CYCLING.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20281, 16 April 1934, Page 11

CYCLING.

Papanui Club Opens Season. The Papanui Amateur Cycling Club opened the road racing season on Saturday with a fifteen-mile race at Paparmi. Forty riders faced the starter, with G. R. Giles. F. J. Grose and T. A. Grose on scratch, conceding a start of 4£min. The strong nor’-wester made conditions hard for most of the competitors, who were not yet fit fcr_a hard race. J. R- Richards, off Imin, again proved his liking for h hard race by gaining first place and fastest time decisively. Results:— .1. R. Richards (lmin"), 37min lOsec 1 E. Neill (Srnin). 39min 13se<- 2 M. H. Gregory (3min), 39min 13 l-ssec 3 A. J. Green (3min), 39min 13 2-ssec 4 J. C. Murray (l&min), 37min 44see .. 5 W. D. Murray (Zimin), 38inin 44see 6 R. G. Savage (31min). 39n»in 44 2-ssec 7 A. F. Day <3min), 39mln 45sec .... 8 F. J. Grose (scr), 37min 43sec .... 9 Staff Race. The employees of Hope, Gibbons, Rtri., held a five miles road race at Mairehau. The scratch man. A. C. Walker, conceded a limit of 13mvn to S. D. Stanley. F. Chammen (ljmin) and Stanley teamed up and fought out the final sprint. Walker was a long way back. Result:— S. D. Stanley (1 Srnin), 15min 17sec 1 F. Chammen <ljmin). 14min 4 7sec 2 R. Ditchings (15sec), 14min lOsec .. 3 I*. Hathaway (ljmin), 14min 25 1- 4 W. Simpson (lmin), 14min 40 2-ssea 5 N. A. Denmead (lmin), 14min 40 2- 6 A. C. Walker (scr), 14miu 40sec .. 7 Hitchings registered fastest time.