Ice-Skating Records
Although entries in the Canterbury provincial shorttrack speed ice-skating championships at Little Lake Ida were disappointingly small, the competition was keen and the skating of a high standard, as the breaking of five New Zealand records would indicate. Fast ice conditions made for near-record times in all events. S. Baird broke his own intermediate 880 yards record by I ,ssec and lowered the 440 yards, record from 42.55ec to 40.9sec.i ' The junior girls’ 220 and the women’s 440-yard records were both lowered by Susan Phillips, while R. Montgomery, in a solo attempt on the men's 880 yards record, took ,Bsec off the old record held jointly by J. B. McDonald and K. Coppiestone. Detailed Results Results were: Senior Men. —440 yards: R. Montgomery 1, P. Silcoek 2, .1. Havenaar 3. Time, 43.9. 880 yards: R. Montgomery 1, P. Silcock 2, J. Havenaar 3. Time, 1:28.1. One mile: C. Humm 1. R. Montgomery 2, J, Havenaar 3.. Time, 3:6.8. Intermediate. —440 yards: S. Baird 1, G. Erikson 2, N. Dixon 3. Time, 40.9 (record). 880 yards: S. Baird 1, G. Erikson 2, A. Tinga 3. Time, 1:27.4 (record). One mile: S. Baird 1. G. Erikson 2 N. Dixon 3. Time, 3.3.6. Junior 80v5.—220 vards: A. Tinga 1, B_ Oetgen 2, B. Gallen 3. Time. 24.2, 440 vards: A. Tinga 1, B. Oetgen 2, B. Gallen 3. Time. 50.9, Women.—-440 yards: S. Phillips 1, Time, 50.8 (record). 880 yards: S. Phillips 1. Time. 1:56.3. Junior Girls.—22o yards: S.i Phillips 1. Time, 27.8 (record).: : Mixed Relay.—Lake Ida l.i ICentaurus 2. 1
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32323, 15 June 1970, Page 12
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