Club K J. Stewart, s, N. McEwan, b) 1 Invercargill Railway Rowing Club, A crew (T. Kitson, s, G. Meflin, b) 2 Riverton Rowing Club (S. Eade, s, R. Bailey, b) 3 Time, 6.46. Invercargill led early by one and ahalf lengths from Railway, with the Riverton crew one length further back, third. Invercargill established a comfortable lead and won by two lengths from Railway and Riverton.

YOUTHS’ FOUR, four starters. One mile: Invercargill Rowing Club, B crew (B. Adams, s, R. Cowley, K. Drummond, J. Greer, b) 1 Invercargill Rowing Club, A crew J. Stewart, s, N. McEwan, R. Boniface, R. McEwan, b) 2 Awarua Boating Club (A. Budd, s, R. Mason, ,G. Lindgist, b) 3 Time, 5.57 3-5. From an even start the Invercargill B crew drew out by half a length from Railway and Awarua. The Invercargill ?. crew was lying handy in fourth place. All the crews were rowing good steady strokes, except the Invercargill B crew, which adopted a short, quick movement. Invercargill B drew out from the Railway crew and Invercargill A took second place. Awarua rowed into third position.

INTER-CLUB PAIRS, four starters. One mile: Awarua Boating Club (L. Hawke, s, A. West, b) 1 Invercargill Railway Rowing Club b) 3 Riverton Rowing Club 2 (A. S. McCulloch, s, H. Pickford, Time, 7.54 3-5. Awarua obtained an early lead from Riverton and Railway with Invercargill a few lengths back. Awarua held on to finish by three-quarters of a length from Riverton, with the Railway crew three lengths further back, third. SWIMMING RACES BREASTSTROKE HANDICAP, 100 yards:—B. Morgan 1, Miss J. Mor-

gan 2, Miss D. Clark and I. Jeffries equal 3. BACKSTROKE HANDICAP. 100 yards: L. Cowie 1, Miss D. Mulvey 2, C. Lea 3. FREESTYLE HANDICAP, 100 yards:— Miss N. Holmes 1, L. Cowie 2, Miss J. Morgan 3. GUN DOG TRIALS TQVICE LAND TRIAL: J. Young’s (Lab.) Shine (88pts) 1 T. Chamberlain’s (Lab? Black Banner (86pts) 2 W. Low’s (Retriever) Lolty (67.3 pts) 3