SPEED JUDGING TEST

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1006, 24 June 1930, Page 6

SPEED JUDGING TEST

FLETCHER’S GOOD WIN About a dozen riders took part in ’ the average speed judging contest of the Sports Club on Sunday. The con- ! test, which required competitors to ride at given speeds over stretches of - unknown length, brought some close finishes, resulting: P. Fletcher (Triumph), lost 9 pts. 1 A. Sutherland (A.K.D.), 13£ pts. .. 2 G. Leonard (Velocette), 17 pts. .. 3 A. Myers (Velocette), 2 2h pts. .. 4 The course led to Huapai, where a stop was made for lunch, then back to Waitakere crossing at 26 m.p.h Here riders turned into the hills over a clay detour which led across the Waitakere River, about IS inches deep, back to the metal at Swanson. This section was covered at 10 m.p.h. The water splash proved the downfall of many, as the banks slope j steeply to the actual creek bed, which .is covered with worn boulders. Much I of the clay section was slippery, too,' and this added to the discomfort of i the inexperienced. The concrete strip from Auckland to Henderson had to be covered in one j direction at IS m.p.h., at least oae i rider having to ride the full distance j in second gear with consequent oiling | troubles.