ROWING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19784, 7 March 1927, Page 4

ROWING

SUCCESSFUL RECATTA FAST WORK IN FAIR WEATHER HEALEY WINS FOR UNION Several factors made the Wanganui regatta on Saturday an interesting fixture. Many outside crews were present and the Wendouree crew, of Victoria, was watched with, interest in its two appearances. The star turn of the day was performed by Union, in the two mile senior fours race, in which Healey stroked a relatively new crew to a convincing victory from the Victorians, who, in the second senior event, managed to reverse the placings. The success of local crews was pleasing to Wanganui enthusiasts, and improved standards of performance by the three Wanganui rowing clubs were notable. Union got four wins, Wanganui three, and Aramoho, Wendouree, Petone and Star one each. Detailed results:—

Maiden Fours (heavyweight).—• Wanganui 1, Star 2, Union 3. Also started: A,'ramoho, Clifton and New Plymouth. Won by quarter of a length. Maiden Sculls.—Union (A. F. Jackson) 1, Aramoho (L. Coates) 2, Wanganui (R. Murie) 3. The only starters. Won by a length. Junior Fours (B and B) 14 miles.— Petone 1, Waitemata 2, Union 3. Only starters. Won by a length. Senior Sculls.-—Wanganui (H. Dyke) 1, Union (E. O. Traill) 2. The only starters. Dyke won easily. Youths’ Fours. —Star 1, Union 2, Wanganui 3. Also started: Aramoho and Wanganui No. 2. Star won by two lengths. i Maiden Double Sculls.—Union 1, Aramoho 2. The only starters. Won easily. Senior Fours. UNION 1 WENDOUREE 2 ARAMOHO 3 Also started: Wanganui. Union won decisively by two lengths, after a grand race. Junior Fours (clinker) 14 miles.— Wanganui 1, Waitemata 2,’Union 3. Also started: Petone and Aramoho. Wanganui, the same crew as won the maiden fours, came to light in grand style to win by half a length. Junior Sculls. —Aramoho (L. Coates) 1, Wanganui (R. Murie) 2. Also started: Wanganui No. 2 (E. H. M. Adams). Won by several lengths, after Murie had stopped rowing through almost hitting a buoy. Lightweight Maiden Fours. —Union 1, Wanganui 2, Aramoho 3. Also started: Union No. 2, Aramoho No. 2. A great race, Union winning by a length and a bit, with Wanganui nosing Aramoho out of second money.

Senior Fours. (Ono and. a Half Miles.) WENDOUREE ] UNION 2 ARAMOHO 3 Also started: Wanganui. Wendouree, after leading all the way, staved off a wonderful challenge by Healey and his men. McLeod Cup Fours (an extra race postponed from the New Plymouth regatta).—Aramoho 1, New Plymouth 2. The only staters. Aramoho won rather easily. WINNING CREWS Union Boat Club (senior fours). —C. A. Healey (stroke), W. Galbraith (3), A. Moss (2), W. Kruse (bow). Union Boat Club (light-weight maiden fours). —F. Crotty (stroke), G. Bradshaw (3), F. Lowe (2), E. Crysell (bow). • Union Boat Club (maiden doubles). — Jackson (stroke), W. Foster (bow).’ Wanganui Bowing Club (maiden and junior clinker fours). —M. Durie (stroke) W. Carlson (3), W. Pine (2), J. Linnsen (bow). Star Boating Club (youths’ fours). — D. G. Gray (stroke), J. Platts Mills (3), R. Comerford (2), S. Rees (bow). Wendouree Rowing Club (senior fours, 14 miles), —J. R. Jopling (stroke), W. B. Todd (3), G. Hutchings (2) A. Merriman (bow). Petone Boating Club (junior B and B fours). —R. Duncan (stroke), J. Slinn (3) R. Cameron (2), A. Jones (bow). Aramoho Boating Club (McLeod Cup).—M. Coxon (stroke), F. Laird (3), W. Lind (2), C. Harrison (bow).

Motor Boat Handicap of 24 miles.— Mr G. Hawkins’ Ferro (14min 14sec.) 1, Mr V. Marks’ Pastime (9.30) 2. Petrel and Pennell also started. NOTES ON THE RACING WIND RAISES A STIFF JOBBLE Although the day was gloriously fine, and perfect from the point of view of the spectators, the breeze blowing upstream, dead against the out-going tide, raised choppy water in the upper part of the course. Where a breeze is playing against the current good water cannot be expected, but on Saturday there was a calm along the town reach, and many visiting oarsmen wondered why the course did not run from Airamoho to the Brewery corner, instead of over the more exposed stretch higher up. Healey’s Fine Crew. C. A. Healey, th e Union and New Zealand stroke, has at his back a crew that may this year bring the four-oar championship back to Wanganui. In a 2, Desert Star 3. Coldstream Handicap.— 9 Lady Freeman 1, 1 Nelson McElwign 2,2 Quickmatch 3. Jellieoe Handicap.— Storm Bell (S. Todd) 1, Lenamoha 2, Liberal 3. Visitors’ Handicap.—Spring Chimes 1,2 Snowcap 2, 3 Miss Adonis 3. Waikiwi. Handicap.—3 Archotis 1, 9 Wattle Patch 2, 1 Mickey Audubon 3. Au Rrevolr Handicap.—l Dawson Bingen (P. Gallagher) 1, 15 Great Count 2, 3 Hylas 3.

grand race on Saturday they shot away from the trailing field to capture the senior fours in classic style. There was choppy water at the start at Arles when the four crews lined up across the river, and from the gun Aramoho and Union got the best of the break. On the outside running Aramoho moved towards the centre of the river, and a foul of Wanganui looked imminent ; the latter finally crossing the wake of the suburbanites to hug the southern bank, where the combination of a sluggish boat and wretched water gave them a hectic time. Meanwhile Union and Wendouree were making the pace and at the bridge the blues had a lead which they held tenaciously. All efforts by the Victorians did not help them to overhaul the leaders who rowed with mechanical precision, and followed Healey in a final sprint that was delightful to witness. Promising Colts. Next to the success of the Union seniors the outstanding feat of the day was the double achieved by the Wanganui heavyweights, who won the maiden fours and junior clinker races from great company. In the second race the five crews were on almost level terms at the Aramoho Bridge. Durie, who may become a second Healey, applied the pressure with telling effects, and overhauling the Waitemata crew, the Wanganui colts went on to win convincingly. The lightweight maiden race produced another stirring struggle, Union No. 2 and Wanganui were trailing the field after the start, with Union-No. 1 and the two Aramoho crews making th e pace a cracker. Before the bridge wms reached each of these three had held the lead for a priod, but Union now the lead for a period, but Union now up. In a spectacular finish Union held the winning position, with Wanganui and Aramoho fighting grimly for second place. Star Win Well. In the Youths’ fours a fine Star crew, which should sweep all before it at Picton, was practically untroubled. Coming to the front at the crucial moment, the Wellington lads stalled off the Union challenge, and won by two lengths. Another Port Nicholson crew took the well contested junior best and best fours. The three starters went away in line, but Waitemata and Petone almost immediately commenced to fight for the lead. At the bridge Petone held a narrow margin, and a determined challenge by the Aucklanders could not get them more than second honours. The Star heavyweights are a good crew. The winning Wanganui crew was too hot a proposition for them, but they finished gallantly. At Picton at New Year the Star crow had the same experience of finishing second to a maiden crew which later lifted the junior fours. Scullers in Trouble. Such things as floating timber, buoys, and bad water gave scullers a bad spin on Saturday. In the senior race Traill ran into floating willow, missing several strokes. Dyke, who was leading, waited in sporting fashion for the Union man to recover. There were several instances of the highest in sportsmanship. In the junior sculls Murie, who only wants watermamship to balance his strength, rammed the Aramoho Bridge with a violence that might have made the structure quiver. While he got back into his boat, by some form of aquatic acrobatics, the Aramoho man, Coates, who was leading, rested on his sculls until the Wanganui man got going again. ‘ It was a piece of fine generosity, appreciated by the onlookers. Murie finished the race, and made it a good go, with a boatload of water. In the same race Adams turned turtle in a small hurricane opposite the Aromoho sheds.