SKATING TEAM

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31784, 14 September 1968, Page 15

SKATING TEAM

Track Suits N.Z. Style

The New Zealand roller skating team should be well suited to the track for the world championships which start in Alte Montecchio, Italy, tomorrow. In a special report telephoned to New Zealand yesterday, the manager of the team (Mr R. Young) said the track, made of a gritty marble substance, required a very high degree of technique. “This suits our skaters,” said Mr R. Young. “They are skating the corners better than anyone else, and Gerry Glover, because of his technique, is able to skate round the corners.” The New Zealanders’ chances of success were very high, said Mr Young, Glover especially so. Also, he said, Glover is regarded as a very strong contender for the threeday tour of Sicily, and it has been suggesed he should drop out of one of the intermediate meetings to rest for the tour.

The team has received a lot of assistance from the 1962 world champion, Vittoria De Caesars.

Golfer Dios.—Tommy Armour, aged 72, one of the most colourful of the golfing greats, died In New York on Wednesday after a long Illness. Armour won the British Open in 1931. the United States Open in 1929, and the American P.G.A. title in 1939.

Cricket Match.—Close of play scores in the cricket match be-' tween Yorkshire and the M.C.C. at Scarborough yesterday were: Yorkshire 199 and 84/2, M.C.C. 322/9 dec. (R. Prideaux 69, K. Fletcher 113 not out; D. B. Close 4/82).