Event Reports

Details: Written by John Arbuckle; Created: 03 September 2016

3.09.16

Click here to view the winter series road race results, including the Essex Cup.

Well done to the 23 riders that took on the Essex Cup challenge today in Pohongina. The winner was our world champ trackie Cam Stewart showing his sprint legs ahead of Jacob Sievwright and Carne Groube. Thanks to our helpers Steve Perry, Rebecca Allan, Catriona Pirie and Mike Groube. We take a break now, round 5 on 2 October. A few more photos.

Details: Written by John Arbuckle; Created: 27 August 2016

Saturday 27th August, 2016.

Click here to view the results from today's Woolworths Cup (winter series race 3). The results from race 2 of the winter series can also be found on this same link.

Great racing by Cam Stewart, Robert Stannard & Chris Denholm to cross the line 1st,2nd & 3rd in testing windy conditions. 15 brave riders turned out to compete for the Woolworths Cup not knowing their pre race handicap. And the Cup winner came from our C grade being Chris Pinkney closely followed by Tom Pirie. Well done Chris, and even better news you have now been promoted to the B grade!!!! Tom will also move up a grade to C after showing good form over the past 2 weeks of racing.

Get ready for the Essex Cup next Saturday - our most challenging Cup race 50kms with 10 kms of gravel - the race will start and finish in Pohongina Village - see you at the village 1pm for registration.

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Details: Written by Carne Groube; Created: 14 July 2016

Firstly I'd like to thank Bike Manawatu for their contribution which helped me to travel to Australia to compete at the International Track Series in Melbourne as a member of the U19 Track Development Squad. This event involved 4 days of Track Racing at the Darebin Velodrome with a number of countries making last ditch effort for Olympic Selection.

This was an awesome experience with Australia fielding a strong U19 Team also, with their Junior Worlds Team in attendance. The New Zealand squad performed strongly in both the men’s and women’s fields. This week of training and racing clearly set me up well for my road racing the following weekend!

A big thanks must go to Cycling New Zealand for providing this opportunity and in particular to Jon Andrews for the organisation.

Once the racing in Melbourne was over I flew to Canberra arriving 4 days out from competition. After spending a couple of days in Canberra riding around the courses and adjusting to the negative temperatures, John Rippon (the NZ U19 men's road coach) and 4 other kiwi boys arrived. Much welcomed company after a few days by myself.

I placed a bit of pressure on myself to perform going into all of the races as it was an important stepping stone before I headed to Canada a week after arriving back in NZ. The build-up was going really well so I thought I would have a chance to place quite high. The Aussies are quite well known for aggressive racing and quite big bunches with lots of talented riders so I knew if I wanted to go well I really had to be at my best.

The first event up was the individual time trial on Friday. The course was quite a hilly one which meant it would be impossible to find a rhythm. The conditions were almost perfect. Wasn't too cold with not a breath of wind. I had high expectations going into this event but was disappointed to only get 16th.