The new 16ft. skiff, Ajax, favorably impressed critics by her good performance, in her initial race a week ago, and again made them sit up and take notice yesterday by sailing through the Brisbane Skiff Club's' fleet from the mark of honor to first place at the finish. A glance at the list of craft which competed in the race, Mercia, Mialba, and Venture, for instance, ...
Article : 589 wordsL. R. Smith, stroke, F. Downie, 3, P. Taylor, 2, E. G. P[?] McVinish, cox. With the exception of bow, this is the same crew that last season won the State Championship, Wide Bay Championship, and Gilbey Cup. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 29 wordsCol. Clark, ex-champion 18ft. skipper of Australia, has answered the call of the waves again. The skiff, Chance, in the background with Vision's black crescent on her sail is his new love. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 822 wordsIf yesterday's display can be taken as any criterion of the class of racing to be displayed during the forthcoming season, metropolitan rowing certainly appears to be in for a big boom. In not one race could it be said that there was not ...
Article : 1,333 wordsThough the fleet of the Twenty-two Footer Club is lacking in numbers it is not devoid of quality, and this fact was amply demonstrated yesterday when the big clippers put up a slashing race at headquarters in a beautiful nor'-easter. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 271 wordsThe Ipswich football season closed yesterday, when Booval Swifts accounted for Starlights in the final of the League Cup. ...
Article : 115 wordsExcellent club organisation and Valleys chief assets, and that is why they proved too tough for Brothers in this afternoon's ...
Article : 131 wordsAT Sandgate links yesterday a stroke handicap was contested by 18 starters over the short six-hole course, and this was won by C. T. Paul ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 238 wordsSpindrift, which is one and the same as Lance Watts' old charge, Carets I., a former Forster Cup ...
Article : 227 wordsIt was a Victor day up in the Milton Reach yesterday, when Souths opened their season, and Vic. Lucas made the most of it. SOON after the scratch start, on the first wind ard ...
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Advertising : 124 wordsDove was literally, even almost actually, miles better than the rest of the 12ft. skiffs in yesterday's race. THE event was a scratch handicap and Dove won ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 2 Oct 1927, Page 4
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