LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Mount Ginn memories

I would like to know if any readers remember the two Triumph outfits that were racing at the Mount Ginn circuit in ACT. One of the passengers must have had some bars down low, because he would stand on his head with his whole body on the inside of the bike on the right hand corner. His legs would be tucked up about level with the rider’s waist and his head only about 9 inches above the ground. They would be given 20-25 yards handicap and could make up enough ground for a good tight finish on this right hander. The enclosed photo was taken at Morris Park, Dubbo in the ‘sixties of me on my B33 BSA engine in a Featherbed frame. My passenger used a kapok inner flying suit. It wouldn’t be allowed these days.

Bruce Snodgrass

U907 Orana Gardens Estate

Coronation Drive, Dubbo NSW 2830

The Poplars – a popular place

Thank you so much for the piece on the Poplars short circuit at Blacktown, where the Hospital now stands: I remember it well. As a kid not long out of school I was working at Hazell and Moore when the Poplars was at its best, and we were kept well informed as to when racing was to take place on that very swift little dirt