July 10, 1982

COLLECTING THE HARDWARE - The Kennebecasis Rowing Club men's, straight four team of (left to right) Henry Flood, John Allan, Rick Cassidy and Brian Flood show off the Renforth Cup they won at the Renforth Regatta Saturday. It was part of a broad Kennebecasis sweep as they piled up 56 points to win the event.

RENFORTH - Defending, champion Kennebecasis Rowing Club continued their mastery over the field at the 10th annual Renforth Regatta here Saturday racking up a team total of 56 points to cruise in comfortably ahead of Dartmouth North Star Club, who had 36.

It marked the ninth time in the 10-year- history of the event that the hosts have won the Regatta.

It was the brothers Flood - Henry and Brian - who led the way yesterday. The brothers teamed up to win the men's straight pair event in four minutes and two seconds over the 1,000 metre course, comfortably ahead of a pair of North Star boaters. They tearned up with John Allan and Rick Cassidy in the men's straight four to win a narrow one second victory - 3:43 - and the accompanying Renforth Cup over Micmac Rowing Club of Dartmouth. And the same four-man team paddled to the men's cox four crown in 3.38 - four seconds better than the crew from Micmac.

Kennebecasis' eight-man crew also took the Ontario Cup in a time of 3:16 over North Star. Kennebecasis also took the women's straight pair title in 4:13 over a pair of teams from the Fredericton Rowing Club and the women's eight in 3:59.

The domination by the host crews left only the Youth four crown - which went to Fredericton in 4:04, six seconds up on the Kennebecasis boaters.

North Star boaters took titles in the men's singles in the mixed eight event. Bob Prince took the men's singles in 3:53 - four seconds better than Rick Cassidy in Kennebecasis colors, while the North Star eight toured the 500 metre course in 1:40.