Cycling Shirley upset in pursuit

Press, 24 February 1986, Page 28

Cycling Shirley upset in pursuit

Honours were shared at the annual Healing South Island schools’ cycling championships held at Denton Park and Wigram Air Force base at the week-end.

Shirley Boys’ High School, which has dominated the championships in the past, could manage only one win, taking the under 16 years 16km road race.

One of the upsets of the meeting was the ' defeat of Shirley by Christchurch Boys' High School in the over 16 years Italian pursuit. Shirley was the defending champion. Led by Jason M. Smith and being ably supported by John Rastrick, Tim Carswell, and Jonathan Wilson, C.B.H.S. was down 2s going into the final lap. Then Smith turned in a blistering 26.22 s lap, to lead his team to a 2s win over Shirley.

Lisa Gooding (Bumside High School) retained the girls’ open age road title, and figured in her school’s win in the Italian teams’ pursuit. The Burnside girls’ team also won the 10km road race prize. Results. —

Primary Schols Track. —Italian pursuit final: Branston Intermediate School A (J. Smith, G. Carson, L Crates, C. Denny) 2min 41.235, 1; Opawa Primary School 2; Branston Intermediate School B, 3. Road races, 6.skm.—Boys: K. Upstan (Swannanoa School), 1; G. Fletcher (St Martins Primary School) 2; C. Denny (Branston Intermediate School), 3. Girls: N. Bird (Kirkwood Primary School), 1; A. Jacobs (Branston Intermediate School), 2; K. Paul (Branston Intermediate School), 3. Secondary Schools, girls Italian pursuit final: Bumside High School (L. Gooding, V. Buckeridge, S. McDonald, J. Chinnery), 2min 20.255, 1; Christchurch Girls’ High School 2.

10km road race: L. Gooding (Burnside H.S.), 1; V. Buckeridge (Burnside H.S.) 2; S. McDonald (Burnside H.S.), 3. Team: Burnside H.S. (L.

Gooding, V. Buckeridge, S. McDonald) I.'

Secondary schools, boys Under 14 years.—ltalian pursuit final: Ellesmere College A (G. Kewish, T. Grant, V. McHaffie. G. Ford) 2min 28.205, -1; Burnslide High School 2; Ellesmere College B, 3. .

10km road race: T. SkHling (Linwood High School); 1; G. - ; - Kewish (Ellesmere College); 2; J. THall (Shirley Boys’ High School), 3. . .

Team: Ellesmere College (G. Kewish, T. Grant, V. McHaffie), 1. Under 15 years—l6km road race: C. Saunders (Nayland College), 1; T. Carswell (Christchurch Boys’ High School), 2; M. Towler (Timaru Boys’ High School), 3-

Team: Nayland College (C. Saunders, J. Clark, W. Rutledge), 1. Under 16 years.—ltalian pursuit final: Riccarton High School (C. Gyde, N. Mills, C. Odams, P. Fanthom), 2min 02.745, 1; St Thomas’s College 2; Timaru Boys High School 3.

650 m scratch race: T. Skilling, 1; T. Creelman, 2; R. McLennan, 3. Time: 52:555. 16km road race: G. Kiesanowski ■ (Shirley Boys High School), 1; C. Gyde (Riccarton High School), 2; P. Fanthom (Riccarton High School), 3. Team: Riccarton High School (C. Gyde, P. Fanthom, C. Odams), 1. Over 16 years.—ltalian pursuit final: Christchurch Boys’ High School (J. Wilson, T. Carswell, J. Rastrick, J. M. Smith) Imin 58.165, 1; Shirley Boys’ High School, 2; Timaru Boys’ High School, 3. 650 m scratch race: A. Laplanche, 1; C. Hamblin, 2; S. Miller, 3. Time: 61.995.

30km road race: B. Stevens (Timaru Boys’ High School), 1; M. Glover (Nayland College), 2; J. Wilson (Christchurch Boys’ High School), 3. Team: Shirley Boys’ High School (J. Rico, N. Gibson, Jonathan Rico), 1.