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  2. £200 OFFERED IN CYCLE TOUR OF TASMANIA

    TO be conducted over seven stages, and with prize money totalling more than £2[?]0 — as well as trophies — the second Tour of Tasmania is being organised by Mr J. G. Edwards, the well-known Tasmanian cycling enthusiast. ...

    Article : 624 words
  3. CYCLING FOR NOVICES

    IN his fourth article on cycle training, R. W. Lamb gives some valuable advice to novices. He warns them to avoid monotony on their outings, urges a systematic training schedule and points to the all-important question of rest. Relaxation, he points out, is the essential rest feature of a trainee’s activity. He ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 964 words
  4. USE OF VARIABLE GEARS

    THE most discussed matter in cycling circles throughout Australia is the use of variable gears by cyclists in open road races, following the disqualification of Lionel Edgell in an L.V.W. road race. ...

    Article : 640 words
  5. TASMANIAN JUNIOR TITLE

    A DECISION of the League of Tasmanian Wheelmen has prohibited registered riders from competing in the Tasmanian tests for the “Malvern Star” Victorian junior road championship. No registered club may conduct tests and no registered rider may compete, as the ...

    Article : 352 words
  6. Robertson Leaves

    AUSTIN ROBERTSON, the world’s Professional sprint champion and South Melbourne footballer, left in the Monterey on Saturday for the ...

    Article : 182 words
  7. JUNIOR TITLE

    FINISHING brilliantly. L. C. Foster (Latrobe) won the territorial final of the Junior Ton Mile Championship of Australia at Burnie on Saturday ...

    Article : 189 words
  8. An Olympic High Jump Possibility

    IF he retains the form which enabled him to break the Australian high jump record by clearing 6ft. 5[?]. at the inter-Varsity sports at Sydney lost week. J. P. Metcalfe (Sydney) should be a distinct Olympic and Empire Games possibility. Australia has never been represented in the high jump at an Olympiad, but Mr H. R. Weir, secretary of the V.A.A.A., thinks that it an Olympic team were to be chosen tomorrow. Metcalfe ...

    Article : 252 words
  9. “Robbie’s” Trainer

    MR RUFE NAYLOR. who is managing Austin Roberson’s American tour, has announced that Mick Berrel, a Sydney racehorse ...

    Article : 52 words
  10. TOUR DE DANDENONG

    ARRANGEMENTS have been made by the Dandenong Rangers Centenary Celebrations Committee, acting in co-operation with Mr. Bruce Small, for a ...

    Article : 174 words
  11. METCALFE’S RECORD HIGH JUMP

    THE combined inter-Varsity athletic meeting at Sydney last week brought to light a champion in J. P. Metcalfe (Sydney), who has strong claims to be ranked as one of Australia’s foremost all-round amateur athletes. Metcalfe established an Australian record in the high jump by clearing 8ft 5½in., and subsequently went on to break the inter Varsity records for the shot ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 762 words
  12. South Of Yarra Race

    The “South of the Yarra” committee last week made the preliminary arrangements for the combined 50 mile race, proposed for September 16. It was decided to adopt the ...

    Article : 100 words
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  14. South’s Open Events

    UNDER the patronage of the V.A.C.U. the South Melbourne amateur evening club will stage a 30-mile handicap and a 15-mile junior race on the Plenty ...

    Article : 156 words
  15. CYCLE RALLY

    ORGANISERS of the big Sydney “Ride a Bike Bally” are hopeful that the demonstration which has been arranged for Saturday week will be the greatest ...

    Article : 141 words
  16. TREBLE TO METCALFE

    WINNING the high jump, the broad jump and the hop. step and jump decisively at the sports meeting between the combined Universities and the New South ...

    Article : 196 words
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  18. CYCLE TIT-BITS FROM ALL QUARTERS

    MR GEORGE PERUGIA, president of the Victoria Amateur Cyclists’ Union, will present trophies lo successful riders at the Footscray Amateur Cycling Club’s social ...

    Article : 261 words
  19. Amateur Status

    AN American paper says that a machine has been perfected which detects differences of a millionth part of an inch. ...

    Article : 44 words
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