Stockwell in form

Press, 5 June 1978, Page 20

Stockwell in form

PA Invercargill: Blair Stockwell, of Christchurch, showed peak form at the week-end, when, for the second year in succession,; he won every stage of the Vacation Hotels’ Invercargill to Queenstown cycling tour. Stockwell’s target is the 185 kilometre road race at the Commonwealth Gaines at Edmonton in 10 weeks, and this week-end’s events provided a convincing display of his ability. The only real opposition to Stockwell was from Chris; Hogan, of Canterbury, and Peter Goding, of Otago, w’ho finished second and third respectively The annual event is organ-! ised by the Glengarry Amateur Cycling Club, of In-i

I • vercargill, and involves five I stages. The first three were in- • eluded in Saturday’s In- [ vercargin to Queenstown ' road tour with the first ■ stage to Lumsden, the sec- > ond to Kingston, and the I third finishing at Frankton. The fourth stage is the • Queenstown to Coronet : View and return race, held ; yesterday morning, and the ,’fifth stage is the 24 kilo- ; metre Criterium staged • around Queenstown streets and the Recreation Ground i in the afternoon. . Final classification.—A grade: , B. Stockwell (Canterbury). 6:22.54. >1; C. Hogan (Canterbury). Imin )58sec behind, 2; P. Goding (Otago). 2min 24sec, 3; M. Hughes Southland). 3min 24sec. 4. B grade: W. Beckett (Southland), .16:22.38. 1; A. Pine (Southland), !29sec behind. 2: W. MeKav ■| (Otago). 30sec. 3; S. Wright ■i (Southland). 56sec. 4.