MOTOR-CYCLING

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20997, 27 October 1933, Page 6

MOTOR-CYCLING

PIONEER SPORTS CLUB j FIXTURES | October 29—Social pillion trial. j November 6—Meeting of general com-) mittee. ; November 19 —Sports day. i December 9 —Beach races. j j Notwithstanding the threatening ap-1 pearance of the weather last Saturday, | quite a number of the members of j the Pioneer Sports Club journeyed to ! Hanmer Springs for the week-end ; camping excursion. Leaving the cily, at 2 p.m.. tlieir destination was reached j shortly after 5 o'clock. Camps were! pitched on. the northern bank of the Hanmer river about four miles out of Hanmer. The following morning was spent in rabbit shooting, and in the; afternoon snowballing. On Monday i morning an effort was made to yet in '• the back country in the hope of some; deer shooting. The road at the top of ! Jollie's Pass, however, was found to! bo coated with from 13 inches to two j feet of snow. consequently (he partvj returned to Hanmer and bathed in the I hot springs. After more rabbit sb.jiv-l ing the campers went back to camp, [ ate a hearty meal, and set out for! j home, the city being readied about j i 30 p.m. ! ! The course for the social pillion trial ! to be held by the Pioneer Sports Club I oil Sunday will embrace Dyers Pass] road, Haekthorne road, and the Hoon! Hay road to Tai Tapu and Motukarara.! where the lunch stop will be made and I social events and machine tests staged, j The return journey will be made via! Gtbbie's Pass and Lyttelton, using the' old zig-zag road. The trial will start i Jrom the club house at 30.30 a.m., and; finish about 4 p.m., the distance j to be covered being approximated 40! miles. There will be a stop at Motu- j kaiaia of three hours on the outward I journey. Post entries will be received : up to 30 a.m. on Sunday. I There was a nasty crash in the! middle-weight championship run at i Foxton on Labour Daw In t he third i lap.O. Goldberg, of Auckland, fell as: he was entering the straight in front' 01 s( - anci - , K - Smith, just behind, > could not avoid a collision, and lie j struck Goldberg in the middle of his Oack with the front wheel, being i thrown himself, whilst J. B. Garragiitv i also crashed into the two. In a few seconds there were no fewer than six i riders involved m the crash. Gold-'-berg was taken to the hospital for an 1' A-ray examination. LockeU, r.i* Hamilton. also crashed in tin- TUouloa Itan- ' oicap. and was sent hospital with ! chest lnjuni*. • oRs viK vioroi; n.t is Fixtures. October ,V Social run November V—Club social nance. r November 12 —Sports meeting at Cust. i • November 26—Excursion to Grey-1; mouth. j i ; On Labour Day the crowd at the ' Pines Beach gala was thrilled by the : motor gymkhana provided for their : entertainment by the Corsair Club. The opening events before lunch were tipping tiie bucket and blind distance judging, the latter being won by D. B.lackweil. An obstacle, race:' provided a novel entertainment. being:' a serif-, of hazard.- nw ni motor > '

sports, and was appreciated by th« spectators, the winner being Geo.Urr>, with E. .T. Pa!on second. T!ie nature of the playing field was responsible for the wild and exhilarating display ox motor football that followed. The grassy surface was sail damp after the week-end rain, and a too sudden a throttle twist brought about some wonderful broadsides, aL. the more exciting from a spectators point of view, when eight or machines were striving to reach one elusive leather bail. Then followed an equally sensational motor polo match, with the skids and spills enhanced d* She fries. thin each mru-bine had " v "° up. many pair lakinsr a toss when the raiior was accelerated to chase btili. ali ~f whvl: added to the spectators' excitement An exhibition of turf boardtng £>> a number uf riders concluded a great pro«rr.ijimj. and proved such an a>" traction that many of the onlookers took advantage of the offer of a ride behind the ear. A social pillion run will l>c the n ® Sl " anting of the club, and will leave the railway yard next Sunday at 9.30 a.ni. for a specially selected spot on the north bank of the Ashley river. The sports run of the Union JaoK Social Club will be held on The cyclists will leave the Ford Garage at 9.30 a.m. for the Woodend Be&w* A social run will be held on Surid3j. November 5, leaving at the same time for Price's Valley A idi lis a; ari\el'u semen t classified >wlu»i. of the "The v\tU sell youc soods. Try it- ■' word Is, three 8