CYCLING.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 563, 17 September 1932, Page 10

CYCLING.

Championship Won by H. J. Croft’s. 36-MILE ROAD RACE. The South Island road championship was held to-day at Southbridge over a thirty-six miles course. The event, which was conducted by the Southbridge Athletic Club, attracted seventy-five nominations, including the best riders in the South Island. The scratch team comprised:—H. J. Crofts, 11. G. Watson, W. .J. Lamberton, " • ®»r and L. W. Hill, these riders conceding a limit of 16min to U. J. Wilson, of Waimate, a veteran of fifty-two years of age. Dast season’s South Island champion was B. w. Hill, of New Brighton. The thirty-six miles course, six times round a six miles block, was in good order. G. J. Wilson (16min) did not start. At six miles. Mallet. Vincent, King and Jones (13 min) were in the lead. The scratch men were llmin lCsec behind the leaders. Watson (scratch) knocked some spokes out of his wheel and retired. The scratch men had gained only 2min 45sec on' the front men at twelve mile \ Pope (llmin) was going well by himself 2min behind the leaders. With half the distance covered, Vincent, Mallet and Jones were in the lead. King having spilled. Pope still holding his place behind the leaders. Wilson (12min), M’Alister (llmin), O’Reilly (Smin), Bing (9min), Hack (lOmin), Kaan (9min), Dunlop (Bmin) and Dalv < B min) were riding well, Smin behind the leaders. Speirs (Gmin). O’Brien (smin>, Burnan (Dunedin) (Smin), M’Kaskell (6min) and Bearman (6min) were oirniji behind the limit riders. W. Crofts, Pearce. Ritchie and Carr (off the Smin mark) were l}min in front of the scratch men, who were Bmin 40sec in the rear.

With twelve miles to go, the leaders were still the same, with a big hunch 2min 25sec behind. The back-markers were still 7min 20sec behind Mallet, Jones and Vincent.

Final Lap. With six miles to go, Jones and Mallet were in the lead, 40sec in front of Griffiths, Ding, Hack, O’Reilly, M’Alister, Daly, Dunlop and Pope. Two and a half minutes later, O'Brien, Burnan, Hampton and Bearman passed. Welsh. Fransden, Lohrey and Jordan were ?f^, rly . 2min further back. Bamberton, Hill, H. J. Crofts, Austin, W. T. Weir, Harper and W. W. Crofts were smin 20see behind the leaders.

Second fastest time, B. W. Hill (scr), 96min 3 l-ssec. Crofts ‘beat Hill by inches. Crofts finished in fifteenth place, 4Jmin behind the winner.

AMATEUR CYCLING.

Canterbury Centre Holde Championship.

The thirty-mile Canterbury amateur championship, under the control of the Canterbury Amateur Cycling Centre, was held to-day on a course commencing from the Junction Hotel, Halswell, to Jtolleston and through Dincoln and Prebbleton. finishing on the Dincoln Road. A field of twenty-two riders contested the race. The scratch men. G. R. Giles, A. Hansen and W. A. Christensen, conceded a start of llmin to the limit men. Result:— K. Foster (llmin), time, lhr 32min 40seo j F. Dange (llmin), lhr 32min 40 2-ssec 2 A. Broad (llmin). lhr 33min 3 W. Kerr (9min). lhr 30min lOsec . . 4 H. Grant (4min), lmin 29sec 5 A. Hansen (scr), lhr 25min loser .. G G. R. Giles (scr), lhr 25min 15 l-ssee 7 W. A. Christensen ,sor), lhr 26min 8 V. Ayres (4min), lhr 31 min 9 The championship was won bv A. Hansen and the Derby championship by H. Grant. Papanui Amateur Club’s Event. The Papanui Amateur Cycling Club held a fifty miles road race this afternoon, from Papanui to Sefton and Ashley. Thirty riders started. Results:— R. W. Richards (4Jmin), 2hr 7min 30sec 1 H. W. Skidmore (9min), 2hr 12mi n 30 1-osee 2 G. R. Hann (9min), 2hr 14min 1 Sseo 3 I. F. Shaw (9min), 2hr 14min 4Ssec 4 R. Jones <lßmin), 2hr 24min 15sec 5 A. J. Dancaster (71min), 2hr 14min 9sec 6 Fastest time was registered by S. (scr), 2hr 7min lOsec. Second fastest time—M. F. Pearl, 2hr 7min 10 l-ssec.

time unplaced—T. A. Grose (4Jmin), 2hr llmin 39sec.

Results:— T. D. Griffiths (8min), 96min olsec .. 1 R. B. Daly <8min>, 96mln 61 3-6sec 2 J. F. O'Reilly <8mln), 96min 51 2-5sec 3 C. M Alister (llmln), 99mln 51 3-5sec 4 F. If. Pope (llmln), lOOmln 3sec .. 5 T. H. Burnan (5min), 94mln 45sec . . f. C. Bearman (6min), 96mln 7 S. H. Hampton (7min), 97min 21sec 8 R. Black <9jnin), 98min 9 W. D. Llnp (Dmin), lOOmin llsec .. 10 K. Armstrong: <7mln), 98min 12sec .. 11 T. E. O'Brien (5min). 96min 13sec .. 12 Fastest time was secured by H. J. Crofts (scr), 93mln 6sec.