Runner And Cyclist Gain Further Laurels
Ian Mudgs, of Otaki, clas'sed as Wellington's outstanding junior middle distance and distanee athlete, gave two impressive performances at Hataitai on Saturday to win the junior one . aka a half mile ra'ce and take tliird place :n the half md-3. In boih evetna he I was the scratch man, coneeding . up to 160 yards to oiie of Ihe place-getters in the loriger race, with the half mile going tc a runner off 60 yards. Mudge is reported to have earned high praise for his tenacity in going aftex the limit men frorn ths gun, and for exceilent judgment with his lap times. As a member of the Ot3xi Amateur Athlehc anct Cyciing Club Mudge runs undsr rhe Wellington Centre. The Wellington provinci'al cycling championships ' and Empire Games trials at Auckland saw Des. Smith beaten by the narrowest of margins in the five mile junior paced championship. The winner lowered thie record by 15.6 seconds and the Otaki boy must have bettered it by about 15.5, a most «noteworthy performance in a field of 15 starters. Local eye-witnesses are of . the opinion that only the judge could discern who was the actual winner of the event. , 9
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 December 1949, Page 2
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202Runner And Cyclist Gain Further Laurels Chronicle (Levin), 20 December 1949, Page 2
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