CYCLING TWO RECORDS GO IN CYCLE ROAD RACE
With a strong southerly wind behind them, two riders in the 100 mile. South Island cash road cycling championship, shattered the first place and fastest time records. The winner, Cyril Arnst, of Nelson, from the- 46 mm mark, sliced more than half an hour off the previous record of 4hr 43min sec, recorded by Goldie Stack last year off 42min. L. Lethbridge, of Auckland, finished in 4hr 2min 11 l-ssec, and all the first ten were home inside the previous record. E. Maguigan, scr., of Blackball, recorded third fastest time, in 3hr 50 min 2sec. Official placings were:— C. Arnst, Nelson (46min) 4hr 12min llsec, 1; L. Lethbridge, Auckland (36 min), 4hr 2min 11 l-ssec., 2; I. Ball, Christchurch (44min), 4hr lOmin 2sec 3; J. Brooks, Christchurch (40min) 4hr Bmin 47sec, 4; T. Small, Christchurch (42min), 4hr 12min 22sec, 5; J. Haynes, Christchurch (40min), 4hr lOmin 23sec, 6;D. Aitken, Kaikoura (32min), 4hr 3min 30sec, 7; A. Pennington, Auckland (32min), 4hr 3min 42sec 8: R. Hubbard, Rangiora (46 min), 4hr 20min 3sec, 9; W. Anderson, Auckland (28min), 4hr 3min 50sec, 10.
FASTEST TIMES E Davey, Auckland (scr) 3hr 50 min 1 l-ssec, 1; J. Cooney Auckland (scr), 3hr 50min 1 2-ssec, 2; E. Maguigan. West Coast (scr), 3hr 50mm 2sec, 3.
JUNIOR FASTEST TIME G. Milner C.hristchurch (20min) 4 hr Imin 31sec, 1.
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Grey River Argus, 4 October 1948, Page 6
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