Teenage Driving Contest

The Gisborne section of the national teenage driving contest, organised by the Jaycees, was held at the showgrounds.

Over forty entries were received and the winner goes forward to Blenheim for the finals.

Barry Kerr manoeuvres his car through the reversing section of the test

J. R. Crosby reverses into a parking meter area

Neil Rickard gets instructions from Traffic Officer Hutchison at the start

...as does R. J. Gomm

Sheryl Newman at the start

Dick Barclay and Ken Carpendale marking scores

Bruce Robertson answers the written test after doing the driving test

Morris Bramwell measures the distance from wheel to stopping line in the breaking test

Don Thorburn directs Christine Findsen

Messrs D. Maxwell, R. Gleason and C. Varley did some of the scoring in the contest

Malcolm Fearn (right), and Max Davis were 1st and 2nd respectively in the contest

The Gisborne Photo News