MONTREAL - A Kennebecassis Rowing Club team finished third Sunday in the four-man coxless rowing final at the first annual Montreal International Regatta held here on the weekend.

The regatta served as a dress rehearsal for Olympic facilities here.

The team of brothers Mark and David Allan, Stephen Gaunce and Wayne McConnell, all of Saint John, finished behind first place New Zealand and runner-up United States teams.

Gaunce and McConnell combined to finish fourth in the coxless-pairs final also held Sunday.

The Fredericton pair of Bob Lively and Greg Gilks was eliminated in the coxless-pairs heats Saturday.

In the four-man final, the Allan Brothers, Gaunce and McConnell posted a time of 7:13-54 over the 2,000-metre course. The New Zealand team won with a clocking of 6:36.85, while the U.S. quartet had a time of 6:40.07.

In the coxless-pairs final, Gaunce and McConnell posted a time of 8:17.47, in finishing behind the winning U.S. team who recorded a winning time of 7:20.69. A team from Upper Canada College in Toronto was second in 7:25.72. New Zealand was third in 7:41.09.