ROWING

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 259, 23 January 1928, Page 6

ROWING

WIN FOR HADLEY

WEST END TRIAL EVENTS Trial mixed fours were rowed b, the West End Rowing Club on Saturday and provided some good races. A mishap to Hadley’s crew marred the first heat, which had to be rowed again. Results were:—First heat: S. Hadley (str.), J. Skinner (3), C. Parven (2), G. Howling (bow), 2. Matthews (cox), I. O. Felton (str.), V. McFarlane (3), F. Bryan (2), W. G. Bloxham (bow), McCarthy (cox), 2. Won by half a length. A good race all the way. Second heat: L. Strange (str.), W. H. Conway (3), A. Collins (2), J. Haylock (bow), Orrell (cox) 1. A. Norden (str), P. SoufHet (3), F. Conway (2), G. Conway (bow), Matthews (Cox), 2. Won by half a length. Just before reaching the winning post, Strange livened up and shot ahead of Norden. In the final F. Conway replaced Collins in Strange’s crew. FINAL Hadley s crew won by a length after a good race. The crews kept together until the halfway mark was reached, and from then on Hadley forged ahead. STIRRING FINISH WAITEMATA TRIAL FOURS A neck-and-neck final between J. M. Stevenson and C. G. Fearon concluded the Waitemata trials for the Hugh Wright trophies, on Saturday afternoon, Stevenson getting home by inches in a clinking finish. The races were rowed over the short course from the King’s Wharf to the eastern tide deflector, and were again marred by minor mishaps with the plant, Impey losing both his stretclier and his seat in one heat. The two crews in the final kept close together, and roweij blade for blade over practically the whole of the distance. Among the launches off the gap, when a foul was imminent, Stevenson gave ground to get away from the other boat, but quickly recovered it, and the boats were in line as they approached the finish. In the last 20 yards, carrying -just sufficient pace, Stevenson ran ahead, to claim victory by 18in. The winning crew was: J. M. Stevenson (str), R. G. Barker, E. H. Bishop, F. F. Simmonds.

Details.—First heat: Stevenson 1, Impey 2, Brooker 3: second heat, Fearon 1, Read 2, V. Smith 3. Final: Stevenson beat Fearon.

NORTH SHORE FOURS ROWING IN ROUGH WATER North Shore, which rowed upside-down trials on Saturday afternoon, experienced rough water for the fixture, which was rowed along the Devonport course, from the Iris to the cargo wharf. The crews were:— W. H. Hutton, E>. Wigley, T. D. Davies. E. Vowles, E. Bailey, S. Butland, S. Gardner. R. Neville, S. Challinor, M. McCallum, F. Norris. A. Moore, E. Oliver, D. Townsend, E. Korn. Details.—First heat: Hutton beat Vowles; second heat, Neville beat Moore; final, Hutton beat Neville. TRIAL EIGHTS PROVINCIAL SELECTION Crews stroked by V. J. Smith and A. G. Ross were taken out yesterday morning by Mr. T. Marshall, selector of the provincial eight. In excellent water the crews were able to row as far as West End and back, giving the selector an opportunity to observe closely the work of individual oarsmen. Four crews will be selected to row in trial eights at Hamilton next Monday. GEORGE CUP , ST. HANDICAP

The following handicaps have been declared for the single sculls handicap for the George Cup, the first heat of which must be rowed by January 31:—V. Hargreaves (scr), v. D. Hume (scr); K. D. Page (scr), v. W. Woolhouse (3s); W. L. Carr (10s), v. C. T. Kelleway (10s); M. Simoiis (10s), v. C. D’Authreau (14s); J. Young (18s), v. F. Solomon (18s); J. Blakey (18s), v. T. Lambert (355); J. Fort (20s), v. I. Duncan (20s); J. Coote (255), v. R. Gooding (255); V. Dunne (28s), v. H. Jackson (30s); T. Long (30te), T. Olsen (30s); C. Colbeck (355), v. T. M. V. Morton (355). REYNOLDS FOURS ST. GEORGE’S CLUB TRIALS The W. J. Reynolds’ trophies were rowed for on Saturday afternoon by the St. George’s Rowing Club, and some close finishes were witnessed. In the final, Simons had an easy win, beating H’Authreau by two and a-half lengths. The following were the crews: Simons (stroke). Soloman, Carr, Olsen; Woolhouse (stroke), Coote, Kellawav, Colbeck; D’Authreau (stroke), McGregor, Jackson, Morton; Page (stroke), Lambert, Gooding, Hislop. The results were:—First heat: Simons beat Woolhouse; second heat: D'Auilireau beat Page; final: Simons beat D’Authreau. AUCKLAND FIXTURES PAIR-OAR HEATS ROWED Nine crews turned out for the Auckland Club’s pair-oar trials (for Moses trophies), on Saturday afternoon. Heats and semi-finals occupied practically the whole of the afternoon, leaving the final to be dispatched tonight. Details: First Round. —Chappell and Cleal defeated Doull and Barrett by one length; Jonson and Mahon defeated Martin and Duck by one and a-half lengths; McComish and Eaddy deefated Stacey and Wigley by half a length; Andrews and Bygate defeated Coutts and Morgan by two lengths; Ross and Wigley, a bye. Second Round. —Chappell and Cleal defeated Bygate and Andrews by one and a-half lengths; McComish and Eaddy defeated Ross and Wigley by two lengths. Third Round. —Chappell and Cleal defeated Jonson and Mahon by half a length. The crews in the final are: Chappell, Cleal, Cochrane (cox), v, Eaddy, McComish, J. Allen (cox).