by Vaughan Hunt | Jan 23, 2013 | Event Reports
This past weekend saw Track Cyclists from Palmerston North, Whanganui, Levin, Stratford, Hawkes Bay and Wellington travelling to New Plymouth to compete alongside the New Plymouth Trackies in the WCNI Track Cycling Championships.
With Mount Taranaki and the ocean sitting either side of the Veledrome the Taranaki Cycle Park is easily the most scenic Veledrome in the country, although with that kind of scenery comes the wind and the cyclists found themselves battling very strong head winds down the back straight as they raced. That being said there was plenty of very good racing to be seen. Of notable mention were Kelsi Eccles (Bike Manawatu) and Kyle Davie (Levin) who rode exceptionally well. These two riders (from a spectators point of view) have made the most noticeable improvement from last season.
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by Vaughan Hunt | Dec 20, 2012 | Event Reports
Results for Tuesday 11th December:
Under 15 5 laps Handicap race:1 Flyn Yates, 2 Gorgi van Leinen, 3 Libby Arbuckle, 4 Dylan Simpson
Under 17 2 lap Scratch race 1: 1 Campbell Stewart, 2 Chris Denholm, 3 Josh Kendall, 4 Fergus Allen
Under 17 2 lap scratch race 2: 1 Michaela Drummond, 2 James Cuff, 3 Cody Simpson, 4 Andrew McKenzie
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by Vaughan Hunt | Dec 20, 2012 | Event Reports
I write this sitting in a large kitchen in the Station Lodge and Guesthouse in Ohakune, just having filled my belly with poached eggs and banana on toast. We’ve just come back from riding up the mountain; a pretty hard climb if you’re not familiar with it, but the view from the top is well worth the effort.
Today is day three of our summer training camp. On the first day (Tue 18th) we rode from Palmerston North to Wanganui via Hunterville. We completed about 140 km that day, and climbed a total of 1200m. Next day we road up State Hwy 4 to Ohakune (105 km) which meant another 1500m of climbing. Needless to say, there were a few tired legs last night.
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by Vaughan Hunt | Dec 13, 2012 | Event Reports
A mild calm evening with a heavy sky threatening rain. It did rain just before the scheduled start time but the warm track allowed the track to dry sufficiently to allow the meeting proceed if half an hour late. It did mean the meeting had to be condensed a little but the programme was completed with no further rain falls. The programme was made up of mid sized points races followed by 3 up 500 metre scratch races and finished off with the longer handicap races.
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by Glenys Taylor | Dec 12, 2012 | Event Reports
The final night for the year for road bikes on track. Notices were handed out to all those that were present. The first night of the New year will be Monday 28th January.
If you want your photo taken with Jesse Sergent and Simon van Velthooven they will be at the Feilding Farmers Market from 12pm to 1pm on Friday 21st December.
Club champs will be held over the weeks of February. There are points awarded for each of the championship events. End of year prizegiving where prizes are awarded will be held in April.
5 Lap Handicap Race A Grade
1. Theo d’Arbois
2. Jayden Bond
3. Karl Werner
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by Glenys Taylor | Dec 8, 2012 | Event Reports
3 Lap Handicap Race
A Grade
1. Hamish Bryan
2. Fergus Bryan
3. Liam Ryan
4. Jayden Bond
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