CYCLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 156, 6 July 1933, Page 18

CYCLING.

WITH THE AMATEURS. CENTRE RACE INCIDENTS. MANUKAU CLUB; RIDERS. , FIXTURES, , Saturday, July 8.—22 J-Mile Senior, 5-Mile Junior, 2 p.m. Sunday, July 9.—Rangiriri Run, 8.30 a.m., Newmarket. Saturday, July 15.—Auckland Club's Open Races at Te Atatu. Members .of the Manukau Club were again prominent rin Saturday in the longest distance ,roa,d, race held here, this season. The event was the third_ conducted by the Aucklanu Amateur Cycling Centre this year, and of the big entry of 59, representing the five local amateur clubs, 26 were Manukau riders. First place and fastest time, the two principal; placings, were filled by them. They aJso_ won the team challenge shield contest with L. H. Dwight, E. D. Andrews and E, F. Raper. The strenuous nature of the course of 40 miles, from Western Springs to Kumeu, via Swanson, and back through Brigham'e Creek to the starting..point, was made doubly so by the rain-soaked roads. The winner, Jim Leather^' off IO.CO, is one of the best known and most popalar pedallers in Auckland. Jim rode his usual steady race, and his characteristic stamina carried the day for him. Over the last ten miles he and Jack Dolores, his ; clubmate and fellow marker, had a hard chase after Dave Lawson and E. J. Moffitt, whom they eventually caught a mile from home. Leathgr„did jjot race much last season, but means to take the game more, seriously this year. Many forget the fact that Leather is a distance rider of note, and in 1931 he was second fastese in the 102-miler from Palmerston North to Wellington. He finished fifth in 4h 55m 345, beating Frank Grose's time by 2.37. This ride is the next best to the phenomenal j ride established by Foubister in the same race, when he clocked 4h 39m 395. Leather also won the 1929 50-miles championship off 10.40. Jack C. Dolores, 10.30, is a first season rider, and for his light build did real well to stick it out with Leather and finish third. Dolores won this year's opening road race of 15 miles off 5.30. With three centre races decided and Les. H. Dwight fastest in two - from scratch, indications point to the Manukau Club being well represented in the longer distance events of the near future. His 40 miles time last week of lh 56m 26s lowered Ivan Laloli's record by 1.4. Dwight faltered at the finish slightly by jockeying for a position in- the sprint, which.he just won by half a wheel from his worthy opponent of the scratch mark, Cordon Patrick, of the Auckland' Club. Dwight, Foubister and Patrick would be a strong representative team for Auckland in the coming Palmerston 102-miler. In future races cycles with free wheel clutches must be equipped with two independent brakes; merely a safety rule. Interest is alread.v being taken in the coming "100," and satisfaction has accompanied the announcement of the Papa-kura-Ngaruawahia and back course. October 7 is the date. Club captain Ernie Andrews has mapped out many long run 6 for training purposes. The August centre racc is from Western Springs direct to Waimauku and back, 46 miles. The Swanson Tunnel Hill road may not be made use of again owing to the steep loose-metalled grades, which tend to make races obstacle affaire. On July 15 the Auckland Club is hold-, ing an open senior and junior race oyer its fast-surfaced and slightly undulating circuit at Te Atatu. Manukau riders ■went over the course last Sunday in company with a number of the Auckla-nd riders, and were agreeably pleased with the circuit. No Manukau club event will be held--on the day, so the club will bewell represented.

The team shield contest, with two races decided, and three more to go, now stands with the Mauukau leading the Pa'patoetoe Club, who are second, by 22m ss. Dwight, J. Brown, Ron. Foubister, Ernie Andrews and Edgar Raper have been instrumental in this success. The fastest three riders of each club are taken into consideration in this most interesting and keenly-con-tested competition. .A junior road racc of five miles and a senior race over nine laps of the Avondale Siouth circuit, 22J miles, will be conducted by the Manukau Amateur Cycling Club on Saturday., The junior race will commence at two o'clock. Mr. J. D. Auckram's handicaps are:— Juniors.—G. Leonard, E. R Hansen, scr; Ij. C. Craddoek, G. W. Holland, 20s; A. H. Dwight, C. Dwight, 453; A. W. J. 1 Brumby, J. F. Archer, 1.0; H. R. Davies, H. J. Ball, D. J. Richardson, D. J. Parkinson, 1.30; R. C. Chappell 1.45. Seniors. —R. G. Foubister, L. 11. Dwight, J. R. Hall,, scr; E. F. Raper, E. D. Andrews; S. J'. .Baird, J. Brown, 1.0;. A. \V. D. Robinson, G. H. Wheelhouse, G. I\ Clark, J. Leather, R. Norman (Ngaruawahia), 2.0: L. M. Nicholson, F. R. Markham, N. B. Casey, 2.45; J. W. Clark, J. G. Morris, C. Heusen, 3.15 ; .T. C. Dolores. S. W. Webster, J. H. McLacblan 3.45; C. A. Clarke, R. C. Chappell, K. N. Clark, 4.15; J. H. Rose, C. C. Beart, D. W. Lawson, B. Waugh (Ngaruawahia), W. •Montfofd (Ngaruawahia), 4.45; E. C. Castell, N. Fisher, V. R. Ellis. 5.15; L. Gerken, S. McLellan, 5.45; W. R. Walker, .T. H. Castell, A. J. Harrison, 6.45; C. H. Humphreys, C. J. Cronk, T. G. Sullivan, C. A. Ah Chee, 7.30; J. 11. P. English, W. B. Dilworth, C. Bowden, J. C. Fancli, 8.0. f.

LYNNDALE AMATEURS. . FIXTURES. Saturday, July 8.—12J-Milc Club Handi.cap Race. . v , Saturday, July 15.—185-Mile Senior and 64-Mile Junior Invitation. Lynn dale's seven competitors in the centre race on Saturday were not very successful, three of them crashing and meeting with mechanical trouble, while the rest finished well back. The club's secretary, C. May, off a liberal mark, was the first to finish, securing 22nd place, whivh was quite good, for the few rides he gets. With his co-marker, A. E. Davies,- he rode steadly till the concrete was reached, where he then went ahead -of his tiring club mate. A. E. Davies certainly deserves a word of praise for the game way he sticks. Taking his full share of laps, he finished the full distance in real good time, considering he is only a junior. He is a real trier. He was the third Lynndale rider to finish, gaining 34tli place. C. Gooder, off 5.30, was the second club man home, in 23rd place. Both he and his co-marker, V. Harris, who finished in 35th place, fell victims to the treacherous loose metal, but carried on to finish. Next week will see a race more to everyone's, liking. .It will be only two laps of the circuit, being 12Vs miles. so a record field is expected. The lap record of 18.15, held by O. Gooder, should be well broken, as the roads are in good order. V. Harris has a substantial lead for the club's points cup, with Davies and Roberts i well up. j Handicaps declared by Mr. IX O'Connell for a 12J-mile road race to be decided on 1 Saturday on. -the -New .Lynn circuit (new j riders will be handicapped at the start) : — C. Gooder, C. Johnson, V. Harris, scr; H. Smith,. E. Bates.-B. Scott. E. Hughes,! 45b; L. Roberts, IC. Hankiu, 1.15; A. Johnson, Ki Banks, .1*30; A. Gooder, C. , May, A.,Davies, 2.30; W. Goffin, W. Conway, 5.0; E>. -McCurdy,- G. Morris, 12.0. | TAKAPUNA CLUB. On the 24th this club held a 22%-mile' out-and-bome race to Albany. Twentyone senior and junior riders faced the starter, with P. Bowden (13.0) the first away. Good times were made by all, but B. Sharp claimed honours once again in 65.24, with A. Grant (2.30) making second fastest time in 67.55. L. Dick (11.0, time 73.44) has benefited considerably by keeping at it over the more difficult courses, and was the first man home, with the length of the finish-

I ing straight from G. Evans (S.O, time 71.17), who was also riding strongly to linisli with half a minute in hand from W. Pearcc (off 8.0, time 71.44), who was third. P. Bowden, the limit man, was the first junior over the mark and rode iuto fourth place in the race. O. McKcc, another junior, finished fifth and was followed by tie rest of the field, all pretty close up. L. Dick, who receives the Kohn medallion, had lately been very close to success, but was unable to quite make the grade. This victory is his first and was very popular with spectators, who have admired his 'dogged persistence each week. G. Evans is another of the younger seniors who has been knocking at the I door for the latter part of this season, | and now, with a new machine to aid him, should be in a position to improve his I placings. B. Sharp is undoubtedly the (strongest j-ider in this club, and although I he could probably do much better with j a solid co-marker : to' share the pace, he has no trouble in consistently gaining "time." I R. Jones, the winner of the Papatoetoe | Club's open invitation race, is one of this j club's most promising riders, although a junior member. Ross is a tall, husky youngster with plenty of determination and a bulldog tenacity. G. Laurence, who rode in the centre event last Saturday, went away from his co-markers early and led the big field until within ten miles of home, when the distance and hard going had him beaten. Laurence rides an ordinary bike and has only had a couple of races. With a racing machine and further experience he should give the other riders a little worry. Local interest is centred iu next week's event, seven laps of the lake circuit for the trophy presented by Mr. Frank [Hawes). S. Laurence and A. Grant both i-liave the same number of points and with I each" keen to take the lead, some fast riding on the part of these two men, at | least, is anticipated. | The: handicaps, declared by Mr. Gallagher for the above 20-miler, are as follow: —B. Sharp,, scr; A. Lydford, W. Nash, S. Laurence. 1.30; A. Grant, G. Towart, 2.0; B. Oliver, B. Evans, 2.30; L. Coleman, M. Morrison, 3.0; W. Pearce, G. Evans, 4.30: O. MnKee, R. Jones, 5.30; L. Dick, A. Chaplin, J. Gunn, 7.0; W. Johnson, G. Laurence, 8.0; M. Hathaway, M. Laurie, 10.0; T. Maloncy, P. Bowden, 11.0.

j LADIES' CLUB. Miss Ellie Swinburne by gaining second ' place on Saturday lias now a lead of one I point from Miss Hansen and Miss Baird in i the competition for Mr. Kohn's Cup. Miss I Baird, Miss Robinson and Miss Swinburne had been equally ill the lead. j Miss Hansen's win was her best perfor--1 mance to date. She rode both faster than usual and with better regularity. She I has made an enormous improvement lately, probably as a result of regular training. Special prizes for a race which will be held shortly have been donated to the clnb by Miss Hazelle Storey, who has unfortunately been hors de combat for almost two months. Jt is hoped that she will be in the fray again shortly. Spectators around the course see a wide variety of cornering ability. Quite an expert at the game is Miss Ellie Swinburne. She has so much nerve on the bends that the mere touching of her inside pedal leaves her apparently unperturbed. On a free wheel, where this annoyance is not present, she could be a regular "speed fiend." The Auckland Toadies' Amateur Cycling Club will hold its longest road ra<'e of the season on Saturday over a distance of eight miles. The event will commence ;it 2.30 p.m. Handicaps declared by Mr. J. D. Auckram :—Miss V. E. Baird. scr; Miss H. Kobiiison, 1.0; Miss IT. Swinburne. 2.0; Miss E. Hansen. Miss N. Sparkes. 2.45; Miss E. rile. Miss 11. M. Storey, 3.30; MISS F. Winsbury, 4.0.