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New Zealand Tourist Trophy and other NZ Motorcycle Races
The New Zealand Tourist Trophy Race - for Motorcycles was first run in June 1931 on Waiheke Island.
The roads used were a 6 and 3/4 mile circuit starting in Ostend and running through Onetangi back over the hills above Palm Beach and down to Ostend.
Roads used were Ostend Road - the start, to Onetangi Road, hard left turn into Sea View Road and up over the hills between Onetangi and Palm Beach back to Ostend Road
Waiheke was used from 1931 to 1950 [ a break from 1941 until 1946 because of the War ] and after 1950 went onto the Mainland, at Seagrove, a circuit at Mangere and later Pukekohe.
This is a collection of images from the Newspapers of the day " Auckland Star " and " New Zealand Herald ".
Other images are from a website called " Barnstormers " and also from Graeme Staples " jellywrestler " archives.
Map of the proposed Track of 7 and 1/2 miles - Auckland Star archives - May 1931.
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Map of the Track as used 3 June 1931 - 6 and 3/4 miles - remove the loop around Belgium St, Wharf Road and back up Ostend Road to Sea View Road intersection where the start line was.
[ Graeme Staples archives ].
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A couple of photos - with notes from the 1st Events. N Z Herald archives. As found by John Dowding - my cousin and who incidentally now owns our Grandmothers house at Waiheke, which has a view of a small part of the track " Devils Bend ".
3rd June 1931
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The event moved to summer and was held in January 1932.
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More to come, and this is the thread for any NZ Motorcycle racing images.
Cheers
Roger
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NZ Tourist Trophy Races Waiheke Island 1931 - 1950 some later images.
More from the NZ Herald archives and the " Barnstormers " website post.
S Moses - winner in 1934, 3rd win in four years.
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Images from1949
Senior TT
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Junior TT
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NZ TT a couple of photos from the 1950 event and the Programme Cover
NZ TT 1950..2nd January 1950. New Year public holiday, New Zealand they had the 1st and the day after off, and still do. Not so across the Ditch ..
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Camping out at Onetangi for those that couldn't stay in a Bach,or wanted to be in a group - all part of the event
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The Programme Cover [ one of the ones as shown on another thread - they belong here ].
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NZ TT Programme Cover 1934
Spanning a few decades.
the 1934 Programme Cover;
as mentioned on another thread a scan of a copy of a copy !!
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The NZ TT Organisers - the Club and later the Auto - Cycle Union, had based the Race on the Isle of Man TT and a rider or riders were invited to the event on the other side of the world - held in the Northern Summer - June.
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NZ TT 1931 on Race reports - edited
These reports appeared in an article - with credit to the New Zealand Motorcyclist - from Graeme " Spyda " Staples archives.
Have edited them in to 2 or 3 years to scan here
1931 - 32
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1933 - 34
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1935 part 1936.
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1936 part and 1937.
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To follow 1938 1939 1940 1941 then the war years no events 1942 - 1945 and after 1946 - 1950
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NZ TT 1931 on Race reports part two 1938 - 1950 - edited
1938 - 1939 - 1940.
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1941, 1946 - 1947.
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The last events
1948 - 1950.
Before the event went to Seagrove for 1951 and later to Mangere in the 1950's 1952 on.
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The Heading of the article with the Map of the Track.
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Classic Motorcycle Meeting at Pukekohe 2023 - the last
As has been posted on another thread, by " jellywrestler " the last " Classic " Motorcycle meeting has been held at Pukekohe - and probably the last Motorcycle event, ever ..
Back in November 1963 a " Clubmans Day " Motorcycle Event was held at the " new " track.
I was recently given some Programme's from Pukekohe by Auckland Car Club and Northern Sports Car Club and in the middle of a Car Programme was this..
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Have taken copies and the " original " with all the handwritten notes is going to " Jw " soon.