Big runner entry

Press, 13 November 1985, Page 80

Big runner entry

About 200 runners have entered the North Canterbury News Rangiora 20 mile road running race to be held on Saturday. The fastest man who has entered is Kevin O’Sullivan (University), who won in Ihr

44min 10s last year and won the Canterbury marathon championship at the end of last month. The women’s ' titleholder, Helen Grant (TocH), who finished the KB Gold 100 km race two weeks ago, has also entered.

General forecast: Becoming fine; light winds in most districts; isolated showers in the far north. District forecasts: Canterbury: Becoming fine with moderate southerlies; cool. Wellington, Marlborough:

Fresh cool southerlies; some morning drizzle, clearing later. Nelson: Fine with moderate north-easterlies. Extended forecast to Saturday: Fine and mild, with northerly breezes; showers developing on Saturday in Westland.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer:.... 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1008.7 1016.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 22.5 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. 1.6 To date this month. ... 25 To date this year 379 To date last year 484 Average to date 566 Average for November . 49 Wettest November (1942) 140 Driest November (1947). 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 4 hr 6- min To date this month. ... 102 To date this year 1991 To date last year 1786 Average for November . 207 Humidity: Per cent at noon 61 Per cent at 6 p.m 82 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 20 deg, minimum 12 deg, grass 10 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today: Rises, 5.58 a.m.; sets, 8.30 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 5.57 a.m.; sets, 8.31 p.m. Moon — Today: Rises, 6.02 a.m.; sets, 9.27 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.41 a.m.; sets 10.49 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton — Today: 5.17 a.m. and 5.43 p.m. Tomorrow: 6.17 a.m. and 6.44 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Porty Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon New moon: Today.

First quarter: November 19. Full moon: November 28. Last quarter: December 5. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 20deg., cloudy, S.W., 10 knots. Wellington: 14deg., cloudy, N.W., 18 knots. Christchurch: 21deg., cloudy, N., 3 knots. Dunedin: 14deg., rain, S.W., 13 knots. ■ WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 17, 32; Brisbane, 19, 28; Canberra, 12, 25; Darwin, 26, 33; Hobart, 10, 22; Melbourne, 14, 31; Perth, 15, 24; Sydney, 16, 23. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 1,5; Athens, 10, 21; Bahrain, 24, 31; Bangkok, 25, 32; Beirut, 18, 23; Belgrade, 8, 18; Berlin, 2,5; Bogota, 3, 21; Brussels, 0, 13; Buenos Aires, 15, 24; Cairo, 17, 24; Caracas, 20, 28; Chicago, 2,3; Copenhagen, 2,8; Denpasar, 23, 32; Dublin, 3,9; Frankfurt, —l, 14; Geneva, 11, 14; Havana, 23, 30; Hong Kong, 21, 25; Honolulu, 21, 27; Istanbul, 7, 16; Jakarta, 24, 33; Jerusalem, 10, 16; Johannesburg, 14, 22; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 15, 21; Lisbon, 16,18; London, 3,8; Los Angeles, 15, 17; Madrid, 9, 23; Manila, 22, 33; Montevideo, 19, 23; Montreal, —1,1; Moscow, 3, 7; New Delhi, 13, 28; New York, 14, 23; Nicosia, 10, 24; Oslo, -3, 5; Paris, 1, 10; Peking, —5, 8; Rio de Janeiro, 15, 31; Rome, 14, 22; San Francisco, 10, 12; Santiago, 7, 26; Sao Paulo, 14, 30; Seoul, 1,5; Singapore, 24, 31; Taipei, 16, 21; Tel Aviv, 11, 23; Tokyo, 13, 19; Toronto, 0,3; Vancouver, 0,8; Vienna, 6, 11; Warsaw, 9, 13.