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THE DA1I.Y EXAMINER. MONDAY. APRIL 2S. 19.V1 :iJoins 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-day■ Sydney to enter thehelps maintained his irnificent form by win-g six races from six •ts. including the rich 11 es handicap, at the Lis-re Anzac Day sports.)le won £53 in prize ley at the meeting, i week preeviously he 1 four races from five ts at the Grafton cycling nival. His successes in-ied the rich Wheel Race.efore that he was a win-at the Ballina carnival, ty winning his heat and •.I of the Lismore Wheel •e, heat and final of the ior scratch race, and t and final of the junioi e handicap, Phelps em-tsised claims that he is most promising junior list from the Northern ers for many years, ’helps forced his wav to front of the Wheel Race il field at the bell, and d off challenges to win a length.Win To Green■rafton senior champion. Iph Green, won heat and il 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. McKenna 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.A1ME10-4(57).Co Fitzr Es Nort Mi St. I So (89) Ri Haw
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Grafton Daily Examiner
Grafton, New South Wales, AU
Mon, Apr 28, 1952
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