THIS year marks the 50th anniversary of the National Sprint Championships, and it is a little surprising that for Wentworth Park this will only be the eighth time in 51 runnings that the event has been hosted at the Glebe course.
Surprising because between the inception of the National Sprint Championship in 1965 and 1972, when the Gabba track opened in Brisbane, the event was effectively a test of the best sprinters from New South Wales and Victoria, with Tasmanian and Queensland contestants rarely able to make the final eight.
From 1965 to 1976 a series of heats and quarter Read full article
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