This is a fundraiser for the Feilding Scout Group that is raising money for their scouts to attend the Jamboree in 2014. This is during the school holidays so a good opportunity for the kids to get out and do some relaxing cycling after the National School Champs.
HAVE YOU WANTED TO BIKE OR SCOOTER AROUND MANFEILD?
NOWS YOUR CHANCE.
Olympic medallist Simon van Velthooven and compatriot Eddie Dawkins scored wins on day three of the international track cycling series in Adelaide last night.
Van Velthooven took out the men’s keirin, the event in which he won a bronze medal at the London Olympics, while Dawkins won the sprint final over Australia’s Olympic bronze medallist Shane Perkins.
The BikeNZ contingent are competing in five days of UCI Tier One competition in Adelaide which carries qualifying points for upcoming World Cup events, which in turn qualify riders and teams for the World Championships.
Van Velthooven was in commanding form in the keirin to be unbeaten throughout the day. He clocked an impressive 10.8 seconds for the closing 200m in his two round wins and 10.9s in the final where he dominated the six-strong field.
Dawkins was in outstanding form in the evening session for the men’s sprints. He topped qualifiers in 10.019s ahead of Perkins and fellow Australian Daniel Ellis with Auckland’s Ethan Mitchell sixth fastest in 10.415.
Mitchell won through the first round but lost to Mitchell Bullen in the second round before climbing back into the contest after winning his repechage.
Dawkins was untroubled in winning the first round, beating Japan’s Kazuhiro Sugota in the second round before disposing of his teammate Mitchell in the quarterfinals.
The big Southlander beat Australian Nathan Hart in two straight rides in the semifinals but lost his opening race of the final against the experienced Perkins. Dawkins fought back to win the next two rides to claim the victory, significant qualifying points and a good notch in his belt.
In other racing Dunedin’s Katie Schofield was 10th in the women’s sprint and missed out in the repechage of the keirin.
There are two further days of competition with the omnium back in action today.
PALMERSTON NORTH GH A 2nd in Junior Girls Team Time trial
PALMERSTON NORTH NORMAL INT 2nd in Y r 7/8 Girls Team time trial time 32:10.33
PALMERSTON NORTH NORMAL INT 2nd in yr 7/8 Boys Team Time Trial time 30:46.34
PALMERSTON NORTH BH A 1st in Junior Boys Team Time Trial time 24:44.31
PALMERSTON NORTH BH B 4th in Junior Boys Team Time Trial time 26:38.97
PALMERSTON NORTH BH A 4th in Senior Boys Team Time Trial time 24:40.30
Good luck to all individuals who will be competing tomorrow in the road races.
After a rough season with my concussion and glandular fever, I managed to rack up enough results to make the NZ u19 team to ride Australian Nationals in Noosa. I and fellow team mate Logan Griffin managed to organize some extra racing in Aussie with a team called Goldcross-Rapida Vecchi, racing in the QTRS series round 3. We were set to fly out of New Zealand on the 27th and return on the 8th of July hopefully with some great racing and results.
After flying from Palmerston North to Auckland and meeting Logan, we arrived in Brisbane at around 5:00pm. We were then picked up by Goldcross rider Micheal Davis and went back to his house to stay for the next few days. The first day we went for an easy ride around Brisbane, all of which was in the city, which was a bit of a change from the usual scenic country rides. We then picked up our team car and had a look around Brisbane which was rather interesting. Then had another relaxed night to prepare for our first race the next day. Had a bit of a culture check when I noticed turkeys, crows and several other strange animals in the middle of Brisbane…
Hello Team, latest newsletter comes to you from Europe where we have been racing hard to collect UCI Points.
Mens Keirin Victory |
After racing in Japan on the 50‘s style steel bikes it was very rewarding going to a carbon bike because it was like getting into a Golf GTi after zipping around in a diesel for 3 months. The carbon fibre bikes are much stiffer and transfer the power more directly and the disc wheels allow you to generate a greater speed. Also after being in Japan racing on much bigger gears and therefore becoming a more powerful rider it was excellent to be able to ride a bigger gear after race on it- think biggest gear on your mountain bike at home… It was great once the rest of the team arrived because they were all frothing to get on the track and stuck into some racing.
STATS – 38 riders registered and started – 37 finished
The weather in the morning was perfect for riding – sun shining, mild breeze. So things were looking good for a reasonable turnout in the afternoon at Ashhurst for the grading race and start of the winter season of club racing.
The courses on offer were either 2 laps of the Ashhurst , Valley Rd, Colyton and back to Ashhurst loop or 1 lap. On offer was a recreational bunch ride following the same course but riding as a bunch and a short ride for the juniors but no one took up those offers. For the next few races these options will also be offered so if anyone wants to join in for these rides – just come along – you would be made very welcome and at the end of some of the rides is even afternoon tea.
Registrations on line were left open until 10 am so that a reasonable start list could be printed out. Unfortunately people didn’t take this opportunity (perhaps they were all waiting to see what the weather would do).