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Members of the New Zealand Power Boats Association met in Palmerston North during the weekend of 17-18 May, 1975, for their annual conference and pie eating competition. The competition was held at a Palmerston North tavern, beginning at 2 pm. It took Manawatu boaties, Des Strong and Paul Godbas just 2 minutes 14 seconds to consume 8 pies specially baked for the occasion at a Palmerston North bakehouse. It was the second consecutive win for Manawatu, who took 4 mins 3 seconds to win in 1974. Taranaki boaties were second by a wide margin.This photograph shows the winners of the competition with their sheild. Printed in the Manawatu Evening Standard 19 May 1975.

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Image
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Digital Photograph Collection, with no hardcopy held
Date
May 1975
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2015N_IMCA-DigitalMaster_010104
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Coolstore

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Palmerston North

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1970s,
activities and events,
black and white,
competition,
food,
fun,
funny,
photographs,
pies,
sport,
tavern,
trophy,
winners,
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