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Details: Written by Vaughan Hunt; Created: 01 August 2013

Feilding Police Our Wednesday morning group had been repeatedly harassed on Sandon Road by the driver of a dark green Honda Civic.

He would drive past us very closely while sounding his horn. On the 22nd of May he took this one step further, by stopping in front of us to hurl verbal abuse. (It did look like he was going to get out of his car, but thought better of this, since there were 11 cyclists in our group.) He then made to drive off, but slammed on his brakes causing me to ride into the back of his car.

The Feilding Police have been very good and ticketed the driver for “Operating a vehicle in a manner likely to cause annoyance” which carries a $600 fine.

Details: Written by Glenys Taylor; Created: 31 July 2013

Comedy

Synopsis

The Comedy For Cure Kids Road Show is an epic ten-day cycle race from the bottom of the South Island, to the top of the North Island raising money and awareness for Red Nose Day.

The Road Show will feature teams of celebrities, television personalities and our most loved sporting heroes in a 24 hour a day relay race. A crew of support people, fellow cycling enthusiasts and Red Nose Day supporters will join them as they spread the Red Nose Day word and raise money for Cure Kids.

Details: Written by Glenys Taylor; Created: 18 July 2013

This is a fundraiser for the Feilding Scout Group that is raising money for their scouts to attend the Jamboree in 2014. This is during the school holidays so a good opportunity for the kids to get out and do some relaxing cycling after the National School Champs.

HAVE YOU WANTED TO BIKE OR SCOOTER AROUND MANFEILD?

NOWS YOUR CHANCE.

Eliminator Race

The eliminator race will be a cross country short circuit race of between 1 & 2 km’s long, starting and finishing at the velodrome.

Each race will be a 1 lap, 4 rider, head-to- head contest.

The first 2 riders will go through to the next round of the trophy race and the last 2 will go into another draw.

All contestants will get at least 3 races on the day.

All riders will do a timed seeding lap to determine start order.

Details: Written by Glenys Taylor; Created: 15 July 2013

Olympic medallist Simon van Velthooven and compatriot Eddie Dawkins scored wins on day three of the international track cycling series in Adelaide last night.

Van Velthooven took out the men’s keirin, the event in which he won a bronze medal at the London Olympics, while Dawkins won the sprint final over Australia’s Olympic bronze medallist Shane Perkins.

The BikeNZ contingent are competing in five days of UCI Tier One competition in Adelaide which carries qualifying points for upcoming World Cup events, which in turn qualify riders and teams for the World Championships.

Van Velthooven was in commanding form in the keirin to be unbeaten throughout the day. He clocked an impressive 10.8 seconds for the closing 200m in his two round wins and 10.9s in the final where he dominated the six-strong field.

Dawkins was in outstanding form in the evening session for the men’s sprints. He topped qualifiers in 10.019s ahead of Perkins and fellow Australian Daniel Ellis with Auckland’s Ethan Mitchell sixth fastest in 10.415.

Mitchell won through the first round but lost to Mitchell Bullen in the second round before climbing back into the contest after winning his repechage.

Dawkins was untroubled in winning the first round, beating Japan’s Kazuhiro Sugota in the second round before disposing of his teammate Mitchell in the quarterfinals.

The big Southlander beat Australian Nathan Hart in two straight rides in the semifinals but lost his opening race of the final against the experienced Perkins. Dawkins fought back to win the next two rides to claim the victory, significant qualifying points and a good notch in his belt.

In other racing Dunedin’s Katie Schofield was 10^th in the women’s sprint and missed out in the repechage of the keirin.

There are two further days of competition with the omnium back in action today.