ROWING.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20234, 19 February 1934, Page 11

ROWING.

Championship Races at Picton. Per Press Association. PICTON. February 18. The New Zealand championship regatta was held on Picton Harbour yesterday in glorious weather conditions, but a nor'-wester by noon had made the water too rough to row the champion fours at the scheduled time. This delayed the whole programme and the champion pairs still remains to be rowed. This event will be decided on Monday morning, an attempt to row it to-day proving impossible. The whole of the events decided were got off under good weather conditions. ResuiLs: NEW ZEALAND CHAMPION FOURS, two miles—Wairau (Marlborough) (W. K. Gibbons str, H. Rutledge, J. M*Donald. .T. Rutledge. G. Elsmore cox), 1; Picton. 2; Wanganui Union. 3. Blenheim, Aramoho and Auckland also started. Won by a length and a half, a length between second and third. Time —ll min 53 2-ssec. CHAMPION SINGLE SCULLS, one mile and a half—Napier (W. Turner) I, Picton No. 1 (C. Tarrant) 2, Petone (I. Abbott) 3. Wanganui Union, Waltemata and Picton No. 2 also started. Won by three lengths. Time—Omin 50 l-ssec. CHAMPION DOUBLE SCULLS, one mile and a half—Waitemata (R. E. Smith, T. A. Johnson) 1, Avon 2. Petone 3. Napier and Wanganui Union also started. Won by a length, half a length between second and third. Time —9m in 3 4-ssee. MARLBOROUGH PLATE, one mile and a half —Wairau 1, Star 2, Picton 3. Auckland, Aramoho, Wanganui Union, Arapawa and Blenheim No. 1 also started. Won by a canvas, a quarter of a length between second and third. Time —9m in 15sec. LIGHT-WEIGHT MAIDEN FOURS, one mile—Picton 3, Wairau 2, West End 3. Blenheim also started. Won by a length and three-quarters, a length between second and third. Time—6ml n 24 2-ssec. MAIDEN FOURS—Wairau 3, Star 2, Picton No. 1 3. Arapawa, Blenheim No. 3, Blenheim No. 2, Kawatiri (Westport). Wellington and Wanganui Union also started. Won by three-quarters of a length, a length between second and third. Time—6min 3sec. WELTER-WEIGHT JUNIOR FOURS, one mile—Picton 3, Wairau 2. Star and Blenheim dead-heat 3. Won by a length and a half, a length between second and third. Time—fimin 4'see. JUNIOR FOURS, one mile and a half —Star 1, Blenheim 2, Wanganui Union 3. Wairau No.- 2, Arapawa, Wellington and Wairau No. 1 also started. Won by a length, a quarter of a length between second and third. Time—9min 11 1-5 YOUTHS’ FOURS, one mile—Wanganui Union 1, Picton 2, West End 3. Arapawa, Wellington and Blenheim also started. Won by a length, threequarters of a length between second and third. Time—6 min 6sec. A Fiasco. The single sculls unfortunately was something of a fiasco, due to bad steering early in the race. Jackson (Wanganui Union), the defending champion. Smith (Waitemata) and Abbott (Picton) got badly off their course. Smith’s scull split Jackson’s canvas and sank him. Abbott ran ashore, but refloated himself, only to collide with the baths. At a later stage Smith narrowly avoided running ashore on two occasions, but went on to cross the line two lengths and a half ahead of Turner (Napier), who. with Tarrant (Picton) had sculled slowly but on a true course. Smith was disqualified for fouling Jackson and the race was awarded to Turner, with Tarrant second, and Abbott, who had survived his adventures, third. Wanganui Union’s protest and request for a re-row was dismissed. Kaiapoi Regatta. The following entries have been received for the Kaiapoi regatta, to be hel d n ext Sa t urd a v:— Youths’ Double Sculls—Union. Avon. Canterbury, Lyttelton. Maiden Double Sculls—Union (2). Avon (2). Canterbury. Cure, Lyttelton. Sumner-Jtedcliffs. Junior Double Sculls—Union <2), Avon (2). Canterbury. Cure. Lyttelton. Light-weight Double Sculls—Union (2), Canterbury, Avon, Cure. Lyttelton. Maiden Fours—Avon, Union, Canterbury (2), Cure, Lyttelton. Light-weight Maiden Fours—Union. Avon. Canterbury, Cure. Junior Pair-oar—Union (2). Avon, Canterbury, Sumner-Redcliffs, Cure.