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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.
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New Zealand Tourist Trophy Races 1949/50
The last events on Waiheke Island were held on 31st December 1949 and 2nd January 1950 - New Years Day must have been a lay day ..
Poster from the Last Event - posted on the Waiheke Historic Facebook page.
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The event moved to Seagrove Airfield for 1951 then Mangere until 1958 as seen the results - and again for 1959, 1960 and 1961.
There were Motorcycle Races at Ardmore in 1960 and 1961, which were noted as the Ardmore Motorcycle Classic - a Race of 12 laps = 24 miles.
For 1962 both the Junior and Senior New Zealand Tourist Trophy [ NZ TT ] events were held in conjunction with the New Zealand International Grand Prix at Ardmore Saturday January 6th.
The Senior TT was 25 laps = 50 miles and the Junior TT 12 laps = 24 Miles - same as the previous two years Ardmore Classic.
Junior TT was for machines up to 350cc and Senior TT machines up to 500cc
Thanks to Milan Fistonic for the image .. [ posted before ].
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NZ TT Races - Waiheke Island
Programme Covers from a couple of the early events 1932 and 1936.
From Graeme " jellywrestler " Staples collection.
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Graeme is looking for any programmes and other items on the TT Races held originally on Waiheke Island from 1931 ..
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NZ TT The Toiuris Trophy Races on Waiheke Island Ostend to Onetangi and back
Very confused now - these two images .. should have read closely **
posted on page one. a very poor quality image which has been enlarged.
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Image from " jellywrestler ", posted on the " Historic Waiheke - Facebook page.
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If the events started in 1931 - should be the Fourth TT, not the Fifth,
Did they hold two events in the same year ?? .
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.- yes they did the Fourth on 29th January 1934 and he Fifth on 29th December 1934.
Later they ran a Senior and Junior TT over two different days ..
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Not the TT, Motorcycles on runs, racing and playing MotoBall..
A Montage of photos from the archives of Hec Cole - posted in the November 2022 NZ Memories Magazine.
They show Hec and a fellow Motorcycle Courier in 1940 - in WW2, Photo A
Events around Auckland in the 1920's including Motorcycle Football at Blandford Park in Grafton - now part of the Grafton Motorway section.
Photo B is the start of a run to Beachlands from Greenlane in 1925,
Photo C - middle Top - A Days outing from Remuera
Photos D -set of 3 - middle Motorcycle Football at Blandford Park top and bottom and Hennings in 1926
Photos E Len Coulthard at a Hill Climb in Mt Roskill 1926 and on a track
Photos F - a pair Racing at Takapuna 1920's and in 1935.
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