ATHLETIC MEETING
SATURDAY'S BIG DAY Some of the finest athletic talent in the Dominion will be seen at the Basin Reserve next Saturday,- when the Wellington A.A. Club will bold a sports meeting in conjunction with its annual -road race for cyclists. The big event for cyclists 1 is to start and finish at the. Basin Reserve. It has drawn a large entry, including *he local cracks and- Grose and Day, the New Zealand champions from Canterbury. Among other special features will be tho contests between the representatives of the ladies’ athletic clubs of Gisborne and Wellington. The Gisborne ladles’ team for lie relay race had a try-out covering 440 yards in 53sec. The team will arrive in Wellington on Thursday, and arrangements have been made to give the visitors a reception at the rooms of Gamble and Creed on Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock. At this function the Mayor and the Mayoress 'Mr and Mrs Norwood) will be present. Saturday’s sports programme includes the races for the Blundell Cups, and a walking race for veterans in which some of the best-known athletes of former days are likely to appear.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12612, 24 November 1926, Page 11
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190ATHLETIC MEETING New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12612, 24 November 1926, Page 11
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