50 kids from 5 different Manawatu Schools took part in the Prize giving carnival at the Feilding Velodrome. Where some of the kids are very familiar with the track for some it was the first time ever at Johnston Park. The carnival started at 9.00 am with a one lap standing start followed by team pursuits, missing out races and scratch races. Good entertainment for the big crowd that came along to support the kids and to celebrate their achievements.
A windy evening. Storming towards the turn and hard work going back. No Pb’s with this kind of weather conditions. Next week round 9. no points but with prize giving at Kairanga hall afterwards. Details to come
Teams from two Manawatu schools beat all other schools to win the two school categories for 4 person 160km relay in perfect weather conditions on Saturday riding around lake Taupo.
Repeating last years intermediate school grade (year 7-8 kids) TASC Force from Ashhurst School won their category in a time only 17 seconds slower than last years winning team. Had it not been a 10 minute delay caused by a flat tyre for Michaela Drummond on leg two they would have improved their overall 8th position by several places.
Last week in round 6 Jocelyn Goodwin like many others rode a personal best. In her case though this PB was also a new course record for women. Well done Jocelyn. This week it was harder to break PB’s maybe due to the weather and fitness levels are back on high. Next week round 8 the last round to collect points. Round 9 will be the prizegiving round.
results round 7
Kent Croote can call him self the Grimpeur after winning the most gruelling race on the PNMCC calendar. At the turn at Highland home Croote and Tom Findlay had opened up a little gap on the rest of the A grade field. The gap widened towards the bottom of Saddle road. It was here that Croote put the pace on and showed his climbing skills to take out the Trophee the Grimpeur before Daniel Lithgow second and Mark Findlay third.
The Trophee the Grimpeur is the race to determine who the best climbers are in the club. In this years race the A and B grade riders were faced with some challenging climbs on the way out and back to Highland home with the finish up Saddle Rd.
In the B grade Luke McCarthy showed how to climb. On the way out and back none of the climbs could split the field. They arrived as one peloton at the bottom of the Saddle. With his superb climbing style McCarthy dropped the whole b grade field on his attempt up to the Saddle to claim the B grade Grimpeur title before Paul Deuritz second and Steve Glasgow third.
C and D grade have the same finish but the distance out of Ashhurst towards the the respective turns is a bit shorter. C grade was won by Max Annear before George Roberts and Andrew Bengston. Michaela Drummond rider from the Ashhurst Taskforce was the first female on the top. The D grade “Grimpeuse” is Kate Stewart.
Results in full
A grade Ashhurst highland home return finish up Saddle Rd
1 Kent Croote 1:29:50; 2 Danile Lithgow 1:30:43; 3 Mark Findlay 1:31:10; 4 Luke Wolfsbauer 1:31:12; 5 Mark Waterland 1:31:28; 6 Tom Findlay 1:33:14; 7 Michael Hall 1:35:03.
B grade Ashhurst highland home return finish up Saddle Rd
1 Luke McCarthy 1:33:48; 2 Paul Deuritz 1:34:37; 3 Steve Glasgow 1:34:37; 4 Luuk van Wagtendonk 1:34:39; 5 Cameron Senior 1:34:49; 6 Patrick Edwards 1:34:55; 7 Angus Findlay 1:35:01; 8 Erik d’Arbois 1:35:03; 9 Kevin Laskey 1:35:19; Wayne Wolfsbauer 1:35:27; Jonty Hapeta dnf
C grade Ashhurst Awahou School return finish up Saddle Rd
1 Max Annear 1:10:02; 2 George Roberts 1:11:21; 3 Andrw Bengston 1:13:54; 4 Tony Reddrop 1:14:53; 5 Robert Jaques 1:17:08; 6 Michaela Drummond 1:20:39; 7 Ruby Perry 1:22:25; 8 Katryn Young 1:26:13; 9 Kelsi Eccles 1:33:08
D grade Ashhurst Waterford café return and finish up Saddle Rd
1 Kate Stewart 57:51; David Drummond 1:00:74; 3 Brad Johnson 1:06:35