WALKING RACE TO BE REVIVED
——♦ Wellington-Hutt Valley As a result of the efforts of athletes in Wellington interested in walking, the Wellington-Hutt Valley walking race, abandoned since 1925, is to be revived. Previously the race was held from the Lower Hutt Post Office to the Wellington Post Office, but arrangements have been made to hold it on Saturday, starting at 2 p.m., from the Star Boating Club, Jervoig Quay, to the Petone Oval, a distance of approximately nine miles. There are to be seven starters, including D. Pedersen, ex-New Zealand champion walker and present holder of the Wellington one-mile walk championship. P. Aston, the present Wellington threemile walk champion, Constable J. McCarthy, winner of the mile walk at the Auckland provincial championships in February, and also a winner over the same distance at the recent police sports championships at. Sydney, and D. Sinclair, well known in hiking and tramping circles, are also to compete, the other three competitors being W. Gollop, W. Owens, and H. Reid, well-known Wellington competitors.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19380324.2.180
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 152, 24 March 1938, Page 17
Word Count
169WALKING RACE TO BE REVIVED Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 152, 24 March 1938, Page 17
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.