The Champ top-weight
PA Auckland The Victorian jumper, The Champ, has been given the topweight of 65.5 kg tn the $25,000 Great Northern Steeplechase on the second day of the Auckland Racing Club’s winter meeting at Ellerslie on June 6. According to news received bv the Auckland Racing Club there are reasonable prospects of suitable air transport being available to get The C’hamp to Auckland next Monday or Tuesday. The Champ ran second with 67kg in the Redditch Steeplechase at Sandown last Saturday. Afterwards the horse’s partowner and trainer, Mrs J. L. Moir, reaffirmed to reporters iter wish to tackle the Northern with The Champ. Weights for the two Northerns are; — GREAT NORTHERN HURDLES, $20,000; 4190 m. -Execute 69.5; Owhata Chief 67: Thun 66.5; Royal Mail, 64.5; Koiro Scott 60.5; Detroit, Evelyn's Choice, First Wood, Reprint 60; Bleu Streak, Go For Broke 59: Accurate, Auriferous 58.5; High Chief 58;
Ben Conway, Captain General, Doublet, Gaston’s Pride 57.5; the rest have 57. GREAT NORTHERN STEEPLECHASE, $25,000; 6400m.—The Champ (Aust.) 65.5; Arctic Heights 65; Thun 64; Glandovev, Town Clerk 60.5; Douglas Haig 59.5; First Wood, Legal Ruler, Master Quetzal 59; Kaufmann, Little Rebel, Little Stephen, Monty 58.5; Ballycastle 58; Ascona, Bob’s Luck. Lord Grey, Purdo, Regal Mink, Young Surveyor 57.5; the rest have 57.
Basketball.—A New Zealand junior basketball team to play provincial matches and three tests against the visiting Mercer Island 'United States) team in July was named after trials in Hamilton at the week-end. The team for the internal tour is: Peter Corlett, 'Tony Smith. Warwick Meehl, George Dunning, John Van Uden (Panmure); Steve Agnew (Hamilton). John Caldwell, Allan Manco (Canterbury); Kevin Bone, Phil Campbell. Brian Rutter (North Shore); Maurice Paurini (Wanganui).
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