SCULLING.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1925, Page 4

SCULLING.

AttSTRAf.IAN AND X■ Z. CM lII,K ASSOCIATION WIN FOR GOODSELI,. SYDNEY, March 22. The world’,) sculling championship van rowed in tine weather, but choppy water. From a good start, .Major Goodsell took the lead, each rowing 30 strokes to the minute. At the quarter mile Goodsell lost Ids grip of the right scull but recovered it. Before reaching the half mile, Goodsell was hall a length in front, and he gradually increased liis lead, being two lengths ahead at the three-quar-ter mile, and four lengths at the mile. The strokes of both men at this stage we no reduced fto twenty-seven per minute.

The li:st mile was covered in 7min. 2osee. From this on, Goodsell lengthened bis lead, and won by ten lengths. Good.sell rowed much stronger than his opponent, and alter two miles, which were rowed in 1-lmiii. 25see., he was not troubled, and won comfort, ahiv in 22min. 2tteec.

N.Z. oarsmen win. SYDNEY, March 22. The New Zealand oarsmen participated in St. Ignatius College Regatta yesterday in fine weather. The Dominion representatives’ presence attracted a much larger crowd than usually attending tiho.so races, which were rowed on a flood tide.

In the challenge eights, Mosnum went to the front, and at three hundred yards they led by a quarter of a length, rowing tbirtv-seven to New Zealand’s thirty-six strokes a minute. Shortly after the three-quarter mile post was passed, Mosman fallowed a little, and Now Zealand gradually drew ahead, and maintaining the lead won by three-quarters of a length, with North Shore ten lengths hack. The time was oniin. 8 f-ssee. In the inter-Dominion fours, at the quarter-mile, the two New Zealand crews were on even terms. leading Mosman by a length. Brown's crew were two lengths in front at the halfmile, and taking advantage of the tide, were never afterwards headed, and won l>v’ three-quarter's of

length. Time omin. of sec. In the Handicap Sculls St. Clair was called upon to concede lengthy starts, and was last to finish. Colliding after leading all the wav, ’ won easily in 6min. 44sec.