Rowing

A few minutes later Graham scored off a through pass from Milburn. The Rise then broke through the House defence and only good saving by Dixon saved a goal being scored against the House. In the last few minutes Milburn and Rylatt each scored a good goal. The Rise were playing a very inexperienced side, and they played remarkably well ; Ping and Cameron were the most outstanding players. Final score: School House 4 goals, Clifton Rise nil.

Last term was probably one of the most difficult we have had to contend with on the river for some years. With many complete novices in the 1st division crews, and with outings on four days in the week only, the task of the coaches was not an easy one. Nevertheless, tubbing was soon started under conditions which varied from blizzards to hurricanes, accompanied most of the time by a roaring torrent in the place of our usually peaceful Ouse. The 'flu epidemic was our next setback, but after about three weeks clinkers made their appearance and serious training began.

At first it seemed as if the standard of the rowing was not going to be as high as usual, but there turned out to be many " finds," and even if they tended to be light, the crews were quite up to the average by the time of the races. This was a great achievement by the coaches, and they deserve to be congratulated on producing such praiseworthy crews under such adverse conditions. 2nd division rowing also suffered from these hardships, but here again keenness and hard work combined to produce crews which showed considerable promise, and which rowed with great enthusiasm in the actual races.

Apart from the ordinary rowing routine there were no outstanding events on the river last term: but from the look of some scratch crews which went out on slides we should have some rather light but effective School crews this term, and we would like to finish by wishing them the very best of luck in the various races and regattas. 1st DIVISION RACES.

The draw for the races was as follows, the first-named crew taking the Station side:—

School House School House 1

Temple S (21 lengths) } School House Rise J (2 lengths)

The semi-final between School House and Temple was rowed on Friday, March 19th, and the final took place on the Saturday.

Although the weather itself remained beautifully calm on both days, the river was very flooded, and it was its 39

exceptional rate of flow which chiefly accounted for the fast times of the races.

In the semi-final, the School House, who were rowing on the Station side, got the better start and quickly gained a length's lead. The Temple crew, rowing very nicely together, then began to come up, and by the Diving Boards they were just over half a length ahead of the School House, who were sending up rather a lot of water. At the bend, Temple kept far too close into the side, which meant that they had to row through more dead water than was necessary, while the School House forged ahead on the strong current, and at Marygate Tower, with Temple just out of the dead water, they were 2 lengths up. This lead was slightly increased down the straight, and the School House passed the finish in 2 mins. 28 secs., a good 21 lengths ahead of Temple.

Conditions for the final between the School House and the Rise on Saturday, March 20th, were very similar, the river remaining at about the same level. And so it was that this race was almost a repetition of the semi-final, the strong current on the Station side proving such a boon. After a delay at the start, caused by the boats drifting past the post, both crews got away quite well, the School House quickly gaining about length because of their rapid rate of striking. However, the Rise, who were rowing on the Minster side, soon got settled down to it, and rowing a long and powerful stroke they overtook the lighter boat and were still going up at the Diving Boards, where they were lengths in front of the School House. Here the Rise cox took a lesson from the previous race, and by keeping well out at the bend he avoided as much of the dead water as possible. As the Rise drew into the dead water through Scarborough Bridge, the School House put on a spurt, and helped by the current, they obtained a lead of about 11 lengths by Marygate. Both crews were now tiring, but the School House finished strongly just 2 lengths in front of the Rise in the record time of 3 mins. 12 secs after a very hard race. We would like to congratulate the School House on again winning the Inter-House Rowing Cup.

Crews :- School House :—M. I. H. Sproulle (bow), R. Bower (2), H. A. S. Hobson (3), G. E. Shepherd (stroke),

G. D. Jefferson (cox). Rise:—J. A. Dent (bow), J. H. Butler (2), J. M.

Dickenson (3), A. C. W. Ping (stroke), G. C. Brown (cox). Temple :—L. Telfor (bow), H. D. F. Amor (2),

C. J. Lynch (3), J. A. Wright (stroke), E. W. Whitney (cox.).

2nd DIVISION RACES.

The draw and results of the 2nd division races were as follows, the first-named crew in each race rowing on the Station side:—

Rise School House l Rise (21 lengths) 1 } Rise (3ft.) Temple

The semi-final between the Rise and the School House was rowed over the usual course on Tuesday, March 30th, and the final between the Rise and Temple took place on the following day.

By the time of the races the river had returned to its normal level, so there was little or no advantage in the sides, and the weather remained quite calm, there being a slight headwind for the final which helped to steady the crews up a bit.

In the semi-final between the Rise and the School House, neither crew obtained good starts, but the latter boat quickly gained a lead of about a length. The Rise then got settled down and soon overtook the School House, who were not rowing very well together, and continuing to go up they were 1 lengths ahead at Love Lane. Here the Rise crew got badly out of time, but they rallied and were 21 lengths up at the finishing post, which they passed in 2 mins. 36 secs.

Despite the rough water caused by a fairly strong headwind, both crews in the final got quite good starts, and the Temple crew, rowing the faster stroke, gained about half a length's lead. The Rise crew rowing nicely together began to creep up and in between the Boathouse and Love Lane the crews were dead level, and at Love Lane the Rise were almost length ahead. Shortly after this the Temple boat went too far into mid-stream, and for several strokes the blades of the two boats were interlapping. Both crews were rowing very well indeed, and with the Temple boat coming up fast, the Rise passed the finish 3 feet in front. The time was 2 mins. 34 secs.

It was a very fine finish to an exciting and hard-fought race, and we would like to take this opportunity of congratulating the Rise on winning for the first time a cup which was presented by an Old Risite.

Crews :— Rise :—C. M. Robson (bow), J. M. Couldwell (2),

M. S. Douglas (3), J. C. Atkinson (stroke), G. W.

Scatchard (cox). Temple:—J. E. England (bow), K. E. Marriott (2),

R. W. Wright (3), E. W. Whitney (stroke), J. M. Inglis (cox). School House :—S. Corner (bow), C. N. S. Killick (2), R. N. Rimmer (3), E. V. Elgey (stroke), H. D.

Revill (cox) .