Rowing
President’s Trophies & Rotoma Cup
Some good rowing was seen in the trial fours competitions of the Whakatane Rowing Club on Saturday / for the Lake Rotoma Challenge Cup. A stiff breeze down river speeded up the various race times considerably although crews had an unfavourable head wind while rowing upstream to the starting point. Crews are now in solid training for competitions at Hamilton in a fortnight’s time. Results:— First heat: G. Moore, C. Ranby, D. McCarthy, T. Stewart, (R. Reid) defeated N. Bowering, W. Sandham, W. Stuart, J. Hudson (Dawson) by . H lengths. - Second heat: G. Dines, G. Goodall, W. O’Rourke, K. Dines (Lynds) ; defeated L. Stewart, M. Brown, E. Middlemass, L. Goodall (T. Reid) by 2 lengths. Third heat: M. Whittaker, E. Hunt, D. Baker, K. Wells (R. Reid) defeated P. Armstrong, E. Petty, R. King, B. Burt (Dawson) by 3 feet. Semi-final: Dines beat Moore by a third of a length. Final: Dines beat Whittaker by one length. . 1 • ! , : Trial fours for the President’s Trophy were held last week. Final - result:— ‘ . - Bowering, Brown, Drayson, Atkinson (Fenton) beat Whittaker, Sandham, McCarthy, Stewart • (R. Reid) by one length.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 42, 17 January 1949, Page 5
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189Rowing Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 42, 17 January 1949, Page 5
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