Mairehau’s Fast Time In Fernside Time-Trial

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31773, 2 September 1968, Page 17

Mairehau’s Fast Time In Fernside Time-Trial

The strong Mairehau team, the favourite for the event, won the Andreas’Send-Loach Shield, a 10-mile teams’ time-trial, at Fernside yesterday morning. The team of R. E. Knight. A. V. Barford, B. J. Gibbs, and P. L. Pavlell, four of Canterbury’s leading novice cyclists, covered the distance in a very fast 23min 42.95ec. Ranglora. which won the shield last year, finished 33sec behind Mairehau. However, it had the misfortune to be without one of its riders, J. M. Blake, who had appendicitis, and was restricted to virtually three riders. The Timaru A team also had misfortune when G. R Goodall crashed at Waipara on Saturday and had three stitches Inserted in a cut to the elbow Another member of the team G. Hannam. punctured a tyre, and only two riders finished the course together

In fact, none of the teams finished intact, Mairehau losing Gibbs at halfway when he Touched a wheel and fell. Detailed Results Mairehau A (R. E. Knight, A. V. Barford, B. J. Gibbs, P. L. Paviell) 23:42.9. 1; Rangiora A (K J. Grogan, G. V. and P. F. Neale, C. Anderson), 24:15.7, 2; Timaru B (K. Valentine, J. Cuthbertson, S. Arthur. R. Morrison), 26:23.1. 3: Mairehau B, 26:41.5, 4; Rangiora B, 28:13.5, 5. A five-mile handicap race, in conjunction, resulted: K. Goodall (Timaru. 3min) 1, P Wareta (3min) 2, M. Grogan <3mln) 3, Miss V. Treloar (limtn) 4. Time. 15:2.0. Fastest time: R. Morrison (Timaru, scr.). 14:20.0. 1; P Burgess (scr.). 14:26.0. 2 Mairehau Novice Wheelmen C. T L. Stockwell led out and beat off S. M. Sanford to win the Mairehau Novice Wheelmen’s invitation race at Waipara on Saturday. R E. Knight beat the other scratch riders, G. McD. Howes and A. V. Barford, in a head-wind sprint for fastest time. Results: Handicap 10-mile.—C. T. L. Stockwell (3imin) 1, S. M. Sanford (3Jmin) 2. P. Burgess (simin) 3. C. Perry (s|min) 4, D. Williams (3imin) 5 Fastest time: R E. Knight (scr.). 27:55.0, 1; G. McD. Howes (scr.), 27:55.2, 2: A V. Barford (scr.). 27:55.6. 3.