ROWING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1971, 30 January 1914, Page 9

ROWING.

THE N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS. (By Telegraph.—PreES Asfxyiiitjnn.} Auckland, January 29. Tho vowing championships oi' New Zealand were decided at the annual regatta at Mercer to-day, and woro attended by niany thousands of people, conveyed thither from all parts of the provinco by excursion trains. Ins weather conditions generally were suitable. A notable featuro of the regatta, considered as'a Dominion championship meeting, was the almost total absence of outside competition in the classic events, the champion fours, pairs, double scuUra, and single sculls. With the single exception of tho Wang&mu oarsmen, tho competitors were rowing nteu from various clubs in tho district governed by the Auckland Rowing Association. No attempt has been mado to Conceal the fact that the Wellington and Marlborough oarsmen in particular regard tho Waikato River as an undesirable course for a championship regatta. Some of them have gone so far as to express the opinion that tho course does not afford equal conditions for all competitors. Tho results are:—

Champion Pairs. —Wanganut _ Union (Cotteriir and Sharpe), 1; Waitemata (Herring and Andrews), 2- Thnso were the only competitors. Won by ten longths.' It was a disapopintlng raco for a chainiponship. Champion Single Sculls,—Hadfield (Waitemata), 1; Boose (Mercer), 2; Stone (St. George's), 3. The present champion had the raee pretty nuieh his own way, and won comfortably by six lengths. Rooso beat Stone by a couplo of lengths. Marshall, of the Wanganui Club, was fourth. Champion Fours.—'Wanganui Union (Corby, Sharpe, Ryland, and Cotterill), 1; Waitemata (Androws, Hadfield, Parkinson. and Herring); 2; Nganiawahia, 3. Won comfortably.

Champion Double Sculls. —Wanganni Union (C. Wadman and A. Sharpe), 1; St. George's (C. E. Stone and T. Stone), 2. These were the. only entries. Won by three lengths.

Maiden Single Sculls.—tVanganui Union, 1; St. George's, 2; Ngaruawahia, 3.

Maiden Fours—Whangarei, 1; Hamilton, 2; North Shore, 3. Maiden Pairs.—Waitemata, ]: North Shnro and Kawhia, dead-heat, 2. Junior Fours, for Lksht-weiglits.-—. West End. 1; Aramoho, 2. y Junior Pairs.—Waitemata, 1; Watiganui Union; 2.. ' Youths' Fours.—Whangftrei, 1; \Yanganui Union, 2.- • ■