ROWERS HAVE SUCCESSFUL CLOSING DAY
A large crowd attended the closing day of the Whakatane Rowing Club on Saturday when the programme took the form of a yankee tournament. With six crews competing 15 races were rowed off and some close finishes were witnessed.
Winning all five of its races the successful crew for the Mick Armstrong Memorial Cup was M. Brown (stroke), E. Hunt (3), G. Dr ay son (2), T. Reed (bow), T. Reed, jnr. (cox).
{ Crews: —
P. Bowering, G. Dines. R. King, D. Wells; G. Moore, K. Dines, K. O’Rourke, L. Goodall; P. Armstrong, W. Sandham, R. Burt, J. Taylor; M. 'Whittaker, G. Goodall, W, Stuart, A. Atkinson; L. Stewart, S. Shapley, D. Baker, T. Stewart.
Results:— / Moore beat Whittaker by \ length; Bowering beat L. Stewart by 4ft; Brown beat Armstrong by lrl lengths; Moore beat L. Stewart by a canvas; Brown beat Whittaker by -J- length; Stewart beat Armstrong by 1 length; Brown beat Bowering by ri length; Moore beat Armstrong by 1{- lengths; Stewart beat Whittaker by 1-k lengths; Bowering beat Moore by \ length; Whittaker and Armstrong dead heat; Brown beat Moore by l-g lengths; Bowering beat Armstrong by 1 \ lengths; Brown beat Stewart by & length; Bowering beat Whittaker by i length.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 77, 13 April 1949, Page 5
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207ROWERS HAVE SUCCESSFUL CLOSING DAY Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 77, 13 April 1949, Page 5
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