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50-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP DUNEDIN RIDER’S WIN (Per Press' Association.) INVERCARGILL, this day. - The South Island 50-mile road cycling championship was held on Saturday. The course was to Edendale, via Rimu and Seaward Downs and back to Invercargill along the main road. K. Baxter, a Southland rider, was first home. C. M. Hansen won the championship by securing fastest time. Hansen, a Dunedin rider, was scratch and beat his two co-markers, D. Smart and W. Clough, by a very narrow margin in a thrilling tussle. The competitors met with a strong wind on the return journey from Edendale and tills slowed them down considerably. Results: K. Baxter (IBjmin.), 2br. 26min. 50 2-ssec‘. .. .... • ■ 1 C. Flowers (12min.), 2hr. 40min. 20 l-sscc, .. ;. ~ .. 2 M. Burgess (181 min.), 2hr. 26min. 51 J-ssee„ ." .. \ .3
P. Meehan (12min.), 2hr. 23mLn. 55sec. . .. .... .. 4 H. Patton U2min.), 2hr. 23min. 5G 2-sscc. . • .. .. . * 5 H. Hubber (12min.), 2hr. 23min. 50 6 The three fastest times were: C. M. Hansen, 2hr. 13min. 55sec. 1 D. Smart, 2hr. 13min. 55 l-ssec. .. 2 W. Clough, 2hr. 13min. 55 3-ssec. .. 3
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20051, 25 September 1939, Page 9
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179SOUTH ISLAND TITLE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20051, 25 September 1939, Page 9
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