Hope Gibbons Trial Road Race Held
A trial raqe prior to the Hope Gibbons Shield -race, for which Levin will enter a team for the first time, was held on Saturday, Harry; Donovan securing first place, M.. Harper second and A. Rolston third. 1 The distance was 25 miles — Otaki and return — and the fastest time was recorded by both Donovan andJ
M. Harper, who elocked 1 hr. 2 mins. Don Yeates was fourth. The Ho]oe Gibbons Shield race is conducted" annu&Uy by the West Coast (N.I.) Centre, there being five riders in each team entered. The fastest time of the first four riders is the. deciding factor. The distance is 24 miles and Levin's team will. comprise1 H. Donovan (captain), O. Connolly, D. Yeates, M. Harper and R. Harper. The emergencies are A. Roston and T\ Searanke. The race is scheduled for July 23.
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 July 1949, Page 9
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