Whakatane Rider Wins Bay Club’s Time Trial Test
Riding confidently over the whole of the 80 mile course B. Mathews, Whakatane, was the winner of the time trial for the Magnus Lennie Trophy conducted by the Bay of Plenty Motor Cycle Club on Sunday. Mathews rode an A.J.S. and gained 53 points to be first.
There were 22 record entries from Whakatane, Opotiki and Tauranga riders, who tested many difficult hazards on the course. Some riders took the wrong turning at Awakaponga and ended up over the Manawahe hills before they realised their error. Results:—
B. Mathews (A.J.S.) 53 points 1, lan Campbell (Matchless) Opotiki 56 2, D. McGlashen (Matchless) 58
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 75, 28 July 1950, Page 3
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111Whakatane Rider Wins Bay Club’s Time Trial Test Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 75, 28 July 1950, Page 3
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