Regatta Draws Large Crowd to Queenstown

Lake County Mail, Issue 43, 31 March 1948, Page 2

Regatta Draws Large Crowd to Queenstown

The Queenstown Regatta, held last Saturday, once again proved its popularity as the major Easter sporting event of the district, by the many spectators, who showed keen interest in each event and entries, too, were greater than last year.

The weather was fine in the morning and events were run off to time. At about the ninth event, however, the sun disappeared and a slight wind came up. It was fortunate that it did not affect the lake to any great extent. The regatta was followed by a presentation dance in the Garrison Hall at night. Regatta results were: — Senior Double Sculls. —Otago (L. Newton, K. Collins) 1, North End 2. Won by three lengths. Youths’ Fours (John Mackenzie Cup).— North End (N. Wilson, R. McLaughlan, I. Hislop, R. Moore) 1, Awarua 2, Queen’s Drive 3. Won by three lengths, three feet. Maiden Double Sculls.—North End (J. Donn, D. Fletcher) 1, Otago No. 2 2, Port Chalmers 3. Won by three lengths, one length. Edmond Shield.—Otago (K. Collins str., D. Calder, N. Glengarry, A. Macßae, D. Conner, J. Wheeler, J. Donn, H. Robertson) 1, Southland (L. Morrison, N. Johnson, H. Raymond, B. Driscoll, E. Robinson, E. L. Calder, C. Calder, J. Parker) 2. Maiden Fours. —Queen’s Drive (J. Bruce, L. King, R. Mclntosh, W. Marr) 1, Port Chalmers 2, Oamaru 3. Won by one length, four lengths.

Junior Double Sculls.—North End (R. Aitken, F. Canny) 1, Invercargill Railway 2, Otago 3. Won by one length, one length. Youths’ Double Sculls (Sir Robert Anderson Cup).—North End (R. McLaughlan, R. Moore) 1, Port Chalmers 2, Invercargill Railwav 3. Won by three lengths, three lengths. Junior Fours (Lochella Challenge Cup).—North End (R. F. Strachan, E. Elliott, F. Canny) 1, Oamaru 2, Awarua 3. Won by one length, three lengths. Junior Pairs. —North End (A. Elliott, F. Canny) 1, Awarua 2, Oamaru 3. Won by two feet, one length. Senior Fours (Hawke Anderson Challenge Shield).— Otago (K. Collins. L. Newton, L. Macmillan, L. Percy) 1, Invercargill Railway 2, North End 3. Won by one length, one length. Youths’ Pairs.—North End (N. Watson, R. McLaughlin) 1, Port Chalmers 2, Invercargill Railway No. 1 3. Won by threequarters of a length, two lengths. Senior Pairs.—North End No. 1 (D. Conner, D. Calder) 1, Invercargill Railway No. 1 2, Awarua 3. Won by three-quar-ters of a length, two lengths. Maiden Pairs. —Port Chalmers (A. Westrupp, L. Medz) 1, Queen’s Drive 2, Otago No. 1 3. Won by three lengths, two lengths. Interclub Eight-oared Race. —Port Chalmers (G. Hoskins, A. Mcßae, N. Glengarry, J. Wheeler, C. Cochrane, H. Robertson, J. Smith, J. Withell) 1, Awarua (L. Morrison, N. Johnson, H. Raymond, B. Driscoll, E. Robinson, C. M. Calder, E. L. Calder, J. Parker) 2. Won by three feet. The Mackenzie Cup for the highest aggregate points was won by the North End Club with 27 points.