THEY HAD HARD LUCK

NZ Truth, Issue 1212, 21 February 1929, Page 16

THEY HAD HARD LUCK

Wellington Regatta Spoilt by ■ ; (From . " N:Z: /Truth 's ' ' .Wellington Representative. ) There was a ro4 in^he.pickle at the Wellington Rowing Regatta on Saturday which sjpoiled everything. It was the weather. Conditions were such; that the results would be no reliable guide to prospects. for the IT.Z. Regatta at Picton on Saturday. 1

HTHIS sudden turn of the weather left 1 no option but for the crews to pack their racing , boats and proceed from Oriental Bay to the Korokoro course at Petone. Faced with . similar . weather conditions sis. existed at the : .Wanganui championships, last March, they: were doomed; to tackle -the proposition of continuing or, postponing the racing! As a tester, .the, senior; pair, i*ace was started , ; at ;.t]ie- appointed time (12.3*) p.m.): , Three out; of the "four starters swamped .long ■..before half the'-journey was- contested, and they were compelled to go ashore and empty out before -they cpuld^proceed pri' their, way. :, Hamilton, • cowing ; - ; a; - .- careful ■ stroke, rode," the waves/, m. good order and gained an easy^ victory. With : the . hope that water conditions would .improve, all. further ..racing was postponed until 2.30 p.in^ At the r appointed time, ; conditions were —worse, if anything,: but with Avon, Canterbury and Sumner-Bed-cliffs wanting to. return south, the committee was, forced to carry- on, and to give' all. the crews an even chance the distances were: reduced ' to threequarters of a mile. .: v " . • ,-,' . Against the wind and : waves, = the course proved sufficient, to test. out the crews, and was equal to rowing a mile m calm -water. "■ >■' -• ; , ' , . . . Hamilton showed . out prominently by winning £29, " olosely '

followed by Star, £27, then Petone, £19, and.Wairau £13. ... ' C. A. and H. ,G. Stiles, winners of the last champion pairs and Jackson and Trail, Union's (Wangariui) champion double^ scullers, w.ere not impressive, the rough water being not to their' liking. ' ' On the other hand, Sandos and Bayley "Jerry" St. Clair, and M.olesworth. (Hamilton quartet) fairly revelled m the trying conditions. Experience, born out of many hard-fought fight's, -was the' keynote of their success. , ; .■ „ . A. K. G. Jackson romped home on th? "bit" m the single sculls. He is sculling m tip-top form, arid' though "Truth" cannot see him losing the champion sculls, nevertheless he has not improved to the extent that we were given to understand he had prior to his Sydney, trip. .! Jackson^s strongest asset lies m his physical strength . and fitness rather than m his sculling ability. ' Petone Rowing Club possess a sculler of no mean ability m W. Kennedy, who gainedi a victory m the Maiden . Double Sculls with C. Gimblett. ' ' '' ' .'■■" . ' 'He followed this by a runaway win m the • Junior Single Sculls, (rowed- m clinker, sculls) which .. stamps him vas having strength " and staying power. '