No favourite for Madison
By RAY CAIRNS 1 It is an indication of the' evenness of Canterbury's top (amateur tifck cyclists that: , there is no outright favourite for the provincial Madi-: son championship at Denton' Park on Sunday. It is also significant that a, desire to race against the. best riders available has re- : suited in the novice charri- . pionship effectively being a.i South Island title event. The top pairings. for, example, are rhe title-hold- : . ers. Craig Nichols, of Christ- I ;church, and Del Woodford.,] from Mosgiel: Blenheim’s! Alan Miller and another I Christchurch rider. Jamie ' Nisbett; one all-Canterbury 1 combination, Michael Hazel- I dine and Malcolm Robertson; : I and the Southlanders, Mur- I ;ray Hewitt and Murray I Leahy. Woodford and Nichols, the ’ champions, are entitled to I favouritism, but it would be I no surprise if any one of the other three top teams was ' ;to topple them. i< ! There is also plenty of tai-'I
ent among" the open-grade teams: Peter Lewis and ■ Brian Fowler, Paul Flattery and Brent Kircher. Craig iAdair and Tony Duder, Kim Reid and Tony Strang, and : rhe juniors, Paul Clare and Tony Fuller. To them can also be added , Greg Frame and David Holliday, a late entry from Nelson. Lewis made a late start to; the track season, hut im-j mediately started sprinting! very sharply. That points-' scoring potential, and Fow-| ler’s undoubted strength, 1 perhaps gives them the edge, I There is a similar balance l , to Flattery’ and Kircher, and they’ will have some strong backing, while if one team is to score heavily in the sprints, it is most likely to be the pairing of Adair and I Duder. The latter last year won the title with Reid: with their new partners, both title-holders will still present strong challenges. The novice championship: will start at noon, and the open race probably about 1.30 p.m.
No favourite for Madison
Press, 23 January 1981, Page 3
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