CALEDONIAN SPORTS
R. OPIE TO COMPETE IN AMATEUR EVENTS. Rian'aM Opfe, Avho woti the Australasian lOOyd®, 220 yds, and 440 yds chamipdcnehips 1 at the recenlt Chiannpiion'&'hijp meeting in Wellimgtton, has deftniteOy decidect to imai in tliese diistances at the Caledonian Sports ini Mia'&teirton on Ndw Year's Day. In a'J'l his events he its com•ceding big starts, amd., chamjpion though he is, he will have to fully extend himself to win- Tlrig wifl lto doubt be the first time' in the history of Mastertcav tliat an Australasiian) champion li'as been seen in action on. ouir local grouind, and the raoes that Opie contests wiil'l be the "star" events of an exceptionally fine programme. Opie arrives aii Saturday evenlimg by the 9 p.m. train from Wellaigiton., and wißl be iniet art the c'tatinn by the members of the Amateuir Athilietie CBfulb ami Cailedoniam Society.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10512, 29 December 1911, Page 5
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143CALEDONIAN SPORTS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10512, 29 December 1911, Page 5
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