Three titles decided at N.Z. cycling

Press, 4 March 1978, Page 6

Three titles decided at N.Z. cycling

N. Lyster beat the former junior champion, Gary Sullivan, in each of their three rides in the quarter-finals of the senior sprint at the Dealing national hard-track championships at Denton Park yesterday.

In the semi-finals, he was joined by Gary Sword (East Coast-North Island). Wayne Palatchie (Wellington), and Ray Knight (Canterbury). The latter two are probably the top seeds Left in the competition and will no doubt be seeded to meet each other in the final. Three finals were decided. Nick PurceU (Canterbury) l retained the 450 m boys’ title, edging out Steve Briggs (West Coast-North Island), and Craig Adair. Dick Johnstone (Auckland) took the 450 m title at the other end of the age scale, comfortably heading off Peter van der Hulst (Waikato) and Barry Harcourt (Southland). Canterbury got back ir.to the hunt for the Points Shield when Tony Duder easily outlasted the other members of his four-man break to win the junior classic over 8000 m. Alex Captein (Waikato) got the silver medal. Abbreviations used in the results are: Auckland (A.), Waikato (Wko), West Coast-North Island (W.C.), East Coast-North Island (E.C.), Wellington (W.j. Canterbury (C), Otago (O.). •Southland (S.). OPEN Tandem Semi-finals.—B. Broad and B. Tall (S.) beat J. Swart and S. Cox (Wko). 12.0. 12.3: E. McKenzie and K. McComb (Wko) 1 beat G. Sullivan and P. Trusler | (A.), 11.5. 4000 m individual pursuit I Semi-finals.—Swart, 5:16.6, beat IJesson, 5:21.6; Richards caught I Stockwell on the fifth lap. SENIOR , Sprint i Eighth finals.—Sullivan beat

I McComb and P. Cuff (W.C ), 12.5; D. Palatchie (W.) beat Broad and K. Reid (C.), 12.5); G. Sword (E.C.) beat T. Watson (W.C.) and S. Cox (Wko), 13.4; R. Knight (C.) beat A. Luce (W.C.) and R. Blaylock (W.l, 12.9; N Lystei (W.) beat M Fabish (W.C.) and I. Steele (C.). 14.1; W. Palatchie (W.) beat 11. Gillbanks (A.) and B Tall (S.), 12.5. Reselections.—Luce beat Reid and Watson. 13.0; McComb beat GiUbanks and Steele, 12.8; Bioad beat Blaylock and Cuff. 12.8;; Fabish beat Cox, 12.6. Reselection finals.—Broad beat Luce, 12.6; McComb beat Fabish. 12.9. Quarter-finals—Knight beat] Broad, 12.5. 12.7; Lyster beat. Sullivan, 12 9, 15.5; Sullivan beat 1 Lvster, 13.7; Sword beat D. Palatchie, 13.5, 13.0; Palatchie beat Sword, 15.8; W. Palatchie beat McComb. 14.9, 14.2; McComb beat Palatchie. 12 6. Semi-final qualifiers.—Lyster, Sword, Knight, W. Palatchie 4000 m team pursuit Qualifying rounds.—Waikato, 4:58.9, beat West Coast-North Island. 5:14.9; Canterbury, 5:4.1, beat Auckland, 5:23.6. Semifinals: -Canterbury, 5:14.4, beat West Coast-North Island, 5:19.9; Auckland beat Waikato, race abandoned. JUNIOR 3000 m individual pursuit Qualifying round.—A. Captein I iWkol, 4:6.8. beat S. Hinton (A). 4:18.4: M. Pine (S). 4:18.8. beat D. Conwav (A). 4:18.1; A. Pine (S). 4:12.4 beat S. Carton (W) 4:12.5; G. Miller <W) 4:5.2 beat G. Tump (C) 4:7.8; B. Brunton (C) 4:8.0 beat S. Young (WC). 4:9.1; M. Bosomworth iWico) 4:3.0 beat 11. Dryden <O) 4:19.5; B. van der Griend lA). 4:0.9, beat T. Horne (C) 4:7.1; P. Flatterv (C) 4:6 4 beat M. Quy (O) 4:9.3; A. Strang (C) 4:10.5 beat J. King (WC) 4:13.5; C. Reade (W) 4:3.0 beat B. Watson (WC) 4:7.7.

Quarter-finals. — Miller 4:4.1 beat Flattery 4:6.9; Reade 4:0.1

beat Captein 4:4.2; Bosomworth 4:4.9 and Horne 4:9.6; Van der Griend 4:1.9 beat Watson 4:6.7 Semi-finals.—Van der Griend 4:2.1 beat Miller 4:5.0; Reade 4:19 beat Bosomworth 4:6.0. Sprint Eighth finals.—A Duder ,C) beat Quy and Hinton. 13.1; R. Roselli (W) beat P Lewis iS> and K. Steele 1C). 12.5; M. Mcßedmond (WS) beat C. Sutherland (C) and Miller 12.5; M. Steel* (C) beat G Hill (A) and G. Bridgeman (O) 14.6; M. Dwight (A) beat L. Black iIVC) and R. Matheson (S), 12.3; McKenzie beat Van der Griend and W. Sharroek (WC). 12.5. Reselectlons.—Van der Griend beat Black 12.5; Quy beat Sharrock and K. Steele, 13.0; Lewis beat Bridgeman and Hinton 13.0; Hill beat Sutherland and Matheson. 12.4. Reselection finals.—Lewis beat Van der Griend. 126; Hill beat Quy. 13.2. Quarterfinals — Roselli beat Duder. 12.9 14.5; Mcßedmond beat Steele. 13.7 13.8; Dwight beat Lewis. 13.1. 12.4; McKenzie beat Hill. 19.2 13.0. 8000 m Final. —Duder 1, Captein 2, Reade 3. King 4. McKenzie 5. Time: 11:27.4. BOYS 450 m Semi-finals—Heat one: N Purcell (C) 1. S Woods iC) 2 G. Dwight (Al 3. Time: 34.0 Heat two: S Briggs (WS) 1. S. Smith (C) 2 C. Adair (C) 3. Time: 35.0. Final—Purcell 1, Briggs 2. Adair 3. Time: 35.0. 2000 m Semi-finals.— Heat one R Wills (S) 1. Purcell 2. .M. Davies (Wko) 3. Dwight 4. Woods 5. Time: 3:7.5. Heat two: Smith 1, S. Phillips (WC) 2. S. F. Bindon (Ci 3. G Kerr <W) 4. F. O’Brien (A) 5 Time: 3:2. VETERANS 450 m Final.—R. D Johnstone (A) 1, T. van der Hulst iWko) 2. B Harcourt (S) 3. Time: 35.5.