Avon 8 wins glamour race

Press, 3 February 1986, Page 29

Avon 8 wins glamour race

The Avon men’s intermediate eight fulfilled expectations with an excellent performance to win the glamour race of the Lion Brown rowing regatta at Kerrs Reach yesterday. Results of finals. — MEN Intermediate coxed four.— Wairau, 6min 14.45, 1; Oamaru, 6:17.0, 2, Avon, 6:18.2, 3. Lightweight single.— Union No. 1 (D. Maher), 6:53.2, 1; Avon No. 1 (G. Dwyer), 7:1.5, 2; Union No. 2 (S. Taylor), 7:45, 3. Premier coxed four.— Avon No. 1 (N. Gibson, S. Aplin, D. Symon, L van Velhooven), 5:51.8,1; Avon No. 2, 6:2.9, 2; Avon No. 3, 6:6.1, 3. Novice eight.— Avon, 5:52.9,1; Cure, 6:2.5, 2; Union, 6:54.4, 3. Intermediate double.— Blenheim (K. Hansen, D. Best), 6:30.0, 1; Wairau, 6:36.4, 2; Akaroa, 6:39.2, 3. Senior coxed four.— Wairau No. 1 (A. Turner, G. MacDonald, G. Haggren, J. Nillson), 6:13.5, 1; Christ’s College No. 1, 6:23.4, 2; Oamaru, 9:12.9, 3. . < Junior coxed pair.— Union No. 1, 7:16.8, 1; Avon No. 3, 7:25.5, 2; Avon No. 1, 7:39.9, 3. Oxford Victualling Co. intermediate eight.— Avon (B. Metalak, A. Taylor, P. Fitzpatrick, D. Ewen, J. Meates, M. Cousins, M. Beyers, M. Dwyer), 5:40.2, 1; Union No. 1, 5:42.8, 2; Wairau, 5:47.3, 3. Senior double. — Blenheim, 6:27.9, 1; Nelson No. 2, 6:36.4, 2. Russley Hotel novice coxed four. — Avon No. 1 (Rossiter, Hendry, Wood, Kuipers), 6:34.1; Oamaru, 6:47.3, 2; Cure, 6:53.7, 3. Open eight.— Avon No. 1, 5:25.1, 1; Avon No. 2, 5:40.4, 2; Wairau, 6:2.5, 3. Intermediate single.— Nelson No. 3, 7:2.5, 1; Akaroa No. 1, 7:8.9, 2; Wairau No. 1, 7:16.8, 3. Junior coxed four.— Christ’s College No. 1, 6:16.6, 1; Wairau No. 1, 6:20.8, 2; Union No. 1, 6:52.1, 3.

Lightweight coxed four. — Avon N 6. 1, 6:29, 1; Wairau No. 1, 6:42.8, 2; Canterbury No. 2, 6:48.4, 3. Novice coxed pair.— Avon

No. 3, 7:39.8, 1; Avon No. 2, 7:44.8, 2; Cure No. 2,8:21.9, 3. Senior single.— Blenheim No. 1 (G. Davies), 7:10.2, 1; Nelson No. 2 (O. Davidson), 7:17.3, 2; Avon No. 3 (J. Steel), 7:19.5, 3. Premier coxless pair.— Avon No. 3 (D. Symon, S. Aplin), 6:40, 1; Avon No. 3, 6:48.2, 2. Premier single.— Avon No. 2 (J. Cook), 6:47.7, 1; Union No. 1 (D. Maher), 6:52.6, 2; Nelson No. 2 (W. McLaughlin), 6:55.7, 3. Senior coxless pair.— Blenheim No. 1 (M. Gardiner, B. Gardiner), 6:55.2, 1; Oamaru No. 1, 6:59.4, 2.

Junior eight— Wairau No. 1, 5:52.4, 1; Christ’s College No. 1, 5:56.3, 2; Avon No. 3, 5:56.7, 3. Invitation premier coxless double. — Blenheim No. 1, 6:19.6, 1; Nelson No. 1, 6:31.5, 2; Canterbury No. 1, 7:14.4, 3. WOMEN

Open single.— Canterbury No. 1 (P. Baker), 7:20.7, 1; Nelson No. 1 (B. Lawson), 7:27.6, 2; Canterbury No. 2 (D.'Pauli), 7:51.9, 3. Open double.— Canterbury No. 2 (Baker, Pauli), 7:9.7,1; Nelson No. 1 (Lawson, T. Keys), 7:36.3, 2. Blue Star Taxis intermediate coxed four.— Canterbury No. 1 (D. Butler, S. Hay, J. Manson, K. Norton) 7:14.9, 1; Cure No. 3, 7:22.8, 2; Cure No. 2, 7:36.4, 3. Oxford Victualling Co. intermediate eight— Blenheim (T. Gardiner, D. Campbell, C. Keenan, R. Jacobs, J. Belcher, C. Tomlinson, W. Campbell, S. Keenan), 6:47,1; Canterbury, 6:49.2, 2; Cure, 7:18, 3. Coxless open pair.— Canterbury No. 1 (Baker, L. Ross), 7:36.4, 1; Canterbury No. 3, 7:42.3, 2; Oamaru, 8:50.5,3.' Penfold open coxed four.— Canterbury No. 1 (J. Duncan, D. Pepperell, H. Pepperell, L. Ross), 7:10.0, 1; Nelson, 7:16.9, 2; Canterbury No. 2, 7:31.2, 3; Cure, 7:43.9, 4. . Novice coxed four.— Cure No. 1, 7:37.5, 1; Blenheim No. 1, 7:41.4, 2; Blenheim No. 2, 8’43 3. Open lightweight coxless pair.— Canterbury No. 1 (J. Duncan, H. Butler), 8:6.9, 1; Canterbury No. 2, 8:39.8, 2; Canterbury No. 3, 9:2, 3.