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Cycling Championships

Gisborne scored well in the Hawkes Bay - Poverty Bay centre road cycling championships held at Makaraka last month, although the senior championship had to be conceded to a Napier rider.

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Start of the senior race. From left, Bruce Ball (Gisborne), Lawrence Cook (Napier, the winner), Bill Linton (Napier), Bob Baker (Wairoa), Keith Atkins (Hastings, second, and the only other rider to complete the 100-mile course).

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Kevin Muir, the first of five Gisborne riders in the A grade Colts race who rode as a bunch and finished in close order, with Muir winning the sprint.

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Starters in the junior championship. From left, Geoff Hutchins (Gis.), Ian Cameron (Gis., who filled third place), Nell Robinson (Gis., the winner), Tony Wharton (Napier), Alf Baker (Wairoa, second), and Richard Breingan (Gis.).

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Start of the B grade colts race (left), and the winner, P. Thomas, Gisborne, flashing over the line.

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Second and third places in the B grade colts' race were filled by Hastings boys, G. Harrison (far left) and B. Moat.

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Second, third & fourth places in the A grade colts' race were taken by Gisborne riders Barry Timms, Eric Cameron, and W. Thompson.