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Judy Williamson, a member of the Nelson Amateur Skating Club, who was included in the New Zealand speed team to compete at the world skating championships at Barcelona, was given a public farewell at the Tahuna rink recently. With her were other members of the speed team, which trained at Trafalgar Park and Tahuna before leaving New Zealand.
Vivacious Judy Williamson
Other speedsters to skate for New Zealand: Geoff Brader, Robyn Alexander, Marlene Macdonald, George Hails and Gerry Glover.
The team in action: Glover, Brader, Hails, Alexander, Macdonald and Williamson
Presentations from Mr Stan Whitehead M. P. , the Mayor, Mr Doug Strawbridge, and Susan Martin, captain of the Nelson Club.