ROWING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 258, 1 November 1939, Page 4

ROWING

ARAMOHO BOATING CLUB MITCHELL SHIELD CONTEST. . SECOND ROUND RESULTS. Perfect weather and water conditions prevailed lor the second round of the Mitchell Shield, the hrst trophy event oi the season at the Aramoho Boating Club. In the first race both crews got away well but Brown's crew soon took the lead and at Brunswick Road had a length to spare. From here on Firmin’s crew gradually reduced the gap and passing under the bridge .Brown had a bare canvas lead. In a 'desperate limsh Firmin got up on the I post to gain the verdict by a bare canvas. The winning crew was as follows: —W. Firmin, (st.). W. Dearsley (3), A. McNicol (2), E. B. Noble (bow), W. Heal (cox). Stowers and Jerom.son contested the second race and it proved to be an exciting struggle. Both crews got away well and rowed neck and neck over the first half of the journey. From Brunswick Road Stowers gradually gained a canvas which he held to the finish in spite of determined efforts, by Jeromson. The effort put up by Jeromson’s crew was very meritorious considering that it consisted of first and second-year members. The personnel oi the winning crew was as follows:—P. Stowers (str.), A. W. Clark (3), D. Caughlen (2), J. Verrail (bow), T. Hamblyn (cox). The final will be rowed to-night, when Stowers, rows Firmin. Tesla Fours. Entries for the Tesla fours close at 9 a.m., Sunday, November 5. ganui East Club, the game being played last evening. The score was 2—l in the holders’ favour after the third end but the challenger’s scored a 5 on the fourth end and St. John's a single on the fifth. Wanganui East ran their score j to 12 on the tenth end, to lead 12—3. | The holders then scored I—6—l, mak'ing the score 12—11 against them. Wanganui East reached 13 with a single and the holders did likewise with a 2 on the fifteenth end. From then on the St. John's four did most of the scoring, getting 4—2— 3—l on the 17th, 18th, 20th and 21st ends. The challengers could only get a 2 on the 16th and a single on the 19th end, the game thus ending: St. John's 23; Wanganui East 16. The teams were as follows: Wanganui East.—Rush, Purnell, Carveil, Fletcher. St. John's.—Gilbertson, Rowling, Glover, Benefield.

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