Travel costs cut out top athletes
f.vrw Zealand Press Association—Copyright) MELBOURNE. The high cost of travel has prevented some of Australia’s top athletes from joining the Victorian team’s trip to New Zealand next month.
The team could have included the dual Commonwealth sprint champion Raelene Boyle, the Commonwealth 800-metres gold medallist. Charlene Rendina, the 100-metres hurdles silver medallist. Gav Dell, and the Australian 400-metres recordholder. Judy Canty. But when, the Victorian Women’s Amateur Athletics Association found it would have to pay air fares of sAust237 return, for each person, it decided not to accept the invitation to New Zealand A strong 14-man team will -compete in Wellington on :January 24 and Auckland on [January 31. I As the Victorian team won [l7 out of the 22 events in : the Australian national championships this year, a spokesman for the Victorian AmaIteur Athletics Association I said the state side was almost ■a national-strength side.
But he said the lack of funds would also mean the absence from New Zealand of some of the best men performers. including the 1974 i Australian 10,000-metre champion. Bill Scott, who returned recently from a successful European tour. i He broke Ron Clarke’s national 5000-metre reCord in Melbourne last December, running against New Zealand’s Dick Quax. The national 1500-metre 1 record-holder. Graham Crouch has not yet made up his mind about going. Crouch is ' planning to be married in l 'January, and he has received; [an independent invitation; [from the promoter of the! 'meetings. The team announced yes-: 'terday by the secretary of the' iV.A.A.A. (Mr Rick Pannell) [is spearheaded by the national 1500-metres champion. Ken Hall, aged 24. who has also run the second-fastest mile in Australia. Hall will clash with the 1500-metre world record-
holder. Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) and the world mile record-holder. John Walker, of New Zealand, at Auckland’s Mount Smart track on January 31.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34021, 10 December 1975, Page 42
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311Travel costs cut out top athletes Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34021, 10 December 1975, Page 42
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