CYCLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 60, 12 March 1938, Page 23

CYCLING.

MANUKAU CLUB. CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING ON WEDNESDAY. Xext Wednesday evening the Manukau Amateur Cycling Club will decide its annual track championships at the Western Springs Stadium banked concrete track. Besides the four title events, four handicaps, a miss-and-out race, an eightlap points race and a restricted gear event over three laps will be held. The latter event is open to all riders, but gears must be under 70 inches and fixed. Chief interest naturally centres on the three senior titles, the two-lap sprint, unpaced kilometre and 10 miles paced. u 6 ve miles paced by tandems should be a keen struggle between R. E. Clark, K. G. Picknell and R. F. Flinkenberg. After his brilliant riding at the Auckland championships J. H. Gillbanks promises to offer the strongest opposition in the senior races. As both A. G. Patrick and K. S. Tnner gained valuable experience while in Sydney last month it will be interesting to see how they fare T ga w tit j present , Auckland champion. I|g Wade won the title last season in

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Ten riders will contest the paced ten in rn - H - Wade won last season in 21.59 Ol nce then Patrick has done some really wonderful rides over the Ts title unlucky not to win this Altogether '22 races will be decided during the evening. The opening starts at 7.45 pm. This meeting will to tcKK STJfcW JbCil ™ d "»«