GLIDING TITLES
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) MARFA (Texas). A. R. Cameron, the New Zealand national gliding champion, is in fourth place in the standard class of the world gliding championships after finishing fifth in an out-and-return test on Tuesday, with an average speed of 60.3 miles i an hour over a 163-mile i course.
S. H. Georgeson, also of New Zealand, is in nineteenth | place over all in the open class, having landed 135.5 miles from base on Wednesday for a score of 497. His total is 1117 points. I. G. Evans (New Zealand) is thirty-fourth, with 620 points. Another member of the New Zealand team, R. C. Reid, is in thirty-third position in the standard class. Reid, oni Tuesday, averaged 48.7 miles i an hour and scored 751 for a total of 1165 points. Polish pilots are still leading in both the open and standard classes after two rounds | according to unofficial results. In the standard class, J. Wroblewski, has a total of 1875. E. Makulal has scored 1982 points in the open class.
Snow Reports Negative.— Three Canterbury fields Temple Basin, Mount Cheeseman and Porter Heights—reported to the Canterbury Ski Association yesterday that there was not sufficient snow for ski-ing this week-end. The Mount Cook Tourist Corporation, which runs the fields at Mount Cook and Coronet Peak, also gave a negative report.
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Press, Issue 32333, 26 June 1970, Page 15
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