ROWING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 497, 29 October 1928, Page 7

ROWING

CLARK SHIELD FOURS SOME keen racing

The Auckland Rowing Club s prome was continued on Saturday, ?r _ a set of trial fours was rowed for William Clark Memorial Shield. Six t * lo entered, and the long course Orakei to the eastern tide Rector was used. Starting was by mutual consent, and *ater conditions were excellent despite " fairly stiff breeze from the southwest. TM crews were:—A. Ross, A. udrews, A. Coutts, T. Morgan; W. R. Martin, G. Scott, R. Leag. Field, E. Horsfall, E. Thorx. Jackson; G. Cleal, M. Barrett, rrnft *G. Hurtzell; J. McComish, \V. mblnson, G. Johnson, C. H. Battley; B K Stacey, R. Mahon. A. Doull, A. Heat. —After a hard go all ' wav Ross led Eaddy round Point “'solution by a length. The latter, However, put in some great work on final stretch, and a dead heat reVilted In the re - row Ross had a dlrht lead rounding the point, which M increased to a good two lengths at "he finish. Baddy’s crew finished ragHeat. —McComish rounded the no int two lengths behind Stacey, losing ronsiderable ground by erratic steering and Stacey maintained his advantage to the Bnish. Third Heat. Coming into the tralght with little between them, Cleal and Field had a hard tussle in the last 20>ds. The former gained the verdict by half a length. Stacey, Cleal and Ross rowed in the "final. —A. Ross. R. K. Stacey and J. McComish, who took the place of Cleal, stroked the crews in the final. Ross ve n t to the front from a fairly even start, with Stacey well up. The leaders had two lengths at the Point, and, staving oiT a challenge from Stacey, won by a length and a-half. WIN FOR WANGANUI HENLEY-ON-THE-YARRA STEWARDS' CUP FINAL (United P A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) /Australian and N.Z. Press Association) MELBOURNE, Sunday. At the Henley-on-Yarra regatta for the Stewards’ Challenge Cup ytiterday, the Wanganui Union Club's crew defeated Albert Park by four lengths in the heats. In the final the Wanganui Union defeated Rutherglen by three lengths. The winners led throughout the race. The Union Club’s crew was never troubled in the heat or the final, and led from the start. The New Zealanders’ powerful leg drive and easy body recovery contributed largely to their pace. The critics were favourably impressed with the crew. This was the third sucesssive win for a New Zealand crew in the Stewards’ Challenge Cup. Healey. the Wanganui stroke, expressed gratification with their success. The weather was somewhat showery. Mosman (Sydney) won the senior eights from the Mercantile Rowing Club. The Wanganui crew’s racing boat was found to be damaged beyond repair on its arrival at Melbourne. The pears to have received a heavy blow boat was intact at Sydney, but it apnear the coxswain's seat, which broke the back of the boat and badly splintered it fore and aft. The crew used a boat lent by the Melbourne Rowing Club, which was satisfactory.