Annual road race returns to university grounds
The University Club’s annual road race has returned from Wigram Air Base to its headquarters, the grounds and surrounds of the University of Canterbury. The 2.4 km circuit around the university drives provides an excellent surface with minimal vehicle traffic and should prove a very fast circuit
The 10km Roche classic, ah event for registered athletes,
gets underway at 10.15 a.m. today and it will be preceded by a skm fun run. Tomorrow, at Queen Elizabeth II Park, the Newmans inter-city athletics preliminary club competition for the Canterbury-Tasman region will be held. The first section for bigger clubs includes Technical, Old Boys-Te Kura and Papanui Toe H. The winner will be
eligible to compete at the national club final in Auck-
land at Easter. In Division 2 competition, a new event, there are five entries: Ashburton, Avon, Cashmere-Hillmorton, North Canterbury and Q.E. Athletic.
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