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Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 20, No. 3. April 12, 1956

Rowing

Rowing

Canterbury made a clean sweep in the Tournament Rowing Regatta held on the Korokoro course off the Petone foreshore, winning all four events contested. Otago took second place in the eights and fours, while Victoria were runners up in the double sculls race. Points for the NZU Rowing Shield were Canterbury 9, Otago 4, Victoria ½ and Auckland 0.

In the main event on the programme, the eights race, the crack Canterbury' crew, all Olympic trialists, soon established a substantial lead and held it throughout the race to win by four lengths from Otago, with Auckland one and a half lengths away in third place. The CUC crew rowed with great confidence and combination and were never in danger of losing the race. Otago and Auckland maintained a steady rate of stroking and fought out the minor placings with great determination. Victoria got away to a bad start and were unable to make up the lost ground.

In the fours race, it was much the same story with the superior CUC crew showing the way to Otago with Canterbury No. 2 in third place. The Canterbury crew in the double sculls, R. Moginie and P. Spooner, proved superior scullers to the rest of the field and won by a substantial margin from Victoria's Wally Leader and Mike Winter.

In the first women's rowing event to be staged at an NZU regatta, the experienced Canterbury crew emulated the outstanding performance of their men's competitors and won an interesting race from Auckland, with the young and somewhat inexperienced Victoria crew in third place.

On Saturday night the VUC Rowing Club staged a highly successful rigger-string and dance at the Thistle Hall which soon showed an alarming resemblance to the Korokoro course. This, however, did make the re-rows all the more authentic.