Thursday, April 30, 2009

Winter Cup on Wheels


 


 

Winter Cup on Wheels Carnival

June 5th and 6th 2009


 

Come and take on the NZ junior world champs team as they prepare to take on the world.


 

GREAT PRIZE MONEY

    

Racing for Open Div 1, 2, 3, Women and Junior U15/U17

Racing starts at 7pm, warm-up from 6pm.


 

Madison Kieran and other cool racing culminating with the winter cup on wheels!!


 

Entry form on following page


 


 


 


 

Winter Cup on Wheels Carnival

Entry Form

    Friday 5th & Saturday 6th June 2009 7.00pm – 10.00pm

Warm Up 6pm – 7pm

    Venue:    ILT Velodrome, Invercargill


 

Entry Fee:    Open - $10, Under 17 - $5 per session,

Payable to Cycling Southland registration area on the night.

Email entries to entries@cyclingsouth.org.nz or

Post to Cycling Southland P O Box 939 Invercargill.

ENTRIES CLOSE Wednesday 27th May 2009

NO Late Entries!!

NAME 

CATEGORY 

CLUB 

LICENCE 

    


 

I _____________________ (name), hereby confirm that I wish to compete at the ILT Winter Cup Carnival on 5th and 6th June 2009.

DATE 

Grade 

  
  
  

Cycling Southland looks forward to hosting you here at the ILT Velodrome on the above date. Enquiries to 03 2173215

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Cycling CHB Duathlon 9th May

Robbie has asked if you can forward notification to all club members inviting them to compete in the Club Duathlon Championships to be held on the 9th May starting & finishing from Johnson's Electrical Waipukurau.

 
 

The racing is to start @ 1.00pm and we would expect people to start registering at 12.00pm

 
 

The categories are

 
 

Open Men

Open Women

Vet Men (Over 40)

Vet Women (Over 40)

Junior Men (Under 18)

Junior Women (Under 18)

 
 

We will also accommodate teams

 
 

There will be a short and long course championship.

 
 

Short:     2.5km run, 9km Cycle, 2.5km run

Long:     5km run, 27km Cycle, 5km run

 
 

The event is open to all Cycling CHB members, and is also open to Ramblers & HBMSC members as well as the public. However, only Cycling CHB members are eligible for the club champs.

 
 

It has been advertised through the HBMSC monthly newsletter that there is a cost to register for the event. This is NOT correct, there will be no fee for Cycling CHB, Ramblers & HBMSC members. There will though be a fee of $10.00 for people who are not a member of any of these three clubs if they want to compete.

 
 

The event co-ordinators are Mike Mayo Ph 06 8585409  mushyandchunky@yahoo.co.nz & Robbie Hislop 027 2732888 rjh@eec.co.nz . People can contact them direct for any queries.

 
 


 

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Time Trial Results from Rotorua Junior Tour

All age groups raced a 9.4 km out and back course with a hill similar to Raukawa at the finish.

U19 Men
Winner Micheal Vink 12.06 at 46.87km/h
Sean Joyce 13.09 at 42.89 (4th on GC)
Rory MacKenzie 13.10 at 42.84 (5th on GC)
Jeremy Stephens 13.3 at 41.78 (25th on GC)
Simon Pepper 16.09 at 34.92 (47th on GC)
U19 Woman
Winner Courtney Lowe 13.59 at 40.33
Ashleigh Neave 14.29 at 38.94 (4th on GC)
Ella Sadler-Andrews 15.04 at 37.43 (6th on GC)


U17 Men Winner Alex McCory-Bowick 12.53 at 43.78
Fraser Gough 13.03 at 43.22 (5th on GC)
Tim Lutter 14.12 at 39.72 (24th on GC)
Sam Clarke 14.22 at 39.26 (25th on GC)
Logan Bean 14.58 at 37.68 (34th on GC)
Lance Welch 15.11 at 37.15 (37th on GC)



U15 Men Winner Regan Gough 15.04 at 37.43
William Green 16.07 at 34.99 (6th on GC)
James Fulford 16.13 at 34.78 (7th on GC)
James Lochhead 16.17 at 34.64 (8th on GC)
Tobias Robertshawe 16.28 at 34.25 (9th on GC)
Look out for Final results arfter Criterium and Road Races Tomorrow!!!
































Ivar's Army of Juniors Strike Again in Rotorua

Another big day for the Ramblers Juniors at the CRI Tinelli Tour the second nationals selection event.
The morning started with road races over two circuits on quiet roads in rolling country south west of Rotorua.

Under 15 boys
A 20km road race with Wills and Regan finishing in the top five after Boris Clarke (TA) broke away and had 20 secs at 1 point finishing 15 Seconds ahead. The rest were comfortable in the bunch. (James Fulford, Regan Gough, William Green, Tobias Robershawe and Clean Shaven "Slick" James Lochhead)


Under 17 Boys
Alex McCory-Bowick brock away from the gun, got out to 30 secs with 1 other rider. He held this lead for most of the 60 km winning by five seconds with Fraser Gough 4th. Sam Clarke, Lance Welch and Tim Lutter finished in the bunch with Logan Bean chasing hard but unable to get back. Duncan MacKenzie had a tough day after last weekend pulling out after injuring his knee.

Under 19 Girls
Ella Stadler-Andrews (ex Rambler currently riding in England) showed her sprint prowess taking this race with Ashely Neave well placed 4th. The under 19 girls where racing with Open Woman making this finish more impressive The bunch was split early in the race. Sarah Watson started after having a bad night with a stomach bug but pulled out at 20km.

Under 19 Boys
Sean Joyce had a great day taking out this race after Tom Findlay, Taylor Gunman and Patrick Bevan palyed team tag with the peleton. Rory Mac Kenzie took advantage of a lull in the race to break away 3/4 of the way around on the 3rd Lap. Sean and 6 others got across to Rory and this small break finished about a minute ahead of the main bunch. Rory finished 6th.

Jeremy Stephens finished 12th in with the main bunch. Simon Pepper finished off the back after and altercation with a stone.


TT Results Shortly





Friday, April 17, 2009

Time Trial Results from TA Youth Tour

Look out folks the juniors are coming fast



Name Distance Time AvSpeed

Ashleigh Neave 15.2 22.38 40.29 Winner u19
Sarah Watson 15.2 27.50 33.77

Sophia Williamson 15.2 23.42 38.48 Winner u17
Megan Watson 15.2 26.24 34.55

Chester Aaron 9 14.15 37.89 Winner u15
Regan Gough 9 15.05 35.80
James Fulford 9 15.17 35.33
William Green 9 15.49 34.14
Tobias Robertshawe 9 16.13 33.30
James Lochhead 9 16.21 33.03

Scott Creighton 15.2 20.47 43.88 Winner u17
Duncan MacKenzie 15.2 20.57 43.53
Fraser Gough 15.2 21.02 43.36
Sam Clarke 15.2 22.50 41.44
Tim Lutter 15.2 23.02 39.59
Lance Welch 15.2 23.43 38.45
Micheal Vink 22.6 29.15 46.36 Winner u19
Sean Joyce 22.6 31.24 43.18
Rory MacKenzie 22.6 31.57 42.44

Monday, April 13, 2009

Ramblers make podium at TA

Another big day at Te Awamutu with some exciting results

Full results at http://www.tasportscycling.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=5&Itemid=57

TT of the day goes to Ashleigh Neave winning the under 19 woman's TT and getting third on GC also fast enough to take third in the senior woman's TT behind Rachel Mercer and Sonia Waddell, Ashleighs 22:38 over the 15.2 km course eclipsed pre race favorite Maddy Brunton by 9 seconds.

Sean Joyce and Rory MacKenzie had strong rides in the U19 TT but were unable to make the top 10 taken out by National Champion Micheal Vink riding the 22.6 km hilly course in 29:15. Sean finished 12th and Rory 20th in the TT field of 58 starters. Sean had a strong weekend and was 7th in GC 1:33 down after 233km. 17 riders finished within 3 minutes.

Duncan MacKenzie proved that he is a future force riding 20:57 on the 15.2km course to take 3rd in the U17 TT only 10 seconds behind winner Scott Creighton. The ride was good enough to secure 5th on GC, Fraser Gough finished 5th in the TT, 7th on GC, 3rd KOM and Sprint points helped by a solo break on Saturday. Tim Lutter 24th and Sam Clarke 25th along with other Ramblers Logan Bean and Lance Welch would have gained a lot of experience in the field of 57 finishers.

Megan Watson felt the effects of the previous races in the U17 girls finishing mid field in the TT but a creditable 12th on GC.

Regan Gough finished best of all the Ramblers/CHB securing 2nd GC in his first year U15. He rode a great TT getting third in 15:05 over the 9 km. The Te Awamutu crowd will be thankful that Regan is the last contender in this generation of cousins. James Fulford 12 secs slower than Regan finished 11 in the TT to improve his GC. A strong future for the Ramblers club with Willam Green 11th, Tobias Robertshaw 12th, James Fulford 16th and James Lochhead 18th on GC out of 34 finishers.

Recognition must go to Ivar Hopman for keeping this crew of characters in good spirits and physically ready for this event and I look forward to the results from the Rotorua Tour next weekend where many of these riders are either in camp with Ivar or selection camp. Hope the team enjoys the Fish and Chips after the weekend, they earned them.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

GC Changes after a demanding day at TA

The organisers and selectors were keen to challenge the riders today with longer stages than have been raced in previous years. The course more demanding than Apley Circuit.
U19 Men 4 laps totaling 111km took its toll on many of the riders. Rory Mac Kenzie was impressive getting across a good break to Taylor Gunman and Tom Findlay, the field chased them down and all three paid for their effort after they could not stay with the lead bunch on the last lap. Sean Joyce rode a smart race and finished sixth keeping his GC hopes alive for the TT tomorrow. Jeremy Stevens had a mechanical and could not chase back on.

Ashleigh Neave rode a strong race but failed also to hold on to the lead bunch on the final lap (3).
Two other U19's managed to stay with the small front group of open contenders. Rachel Mercer managed to get away with a team mate and increased her already substantial lead. Ashleigh will hold third in the U19 GC but has made it difficult to improve her place in the TT tomorrow due to the time lost.

The U17 boys rode three laps and the 70 strong field was blown to pieces. Fraser Gough was 5th and Duncan MacKenzie finished with the lead bunch, Duncan and Fraser are both in the top ten on GC and the TT tomorrow promises to be an exciting finale to this strong contest. Tim Lutter finished in the 2nd bunch with Sam Clark close behind. Logan and Lance were futher back.

U17 girl Megan Watson got away with 7 others on the first lap but a small gap on the hill sprint meant a hard chase up the next couple of hills. Unable to bridge she was caught by four others.
They were unable to reel in the strong bunch and along with the yellow jersey holder watched GC get away by valuable minutes. Megs finished 10th and continues to impress with her tenacity.

U15 Regan Gough continued his form from the recent CHB tour and finished fifth. The 1 lap of the circuit took its toll and the boys pace put them in sight of the U17 girls. Tobias Robertshawe came in eight with William Green, James Lochhead and James Fulford all futher back and slipping on GC.

The event finishes tomorrow with the TT surely a race of truth with the miles already on the legs over the last two days

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Big Ramblers Team have good day at TeA (Te Awamutu Tour)

U19-Male-Sean Joyce competed well in the days 104km stage placing 6th
Jeremy Stevens and Rory MacKenzie also finished in the front bunch .
Female- Ashleigh Neave first year U19 finished in the open women/u19 bunch in the 88km stage won by Rachel Mercer after a strong 20km plus solo break .
Sarah Watson finished down in a strong field with the likes of Emma Crum and Sonia Waddell .

U17-Male- Duncan MacKenzie had a successful morning stage finishing 4th.
Fraser Gough and Sam Clarke finished in the front bunch with Tim Lutter, Logan Bean and Lance Welsh closely following in the 2nd bunch.
In the afternoon stage 2 North Habour riders got away 10km out and put about 15 seconds on the field. Fraser looked strong getting out to 25 secs in a solo burst in the first lap Duncan MacKenzie and Tim Lutter had good rides to finish in the main bunch. First year riders Logan Bean and Lance Welsh paid dearly for a small gap on the hill sprint quickly getting extended when out of the leading group.

U17 -Females
Megan Watson the only Rambler rider in this class field finished bunch time after the 23km morning stage and about 7th in the afternoons 55km stage when the bunch was blown to bits with about 20 out of 35 in the finish.

U15 - Mens
Ramblers had a good first 23km race with Regan Gough, William Green, James Fulford, James Lochhead, Tobias Robertshawe finishing in the front bunch.
In the afternoon a crash near the finish put Tobias on the ground but he got up to finish. Other Ramblers missed out on the sprint but should get bunch time.

The Weather alternated all day from hot to cool and windy with the odd spell of drizzle. Tomorrow has some long stages and the rolling hills will surely sap some legs so watch this space for further news.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Winter Spin Training

Ramblers Cycling Specific Conditioning Classes.
Well its lights on the bike time again and sometimes the odd rain coat. Not to fear, we have the ultimate training session available to Ramblersclub members.
From beginners through to advanced roadies be prepared for a challengingsession with surprises, themes and special guests through out the year.
Your instructors will be: Carl "Go to you Blow" Paton, Dylan "Area 51"Stewart and Dan "The Taradale Tornado" Warren.
Details: Classes run from Wed 15th April to Wed 23rd September(no class 19th August)
6-7pm at Pettigrew Green Arena
Use our spin bikes or bring your own bike with windtrainer
$2 per class to be paid on the night
Bookings are ESSENTIAL as we only have 20 placesavailable.
To book contact Dylan Stewart at Pettigrew Green Arena on 845 9263 or email: dstewart@pgarena.co.nz

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

2009 POWERCO CYCLE TOUR OF TARANAKI

Cycling New Plymouth Inc and Powerco Ltd present the
2009 POWERCO CYCLE TOUR OF TARANAKI
The Powerco Cycle Tour of Taranaki is a stage race held over Queens Birthday weekend,
30th May to 1st June 2009. Entry is open to all BikeNZ 2009 National and WCNI Centre licence holders. Racing consists of one individual time trial and four graded mass start road races, with four open grades and a novice category.
A maximum of 50 riders will be accepted into each grade on a first come, first served basis. Riders will be assigned to grades by the Cycling New Plymouth handicapper. Prize money will be paid for stage placings and general classification within each grade. Each grade will have a tour leader jersey, a sprint-points jersey, and a climbers points jersey. There will also be a leading womens jersey in some grades. U19 riders will contest A to D grades.
See www.cyclingnewplymouth.co.nz for further details and entry forms.