It is with regret that the Board received the below correspondence from Andrew Ward at its meeting last night.
In the short time that Andrew has been a member of the Board he has made a valuable contribution. Steps are now under way to appoint according to the constitution a replacement for Andrew.
Results from the Essex cup…
At a media conference held at the Rugby Institute at Massey University today, Jorge Sandoval, along with Mike Daisley, CEO Sport Manawatu, Jono Naylor, mayor of PNCC, and Lance Bickford, CEO Destination Manawatu announced that for the first time in the 25 year history of the UCI Mens Cycle Classic tour, it will be held in the Manawatu.
The 5 day event is being renamed the New Zealand Cycle Classic and is scheduled for 25 – 29 January 2012.
From the 6th to the 11th of July, I, along with around 40 other Junior New Zealand cyclists were involved with the Junior Tour of Canberra in Australia. We flew out of Auckland on a Wednesday afternoon and after a pleasant and excitement filled flight we arrived in Sydney at around 5pm. We soon gathered our bikes and baggage and after a lengthy wait, our truck arrived and we piled all the gear into the back of it, eventually managing to fit everything in. From here we divided ourselves into a few mini vans and set off for a three hour drive to Canberra. By this time it was close to 10pm so the drive was quiet and sleep-filled. We arose sleepily at around midnight as we arrived at the Australian Institute of Sport where we were issued individual key cards and soon were fast asleep in our individual rooms.
The first day we flew to Auckland and after a quick stop we jumped on a flight to Sydney. It was all jokes on the plane, with most of us being excited for the racing ahead. After a long wait for our vans we finally were off to Canberra to stay at the Australian Institute of Sport. We arrived late that night at 12am. The Thursday began with relaxing and getting our bikes ready for the time trial. This was the stage that I wasn’t looking forward to.