CYCLING

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27985, 4 June 1956, Page 17

CYCLING

CLUBS HOLD ROAD RACES Conditions on Saturday were perfect for the weekly rood races of Christchurch cycling clubs Most of the events were out-and-home races, but the Papanui Amateur Cycling Club held a teams’ race. The distances so far have not been long, and next Saturday riders from the .mateur clubs affiliated to the Canterbury Centre will take oart in the Canterbury 25 owes senior and jun:or championship® at Waikan CHRISTCHURCH CLUB "S on Saturday, the Outstanding feature being th° <x’e: lent tires for the 25 miles. Thirteen riders crossed the finishing line together So close were the first three that their times could not ,je separated. These riders were elo-ked at 60min 7sec. Probahlv more outstanding then the times of the A grade riders were those of the B grade contestants, who were only fractions of a «„ d and . tb , ree C ?rade rtderZ recorded times only Isec behind the A gr?de winners. As Saturday s race was onlv tho thie-n club this season, the* times suggest that as the season proere®®®® thp Se’hoOT." 1 " be covered in well'under Results were:— A Grade.—R. Lucas. fiOmin 7«=ec 1- r C ’ 2: D ' Har rison,’ 60min B Grade K. Kerr. «omin 7.4 sec 1- R n €sec - 2: K Brown - C Grade—A. Porter, Simin 3sec 1- r Seeker. fiO-nm B.2see. 2- D To'-„.„„' 60min 3.4 sec. 3. Jo. neon, AVON CLUB The annual race for the Vic. Chanev memorial trophy was held over 35 on Saturday. The riders ?a°in-> Set and second Places rode from the limit mart and were never headed. The limit fe™ seemed to be very lib-rally treated Sih a start of 20 minutes on the scratch men. who rode gamely b-t had litil] -nrf *2 taTh? 28m"n a^e?” ain took ~ t E 7 irner son (20min) Inr 39m in 36sec, 1: J. Austin tt. ’ S 1 4 S 3.* - & MAIREHAU NOVICE CLUB On Saturday morning the Mairehao Novice Wheelmen held their nine-mde senior and four and a half miles junto? handicap events. Just before the tuning b4hirf e fh® r ?o£s race Swans ton established the 19a6 seasons record for a lan ?L^ Ur t^' ,leS a ha,f - his time be in 2 11mm 15sec. This record is now open a^! acK hy other senior riders G Chinnery rode well in the * junior *th e sec< ? nd P'ace and fastest time, and tn the senior event K. Prebhle tho'‘nihe a R r OOd '. Ur 2 Of s ‘ CEd to outsprint the Une d, ” S r,ders ,o be first Results were:— , S S*. i ° r Handicap.—K. Prehble (2min> 1 3 rJrf’FP /'if-tn? 2 - A. Gilbert (2mln) lafe ' tlme: B - Yellands tscr). 22min Junior Handicap.—M. Parkin (llmin) 1 J"?®. 1 ? lsc X> 2 ' J - Swanston tscrl 27sec StCSt txme: G * Chin nery (scr). Umin CHRISTCHURCH AMATEUR CLUB A good field started in the Christchurch Amateur Cycling Club’s 35-mile scratch race on Saturday, which resulted in a wm for P. Wylie in Ihr 34m in The riders kept together for the outward journey, and it was only in the lasi few miles that some of the contestants began to lag. Eleven riders fought over the last 100 yards for a position for the final syint. Wylie had to ride hard to G ’ and T. Shepnherd, who filled the minor places. Run in coniunction with the scratch race was a scaled handicap, which was won by W. Goodhew. off 4Jmin. Results were:— Scratch Race— P. Wylie. Ihr 34s?c. 1:

G. Hill, Ihr 34.25ec, 2; T. Sheppherd. Ihr 34.45ec, 3. Sealed Handicap.—W. Goodhew (4Jmin), ihr 30min 4sec, 1; B. Dawe Ihr 31min 30sec, 2; G. Sheppherd (2min). Ihr 32mm 7sec. 3. PAPANUI CLUB The Papanui Club on Saturday held a teams’ race over 30 miles from Papanui along the road towards Swannanoa and return. The object of this race was to help the selectors to choose a team for the inter-club event for the Hope Gibbons trophy. The B team was given 30sec start on the A team, and ■ at the finish was only 15sec behind the A team. The race was ridden in the very good time of Ihr 13min 55sec. The result was:—A team (B. Eden, R. Bryant, D. Williams, D. Johnson, and R. Havward), Ihr 13min 55sec, 1; B team (A. Mahon. M. Combe, G. Woodhead. R. Keating, and C. Clarke), Ihr 14min 40sec. 2. CHRISTCHURCH NOVICE CLUB Novice riders of the Christchurch club held a five-mile out-and-home race on Saturday. It was only in the final stages that the middle-markers made any impression on the front ment, and over the last few 100 yards L. Blomfield went away to win from G. le Breton. The result was —L. Blomfield 1, G. le Preton 2. R. Smith 3.