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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 1 (April 1, 1938.)

Amateur Athletics in Timaru

Amateur Athletics in Timaru.

Recently I enjoyed a holiday in the South Island, and spent a considerable time in Timaru, where I was amazed at the progress made in amateur athletics.

Entering Timaru by train I saw, for the first time, “New Zealand's cinder track.” A vacant portion of Ashbury Park has been drained and excavated, and a 440-yard cinder track laid down —the only proper cinder track in New Zealand to-day. This track has been built as the result of enterprise in a town in which amateur athletics were page 62 as “dead as the dodo” five years ago, and should serve as an inspiration to clubs in other towns.

Rail travellers from Christchurch to Timaru will see the track from their carriage windows, and before long the track should be just one of many to be seen in New Zealand.