MOTOR-CYCLE RACES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 369, 10 March 1932, Page 3

MOTOR-CYCLE RACES.

Good Nominations Received for Championship. Judged by the large number of entries received for the New Zteaiand open championship, to be run at the track meeting to be held by the Pioneer Sports Club on the New Brighton trotting grounds on Saturday afternoon, together with the calibre of the entrants, the race should be full of interest from the start to the finish. The distance is twelve miles, from a rolling start. The following are the nominations received: —Percy Coleman (Wanganui) 3 h Roj’-al Enfield, Harry Mangham (Masterton) 7 H.D., Alby Lemon (Auckland) Zh A.J.S., W. Viggers (Wellington), 3& O.K. Supreme, R. Oliver (Wellington) 3J H.D., A. Crighton (Dunedin) 3J J.A.P., W. R. W r illmot (Timaru) 21 A.J.S., Roy Grant (Blenheim) 21 A.J.S.. W. Higgs (Nelson) 21 Velocette, A. Fuller (Nelson) 25 Velocette, H. G. Flowers (Nelson) 21 A.J.S., R. G. Ranby (Christchurch) 3£ Douglas, Jack Hobson (Christchurch) 3£ Matchless, T. R. M’Cleary (Christchurch) 3£ Ariel, W. G. Thomas (Christchurch) 3 h H.D., C. Blacklock (Christchurch) 3£ J.A.P., R. A. Carpenter (Christchurch) 3£ J.A.P., E. J. Bradshaw (Christchurch) 21 F.N. At the finish of the championship the winner will be decorated with the Blue Riband by Mrs Angus Donaldson (wife of the president). There will be seven events in all. the first, the Canterbury handicap of four miles, starting at 2 p.m. Special trams will run to and from the