Saturday's North End United regatta was transferred because of choppy conditions on Lake Waihola to Henley Bridge only for it to eventually be called off after just six of the 30 events.
But yesterday, despite the wet conditions, surface conditions on Lake Waihola were perfect with a full programme raced uninterrupted.
Despite the brief competition on Saturday, three of the races were highly competitive, with Jack O'Leary (Otago) the standout when he won the men's under 17-18 single scull in a thrilling finish from club-mates Bryce Abernathy in second and Clay Forward in third.
The other races of note were the two heats of the women's under-21 double that would have set up an interesting battle between the Otago combination of Zowie McBride and the North End United team of Anna Mc-Auslan and Kirsty Miller.
But with a return to Lake Waihola yesterday for the Wilson Regatta in the weekend's double-header, rowers had a chance to show their skills with perfectly flat water conditions despite persistent rain.
Racing for the Wilson trophy quickly evolved into a scrap between North End United and the Otago club, with North End getting up to score a one-point victory over Otago, 52-51.
University was third on 20.
North End's victory was set up mostly by crews from St Hilda's Collegiate School and Otago Boys' High School.
Particularly impressive was North End's novice fours crew of McNamara, Chin, Patterson and Bezett, with some fine steering down the course by Sinclair at cox.
But it was O'Leary once again who kept Otago in the hunt with convincing victories in the men's under-16 single and under-16 club single.
O'Leary teamed up with Abernathy to get the nod in a photo finish in the men's under-17 double.
Then, along with Forward and James Saville, upset the favoured University crew of Thomas Stott, James Saunders, Michael Nisbett and Will Hyndman to win the men's open quad.
But Stott and Nisbett avenged this loss with a commanding victory in the men's open double, when defeating O'Leary and Abernathy with Ford and Saville third.
