Wangaaui Regatta.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4401, 10 February 1883, Page 2

Wangaaui Regatta.

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WAXTGANtri, Yesterday, Begatta Sailing Race.- Stringer's Faugha Ballagh and Sweeney's Dodger started; The distance was 7 miles, being from the bridge twice round the buoy at Landguard Bluff. Faugh-a-Ballagh won easily; time, 1^ hours, the Dodger getting in fully an hour afterwards. There was a leading wind throughout, and suitable for both boats. Two others started, but returned almost directly, one breaking her mast.— * Senior Outrigger, distance, 2^ miles ; Ist prize £20, 2nd prize, £5: Wellington Star's Comet, 1; Union Club's Wangariui, 2. A tolerably good race, Wellington winning by half a length between the boats; time, 13mins58secs. Junior Inrigged, distance 1£ miles.; Ist prize. £8; 2nd prize, £3 : Manawata Bowing Club's Manawatu, 1; Wellington Star's Meteor, 2; Union Club's Venus, 3; Wanganui Bowing Club's Bata, 4. The Foxtonmen vpon by jtwp and a half lengths,_two lengths separating the- Star from the Unibh> and one length the Union, from the Wanganui Bowing Club; time 7 mibs 5 sees.—Vol» unteer Kace, Four oared In-rigged, distance 1| miles; Ist prize- £5, 2nd £2: Wanganui, Fire Brigade, 1; Wanganoi Bifles, 2; Wangauui X avals, 3. r Won by a length and a quarter, the Navals being a long way behind, having broken a slide soon after the start. The Star Club takes £48 away aei prise money, or nearly half the total given. The regatta went off without any accident, disputes, protests, or fouling. A thousand people were present, and the Grarrison Band made its first public appearance at the regatta.

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