Leroy crew wins the CNOB rally

The Omaha Beach Nautical Club organized its traditional tourist rally, prepared each year by the winning crew of the previous edition. The Durand family, with the help of Mrs. Verney, had traced a circuit of about 70 kilometers. Fourteen crews solved questions to discover a part of the Bessin: the tower of Baron Gérard, Balleroy, where everyone met for a picnic in the courtyard of the free school, Littry, with its market and the Museum of the Mine, then Trévières, the end of the walk.

Each crew had to come in disguise. The organizers thus welcomed Don Quixote, a gendarme and his thief, a washing machine, rescuers with their stretcher or a tramp. At the finish, a gymkhana on a 1936 Peugeot bicycle completed the events.

The final classification was as follows: Leroy crew, Oustalet crew, J.-M. Voisin, A. Coffignal, Mr. and Mrs. Voisin and Villedieu, J. Coffignal, Defortescu, Lemonnier, Mesnard, Loyer, Lebrec, Desprez and Beuscher. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy therefore had to prepare for the following year's rally.

Reconstructed or uncertain passages:
- In the printed list of winners, rank 6 is missing between the fifth and seventh crew; no competitors were added to fill this gap.

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