Yachting first for Nelson
PA Nelson Nelson will stage its first international yachting event during Easter when it will be host for the international Paper Tiger championships. Two 10-man teams from New Zealand and Australia will compete in seven races oxer four days, starting on April 13, to find the winners of this annual interdominion event. The competition will decide both the over-all teams championship and the individual championship. The event, has been held alternately for the last five years in Australia and New Zealand. Last year, New Zealand won the teams championship but the Aus-
vtrallan, Peter Andeison, won th® . I individual title. J Anderson will again be one of r I the top Australian contenders, rlbut the New Zealand team conI tains some guns of its own. H Bob Preston, of Nelson, wan - runnerup in the world Paper r Tiger championships last year i|and a fellow Nelsonian. Dave -■Partington, was the national l Paper Tiger champion last seaj son. -I The event was classified as a 1 [world event because invitations Iwere sent to Great Britian, America. Canada, Sweden and Japan to attend the championships but they all declined, leav- - ing only New Zealand and Australia to fight for the honours.
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Press, 9 April 1979, Page 24
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