FASTER SPORT
HINGS are generally quiet in the sporting world at the beginning of next week, but boxing fans will be keenly interested in the outcome of the fight scheduled for Monday (April 15) between Billy Leckie and Johnny Hanks for the New Zealand featherweight title. The result will be announced in the YA-YZ link at 11.15. that night. University sport is prominent over Easter with the Easter Tournament (at Dunedin). All available results of this meeting will be included in the National Sports Summary each evening and in the link at 11.15 p.m. On Saturday, April 20, the first day of the tournament, and Monday, April 22, the National Sports Summaries will be at 7.0. Another university sports event is the first visit of an Australian Universities fencing team to this country. This team will meet teams from the constituent colleges in the four main centres, and end their tour with a match against a picked New Zealand University team at Christchurch on May 4. Results of the first match *(v. Auckland University College, April 20) will be broadcast in the YA-YZ links at 7.0 and 11.15 p.m. Saturday race meetings will be covered as follows: Rotorua Racing Club (1YZ
commentaries); Auckland Racing Club (1YA); N.Z. Metropolitan Trotting Club (3YA); Riverton Racing Club (4YZ). The big race of the day is the Easter Handicap at Ellerslie, which will be broadcast by all YA and YZ stations. Other events on April 20 are the Inter-Provincial Eights Rowing, and the first day of the Canterbury Easter Tournament ‘Tennis; results will be heard in the YA-YZ link at 7.0 p.m. In the first round of the Davis Cup eliminations, New Zealand is drawn to play Lebanon at Beirut. The matches will be played on Saturday, April 20 (singles); Sunday, April 21 (doubles); and Monday, April 22 (singles). Summaries of each day’s play will be broadcast in the Main National station links the morning following at 7.18 a.m. and 8.10 a.m. The Monday of the holiday weekend will see the continuation of the Canterbury Tennis and the University Easter Tournaments, and the second day of the Auckland and Riverton Racing Club meetings. Commentaries will also be heard on the meetings of the Canterbury Jockey Club (3YA), and Greymouth Trotting Club (3YZ). |
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 922, 12 April 1957, Page 19
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