by Glenys Taylor | Nov 29, 2013 | Track Results
The rain earlier in the day and the heavy threatening sky cast doubt on track cycling going ahead tonight but 24 brave souls plus support staff took the punt that the rain would stay away and racing will proceed. Apart from some light rain at the start of the racing the track remained dry enough for the full race programme to be completed. The two lap team sprints were bookended with the usual short , medium and long scratch and handicap races.
The performance of note for the meeting was that of Carne Groube in the final long lap A grade handicap race. Carne began with the scratch riders, half a lap down from the limit men in the 16 lap race. The lessons of last weeks race had not been wasted on the limit men and they quickly rolled their sleeves up and worked to maintain the half lap advantage. The scratch riders quickly hit and then maintained 95%, but the gap was being maintained. With 10 laps to go both bunches began to show signs of the pressure. After another few laps riders began to drop off and gaps started to appear. The bunches became more vocal as they tried to encourage riders to increase effort.
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by Glenys Taylor | Nov 28, 2013 | Event Reports
Darn wind. With safety the paramount factor, a few riders were sent down the road to see just how bad it was. With smiles on their faces they returned and after some honest discussion it was decided to call off the time trials for the night.
For those dedicated riders that had turned up ready to ride they were awarded a point as no one would have been able to better a previous best time in those conditions.
Click here for points table
by Glenys Taylor | Nov 26, 2013 | Archive(News)
I flew down to Invercargill on Friday the 15th, and made my way to my accommodation, where I would be spending the next 3 nights with fellow WCNI rider Cassie Cameron, and travelling Scotsman Gus Gillies.
Saturday was day one of the UCI tier one event, which we started off with a 30 minute ride/crawl to the Velodrome. My Keirin was first up, however while racing I had a small mechanical. I still managed to finish a respectable third.
Later that night I competed in the scratch race but unfortunately the mechanical repeated itself, and I was forced to pull out. Due to this, I decided to enter the points race the next day. After lapping the field with a couple of NZ riders, and picking up a couple of sprints, I finished up 5th overall. I was very happy with this, as the points race is an endurance event and by nature I’m a sprinter. This 2 day event was a huge confidence boost, as I had proven to myself that I could kick it with the best of them.
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by Glenys Taylor | Nov 26, 2013 | Track Cycling
There’s honour, prestige and a fantastic prize list up for grabs at the Laykold Cup, being held at Wellington Velodrome, Hataitai at 12-4pm on Sunday December 1. Riders from across the Lower North Island are expected to fight it out for the main trophies: the seniors’ 10km Laykold Cup Scratch Race presented by Salvation Coffee, the masters’ 8km Stayers Cup Scratch and Women’s 8km Poneke Plate Scratch, both presented by Wellington Windows and Doors.
In addition to the headline events, there is a full programme of supporting events – sponsored by Scotties Potties, Norski, Red Rocks Property Management and Bedpost – for junior grades as well as seniors and women all of which are supported by a cash prize pool of $500 plus more product prizes.
Entry is $5 on the day (Burkes Cycles Speed League season pass holders can race for free), registration is at 11am and the full programme is listed here.
Note that the trophy races will be held earlier in the meeting than usual.
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by Glenys Taylor | Nov 25, 2013 | Uncategorised
A brilliant day. Summer has arrived. Held after the school prizegiving meant that a lot of the junior riders who are all good “mountain goats” headed straight for registration. It was great to see a few of the new riders that have been coming to Wednesday night time trials and have now joined the club come and give this event a go. The age grouping for the senior and masters riders hasn’t been confirmed yet as access to the Bike NZ database is disabled at the moment.
Age grouping for the juniors is correct however.
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