FIFTY MILES RELAY
CASHMERE HELLS TO AKAROA. COMPETITORS NUMBER 120. _ ' r/’ By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. Cross-country runners at Christchurch carried out their most ambitious enter-, in the history of the sport in Canterbury by running a cross-country re- - ! lay race from the Sign of the Takahe on Dyer’s Pass Road, Cashmere Hills, to Akaroa, a distance of almost 50 miles. One hundred and twenty- runners took part and they raced in teams of eight, the distance being divided'into eight stages over a hilly course. The runners kept a speed of a little better than 10 <? miles an hour. . ■ ' The first five teams home were:— Christchurch A, 4h 49m, 1; Presbyterian A, 4h.57m, 2; Methodist, 5h 2m, 3; Anglican, 5h 13m, 4; University A, 5h
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 June 1935, Page 5
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