Wellington ’lifters narrowly win
PA Auckland Led by two recordbreakers. Terry Williams and Peter Black. Wellington scored a narrow teams victory in the national junior weight-lifting championships in Auckland. It beat Auckland. 26-22. Williams, a paper-weight, set New Zealand junior records in the snatch with 53kg (old mark 52.5) and clean jerk with 75kg (70) in attempts outside the contest. Black, a light heavyweight, snatched
* I mark 100 kg) also for a : lational junior record, while; 1 nis total of 240 kg bettered ' the previous best total by [, skg. The Northland fly weight, i Peter Wedge, set a national' ' junior total of 162.5 kg. an>| improvement of 2.5 kg ;< The bantam-weight we it to i P. Chappell (Nelson) with a [total of 157.5 kg while M. White (Auck.) won the . 1 feather-weight with 165 kg. M. Bernard (Auck.) took the light-weight with 215 kg and' J. Callaghan won the middle-j; I weight with 207\5kg. _[[
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