ROAD CYCLING

Evening Star, Issue 23380, 25 September 1939, Page 4

ROAD CYCLING

Q «> * DUNEDIN RIDER SUCCESSFUL i, [. ~ U (Teh United Press Association.] INVBRCARGi September 24. The South Island 50-mile road cycling 8 championship was held yesterday.. The t course was to Edehdale via Rimu and ’» Seaward Downs and back to Invercaru | .dll along the main'road. K. Baxter, I the Southland rider, was first home, t but C. M.* Hansen won the champion- * ship by securing fastest time., Hansen, '> a Dunedin rider, was off scratch, and beat his two co-markers, D. Smart and ) W. Clough, by a very narrow margin e in a thrilling tussle. The competitors met a strong wind on the return jour- / a ncy from Edondale, and this slowed ) i them down considerably. a I The following were the first six:— a K.\ Baxter (ISJmin). 2h 26min 50 i 2-ssec •" 4 * 0. Flowers (12min), 2h 20mm 20 1-5 f M. Burgess (ISJniin)’, 2h 26min 51 l*sscc ••• ••• ,n ••• ••• 3 ' P. Meehan (12rain), 2h 23min 55sec 4 ’ H. Patton (12min), 2h 23min 56 2-5 > H. Hubb’er (i2min), 2h 23min 56 3-5 1 sec - ® The three fastest times were secured bv Hansen (2m ISrain 55sec), Smart (2h 13min 55 l-ssec), and Clough (2h 13min 55 3-ssec). 1 ; HEW ZEALAND CLASSIC L , fI’ER United Pjiess Association.] ) CHRISTCHURCH, September 24. I Riding a fine race off the lOmin i mark D. Swanston won the coveted i double in the New Zealand road cycling > ! classic event from Timaru to Chnstx church. He crossed the line first and i also gained fastest time of 5h 16min ■ 35see. In a brilliant lap round the i Addington Showgrounds, where the i race finished. Swanston beat P. Bick- ; nell of Auckland. also off lOmin, by . half’ a wheel. M. G. Annett and M. > M. Annett were close up to fill third | and fourth places. This was Swanston’s 1 i second success in the event, for he won t in 1935, when the time was three-quar- | ters of a minute slower. . 1 I The field of 58 starters for this gruelling 112-mile journey was about 20 fewer than last year’s total number !of riders. Many riders found the go- ) i ng hard, and spills were frequent. Re- ■ suits: — > I)., Swanston (Linwood (lOmin), 5h 16miu 35sec 1 P. Bicknell. Auckland (10mm), 5h i IGmin 35scc 2 ’ i j[. G. Annett. Yaldhurst (27nun), { 5h 25min 3Gsec 3 I M. M. Annett, Spreydon (lOmin), I 5h IGmin 37sec 4 j

GREEN ISLAND CLUB i■ ■ ■

The above club held a race from Green Island to Brighton. R. Stewart was the.first to go, being followed by. R. Brice, W. Matehett, W. Sare, and D. Brown, this bunch leaving four minutes after the first man. S. Macartney,. 0. Ralston, and W. Haig left three minutes later, followed by L. Bell and 0. Gardiner six minutes and A. Woodford (scr) two minutes later* R. Stewart was the first to turn at Brighton, with Price, Sare, and Matehett If minutes later, then came Macartney, Haag, Ralston, and Brown 3 minutes, ..with Beil and Gardiner five minutes, and A. Woodford. The 11-minute hunch Host, no time on the way back, and in a good finish W. Sare was the first to cross the lino, with W. Matcnett next ' and R. Price third. Results;—W. Sara 1, W. Matehett 2, R. Price 3* Fastest time: W. Haig (34min 6sec) 1, S, Macartney (34min 6 l-ssco) 2, C. Ralston (34min 7seo) 3.