Road-Cycling Title Won By H. R. Bush

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32099, 22 September 1969, Page 12

Road-Cycling Title Won By H. R. Bush

H. R. Bush oulsprinted his rivals at the finish to win the Canterbury 100miles road-cycling championship on Saturday. The race was held over eight laps of an undulating course at Otipua, south of Timaru. Bush was one of a group of five riders who fought out the race.in the last three laps. A sprint developed

over the final half-mile, and after W. Thorpe l had gone to the front Bush passed him to be comfortably clear of B. Chisholm over the line. Thorpe was third.. The race had an unfortunate start when T, Day failed to take a corner- on a steep zig-zag cbtbdt T* W,S ,£noclle l , out ln a

After the fifth lap only Bush, Chisholm, Thorpe, B. Stockwell and V. Sullivan Were left as contenders for the title, with L u „ I “ v^ n ', on ‘.y tW? days back from Australia, where he was a member of the touring New Zea“ngTs 11 ! hU m ‘ 10<>,t,ng None of the riders wanted to b« ak away and the lead was constantly changing. However, after coming down the zig-zag on the final lap, Bush tried to f,^in away ' 5 e was caught by an > a J*L then the o '>>crs i’ll 11 100, t e<l as if h| s chance was gone. It remained for Bush «»m^X eal . ,u hl s, ■ considerable stamina at the finish. Unfortunately, Sullivan, who appeared t 0 have strength in reserve, was LhA ht .!! ear . t h® slde °f the road when the final sprint began and he finished fourth, about 20 yards ahead of Stockwell. .v,T5 e j u .*!j or 50 ; m ile championship, held on the same course T al w e Ji ’ n Jhe day. was won by J. Mullan (Papanui) in a sprint hnish ahead of his clubmate, G. Neale, and L. Pavlelt (Avon/ n!l e I J un l l i lr *** le teas contested by IB riders but only eight of these remained at the finish. The placlngs for this race were as expected, but at one stage the Westport rider J Drummond, was 15sec In front and the bunch looked as though it might split open. However, Drummond later retired with vetoped an<, * lel,ure, y Pace de-

The novice 15-mile championship was won by P. Beddock (Mairehau) after some confusion about the route the riders were supposed to follow. Beddock and B. Knight, the favourite. made a break with three miles to go but were then misdirected at one of the corners. Beddock fought h(s way back through the field. Knight later lodged a protest. Abbreviations used In the results are: P., Papanui; A., Avon; 8., Rang]ora; T., Timaru; M.. MalrehaU; H., Hornby. Senior <lOO miles).—H. R. Bush (P.) 1. B. Chisholm (P.) 2, W. Thorpe (P.) 3, V. Sullivan (T.) 4. B. Stockwell (P.) 5. Time, 4:41:15.

Junior (50 miles).—J. Mullan (P.) 1, G. Neale (P.) 2, L. Pavlell (A.) 3, P. Brydon (P.) 4, D. McEvoy (A.) 5. Time. 2:44:33. Novice (15 miles).—P. Beddock (M.) 1, C. Tabak (H.) 2, P. Robinson <M.) 3. P. Neale (R.) 4, G. Howes (T.) 5. Time, 40:39.