AMATEUR CYCLING

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20735, 20 February 1939, Page 12

AMATEUR CYCLING

JUNIOR TITLE TO BALDWIN WILSON WINS DISTANCE EVENT (By Telegraph.—Prc== Association) DUNEDIN. Sunday The New Zealand amateur cycling championships were completed at the Caledonian Ground yesterday before a fairly large attendance. A strong north-west wind made riding conditions difficult during the first part of the programme, but there was an improvement later, when good times were recorded.. Results were:—

50b Metres Sprint Championship.— R. Ulmer, Wellington, 1 : A. Pennington. Wellington, 2; G. L. Thomas, Canterbury. 3. Ten Miles Championship: .T. Wilson. Wellington, 1: G. L. Thomson. Canterbury. 2: C. M. Hansen, Otago, 3 Fourteen started. Won by half a wheel, with a length between second and third. Time. 24m 27 2-5 s Five Miles Junior Championship.— H. R. Baldwin. Auckland. 1: R. IT. Knight. Canterbury. 2: C. R. Evans, Canterbury. 3. Won by three lengths Time. 12m 4 3s.

Half-mile Junior Championship.— TT. R. Baldwin. Auckland. 1: H. Williams. Hawke's Ray. 2: .T. G. Crofts. Otago, 3. Won by a length. Time, im 8 2-ss.

Teams’ Championship.—Wellington (A. Pennington. T. Roe. J. Wilson. R. Ulmer). 5m 57 2-ss, 1; Canterbury (T. Lindley. G. L. Thompson, R. M. Kidd, A. J. Thomson), 6m 17 l-ss, 2.