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 22, 2013 | Track Results
The sun may have been out at the start of the meet but the shadow of the trees soon took it away to present a cold night with a stiff breeze. The racing tonight was of a high standard with the last race of the night being one of the best ever seen at the track. The night was punctuated with a number of stella performances with Michaela Drummond’s dominant display in the B grade points race to Samara Fenn’s strength in the under 15’s, the fight and determination from Hamish Mikkelsen to win the A grade 4 lap handicap, the race craft of Brent Zimmerman to win the B grade 12 lap handicap and Joel Yates aggression to make an impact on a race. Toshi Yaumachi is improving each week, his contribution to the B grade races this week indicate he will be one to watch as the season develops.
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by Glenys Taylor | Oct 22, 2013 | Track Results
The first event on the track cycling calendar for the 2013/2014 season at Johnston Park on Sunday, promised to be a good one with ideal conditions and a fantastic turnout. In addition to lots of new riders, there were four new commissaires who had recently passed their exams and were keen to test their knowledge. The afternoon saw four events take place including a 1 lap standing start, a 2 lap scratch race, and two handicapped races. Races ran smoothly, rookie riders rode safely and on account of a hot track and very little wind, three track records were broken.
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by Vaughan Hunt | Jan 30, 2013 | Track Results
A Grade 12 lap Handicap race: 1 Jordan Castle, 2 Matiu Kaihau, 3 Jaycob Humphreys
B grade 12 lap Handicap race: 1 Michaela Drummond, 2 Kelsi Eccles, 3 Andrew McKenzie, 4 Pania Hudson
1 lap time trials (standing start):
Alistair Ross 39.05 s, Duncan Muller 33.32 s, Luuk van Wagtendonk 36.67, Matiu Kaihau 31.945 s, Jaycob Humphreys 30.95 s, Jordan Castle 30.52 s, Michaela Drummond 34.35 s, Andrew McKenzie 33.78 s, Greg Bryan 35.25 s, Fergus Bryan 37.67 s, Tamara Ross 38.23s, Pania Hudson 39.22 s, Libby Arbuckle 38.15 s, Kelsi Eccles 35.14 s, Ruby Perry New Record 34.95 s(old mark 36.03) Brent Zimmerman 32.13 s
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by Glenys Taylor | Feb 8, 2012 | Track Results
Under 15 Boys/Girls – 5 lap race on the whistle
1st Emily Shearman
2nd Libby Arbuckle
3rd Michaela Drummond
4th Chris Denholm
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by Glenys Taylor | Feb 3, 2012 | Track Results
A mild night with a heavily overcast sky and a light North Westerly wind greeted the 23 riders that made the trip to the Johnston Park Velodrome on Tuesday night. Most of the riders had competed at the West Coast North Island track championships held at the weekend with nine Bike Manawatu riders gaining selection to the 16 person West Coast North Island team to contest the Rabodirect Age Group Track Cycling National Championships to be held in Invercargill at the end of February.
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