CYCLING

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20957, 11 September 1933, Page 6

CYCLING

KALGOORLIE TO PERTH OPPERMAN'S HARD RIDE (rjHITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—HT ELECTRIC TELEOE.APH —COI'TIHG-IIT.) (Received September 10, 8.3 p.m.) PERTH, September 9. Hubert Opperman cycled from Kalgoorlie to Perth, 377 miles, in 25 hours 37 minutes. The ride was one of the toughest he had ever had, he said. The road was covered in places with heavy sand and in other places there were bad pot-holes. SEVENTY MILES ROAD RACE | CANTERBURY AMATEUR I CENTRE | The Canterbury Amiit-'ir Cvrlm; ('outre \ held a 70 miles roiid race, on .Saturday afternoon over a (rruellin*.; course from Shirley road throuch Woodcnd, liansiora, Helton, Ur-ickenfield, and Amberley, returning by Leithtield. There was a keen field of lio starter*, tlio limit irn-n coin™ away :il. a fast pace, followed .-if. interval-, by various bunches, villi the scratch men conr.-din:-timos ii|i to "0 minuter. The approach of the 70(1 miles championship va.-- lar-oly responsibly for the keenness and tin; ia=t pace. There v.-a.s little alteration in the handicap positions! in the, early slap's. At the, V.'.iimakariri bridge the !)t minute men were moving as well as any bunch, innrca.-ins.' with the wind to DO miles an hour, followed I later by If. It. Grant, E. McNeil, and (1. J If. Giles, the scratch men, who were al-o riding well. Little chancre tnnk place until passing Woodcnd, when A. iStnith, off J5 minutes, retired with an injured knee. At the (.'am Mill W. Copping lerl Inn co-markers, 11. (i. Green and S. C. Aston, at 211 miles' an hour. Easterly Gale. Turning at the, council ehahmbors A. T. Green crashed and re'jnired the assistance of the St. John ambulance man. The backmarkers were all improving their position? with the exception of Giant, off scratch. who had to retire. I'nnn then on over the downs against an easterly t -ale, the less experienced riders were slowed up considerably. Going out of Srfton Hay, Thomas, and Dreaver led by two minutes, from the nearest followers. The Parkin brothers and \V. Allen were noticed among the group making gallant efforts against the wind going through Brackenfield. Pressor, Cooper, mid Wythe appeared to have good prospects, with Copping and Aston not far away. Turning through Aniberley Dreavor, Thomas, and Day were riding well to be followed shortly by Prosser, Cooper, Alb-n, L. Green, and Blythe. One minute later Copping and Aston went through, followed by Park brothers. XV. Green and 11. G. Green, who had been dropped, came slowly on. I). Martyn and McAlister seemed fresh and likely to get placed. The scratch men, Giles and O'Neill, were gradually making up time, and at Aniberley, barring accidents, were assured of fastest time between them. With the wind in their favour all groups took fresh life and began to drop tho tail-enders. Copping was unfortunate in having to leavo Aston, who was troubled with cramp, McAlister and Martyn increased tho pace lenv\",r S le,1 e ,7 Cral competitors. A little further on w. Allen, a mere boy, rode a pluckv race alone, having been dropped. Prosser, Wythe and Kerr were riding at 25 miles an hour through .Saltwater Creek and over Ashley bridge. Here Thomas and Droaver in the load left another lad, A. Hav, who had done his best all tho way with them, and he continued alone. Severe Test. The long raco had its effect from Woodend, and there were several changes and retirements. Coming through Kaiapoi the field was considerably strung out, Dreaver and Thomas having a good lead from their nearest attendants, and, continuing on, Dreavor left his mate, who was worried by cramp. Crossing the Styx bridge Dreaver rode on strongly to finish some distance ahead of Prosser, who was followed by Blythe, Kerr, Day, Thomas, Giles, O'Neill, Martyn, and Copping. Several others rode in two and threes after the severest test they have had to contend with this season. Special mention should be made, of A. Day and W. Allen, who put up a wonderful performance on such a day, A large crowd saw the competitors away and gave them a hearty welcome on return. Placings. Following were, the placings:— W. Dreaver (handicap 25min), Shi- 7min 13sec .. . . . . 1 W. Prosser (20min), :!hr 9miu .. 2 It. Blythe (20inin), ;ihr Omin 0 2-ssec V, W. Kerr (17min), 3br lOmin .. A A. Day (27imin) .. ..5 If. Thomas OOmin) .. . . (i G, Giles (ser) .. 7 K. O'Neill (scr) .. '.' g D. Martyn (OJminj .. ,'/., y W. Copping (15min) .. ..10 Fastest time, G. Giles. 2hr ;"»omin. Second fastest time, E. O'Neill, 2hr 55 niin 0 3-ssec. RANGIORA AMATEUR CLUB The Rangiora Amateur Cycling Club held a successful road raco on Saturday afternoon over a distance of nearly 42 miles. The course was from Papanui, through Belfast, Clarkville, Swannanoa, "West Eyreton, to Horrelville, Cust, Springbank, and Femside, finishing at the Plough Inn, Jiangiora. A strong northerly wind was blowing and made conditions hard for tho riders. More than 40 riders started, with F. J. Grose, N. .Berry, M. P. Pearl, and K. W. Stevens on scratch, conceding a start of 17 minutes to the limit men. The first seven milca was the only paved portion of the whole journey, nnd against the head wind all tho bunches were doing about tho same pace. On reaching the Wnimuknriri bridge the wind was to the advantage of the riders, and the pace increased, and the majority of the bunches broke up. Neariug Swannanoa the six inimito men, It. nml J. Kennedy, M. C. Richards, and C. It. Buckley, were riding at a groat paco and overtaking many of the, stragglers. At this stago they were up on the scratch men. for time. The throe minuto bunch, J. L. Richards. It. \V. Richards, and A. .T. Lancaster, was also riding well. They also were* leading for time on tho back men by more than a minute, At Swannanoa Lancaster dropped back and at West Eyreton J. Kennedy and J. Uren retired. A short distanco further on a wheel of K. Rowo's (lHmin) machine broke. Taking tho turn at Horrelvillo the leaders were Milner (17min) and L. G. Savago (I,'imin), with E. Walls next, lmin 17scc behind. J. L. Richards, R. W. Richards, Murray, Price, and Blakeway went through six minutes behind the leaders, with the scratch men a further 4min ssec behind. They were riding very disappointingly, and not making any headway. At Springbank Milner and Savago had a lead of nearly a mile on Walls and Seaward. Savage was pushing a big gear against the head wind, nnd was tiring. Nearing Fernsido, Milner left Savago and reached Rangiora 4(isec in front of Karaitiana, who rode into second place beating It. W. Richards by half a length. The back men arrived four minutes later and in tho sprint E. W. Stevens beat P. J. Groso by inches. The results were:— A. Milnor (17min), lhr 52min 42sec .. 1 K. Karaitiana (Bmin), lhr 44min 28 seo • • .. 2 It. W. Richards (3min), lhr 3!)min 28 l-ssec . . . . . rt R. Kennedy (Gmin), lhr 42min 28 2-ssec 4 W. Price (Gmin), lhr 42miu 28 U-ss,>c 5 M. C. Richards (4min), lhr 42min 28 4-ssec . . . , (; L. Fever (Omin), lhr 45min b'Osec .. 7 It. B. Blakeway (4£mm), lhr 41min0 l-ssoc .. .. .. 8 Fastest time was registered by It. W. Richards (Sniin), ]h r ','Sitmin 28 l-ssec, and second fastest by 15. W. Stevens (scr), lhr iOmiu 2Usee. j MAIREIIAU CLUB'S ROAD i RACE S. A. Jordan, with a handicap of <lj:ee, won the ::i-inile road race conducted by the Mairehan Sports Club on Salimliiv afternoon, and registered fastest time. There were 50 starters in the race. W. J. Lamberton and 11. (',. Watson were on scratch, and were conceding a. Mart of 12 minutes to the liiuit men. At halfway four of tho limit men—T. Darling, T. Broad, A. Kimber, and C. dimming—still had a substantial lead, but only livo minutes separated the field. With 20 miles covered the leaders were IlUsec ahead of the second hunch, and Jordan was beating the scratch men by 4o3ec. In the final sprint fivo riders took part, but Jordan finished well clear of the second man, L. Thomas. Following was the result: — S. A. Jordan (45scc), Hl'niin 51sec k < 1 L. Thomas (3min), OOmin 40sec .. 2 H. Hobson (Bmin), 97min 10 l-sseo .. " A. Kimber (12min), lOlmin 10 2-fisec .. 4 If. Wildcrmnth (2 in in I, OSmin ?2sec .. a T. Brand (12min). lOlmin 3dseo .. 0 W. Ling (Bmin), 98min ~, 7 Kj, Wilkiq _j;Bmia>, PSciift 0 l-sseg s&t &