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CYCLING NOTES
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1955.
PILING ON THE AGONY
The flame
that never
dies...
Charlie Ayson's Going Leaves A Gap That Will Be Hard To Fill
By “N’TACA”
Our Personality of this week is no longer with us, having at last managed to hop a boat for Home and Civilian life.
Charlie Ayson, (the nickname derived from "Charcoal" in respect for his dusky skin), was one of the more prominent members of the REME team, showing up well in both the Time Trial and Massed Start events, and his going left a gap that will be very hard to fill. He was the Team rider par excellence, with the rare ability to subjugate his desires for individual glory to the benefit of his Team-mates.
you
Bre
but food,
additional Salt Tablets quantities.
sued and should be used in the drinks you carry.
An experienced Massed Start | A likeable personality and a warning. Take plenty of Salt, rider, he was easy to work with, willingness to help made him a Not merely the usual supply on knew exactly how and when to very popular rider with members make his efforts and was perhaps of all clubs, and his departure the best in the Colony on corners was regretted by everyone. Still, and fast descents.
we can all wish him well and tope that he achieves his am- bitions at home, which include wins in the Isle of Man and Isle of Wight Races.
I have found a good method is to dissolve a teaspoontal of or two common table salt
in a glass of ordinary
Joining the Southwark CC in 1049, he immediately plunged into racing, taking part in every event he could, from Track to
We know he drew lemonade. Cyclo-Cross, and in 1953 took has the ability, lat us hope he third place behind Basul Reeves has the good fortune as well. in the London Centre Cyclo- Cross Championship.
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of The postponement
the
salt takes out the Fizz and leaves a pleasant drinks. The of a dessert-spoonful of addition Glucose Powder will make t
very satisfying drink, meeting both Salt and Energy demands. One additional word of warning. DO NOT taise ice-cold drinks while you are hot. If you do,
can rely on. you
attack of
His entry Into Colony cycling came with NTACA 100 Miles Championship the Novices Competition of last from Sunday to the following Summer when he quickly showed Wednesday, gave an opportunity his ability at the bunched side of for the Pegasus CC to run a
friendly 125" the game.
Winner, was At the
the Paddy Bouch, with a good comprencement of season proper, he rode for the 1-1-30, his team-mate Rolt filling tummy cramp after a few miles. REME TAun which included second berth in 1-5-51. Beck, such stalwarts
as Rylance and of the promoting club, suffered Hurford, puttting up some first-mechanical trouble and retired. class performances. One of his Perhaps the two most noteworthy unrealised ambitions in the performances were the improve- Colony was the Twisk Hill Climb ment to a 1-7 by Bigg, the Essex record, his best time being only trier, and a 1-10 for his first race eighteen secunds outside the time by a new REME boy, Lund
non-finishers Time Trial Prominent put up by Butts,
were
pertermances of a 1-3 for the Jones and Griffiths, both of the "25" and 2-12 for "50" "give an Hussars. indication of His capabil.
all round
PEDALLING HABITS
at a
race
HERCULES TEAMS
There is more good news of the Hercules Team in their ex-
pedition to the Continent. Brian Robinson, after winning enough
points to take the Hill Climbing award was away by himself. when he had the misfortune to crash in thick fog
of 01 this. be still to get tenth place in a hot field. While Fred Krebs beat some of the real top-liners to take fourth place in the sprint.
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At first regarded as a publicity stunt, the Hercules invasion is now recognised a genuine threat to the long-lived supre- macy of Continental riders, and, the sporting papers of Italy and wwe full of their fine France showings so far.
GROUNDWORK · Groundwork for the forth
Massed Start Charlie was of the Wilkinson coming class in his position and pedalling against the Singapore boys goes
арасе, and habits, seldom using more than a on
most of the have been 77 gear in any race, while his preliminary details training consisted mainly of three settled. The prize list is a long runs a week
fair pace, one, with awards for the first covering about 60 miles tach three individuals and for the outing on a 71 inch fixed gear. first three teams.
While In line with most of our Per-
we are still awaiting sonalities to date he was aconfirmation from Singapore, it believer in fresh fruit and milk is almost a certainty that they will send at least one bearn, as aids to the Service dict,
possibly two, while the Portu- guese Army at Macao will prob- ably enter a full team of six.
Attempts
being made, have a recording made of the raes, to be broadcast later in the day, so even if you cannot get up
the factors but it would appear to the race itself, you will be to us outside the argument that
feelings able to exparinse some of its bitter person
baine The following are the fixtures thrills
allowed to interfere with the of the Hockey International
formation of new, all-embrac- series:
which body ink
would be
International Hockey Series
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Many and varied.
are the
Meanwhile, the breach be tween the NCU, RITC and the BLRC is now no nearer Boku- tion than it was this time last year. The politics involved are difficult to follow, and it does
much with not do to speak too out a complete knowledge of
the
a
are
Ladies International (Semi-opinions on the most outstanding recognised by the International Final): Friday April 15-5.30 of Colony records, the three in Federation. p.m. at Happy Valley, Scotland the leading positions being the v England. Umpires: J. Gonsalves, C. Crebes,
B. 59-24 "25" of Rylance; the 2-21 can rely
Saturday Apr: 18-5.30 pm
at King's Park, Portugal v Com- monwealth; Umpires: U.S. Dillon, Krishin Lail.
it is not beyond the
of the aircted leaders of
NT Road Circuit of Gower, and the game to sink personal mat-
the 4-24 "100" by Beck.
ters and strive to do their best of the Game as a
hobe?
sake It hard thing to decide on for the comparative merits of recordis
It has been done in Scotland. at different, distances and over (Semi- Men's International
dissimilar courses, but in my and works most successfully. Finai); Tuesday April 18-5.30 opinion, the New Territories BLRC and NCU riders settle p.m. at King's Park, Ireland Road Circuit should get the down to racing with one another in the Services. Could it England, Umpires: P. F. Xavier. palm
be the fear of losing includes possibly J. B. Gonsalves."
their positions authority 5.30 every type of road with its steep which prevented the officials res-
Yand long hills and its fast Pakistan: Umpires: Lt Herberts, stretches. To set up a good posible from agreeing? If so,
time around the route, without it is a poor Umpires are requested to turn the stimulation of competition, Sport
Wednesday April 20-
p.m.
at Recreio, Portugal
C. Crebas.
are
The circuit itself
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of
look-out for the
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up
for the above important calls for complete all-round Probably the most prized
they
and a fighting record games and if
un-cycling ability
in the entire Cycling able to do so, would they please heart." contact Z. A. Abbas at Tel No. It can be fairly well forseen World is the "Unpaced Hour," at
that the NT Circuit will come present in
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LEAGUE FIXTURES The following are the hockey League fixtures for this Sunday and the following week:
SUNDAY
1st Divizion
Recreio " RN. "Act Recreio Ground 3.30 pm. (H. Roza & Krishin Lat).
2nd Division Army
in for a lot of attention from the Record-breaking
the keeping of the Fausto Coppi,
Campionissimo, attacker was the
Latest
fraternity with 28 miles 805 four de
during the next few months. France-World Championship
In view of the great number Double winner Bobet, who re-
of miles covered by cyclists tired
at
the half-way mark when.
during the summer months, the a lap down on Coppl's time, low incidence of our old enemy, Now coming up is the Question Heat Exhaustion, speaks volumes at the week.
"Ç" - Sookempots "A" at for the fitness and common-staseinpaced How, We have
Bur
arvad
in Hung- Bookunpoo 3.30 p.m. (C. T. Falmer of the riders. In fact, I can kong? Admittedly, A Set Moore).
tracks are пос the Nav Bhartt "B" Knights at revail Enly one case where a able Sookungoo fam. (G.9. Grawal & cyclist was a victim, and that equivalent of the Vigorell, but US. Dion);
all attempts would be over the HKAAR HAF "B" at Ka Tax was in training, not facing.
To all newcomers to Colony same route. What do YOU cycling, we would like to issue think?
3.30 D.M. (F/St Cox.on & St Demilli.
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2nd Division Sookanpots"A" Police at Soo kunpoo it a.m. (G. T. Palmer & U.S. Dillon).
HKAAF Y Army "C" at Ka Tak UF/S Cecond Sgt.
3.30 p
Dary Bi
K.I.TC. v Nav
Bharat "B" at
King's Park i am. . B. Gonsalves
& II. Roza)
PORTUGAL'S TEAM
The Men's Hockey Interna
match between Portugal' Pakistan
tion
and
scheduled for
April 18 will now be played at Recreto on April 20 commencing
at 5.30 P
), IL
Wolves Lose Vital Points
r
London, Apr. 12. Chelsea's, chances of winning the English League have
been Football championship for the first time in their history The following relected to represent Portugal on were improved today by the defeat of their nearest that day:-F. Soares, A. Is
A. Trophy. Castro, WA Reed, P. Yvanovich M. Nimes R. Cal-
England's inside-left. Wilshaw (No. 10) heads his team's fifth goal, from ¿ corner taken by Stanley Matthews, on extreme left of picture, as Scots goalie Marlin dashes back, too late. England went on to win the international soccer match at Wembley by 7 goals to 2-Reuterphoto.
Saturday's Home Soccer
Fixtures
The following are the Home Football League fixtures Saturday, April 16:
ENGLISH LEAGUE
Aston Villa Blackpool Batron
First Division2
Chackon Huddersfield Manchester 1 Portsmout Wednesday
Sunderland
Pottenisans. Wolves
Blackbur Bristol 2 Dy
- Doncaster
Fulbar Liverpool Notte C Plymouth Port Vale Swansen West Ham
v Sheffield U.
V
V Iverson
Manchester C
Y Newenstle
w helted.
V
West Brom
Y Leicester
y Preston NE.
v Burnley
V Arsenal
Second Division
+ Laitost
v. Note
* Stoker C.
Middlesbro
v Fall C. V Leads U V DELTY vipawich
Birmingham, v Lincoln C. V Bethechan
Division II (South)
Alderbot Bournemouth Colchester Crystal P..
Exper
Newport Northampton Norwich Queen's PR Southend Swindon
✓ Millwall
▼ Torquay
V Heating
v Coventry
✔ Shrewsbury
Walli
V Brentford
Callingcham
y Bristol C
Leyton Q. Sputoampton Brighton
Division III (North)
v York
Bradford Carlinie U Chester
Chesterfield
Crewe Alex. Darlingtor Gateshead Grimsby T.
Hartlepools Fochdale Stekport Tranmere
Alica
v Bradford C 날 Oldham A.
v Scunthorpe
v Bornsley
V Wrechnen
V Accrington
V HARMAN
v Marndeld
V SOLÜSZKEL
v Workington YELLOW
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
Division "H"
Dundee U. Forter Queen's Park
v Aye
v Arbroath
y Cordenber
Brechin C
Stand Of
Almost Sheer Boredom At Badminton Championships
By "TOUCHWOOD”
Badminton spectators at Club de Recreio last night watching the Colony Junior Championships must have been wondering to themselves whether they were really at a tournament or at the Easter Race Meeting at the Valley.
Four of the six ties scheduled Kan and Mary Wong face a for play were completed by stiff struggle in their next round, 9.30 pm, and with two remain-meeting George Ma and Diana ing ties left, to spectators it was (Yung.
a long, long wait
The Championships continue
starting at 8 pm.
THE RESULTS '
It is most unfair to compet-night at the St Teresa's Club, tors, officials and spectators alike to have to wait for over en hour and then to hear from that the tournament officials they had decided to award walkovers as the players con cerned failed to turn up for their match
All this unnecessary waiting could have been avoided had competitors turned up at least 15 minutes before their game..
Last night's matches turned out to be another disappoint→ ment as far as good badminton was concerned. With the ex- ception of the Yong. Kuen- C. Delgado en- cheung – A. counter the other matches were too unbalanced to provide an evening's entertainment.
Yong beat Delgado after a stern struggle, winning at 15-9. 15-6. New Method's George
Ma proved far too superior for Pat Gardner who lost in next to no time at 15-1, 15-3.
through
La the mixed doubles, M. Kan and Mary Wong breezed. a 15-4, 15-3 victory over Brian Douglass and Mr 5. McCall to enter the quarter- i final.
242 By
Walcott And Weekes In Second Test
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Apr. 12.
Following are the results: Junior Men's Singles: Yong Huen- cheong beat C. Delgado 15-9, 35-8: Robers Young received a walk over G. My beat Pat Glærdner 15-1, 183. from Hon Ying-tang.
Junior Men's Doubles; B. Artutii and L. C. Wong beat Li Hin-wing and Weng Mon-long 15-9, 13-3,
Junior Mixed Doubles: M. Kan and Mas M. Wong bent B. Douglass and Mrs S. McCall 15-4, 15–3. Sul Chuen and Miss C. To received walk-over
Chan
and Mrs. W. Chen.
Wit-churt
TONIGHT'S GAMES At St Teresa, Junior Men's Singles
.3 p.m. B. Brown v P. C. Chan
Junior Ladies' Singles 8.30 p.m. Miss Cinder Ho v Miss B. Hayworth
'Junior Ladies' Doubles 9.30 p.m. Mrs J. Yung and. Mara S. Silva v Miss M. Wong and Miss R. Markus,
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Junior Mixed Doubles.
L. Sousae and Mrs M. Soares v B. K. L. Lui and Miss K. S. Lai,
Junior Men's Doubles
10 p.m. S. K. Wong and Sut Cheun v Fel Loong and Ho Ping-nam.
FIXTURES AND VENUES The following are the fixtures and venues for the Colony Junior Badry.inton ships for the remainder of the week and Monday, April 18,
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Players engaged today are requested to note that the mat- cher for tonight are to be played at St Teresa's, and not Craigengower as previously ad- vised
TOMORROW
At Craigongowes Cricket Club,
Junior Men's singles
8 pm..
Ho Ping Nem v R. Are Remedios. 10 p.m. Ko. Wai Kwok v
Junior Men's Doubles
A big stand of 242 for the third wicket between Clyde Walcott and Everton Weekes enabled the West Chan Wed Churk/You Indies to total 355 for the loss of five wickets before rain and bad light stopped phay half an hour before "stumps" here today, second day of the Second Test against Aus- tralia.
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beiro, wong.
10.30 p.m. 3. Dougtane" Pat Gardney v P. C. Chau/S. 1.
Junior Mixed Doubles 9.30 p.m. W/O Sui Chuen/Miss Ho
W/O`ZI A. Abus & Béteg - Mirni
Junior Ladies Doubles *8.30 p.m. Mos Abbas & Mian Ismail.
Connie Young
Official - Chaplzen: Mez-Zander Tack, P. V. Yap & W. F. Foo,
FRIDAY At Taikoo Club, It was theh that -Weekes and Walcott hit 128 in
-Junior-Men's Hingles Walcott came together and, minutes, including 17 fours.
4pm. W/0 B. Brown & P; C. having added 33 before rain: Garfield Sobers, a 19-year-old Chau W/O G. Ma de P. Gardner caused an early end to the open-left-hander, had come in at the 9.30 pm W/O B. Yung & Hong
Ying Tang Wong Wall Hang,
Jailor Men's Donkles ing day's play they resumed in fall of the fourth wicket and
a nervous start he 8.30 p.m. Louis Sousse & 2; timid heat this morning.
settled down and | Abbas y kong Ying Trang, de De dually Ore ten-minutes stoppage for rain restricted the pre-lunch when bad light and rain led to NE LOAD PHR WEIZ, I
Chan/K. Yong B. Krier/E.
The Australian attack was hammered by the famous. "W" partnership and by lunch time they had really tamed the bowling, which threatened yesterday to blast the Miss Chu batting to pieces, when the West Indies opening batsmen were dismissed for 40 runs.
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Nery (capt), J. A. Soares, D./ rivals, Wolverhampton Wanderers, the holders of the batting to 80 minutes Wel the early,blosa,memade ita de Rebetro W/O Loodgido Pl
B.
ZATOPEK BEATEN
Junior Mixed Doubles
9. p.m. P. C Chau & Mes Poon v 8. 3. Wong & Me Y. Y.Chan,
Junior Ladies Singles 40p.m. Miss D. Ying. W/O Miss Ho/Mian Hayward,
Ófledat:Nespires: Memes 3: -ELRY,
P. Chardner de B. Douglas.
MONDAY, “AFRILLIS A
cott and Weekes put on 06 runs well established with 43 runs to Nam & 6. K. Wong/Sul Chuen In going down 42 at Aston Villa, Wolverhampton in that time. They looked like his credif-Reitler.
going right through the after- laco, A. A. Remedios Jar Clost the advantage of a game they had in hand of Chelsea noon as well, but 20 minutes A. Guterres, L. Gutierrez Re and still remain, five points behind. Chelsea with three before tea Australia struck blows serves: Gris Rozario, J.
Benaud, E. Xavier, H. 3 more matches to play have 49 points from 89 games and through their leg spinner, Richie Gonsalves,
Wolves 44 from 88.
With the first and third balls Xavier.
Weekes (139) and Colle Smith (0) 20 that the scoreboard at tea
Paris, Apr. 12 showed 302/4 compared with:
Czechoslovakia's young athlete 282/2 twenty minutes earlier.
Soon after tea Benaud dis. Ullsberger defeated Emil Zato- missed Walcott, stumped by pet, the long-distance: Cham cross country at Czech-Budweis, Langley, to pri hal the side Dion over a 7,500-metre long
Boherpla, last
HOME RUGGER
London, Apr. 12. Rugby Results today were:
BUGBY LEAGUE
At. Craigengower: Cricket Club. Mega Junior Men's Singles.
* 8 p.m. 5, K. Wong v WẠO 2. N. B&B. Reme
Maya Munior Mets Doubleshore -9pm C. Myati & Francis BoOST V Nanes & 22 Remedios 30.50, p..
&C. Balat Junior Ladies Singles
Wook nowe Hung C
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When he had
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Third placed Portsmouth now victory which included a hat-of his seventh over he got rid of appear to have the best chance, trick by inside forward. Tommy allm though it is, of overhauling Theops First Division the leaders, Though six points: In the other behind, they have two games in game, Huddersfield eased their
relegation hant
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from the bottom Lighth
Benaud then had agures of Ceteks news Bgency repounder Ladies Bouhles Featherstone 20
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today. 23 Batley
11.30. (M. MON-C 80 & Mrs Kry)... BUGBY UNION:
crack Contmental sidee, Spartak North Cardif 8 Northampton 3 and Honved, carler in the City 2-0 Barnsley have the Figures also best tell of the Ulsberger covered the dis- Soures has a mock Men Exeter M 0 Leicester
same number of polizia as way Weekes and Walcott battertance in cold weather against Food, 10 p.m. Lw Y Y. (2m 2 14day Villa, adapted them- Accrington but have a bettered the bowling:
43 starters In 22 min 234 sec. de Milanes M. Wong/n, Manjuan, Newport 14 Barbarians 14 Today,
Weekes hit 139 In 215 minutes, with Zatopek second in 22 min. "Official" "Unplies: Memes 2. Prok, Pontypool 6. London WA 6 selves much better to the con goal average and two games in
Reuter
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Bramley 22 Castleford 12
the Barnsley took over Huddersfield 19 games and are but a shadow of
18the fine team which, bent the leaders they beat Bradford the spell
Sunday,Zhe
of us in
the audience
had apparently
had our breathi
taken away,
all except
'Mr. Adler.
EMPIRE THEATRE Friday, Saturday, Sunday — 15, 16, 17 April at 9.30 p.m, Admission: $12.80, $8.90, $4.70 Booking now at MOUTRIES and EMPIRE THEATRE. HARRY ODELL is shortly leaving for a world, four and feels that capacity houses for the ADLER recitals will be an inducement to book other great artists for: this Colony