WANGANUI REGATTA.
[By Telegraph.] Wanganui, March 10. The annual regatta was held yesterday. The maiden race in which two boats competed, both belonging to local Clubs, was wop by the Wanganui Club, The scullers’ race was won by Batkin, of Wellington. The senior fours (inrigged) was won by a Foxton crew, beating the Wanganui Bowing Club. The junior fours (outriggers) was won by the Wanganui Club’s Tiger Lily, beating the other local clubs and the Foxton crew. The inrigged ra e for men under 10st, was won by the Foxton crew beating the Wanganui Union. The junior fours inrigged was won by the Wanganui Club’s Kata, beating the Foxton crew and another local crew. The ladies’ plate for senior outriggers was the principal race of the day, and produced a splendid contest between the Wanganui Club’s Matati and the Foxton Club’s Dolly Varden. The boats were level for nearly the whole way until within fifty yards of the winning post when the Foxton crew gave up thoroughly pumped out, leaving the Wanganui men to finish easily. Both of the Wanganui club’s boats Batswing and Outrigger were built by Geo Cummings a local builder.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2487, 10 March 1881, Page 3
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193WANGANUI REGATTA. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2487, 10 March 1881, Page 3
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