CYCLISTS SELECTED
FOR EMPIRE GAMES THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM [By Telegraph—Press Association] WELLINGTON, This Day. A special meeting of the New Zealand Amateur Cycling Association was held at Wellington last night to consider nominations for the team to represent the Dominion at the British Empire Games to be held at Sydney. At the conclusion of the meeting, the secretary, Mr G. B. Aldridge, announced the selection of the following riders: 100 metre sprint: G. R. Gyles, Canterbury; R. Ulmer, Wellington; R. T. Taylor, Auckland. 1000-metre time trial: G. R. Gyles, Canterbury; R. Ulmer, Wellington; R. T. Taylor, Auckland. Ten-mile paced: G. R. Gyles, Canterbury; R. Ulmer, Wellington; A. G. Patrick, Auckland. Road racing: F. J. Grose. Canterbury; J. Brown, Auckland; A. Triner, Auckland. F. J. Grose will captain the team, which will sail for Sydney on 20th January.
E. G. Hughes, Auckland, who was in the provisional selection for the 10-mile paced event, was replaced by Gyles following Gyles’s performance at the national championships at Christchurch on Saturday.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 13 January 1938, Page 6
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