Glenys Taylor | BikeManawatu

Comedy for Cure Kids: Good Sports Road Show Biking through Palm Nth DO YOU WANT TO JOIN IN?

by Glenys Taylor | Jul 31, 2013 | Archive(News)

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.

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Second Interclub results

by Glenys Taylor | Jul 28, 2013 | Event Reports

And the weather once again was perfect for a club race which saw the largest field of riders for a long time at a club event.

The atmosphere in Halcombe was just buzzing as not only was there a local rugby fixture on but also the Moa Harriers had a relay event that started and finished at Halcombe. The population of Halcombe at 3pm was probably around 4 times the normal population.

Special thanks to our helpers on the day – Steve Challies did a great job as race manager. Our marshals included visitor from Auckland Trish Harvey along with Rebecca Allan, Katherine Stannard and John Stewart.

Although there was a chance of close interaction between runners and cyclists ( and 1 dog) there were no eventualities and it was surprising to see that many of the runners are also cyclists and maybe we can convince them to join us for a club race when they are not running.

Part of the large field included the juniors (and some parents) that were attending the 5 day development camp at Massey University. The juniors have been doing some great rides including at flat ride to Ohakea on Thursday and a hilly ride over the track and Saddle on Friday. After biking out from Palmy they were faced with either a 60km race for the boys and a 40km race for the girls. Then they turned around and biked back to Palmy. I am sure they all enjoyed the rest of their stay in the Manawatu.

Results for Grades A, B and C

Results for D grade

Next weeks race is again at Halcombe. Registration is at the Halcombe Rugby Club from 12.30pm. Wanganui will again be doing the timing for this event so to avoid the congestion at registration please ensure that you register online before Friday.

Manfeild CYCLE Event

by Glenys Taylor | Jul 18, 2013 | Archive(News)

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.

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Van Velthooven, Dawkins find winning cycling form in Adelaide

by Glenys Taylor | Jul 15, 2013 | Archive(News)

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.