Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 27, No. 4. 1964.
Canty Cleans Up Rowing
Canty Cleans Up Rowing
Canterbury won the Easter tournament rowing, taking all events in which they entered.
The events were held at Wanganui in perfect weather. The water was calm but an outgoing tide caused some difficulty. For the crews rowing next to the Aramoho bank there was no assistance from the currcnt, but those in midstream were luckier.
The Ladies' Invitation Fours, a 3/4-mile event, were won by Auckland.
The Canterbury. Auckland and Victoria crews have had almost a season's experience for this race compared with Massey's four weeks. Otago's bid for a win failed but there were five boats in the race.
Canterbury had a win of about 2½ lengths in the novice fours. Massey was placed next to the bank.
The N.Z.U. team contested and defeated the Wanganui Provincial eight. At the end of the 2000 metre race they were lengths ahead, giving a good indication of the strength of University rowing at the present time.
Results are as follows:
Ladies' Invitation Fours (¼ mile): Auckland I. Otago 2, Auckland 3.
Single Sculls (I mile): Canterbury I. Victoria 2.
Double Sculls (1 mile): Canterbury I. Auckland 2. Otago 3.
College Fours (I mile): Canter-! bury I. Otago 2, Auckland 3, Massey 4.
Eights (2 miles): Canterbury 1. Victoria 2, Auckland 3. Otago 4, Massey 5.
Novice Fours (I mile): Canterbury 1. Massey 2, Otago 3.
Auckland won the Easter Tournament yachting at Foxton this year in spite of not racing in the last two races.
The yachting is decided by taking a team's best four races. The Auckland team, who have won the New Zealand Junior Cherub Class Championship for the last two years, broke their mast in the fourth race and did not finish. They did not race in the fifth.