Penciled on back - In winning the 220 yards tandem cycle event at the Levin Combined Amateur Athletic & Cycling Club’s meet, Bryce Preston, Levin and Max Vertongen, P.N., bettered the N.Z. record by 0.3 sec to bring it to 11 sec. Tues. 5

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Bryce Preston (Levin) and Max Vertongen (P.N.), won the 220 yards tandem cycle event in 11 seconds, at the Levin Combined Amateur Athletic & Cycling Club’s meet, beating the N.Z. record by 0.3 sec. 1 B&W photo print

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Penciled on back - Bryce Preston, Cyclist of the Year Award for N.Z.s most outstanding track rider by the president of the N.Z. cycling Association, Mr H.R. Dutton in Levin. Tues. July 8, 1969.

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Bryce Preston (right), presented with Cyclist of the Year Award for being N.Z.s most outstanding track rider, by the president of the N.Z. cycling Association, Mr H.R. Dutton (left). 1 B&W photo print

2 men (unidentified) in background.

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Bryce Preston served an electrical apprentice-ship with Conaglen Electrical and was one of the top apprentice that year Bryce used to go with his father on the vegatable truck to wellington in the early hours of the morning, got off at Paraparaumu, and ride his bicycle back to Levin, in time to start work at 8am he did this quite often