Griffin’s place well deserved
PA Palmerston North One of New Zealand’s most promising young cyclists, Craig Griffin, of Waikato, clearly earned a place in the New Zealand team of three boys to compete in the Australasian championships in Tasmania next month when he won the selection trials at Feilding yesterday. Griffin led for most of the race and shone in the sprints that were distributed evenly throughout the 40km race. Prominent from begin|ning to end, he crossed the I line first ahead of Paul I Leitch (Auckland) and Kevin Bishop (Canterbury). ' Griffin scored 29 points in | the trials, well ahead of the I second place-getter, Simon
King (Auckland) who scored 11. Leitch is the third member of the team and scored nine points. He was second across the line but did not show up in the sprints as well as King. Another competitor who shone at times in the trials was Canterbury’s Vaughan Harvey. Harvey was third across the line but had to be content with five points, giving him fifth place over all and a non-travelling reserve berth in the team. Results: C. Griffin (Waikato), 27, S. King (Auckland 11, P. Leitch (Auckland), 9, K. Bishop (Canterbury), 6, Vaughan Harvey (Canterbury), 5, D. Finucane (Waikato), 3, S. Newlove (Waikato), 3.
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