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Written by Dylan Simpson

Created: 08 April 2014

I flew out of Palmerston North on Monday the 3^rd of March. We hoped off the plane and felt the temperature drop. It was Invercargill! We collected our luggage and loaded up the van, and made our way to the hotel where I would be spending the next 5 nights in with all the WCNI team members. After about an hour we pulled the bikes out of the boxes and put them together. Later on that day we went down to the track for a practise session. The next day we had another practise session for a couple of hours! The tension was building as we had our first race the next night the 500tt. We woke up and headed down to the track. I had my 500tt which was an all right start to the week. It was a great start to the champs for the team though claiming 4 gold medals! From there on there was a whole lot of effort and hard work!

Read more: My report on Track Nationals at Invercargill

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Written by Glenys Taylor

Created: 07 April 2014

It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of Jocelyn Goodwin. So many of us have enjoyed riding with Jocelyn over the years that she has been involved in cycling in the Manawatu.  We all have admired her strength and determination on the bike.

Jocelyn was heading out on her regular Sunday morning ride and was tragically hit by a truck on Summerhill Drive.

Jocelyn has been a competitive member of Bike Manawatu and prior to Bike Manawatu of PN Marist Cycling Club. She was an excellent time trialist and was a regular participant in Wednesday night time trials at Kairanga. She is the current holder of the Pirie Cup for masters women time trial which she has won numerous times. She was a regular competitor at Club Nationals winning the silver medal in the Masters4 Time Trial in 2012. In 2011, as a Master3, she had an excellent year winning bronze in the time trial and silver in the road race. She competed in the WCNI team time trial event last year with Sue McMaster where they won silver.

Jocelyn helped organise the first Bike Manawatu awards dinner in 2012.

She competed at Masters games in Wanganui and always won a medal in the masters time trial.  She had also tried track cycling at Johnstone Park in Feilding.

She lead a very full life and also enjoyed swimming, was a keen member of her book club, did Pilates each week and was a very highly regarded teacher.

She was a wonderful wife, mother and friend and our thoughts and prayers go to Garry and family.

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Written by Cody Simpson

Created: 08 April 2014

On Monday the 3^rd of March Mum, Dad, Dylan and I made our way to Invercargill for an exciting week of racing at the 2014 Track Cycling National Champs. We got there to cold rainy weather and were pumped for the racing. On Monday we had our first of three sessions to prepare ourselves for the boards. We had another session on Tuesday and a short session on Wednesday before racing started.

The first night of racing on Wednesday we had the 500mTT.

Read more: Report from Cody Simpson on his experience at Track Nationals in Invercargill

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Written by Glenys Taylor

Created: 06 April 2014

People from the Manawatu have travelled all over the country this weekend to compete in events.

Many have travelled to Blenheim to compete in the 10th Graperide, others have gone to Rotorua for the 100k flyer and a lot of the juniors have gone to Waipukurau to compete in the CHB junior tour.

For those that stayed in the Manawatu we had on offer a 2 up time trial at Kairanga. It was raced over the normal course but it was extended right to the end of Lockwood Loop where Barry Gilliland kindly acted as marshall ensuring everyone made it around the turn point.

The first riders off were the youngest riders Samuel Phillips and Fergus Washington-Smith from PNINS. They had a very tidy turn and good technique according to Barry and completed the 29kms in 58 mins 37 secs

The next to head off were the pairing of Greg Baker and Nigel Doyle. Combined age in excess of 100. A net time of 51 mins and 16 secs

The final pairing was Stephen Stannard and Peter O’Sullivan who completed the course in a net time of 42 mins and 59 secs

Sunday is the Masters Age group hill climb champs at Ashhurst starting at the top of the hill before heading down over the bridge and up the Saddle Rd.

A good group of people have registered to complete the 6km course.