CYCLING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20231, 15 February 1934, Page 7

CYCLING NOTES.

BY

“WHEEL.”

The New Brighton Cycling Club conducted a successful road championship for novice riders last Saturday. Despite the exceptionally bad weather conditions, over thirty riders started. The course, from New Brighton to Woodend and return was given out as forty miles and was handicapped as such, the limit tin-nod t "|’*‘ ,ve ni inu tes. The time reconsiderably short of forty miles. The winner, riding off the ten-minute mark, covered the distance in Ihr 25min mu 6 *' Hn * mpossib * e time for forty The club is to be congratulated on the arrangements made for the running of the championship. Tire riders were dispatched without a hitch and checked in without any errors. The handicapping was open to criticism, however, the limit of 12rnin being too big, the backmarkers not having a chance to get up. Iv. Shanks (lmin) who gained fastest time, finished 7mins 20secs be- | hind the winner, who was in receipt of a start of 9min from Shanks, the gain by Shanks on the winner being lmin 40sees. The riding powers of the back markers were badly over-estimated. The scratch men, by not making a good showing, let the handieappers down. W. D. Murray, who won the handicap, is practically a new rider. He is a brother of the well-known amateur, J. G. Murray. Murray rode a really good race for a novice, leaving his comarkers to go on to finish alone, 49sec in front of the second man. Murray gives promise of developing into a firstclass cyclist. R. W. Rondel, second place, has ridden in several novice races without wefl tin& WUh much success. He finished J. Leggett, third place, took up the only recentlv - He is riding better 'vitit every appearance. rwV-ho en har U on t !V P re C cl’„t I fy a c C on'i , e ntr t? live in town He has done little racing. £ e n*2?°? I - d fi that novice races will benefit his riding considerably. arm Sjfh ? nd C Vi Co , x ’ who fi uished fifth and sixth respectively, have been promiTni r I ,VLi reCent races * Just missing in the finishing sprint. More training in this direction should result in their catchng the judge's eye more frequently. Shanks, who won the novice road championship, started racing with the Christchurch Cycling Club early this f h ? w ? n a race at Mairehau, to holS hi= ot be ~ onpr before lie is able to noid ins own in open company. To b 3 l rl S of the calibre of Porter, f“ ce . an(l Kelly proved him to be the most improved novice at present P?. m j? etin f-. Shanks is to be congraLulated on his splendid effort, est HrnnSj! l , o registered second fastbetter rider than when" lie ** tar ted 3 raefn g ™i hS Sr °- He ,s * trier and we'eT/o* KSSoS Ü b?*^c.e M wlS V|S .’iI*' 1 *' of doing: the trip hi two d aJ “ He cxpeets to be atvay for about three months The Waiht Cycle Club is promoting ?„i C / C ;. ll r g V arnival to -be held on a wihh n'S Ck w° V . er the Tauranga Bridge' The ,', ‘n East f r Saturday, March fl. one .n i l ? ven,a include a Half-mile, two mill,, <! handicaps and the nines Waihi wheel race, which £l7 r 1 1he P w Tnner °?ecw 1 v ?n * fl t val “ e ° f ' 1 ® scratch ra ce !s also close on March® 1 ? r ° Eramm e. Entries f„ T v! ie Progvamme for the Kowai Sports, inrhfrilUf at Sefto ” 0,1 Easter Monday, tiV* f Ti* r < JP en handicap events and tne two miles Canterbury cycling championship. Good prize-money is offered if *? v , e * miles wheel race having £ll Entries rin Jt ’ exc lr Sive of la *> Prizes. Entnes close on March 22. The newly-formed Avon Amateur Cycling Club will begin its activities i v 4 itka r°ad race on Saturday, February Hrst at of M Th ® ' ao ® wlll b ® Empire C Gamf s w'm'b. “held’ 6 rH fi®® ? r a :L? ’ , b iles and 1000 metres August 4.* Th ® events win be held on nimr L h id U »m h k ” 5 c k cyclin e championsnips will be held in Tasmania tlii« season, 1934-35. No other «J taVl f application for them. 1 made a 3V h ® Sumner Cyoling*Club will hold a road race next Monday evening The tie®'De'af'at St 6 a 3O. fr “ m ' th ® Sch °' ol for Hubert Opperman, accompanied bv his wife, left Melbourne ea?ly this SS nt c h hlS r ns^ ,and the Contlnln® nis chief mission being to attack the Band s: End-John o’ Groats record In written for the •• Sporting Engl an d"o ppwma n ° ?£ E£S n ll a es * :i ‘l. n V v . closest approach to the End to End ’ distance. A study of t-ide reveals’ that s '} h eels placed 392 miles behind him after twenty-four hours, whife mine registered 20 miles less if s average for the S6O miles, including stops, reads 14.12 and the Sydney-Mel-mv Pr ?irtc aV f laSe fa ShOW 14 ' 5 - all against m> i ide, in cold print, without allow Th'JVS 1 ' the faster El ’Slish highways, iarrl w®?, 06 ' S K '' eat enou ßh to re- , apprehension,, and I depart for with the feeling that Boss i tci has made 61 hours --mins, a most difficult combination of H s l ° a, ‘ er in tHe record book! fotaiJS t iltonods out of the saddle Ihrs 13 mm': S 32mins while I enjoyed irs u mins relaxation during the OiiSrmS'k r j cle of 5 . 65 m,l es.” While .J? I ,™ IS a " - ay, attempts on the 12 r in r -r-To a u, e a T l 0 S U „ r be of u.S a e!4fn,^ rd ;. aUX - Pa^ „ . FIXTURES. (nov!ce U ) ary 19 ' — Sumner road race, February 24.—Amateur race, Mairehau March 10.—Ashburton Sports. March 17.—Blenheim Sports. Anr if** 2 w K 4 ? wa ' S P° rts . Sefton. Api ii 2.—Waikari Sports (amateur).