CYCLING

Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1938, Page 6

CYCLING

OTAGO CHAMPIONSHIP-RESULTS ' ' . • . • : *’ •• ' -•- \ ’ (Per Press Association.— Copyright). -1DUNEDIN, September i 8 Maintaining a good • position throughout the long and arduous joiirney, C. W. Shilton, the Rangiora cydisf made an. excellent- dash over the ast job. yards to,, win: the Otago. 50 niles road cycling championship 6n Saturday'afternoon," by a clear length .rom E. Rondel, of the Papanui Club; Christchurch. The winner recorded the gbod time of 2hrs. Bmiri. 16 -sqcC which is regarded as an outstanding,!' performarice for the course. A deuce was .that .Shilton, who" is hbktejrT -" of • the Canterbury 25 miles find 50 miles championships, afi well ? fis\;fh& '.OO kilometres title, was competing’in his thirteenth race and his rinmberV was 13. His '‘performancewas filso the thirteenth occasion on which he had secured-fastest-time.' : C : A large number of spectators watched the field of 30 riders get fiwfiy' to fine rolling' start 'at Green Island, where many private mbtor-ears folioiw' ed the field to watch the progress, of ■individual competitors, • One ihile south -f Claredon the turn was made for the return journey to Green Island, Shilton? being in fifth placo at this stage ■' of fthe race.:', . . . .-•■ - • '••• The main bunch of 15 racers rode together throughout- the grefiter part of the journey, but about a mile -from home the field began r to 4 string out. The.first six to finish were ‘ ' Shilton (Rangiora), Rondel (PapanUi), E, . Boyd (Dunedin), D. -Smart (Dunedin), K. Jones (Invercargill) and A.- J/’ Lancaster;- (Christchurch). y ; ; Lancaster, who was prominent throughout, lost a little ground .coming, up the last hill, .?■; but thouffh/he finished, sixth, his time was only 1 l-ssec. slower than the winner’s. " - % r- ■, A -.sealed handicap was-won by Ni McDonald. (Dunedin), and the Dunedin A tefim won the teams’ race for the Teachers Cup, Invercargill being second...-, ’. • ■/: ' The. South. Island junior champion- , ship,'- held in conjunction ' with - the I race, was * won - by N. McDonald;, who filled tenth plabe. . ,M. Harris'(lnver- } cargill) won a trophy awarded to Hlb I first .-Southland competitor who did p not secure a -prize.Ejy’h