CYCLING

Grey River Argus, 22 October 1934, Page 6

CYCLING

ROUND MT. EGMONT Wood Wins (Per Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH. October 20. Tn ’an exciting finish the annual R’onnd-the-Mountain road cycjh* ra«-p of .120 miles resulted in a win for a New Plymouth rider, 1.. Wood (.handicap 15 minutes), whose lime '.vas shr lomin lusec. L. Pillams, Mid-i hurst (15mini, shr 15min 15 1 ssec Tvas second, and L. Reeves. Inglewood (BOinin), shr smin 15 2-sspc was third. Fastest time was gained bv W. Pratnev (Auckland). scratch man. with 3hr 35niin 31sec. The New Zealand 120 mile junior road championship iw-as w»on by L. Steven? (New'" Plymouth), in shr 35 min. 31 2-ssec. The weather was rather boisterous at the start, at 9 a.m.. and a stromr westerly wind cal’ed upon the rider* for a great effort over the first sec tion of the route. The distance of the race wins increased this year liy about 20 miles, and the route was made to /traverse Manain find Hahvpjia in 7T detour from K ipor ga and back to .T'lfham. It carried with it for the first, junior rider home the Now Zealand 120 mile mad championship, and for this there wore 15 entrants, '[’he whole cou:.se wa< over bitumen roads with an excellent surface. Forty-four riders started. Results: L. Wood, New Plymouth (15 min), shr 15min 15 sec, 1; 1.. Pitta ms. Midhurst (15min), shr 15mm 15 l-sspc, 2; L. Reeve, Inglpiwood (30 min), Jhr omin .15 2-ssec. 3; F. I*. Fussed. Inglewood (15min). shr 50 min 25sec, 4; W. Pratnev. Auckland (scr), shr 35min 31 see 5; L. Stevens, New Plymouth (15niin). shr 35min 31 2-ssec, 6; A. Flli-s, New Plymouth (scr), shr 35min 35sec. 7; M. Jones, Christchurch (IDmin), S; B. Ohl. Waitara (35min) 9; W. J. Seelau. Chris»tchu'reh (ISmin) 10; W. Ireland. New Plymouth (55m in) 11; D. Watson. Te Kuiti (lOmin) 12.

PALMERSTON TO WELLINGTON EVENT. II EGG LUN FIRST WELLINGTON. October 20 The annual amateur 102 mile evcie race from Palmerston North l\» Wellington was held today starting :»t 9a.m. and finishing al P< -me instead of the Basin Reserve, as formerly aria nged. The eighty-two competitors included some of the best amateur wheelmen in the country. The /weather prospects were unsettled with a 1 airly strong wind from a southerly direction. The placed men were: J. Ileggltm (Blenheim) 45min 1; W. .Sinclair (Wellington) 45mi’n 2; R. T. Grey (Levin) 50m in 3; D. N. Christian (Shannon) 4<Smin 4: <*. J. Mudgway (Olnki) s(imiu 5.

Fastest times: O. Disley, Wellington (15min), 4hr 52min ssec 1: L. J. Richards, Christchurch (scr), 4hr 52 min 10 2-ssec 2; F. Franklin. Pahiatua (20m in), 4hr 52min 14sec : L. S. Radford, Christ*.church (ISmin) 4hr 54 min 34 2-ssec 4. DETAILS OF COLLISION. WELLINGTON, October 21. What, would have been an extremely close finish to an excellent content was marred when the three leading riders in the Palmerston North to Petone Road cycling race ou Saturday, collided at the entrance to Petone Recreation Ground ami fell. J Hegglun of Blenheim off the 45 minutes mark was first to remount his machine and he

gained an . advantage of about 20 yards over W. Sinclair, Wellington, on the same handicap, and hehl it to the finishing point. The third man, R. T. Grey, of Levin, who had lead all the way from the top of Paekakariki Hill to Petone. finished about 30 yards* behind Sinclair. Fastest time was put up by O. Disley, of Wellington (15min) who completed the distance in 4 hours

52 minutes 5 seconds. L. J. Richards (Christchurch), who started from scratch, took 5 2-ssees longer, and third fastest time went to F. Franklyn (Pahiatua) off 20min, who took 4 hours 52 minutes 14 seconds. Disley’s performance was exceptionally good, as from Paekakariki onwards he rode un paced. The accident at the end of the race was caused through Hegghin turning to the left at the entrance to the grounds, instead of to the right with the others. When all three straightened up going towards the track they rode into one another, and cinuld rrot avoid the collision. Weather conditions were excellent for the race at all stages of the journey. A light southerly w'ind was the only natural handicap the competitors had to contend with. CENTENARY EVENT MELBOURNE, October 20. Franco, Italy, and Now Zealand, a well as Australia, are represented in the Centenary Thousand Cycling R ice which began this morning. It 1 i's described as the largest, hardest and richest race ever staged in the Brktish Empire, and has attracted one hundred entries, including Harry Watson (New Zealand), and the 'Co nt fin entail champlions, • Paul Choequ-e and Ferdinand Hithouard (France), and Nino Borsari (Italy). Australia’s ehampions include Opperman. R. W. Laml). O. Nicholson, W. Stuart, T. Buckley and M. Marshall.

The race covers 100*0 miles round Victoria, including mountains, and the prize money is £2600. The racewill end on October 27.