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CLARENCE
RIVER
ANNUAL
REGATTA
TO
BE HELD AT
GRAFTON,
On
WEDNESDAY, 24th MAY, 1882
(QUEEN’S
BIRTHDAY) |
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| Flagship
– “City of Grafton”, S.S. |
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| PATRON—HIS
EXCELLENCY LORD LOFTUS |
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| PRESIDENT
- John See, Esq., M.L.A. |
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| VICE
PRESIDENTS - John M. Purves, Esq, M.L.A. |
| and
D. Beatson, Esq., Mayor of Grafton |
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| HON.
TREASURER - Mr. T. Rudd |
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| HON.
SECRETARY - Robert Page |
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| COMMITTEE:
Messrs. E. C. Lewington, F. W. |
| Chapman
JP, H. Maurice JP, T. Quirk, T. S. |
| Mansfield,
T. T. Seller, W. J. Hawthorne JP, F. |
| Norrie, G.
Foott, S. See JP, A. Lipman, E. J. |
| Laman, J.
O'Keeffe, T. Morrissey, A. H. Pegus, |
| F. Dean,
M. Rush, J. T. McKittrick, F. Morrow, |
| G. H.
Varley, J. Meillon, W. Goodger Jun. JP, |
| J. H.
Munro, W. M. Wilkinson, W. Macquarie, |
| P. Leyburn,
W. A. Irwin, J. James, J. |
| O'Burgess,
W. G. Hart, B. Lodge, T. Page. |
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| First
Race - To start at 10:30 am |
| FOR
ALL YOUTHS under 17 years of age, pulling |
| a
pair of sculls, in light skiffs. First prize £5; |
| second
prize, £2. Entrance, 5s. |
| Course
- From flagship round flagboats off |
| Dovedale,
and back to flagship. |
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| Second
Race - To start at 11 am |
| FOR
ALL AMATEURS employed in offices, or as |
| indoor
salesmen, pulling two pairs of sculls, in |
| light
skiffs, with coxswain. Prize £7 7s (or trophy |
| of
that value). Entrance 10s 6d. |
| Course
- Same as first race. |
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| Third
Race - To start at 11:30 am |
| CHAMPION
RACE for ALL COMERS, in |
| wager
boats. Prize £50
(if two scullers from |
| any
other colony, or Sydney, start); second prize |
| £10.
Entrance, £2
2s. In the event of
two |
| Sydney,
or other colony, scullers not starting, |
| the
prize will be £20; second prize £5. |
| Entrance
£1 1s. |
| Course
- From flagboats off Dovedale, round |
| flagboats
off Fraser's Sawmill, round flagboats |
| off
Dovedale, and back to flagship. |
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| Fourth
Race - To start at 12 Noon. |
| FOR
ALL YOUTHS, under 21 years of age, pulling |
| two
pairs of sculls, in light skiffs, with coxswain. |
| First
prize £7; second prize £2. |
| Entrance
10s 6d. |
| Course
- Same as first race. |
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| Fifth
Race - To start at 12:30 pm. |
| FOR
ALL COMERS who have never won a prize |
| exceeding
£10 at any public regatta, pulling a |
| pair
of sculls in light skiffs. First prize, £8; |
| second
prize, £2. Entrance 10s 6d. |
| Course
- from flagboats off Dovedale, round flag- |
| boats
off Fraser's Sawmill, and back to flagship. |
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| Sixth
Race - To start at 1 pm |
| FOR
ALL AMATEURS employed in offices, or as |
| indoor
salesmen, pulling a pair of sculls in light |
| skiffs.
Prize £7 7s (or trophy of that value). |
| Entrance
10s 6d. |
| Course
- Same as first race. |
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| Seventh
Race - To start at 2 pm |
| FOR
ALL COMERS pulling a pair of sculls, in light |
| skiffs
(handicapped). First prize, £25;
second |
| prize,
£5.
Entrance £1 1s. |
| Course
- From flagship, round flagboats off Dove- |
| dale,
round flagboats off Fraser's Sawmill, and |
| back
to flagship. |
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| Eight
Race - To start at 2:30 pm |
| FOR
ALL SKIFFS, under canvass, not exceeding |
| 22
feet in length, 5 feet beam, and 20 inches |
| deep.
Time allowance, half a minute per foot, |
| no
boat to rank less than 19 feet. Centre-boards |
| and
fins allowed. First prize, £10; second |
| prize
£2. Entrance 10s 6d. |
| Course
- from flagship, round flagboats off Dove- |
| dale,
round flagship, round flagboats off Dove- |
| dale,
and back to flagship. |
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| Ninth
Race - To start at 3 pm |
| FOR
ALL COMERS who have never a prize at |
| any
public regatta, pulling two pairs sculls, in |
| light
skiffs, with coxswain. First prize £10; |
| second
prize £2. Entrance 10s 6d. |
| Course
- Same as fifth race. |
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| Tenth
Race - To start at 3:30 pm |
| FOR
ALL SHIPS BOATS manned by crews from |
| any
vessel in port, pulling four oars, with |
| coxswain.
First prize, £5; second prize £2. |
| Entrance,
FREE. |
| Course
- from flagship, round flagboats off Dove- |
| dale,
round flagboats off Fraser's Sawmill, |
| and
back to flagship. |
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| Eleventh
Race - To start at 4pm |
| FOR
ALL COMERS pulling two pairs sculls, in |
| light
skiffs, with or without coxswain. First |
| prize,
£50;
second prize £5.
Entrance £2 2s. |
| Course
- Same as seventh race. |
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| Twelfth
Race - To start at 4:30pm |
| FOR
ALL COMERS paddling a cask. First |
| prize,
£2; second prize £1. Entrance 2s 6d. |
| Course
- once round the flagship. Conditions - |
| Competitors
may use any description of cask, |
| but
no fins or ballast of any kind will be allowed |
| to
be attached thereto. |
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| The GENERAL
ENTRY will close at 9 o'clock on SATURDAY NIGHT |
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