Strong field for 100 km event
A last-minute entry by the internationally famous longdistance specialist, Ziggte Bauer, of Waiouru will make the field for tomorrow’s annual Symon and Lowther 100 km event the strongest to contest an ultra-distance run of this kind in New Zealand. There are more than IzU entries — one of the biggest fields for this event. Bauer, who holds the open
: record for the 1380 mile run ■ from Bluff to ’ Cape Reinga ■ of 18 days as well as the : South African 1000 mile • title, will have strong com- • petition from two of Austra- : lia’s top distance men, Tom ■ Gillis and Don Keyssecker ■as well.as John Souter, of Timaru and, David Kennedy, i of the St Martins Club. Kennedy beat Bauer out of second place two years ago l in the 100 km event.
i Both registered and unre- . gistered runners are eligible : to take part. Late entries : will be accepted before the start in Cathedral Square which is at 6 a.m. The course, one of the ’ most testing in the world ’ for this distance, is mainly >op the Banks Peninsula . roads after a 24km preparai tory flat loop in the Tai Tapu-Ladbrooks area.
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