Opotiki News
(From Our Own Corresp'ondent.)
rowing OPOTIKI v. WHAKATANE Four crews from Whakatane visited Opotiki on Monday for inter club races and for the King's Picture Cup, held by Opotiki. Conditions were ideal and good finishes were a feature of the day. Results are as follows. — Cup Race. — Whakatane: B. Norman (stroke), J. Pickworth (3), L. Grace (2), N. Bracken (bow), I. Delacey (cox). Opotiki: G. S. Fox (stroke), Y. Mulhern (3), B. O. Mansell (2), P. J. Fox (bow), D. Debreceny (cox). The crews got away well, Opotiki soon gaining a lead of half a length which at the halfway post they had increased to one and a half lengths. Whakatane spurted to reduee the lead to half a length again, but' Opotiki went away strongly towards the finish to win the race and retain the cup by just over a length and a half. Lightweights Whakatane.— S. Dent (stroke), A. Kilgour- (3), W. Beckett (2), D. Chamberlain (bow), H. Grace (cox). Opotiki. — J. T. Hickey (2), T. Selwyn, C. Wolfenden, J. Donner, D. Debreceny. The crews were very evenly matched and raced practically together over the whole course. However, the Opotiki crew was unfortunate in striking shallow water and could not make up the leeway in time. Whakatane won by half a length. Youths Whakatane, — L. Grace (stroke), J. Burgess (3), A. Hollis (2), H.- Righton (bow), S. Grace (cox). Opotiki. — A. Jephson stroke), L.' Smith (3), J. B. McGuire (2), A. Wolfenden (bow), D. Debreceny (cox) . The Whakatane crew had the advantage over the whole distance and, rowing beautifully went away well to win by three and a halPlengths. Veterans v. Beginners Whakatane Veterans. — W. Hooper (stroke), B. Green (3), B. Hooper (2), C. Orchards (bow), J. Dent (cox). Opotiki Beginners. — H. Burgess (stroke), H. Pipe (3), T. N. Hill (2), A. J. Kelly (bow), D. Debreceny (cox). This was the most exciting race of the day, the crews being either just ahead of or just behind the other the whol'e way. Opotiki got a lead of about half a length which Whakatane reduced to two feet, by the time the finishing post was reached. _ The visitors were entertained at dinner at Smith's Cafe in the evening, and at a dance held by the Opotiki Rowing Club at night. The members of the Opotiki Rowing Club have been practising at the early hour of 5 o'clock each morning for the Cup Race. It is a pity the regattas are not being so well supported nowadays as they have been in the past years. The rowers had very few onlookers to cheer them in their suecess. Those present at the dance included: Mesdames V Rennett, D, Russel, B. Garraghby, Allen, G. Powell, T. O'Sullivan, A. Clark, N. Burgess, T. J. Wells, A. Lee, H. Lee; Misses K. Jephson, P. Shaw, K. Mulhern, N. Russel, E. Dodgson, L. Hartshorne, N. Johnson, E. Mulhern, N. Clark, F. Abbott, V. Hutt, P. Todd, G. Stewart, D. McNee, T. Hambly, M. Reid, D. Burrett, M. Neal, D. Patterson, E. Stavely, M. Peoples, N. Parkinson, J. Stavely, D. Dickinson, M. Lyrie, E. Peoples, N. Tyrie, R. AbboL N. Hickey, K. Hickey, M. McLeod, E. Johnstone, E. Reid, M. Day, J. Battle, A. Dodgson, L. Butterworth, M. McNaught, N. McCallum, T. Ross, J. Kelly, M. Hutt and P. Burge (Rotorua).
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 445, 1 February 1933, Page 6
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