CYCLING CHAMPIONS

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 106, 29 January 1940, Page 3

CYCLING CHAMPIONS

Wellington Provincial Meeting

CONTINENTAL STYLE RACING The Wellington provincial cycling championships were held at Petone on Saturday, some handicap races also being included in the programme. Included in the championships was a 500-metres sprint, run in heats, quarterfinals, semifinals and match race finals. In this type of event, stated to be popular ou the Continent, two riders compete against each other in each beat. For the first 250 metres they manoeuvre for positions and can do anything at all except remove their hands from lite bars. '1 hey can “throw’’ their back wheel in the path of the opposing rider or adopt other devices for beating him to the inner position. The sprint starts with the last 220 yards, when the man who has started off on the inside must ride parallel with a white line 22 inches in from the edge of the track, allowing just sufficient room for an expert rider to cut through, if he can. While it may be a great attraction on the Continent, it did not arouse any enthusiasm among the public at Petone, and with eight heats, four quarterfinals, two semifinals and two match race finals occupied more’than a fair share of the programme without being a real test of riding ability. In conjunction with the cycling championships the Olympic, Petone and Masterton amateur athletic clubs held a triangular contest, which was won by Masterton. In the 10-mile cycling championship only two men finished out of a field of 14. Three laps of 440 yards separated these two. In the following results Pon. stands for Poneke, P.N. for Port Nicholson, N. for Nelson, P. for Petone, M. for Masterton and O. for Olympic:— Cycling Championships. 1000 metres time trial: R. Dutton (Poti.), 24 l-ssec„ 1; T. Roe (P.), 25sec., 2; A. Pennington (P.), 25 4-ssec.. 3. Half-mile junior: P. Parkes (N.), 1; L. W. Fifield (P.), 2. Time, 1.19 4-5. 500 metres sprint. Continental rules.— Heats: G. Pennington (P.) beat U. Dutton (Pon.); time, 10 2-5. C. Sparkes (rode alone); time. 21 3-5. M. D. Evans (Pon.) beat M. Graham (P.); time, 15 1-5. E. Langley (rode alone); lime, 15 1-5. P. Roe (P.) beat T. Walsh (Pon.); time, 15 4-5. L. Sowerby (P.N.) beat D. Thomas (I 1 .): lime, 10. A. Pennington (!’.) beat C. Biggs (Pj; time. 15 4-5. W. Keighley (P.N.) beat H. Laurie (P.): time, 15 4-5. Quarterfinals: L. Sowerby beat Keighley: time, 15 2-5. C. Sparkes beat P. Roc; time, 15 1-5. A. Pennington beat Langley; time; 15 1-5. Evans beat G. Pennington; time, 15 1-5. Semifinals: Sowerby beat. Evans; time. 15 1-5. A. Pennington beat C. Sparkes; time. 10 1-5. Final (best of three match races): Pennington beat Sowerby in two successive races, making the final result: A. Pennington, 1; L. Sowerby, 2; C. Sparkes, 3. Flve-mile junior: E. Yuile (P.N.), 1; P. Parkes |N.), 2; J. Sparkes (Pon.), 3. Time, 14.55 2-o.

Ten miles: It. Dutton (Pon.), 1; time. 25.47 1-5. E. Langley (N.), 2; time, 27.46 Handicap Cycling. Half-mile.—First heat: E. Yuile (P.N.). s()yds., 1: L. W. Fifield (P.), 90yds., 2; D. E. Knight (Pon.), 30yds.. 3: time, 64 4-5. Sccohd heat: M. Graham (P.N.), 20 yds.. 1; G. Pennington (P.), 30yds., 2: fl. Laurie (P.), 50yds., 3: time, 75 1-5. Final: Yuile, 1; Laurie, 2; Fifield, 3: time, 62 J-5. Mile: J. Sparkes (Pon.), 120yds., 1; A. Cook (P.), 160yds., 2; M. Graham (P.N.), 40yds., 3. Time. 2.16 3-5. Athletics. 808 Yards Junior. —L. Burnette (P.). 1; S. J. Faulkner (M.), 2; H. Cardiff (O.), 3. Time, 2.19. BSO Yards Senior. — \V. M. SeLar (AL), 1: E. J. WickPiis (MJ, 2; M. Busby (P.). 3. Time, 2.7 1-5. 100 Yards Senior.—D. W. Stratton (AL). 1: R. Jackson •( Pj, 2; P‘. Gtii.se (M.),. 3. Time, 10 4-5. 100 Yards Junior.—First heat: A. Ryan (Pj. 1: J. AL Harrington (AL). 2; J. Bold (PJ. 3. Time, 10 4-5. Second heat: F. Seymour (PJ, 1; J. A. Heaven (MJ, 2; V. B. Treen (PJ. 3. Time, 10 4-5. Final: Ryan. 1; Harrington, 2: Seymour, 3 Time, 10 3-5. 220 Yards Senior.—D. N. Stratton (AL), 1; C. Griffin (Pj,2; R. B. McPherson (MJ, 3. Time, 24. 220 Yards Junior.—First heat: J. Bold (PJ, 1: W. Rutter (PJ, 2; G. E. Barker (PJ. 3. Time. 25 1-5. Second heat: A. Ryan (Pj, 1; F. Seymour (Pj, 2; S. J. Faulkner (AL), 3. Time, 25 1-5. Final: Ryan. 1; Bold, 2: Seymour, 3. Time, 24 4-5. Three Mile Hutt Valley Championship.T. Shaw (P.), 1; AL Busby (Pj, 2. Time, 15.33 4-5. One Mile. —K. C. Wyeth (MJ, 1: E. Richardson ((JJ. 2. Time, 4.37. Field Events. Shot Put.—J. Watt (AL). 32ft. 7Ain.. I; L. Bade (OJ, 31ft. 14in„ 2: F. R. Bodie (Al J. 29ft. 31 in.. 3. Junior Broad Jump.—A. Curtis (AL). 17ft” Gfin.. 1; Bold (PJ, 17ft. Hin.. 2: H. Cardiff (OJ, 16ft. 11J hi., 3. Senior Broad Jump.—J. Sharpe (PJ. 18ft. Sjin., 1: C. Griffin (Pj, 18ft. Olin.. 2: Ryan (PJ. 17ft. ll*in„ 3. Discus Throw.—J. Watt (MJ, 101 ft. 4in.. 1: L. Bade (OJ. 94ft. 3in., 2; IO It. Bodie (AL). 81ft. 2Jin., 3.

TOURING CYCLISTS

Brilliant Riding At Dunedin By Telegraph.—Press Association. DUNEDIN, January 28. The two visiting Australian cyclists, J. Walsh (New South Wales) and K. Stewart (Victoria), gave brilliant performances in the second evening meeting held by the Otago centre of the New Zealand Amateur Cycling Association on the Caledonian ground on Saturday. The third Australian rider, IL Clayton (Queensland), did not compete, as be was still bruised after his crash on 'Thursday. The five-mile open race was won with ease by Walsh, who finished a lap and a half ahead of I*. Hansen. Otago, and both Walsh and Stewart won their 1000-metre sprint races in impressive style. A strong and gusty south-west wind made conditions for the meeting unpleasant and militated against fast times.