At Invercargill a year ago, Megan Blatchford-Peck startled the two women who were sharing a podium with her.
Veteran Blatchford-Peck had just come second in the national sprint race, for elite women, the best in the country.
“I joked with them,” she said. “I asked them, ‘How old are your mothers?”‘
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If you want to go to the national track championships in Invergargill click WCNI Selectors Guideline Times for National Track Championships for selection guidelines
Put in a call to one of our leading cyclists like Simon van Velthooven and he could either be at home briefly or anywhere on the planet, his passport taking a hammering.
Last week he was in Invercargill dead-heating with rival Eddie Dawkins.
This week, after a 30-hour flight, the 22-year-old is in Cali, Colombia, as is Palmerston North pursuiter Jesse Sergent, competing in a World Cup track meet.
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The very popular Wednesday Night Individual Time-Trial series concluded this week with the final round and prize-giving at Kairanga Hall. For BikeManawatu members who are not familiar with this series, it runs twice over the summer months in two nine week blocks, once from October to December and again from January to March. The course starts on Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Rd (at the Rongotea Rd corner and heads out for 6 km (onto Lockwood Rd) and back for a total of 12 km. Points are awarded by comparing individual riders’ times between weeks – 2 points for posting a personal best, 1 point otherwise.
The most recent series was our most successful to date with over 130 unique riders taking part. The highest number of riders on a single night was 64 and on average we had approximately 45 riders. Riders range in ages from 9 years to 60 plus years, and with the points awarded on a personal best basis, every rider has a chance to top the standings.
PALMERSTON NORTH MARIST CYCLING CLUB
RACE RESULTS – BENNETT STREET SPRINTS – 11 December 2010
This was the final Palmerston North Marist Cycling Club race as the club becomes part of Bike Manawatu from 1 January 2011.
The Sprint Cup returned to Bennett Street, Palmerston North, and was this year contested by 15 riders. Each rider did a timed seeding lap and from these times A and B grades were formed. Riders then rode 2 up with the best of each pair going through to the next round and the other rider competing in the repechage. The finals were raced over the best of 3 sprints. The right lane was the lane of choice, as the surface was much smoother, so some lanes were decided on the toss of a coin.