AMATEUR CYCLING

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 44, 8 March 1937, Page 14

AMATEUR CYCLING

-I- 9 B Recoi^ Broken at .Dommion T " CHampionsliips AtSCKEAND SUOCESSES CBy Talegrspb— Presa Asaociation.) .? i^-'33R5KLANI>, Lost Night. f'Sflbig Jargesfc ga£fyering .to. witness a Oyali aieeting at the .Western Springs Etadium attended the New Zealand; amateur .cycling champ i o nsliip a yesterjigwjr afternoon. and evening, Auckland) jxiders w.ere particularly successful onj jthe ianked concrete oval, 517 yards itoj !the Japt The outstanding perl'ornierj PW&S A. G. Patrick (Auckland), who won J (the 10. miles paced title in a sensational ' issanner. by over one lap and in a Do-. Iminion record time of 20 minutes 33' aeconds. This is a xeduction of 56secs, j on the pi.eyious record held by*^L R.| Dwight. ' The sprint titi© of 100 metres was j ©ontested in a flnal of JhQree h|atch raees between JL T. Taylor and J. H, Wade. Taylor gained the decision with yrins in two cf the heats. ' The 1000 metres time .trial ended reaaarkahly with a triple dead heat between the 1936 title-holder G. B. Giles, J. C, Murray ICanterbury) and J. H. Wade (Auckland). All broke M. P. Byrne'e Doxninion record -by a HTth of a second to clock lmin. 16 2-5secs. In the junior events J. L. Thomson |(Canterbury) was far superior to otherj fcontestants and won both with appar-" #nt ease. In the Italian pursuit championship] jCanterbury, Wellington and Auckland pntered teams. During the afternoon jCanterbury defeated Wellington but Idid not contest witih Auckland. Auckland, owing to a brilliant effort by Patrick over the flnal lap, won the title and retumed a time 2secs. faster than that o£ Canterbury. The 1937 champxons are: — 1000 metres time trial: J. C. Murray , jand G. B. Giles (Canterbury) and J. H. (Wade (Auckland). 100 metres sprint: R. T. Taylor i HAuekland). 10 miles paced: A. G. Patrick (Auckland). c ... 1 Half-mile and five-mile junior: J. L.' IThomson. (Canterbury). ' Champion team: Auckland (A. G. iPatrick, R. S. Triner, C. B. Gooder and iB. T. Taylor). The champion xesults are: — 1000 metres time trial: Murray and (Giles (Canterbury) and Wade (Auckland) dead heat Time, lmin. 16 2-5see. '(i(a New Zealand record). 1 100 metres sprint: E. Taylor (Auckjland) 1, J. H. Wade (Auckland) 2. iThe times of three match races were: I First, Wade, lmin. 12 4-5see.; second, (Taylor, lmin. 13 l-5sec. Ten miles paced: A. G. Patrick ([(Auckland) 1, E. L. G. Hughes (Auckfland) 2, M. P. Byrnes (Auckland) 3. STime, 20min. 33sec. (a New Zealand record). ; Half-mile junior final: G. L, Thomson J '(•Canterbury) 1, B. M. Kidd (Canter- i bury) 2, H. B. Baldwin 3. Time, lmin. i )l3sec. . Pive miles junior: G. L. Thomsor j ((Canterbury) JL