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THF. DAILY F.XAMIXFR. MONDAY. APRIL 2S. IS.»2 :sJoins Air Force After £120 Cycling VictoriesAfter winning £120 in prize money dur-; the past fortnight, brilliant 18-year-old afton cyclist, Ron Phelps, will leave to-dayr Sydney to enter the'helps maintained his rnificent form by win-g six races from six rts. including the rich 11 es handicap, at the Lis-re Anzac Day sports. 1le won £53 in prize ney at the meeting, k week preeviously lie i four races from five rts at the Grafton cycling rnival. His successes in-ried the rich Wheel Race.efore that he was a win-at the Ballina carnival. ly winning his heat and \l of the Lismore Wheel ce, heat and final of the iior scratch race, and it and final of the junior le handicap, Phelps cm-isised claims that he is most promising junior list from the Northern •ers for many years. 5helps forced his wav to front of the Wheel Race al field at the bell, and d off challenges to win a length.Win To Green»rafton senior champion. Inh Green, won heat and al of the professional rby, half-mile sprint.n his heat, he held off » Queensland 500 metres int champion, Bert Spiers, win easily, and in theR.A.A.F.final he overtook Queensland all-round titleholder. Col Caves, and won in track record time.Green was beaten narrowly by Anzac.Cummings, of Ballina, in the N.S.W. country 10 miles championship. He was third in his heat of the Wheel Race, but was unplaced in the final.Another Grafton senior, S. Olive, won the encourage scratch race.K. Betteridge, of Grafton, was second to Phelps in the final of the junior mile handicap. J. McKenjia won a heat of this event, and N. Ellem a minor placing. McKenna and Ellem also were in the final of the junior scratch race.AUMEI10-4(57).ColFitzrcEss*NorthMel St. KSou (89) •RicHawt!
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Grafton Daily Examiner
Grafton, New South Wales, AU
Mon, Apr 28, 1952
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