20/07/10 - In its 26th year, the Yunca Tour is now the premier multi-stage road cycling tour for junior cyclists in New Zealand. Last year 138 cyclists entered the event including many New Zealand representatives and 23 Australian representative riders with a number of those riders now representing their countries at this year's Junior Worlds in Italy. Download the Entry Form for the 2010 event by clicking here.
Relief Over UCI Decision
19/07/10 - The feedback since our announcement last week on the PowerNet Tour’s parting of ways with the UCI has been interesting. For more from CEO Nick Jeffrey, click here.
PowerNet Tour Breaks Free of UCI
16/07/10 - The 2010 PowerNet Tour of Southland has followed the lead of other Australasian events and will not be a UCI-registered road cycling event in 2010. Cycling Southland Chief Executive Nick Jeffrey is relieved that the international body has finally given some direction as to the Tour’s ability to continue to operate under the UCI’s onerous Road regulations. For more click here.
2010 Updated Road Programme
The Cycling Southland Road Programme will recommence after the Winter break on July 31st. Note that Senior and Junior races are included along with rostered officials. (Juniors - your officials' roster will be updated once confirmed).
Members have official responsibilities about once in the season. If you are unavailable or you wish to ride, it is your responsibility to find a replacement and advise the Race Manager for that week before race day. Descriptions of Race Manager and Marshall roles are available from the Cycling Southland office or below. If you miss your duty you will be deducted Racing Series Points and may not race until you have done a duty turn.
A feature of this programme shall be the Cycling Southland Senior Racing Series. Points will be awarded for riders and officials. Details of points and series conditions to come. The major prize will be a trip for two to Christchurch (incl. airfares & accommodation) to watch the Armstrong Festival of Cycling on December 4th.
For description of Race Manager and Race Marshall roles please click here.
Jack is Back and Gordy is All Fired Up
06/07/10 - Legendary PowerNet Tour of Southland rider Gordon McCauley rates his 2010 Share the Road team as the strongest he’s ever been involved with.
That’s mighty kudos coming from a man who has an incredible 17 tours and two titles to his credit.
In November, the Auckland rider will join forces with last year’s runner-up and national road champion Jack Bauer, of Nelson, Olympic cyclist Jeremy Yates, of Hastings, Commonwealth Games medalist Jason Allen, of Christchurch, Tokoroa’s Justin Kerr and cycling stalwart Karl Murray, of Auckland, to contest the prestigious event.
Read more on Share The Road's powerful lineup by clicking here and visit the home of the PowerNet Tour by clicking here.
Southlanders Star at Secondary School Road Champs
05/07/10 - The South Island Secondary School Championships were held over the weekend with strong fields and great racing at Ruapuna. A total of 268 riders kitted up for the South Island Championships Individual and Teams Time Trials and road race competitions. To check out the outstanding Southland results click here.
Training Wheels Column 5/7
05/07/10 - With the Corporate Pursuit now confined to the memory banks, aside from a few lingering aches and pains, Cycling Southland is busy planning for its upcoming road and track racing seasons. Read more by clicking here.
VIDEO UPDATE: 2010 Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit
YMCA Go Back-To-Back in Corporate Pursuit
27/06/10 - YMCA Education defended its Harrex Corporate Pursuit title breaking its own record in the event’s finals held in Invercargill today. For the full report click here.
For final results in easy-to-follow Draw form, click here.
Or if you are into numbers, the full seperated list of results and splits from the Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit Follow can be found here.
Baxter & Neilson Series Update - June
25/06/10 - The fifth Baxter & Neilson Racing Night was held on Friday night and saw some new names challenging for points. For the full report and updated points table click here.
Cam writes from Kutztown
25/06/10 - Cam Karwowksi has landed in Kutztown USA and has been greeted by hot, humid weather and some great racing.
Check in on his progress and on his first night on the track by clicking here.
And you can follow his updates directly on his cycling blog.
25/06/10 - Follow the progress of your team through Sunday's Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit finals by downloading the Race Draw.
Riders Polish Act for Corporate Finals
25/06/10 - A man’s first leg wax is a deeply personal event. Take last night’s Corporate Pursuit wax-off at the ILT Velodrome. Three men, selected by their fellow riders, were the lucky recipients of a free waxing in the buildup to Sunday’s finals. This was some undertaking. An 18-strong troupe – well, three actually – from Surrender Hair Design worked in shifts like coalminers as they went through about a month’s worth of cotton strips and enough was to keep the Vatican in candles until the next millennium. Read more from the Southland Times by clicking here.
Finals Day Expected to be Intense
25/06/10 - When the dust had cleared after the Corporate Pursuit time trials last Friday night only 0.1sec separated the YMCA Education team and the Police. Both teams had broken the competition record, with defending champions YMCA grabbing the favourites' tag courtesy of their 1min 14.4sec effort.
With the Police clocking a 1:14.5, Sunday's finals day is expected to be intense. Both teams, however, know that form in the time trial does not necessarily translate to speed on finals day.
Read the full Southland Times article by clicking here.
Dawkins Compares Notes at Zoo
24/06/10 - The burgeoning BikeNZ sprint cycling team, including the pride of the south Eddie Dawkins, heads overseas next week for a 12-week buildup for the Commonwealth Games, keen to ensure they are not an endangered species in this country. Read more from the Southland Times by clicking here.
VIDEO: Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit TT Aftermath
For more videos on the Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit visit our page on YouTube.
Mat Marshall Writes Home From Australia
Our team (Shortis.com.au) is based in the Gold Coast so the weather is mint all year round. It’s an awesome place to train. It's currently blue sky wall to wall outside and just touching 23°C, hate to think what it’s doing at home right now. There is an abundance of sweet training roads too. Amongst numerous other hills in the area we have a 20k climb right at our doorstep. If all goes to plan I should be a demon at climbing as soon as we roll into the National Series. For more on Mat's Aussie Adventures click here.
Corporate Pursuit Programme for Sunday
21/06/10 - The initial draw for Sunday's Corporate Pursuit has been released. See who you are matched up against by clicking here.
Adrenalin Rush on the Night Elicits Fine Effort From Rookies
21/06/10 - It’s a weird feeling walking into the velodrome with a bike rather than a laptop. Usually I’m there to write about other people doing stuff, but this time it was going to be doing rather than describing, a slightly terrifying prospect, to be honest. For more on Nathan Burdon's Corporate Pursuit Experience click here.
Southland Secondary Schools Road Championships
20/06/10 - James Hargest High School successfully defended its title at the Southland/Otago Secondary School Road Cycling Championships at Teretonga on Sunday. Having earlier this year taken out the overall Secondary School Track Championship there can be little doubt of its standing as the south’s premier cycling school.
Held in overcast and chilly conditions, James Hargest finished the day with 22 points, claiming its seventh consecutive School Title, holding off Dunstan High School (17) with Southland Boys High School finishing third on 14 points.
For the full report, results and winning photos click here.
Corporate Pusuit Time Trial Results
18/06/10 - The defending champs made a loud statement as the opening shots were fired in the 2010 Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit in the Grading Time Trial held tonight at the ILT Velodrome. For the report and full results click here.
Gabby Writes Home From Europe
17/06/10 - Our own Gabby Vermunt is enjoying a European summer from her bike seat in Belgium.
She gives us her thoughts on the Belgium racing scene and on how well she's settled in to her fulltime cyclist lifestyle.
And even though there's no place like home, I don't think she's missing the Southland winter.
16/06/10 - Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt will be the guest model at Cycling Southland's annual fashion extravaganza next month.
Mr Shadbolt will be joined by members of the cycling community who will swap their helmets and cycling attire for trendy threads and impressive hair creations to help raise funds for the club at the July 10 event.
Organiser Bernie O'Neill, of Surrender Hair Design and Beauty, said while there was plenty of work required to put the show together, the way many of the cyclists adapted to modelling was quite impressive.
"Especially those males, they well and truly know how to wiggle themselves along."
The $15 tickets, which include a light supper, are available from the participating stores and Cycling Southland.
15/06/10 - Bernie O'Neill and Chief Executive Nick Jeffrey discuss the upcoming Cycling Fashion Extravaganza on Cue TV's South Today Lifestyle
For the full story on this year's Extravaganza including photos from last year's glitzy night click here.
Final Straight for Corporate Pursuit
14/06/10 - After a build-up which seems to have taken on Olympic-like proportions the business end of the 2010 Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit has arrived. This Friday night a capacity field of 34 will take to the ILT Velodrome in the Grading Time Trial. Finishing times will determine which teams will look to emulate the YMCA Education/Recreation team of last year in Division One and those fighting to be the best of the rest title in Division Two next Sunday (27th). For more thoughts from Chief Executive Nick Jeffrey on this year's Corporate Pursuit build up click here.
Pair Count Down to Dehli
10/06/10 - It's a perfect Southland winter's day. Some might sneer at the concept, but post-frost the sky is so clear and blue it revives the spirit and makes anything seem possible. But inside Invercargill's ILT Velodrome there are two cyclists dreaming of a landscape which couldn't be any different if you were trying to describe the moon. For the full Southland Times story click here.
Nathan Burdon on Scud
04/06/10 - It was gutting to find out Tom Scully's injuries were more serious than initially thought. Read Nathan's blog post on "The Roar" by clicking here.
NZ Track Coach Interested in Scully's Recovery
04/06/10 - New Zealand track coach Tim Carswell is keeping a close watch on Tom Scully's recovery from a racing accident in Ireland last week. For the full Southland Times story click here.
Junior Racing Results - Teretonga and Baxter & Neilson
03/06/10 - Cycling Southland’s 2010 Teretonga Schools’ Cycling Points Series is underway with 26 aspiring track and road cyclists having competed over the last two weeks and last Friday night the Baxter and Neilson track series had its fourth round of the year. For full results click here.
Tom Scud Scully Writes From Galway Hospital
02/06/10 - We all felt sick to our stomachs when we heard the news last week that Tom had taken on a power pole in the RAS Tour of Ireland and lost. This morning he opens up on the incident, the prognosis (which I'm afraid isn't great) and his recovery. He specifically asked that we make sure we let you all know how he's doing and how he appreciates all the support he's received from home. I am struck by just how positive he remains. In an email back to me he calls it a "wee setback." It shows why he has become so successful on the international stage so quickly. He is a level-headed young man who takes things in his stride and I'm sure you'll agree after reading his candid account that it won't be long before the Scud is back on target. For his full report from his hospital bed, click here.
Blog Update: Why Tom Will Bounce Back Stronger
02/06/10 - This morning I arrived at work to be greeted by news I had spent a week praying wouldn't come to pass. Tom Scully's crash in last week's RAS Tour in Ireland has ended his cycling year and with it, his hopes of representing his country at the Commonwealth Games in Dehli. Read more of Nick's thoughts by clicking here.
Scary at first, ultimately enjoyable
31/05/10 - Diane Lindsay admits the ILT Velodrome can be an imposing place for the uninitiated. Nathan Burdon talks to the Corporate Pursuit rookie. Invercargill grandmother of two Diane Lindsay is a member of the Waihopai Health Centre, which will be competing in the event for the first time. Share Diane's experience by clicking here.
New Zealand Cycling Icon Honoured
30/05/10 - Cycling Southland is delighted to be the Centre which nominated cycling icon Bert McConnell as a BikeNZ Road & Track life member. Auckland’s Bert has been to a staggering 71 world championship events and been an ardent fan, supporter and promoter of cycling for almost all of his life. As Graham Sycamore, a BRT and Cycling Southland life member aptly put it, this recognition for Bert is long overdue. To read more on Bert's contribution to the sport over the year's and his generous gift to Cycling Southland which will leave a legacy for lifetimes click here.
Saturday Road Race Results - 29th May
29/05/10 - Something different, something new that is how the first part of the 2010 road program was to finish. Fifty riders turned out in chilly conditions to compete in four teams in three grades. It was to be the team with the lowest score that won. For full results click here.
Velodrome Effort Was Worth The Pain
29/05/10 - Southland Times Sports Editor and Cycling Southland member Nathan Burdon writes, "The Southland Times team had its second training session for the Corporate Pursuit this week. I missed our first training session because my wife had gone into labour, and have had a dose of the bot since then so was a bit anxious about lapping it out a the velodrome this week. With good reason. For more on Nath's effort click here.
Road Race Report & Results 22nd May
24/05/10 - An "unofficial ride" was held on Saturday commencing from the Old Makarewa Freezing Works. Two groups (55 riders) set off on a shortened course in damp conditions. It was a flat course that suited the sprinters who could stay with the bunch. Both groups did stay together with most riders doing their bit on the front... for full race report and results click here
Former World Champ's Advice for Corporate Pursuiters
24/05/10 - Former World Champion track cyclist, New Zealand and Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling team member Hayden Godfrey shares training tips and advice for teams training for the Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit and comments on talented Southland cyclists Tom Scully and Eddie Dawkins.
22/05/10 - Organisers of this week's Central Otago Top Bike competition say the event produced some excellent performances. See the full ODT article by clicking here.
Bonus for South's Qualifying Athletes
19/05/10 - Southland athletes have been offered 5000 extra reasons to qualify for this year's Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. The Community Trust of Southland is offering Southland athletes who qualify for the Games a $5000 bonus for their efforts. Cyclists Tom Scully and Eddie Dawkins are almost certainties to go but the track squad is still yet to be finalised. For the full Southland Times story click here.
Southlanders Recognised at BikeNZ Road and Track's Awards Evening
18/05/10 - Southlanders featured prominently at the annual BikeNZ Road and Track awards ceremony in Christchurch last weekend. The Southland Centre scooped four awards recognising contributions over the last year across a variety of categories. Full report here.
Give Cam A Hand
18/05/10 - Steinlager Pure has 100K of sponsorship funds and giveaways in its Pure Futures promotion. He has his sights on London in 2012 and we reckon that's a future worth supporting. To vote for his future click here.
Saturday Road Race Report 15/5
17/05/10 - This Catlins race was a first for the Cycling Southland road racing calendar. Overcast but dry conditions were ideal for the handicapped event, 47 riders set off in five groups from the Niagara Falls café. It was a 40min gap from the limit to scratch bunch that tested everyone to their limit. The race itself was "tough" after a flat 5km warm up it was into the first of many hills. For the full race report and results click here.
Training Tips for Corporate Pursuiters
17/05/10 - For some simple training tips to assist you and your team achieving the best outcome at the Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit Event to be held on the 27th June at the ILT Velodrome click here.
Cycling Southland's New Development Officer Appointed
13/05/10 - We welcome Matt Archibald to the team at Cycling Southland. Matt commenced on Monday and the girls are whipping him into shape already. More details
Bulling Grabs His Seat in Track Squad
13/05/10 - Despite being one of this country's most exciting track talents, Invercargill's Pieter Bulling is about to ride for New Zealand for the first time. The 17-year-old Southland Boys' High School student has been named in the 11-strong New Zealand track squad for the junior world championships in Montichiari, Italy, in August. It nearly wasn't so. The tall, blonde cyclist has only recently recovered from an injury that could have proved a major speed hump in his career. Having spent so much time riding around the ILT Velodrome in Invercargill, Bulling's body had become too strong on his right side, the outside leg as he powered his way around the boards. For the full Southland Times story click here.
From Corporate Pursuit to National Champ
10/05/10 - Colin Horton never owned a bike as a kid, now he owns three and has won regional and national medals riding one. For Hort's full story click here.
Podium for Hamish Tomlinson at BenchMark
09/05/10 - The third round of the Benchmark Series was held on Sunday starting from Hanmer Springs. However for the H & J Smith Cycling Team, hot pools or drug rehab was the furtherest thing from their mind as they set out to complete the first part of the season with a bang. The overall team performance was excellent, everyone contributing to the first podium result and the team dynamic both on and off the bike is becoming very strong. In the first 3 rounds we have had individual placings of 3rd, 4th, 7th and 9th and will now be 5th in the team standings from 14 teams. We will look to carry this on in the second part of the season with it recommencing in August and hopeful of many more great performances. Check out Ross' full weekend report by clicking here.
Results Club Road Race 8th May - "Beast of the East"
08/05/10 - Forty three riders registered for the first race on this new course. Being a new course they had no idea how many or how hard the hills were. Let’s say it was testing, five decent hills with a few smaller rollers. For the Race Report & Results click here
Scully and Dawkins Short-Listed for Commonwealth Games
11/05/10 - BikeNZ has named a 35-strong shortlist squad to be in contention for the cycling team to contest the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October. For the full Stuff story click here.
Karwowksi and Ross win at ILT Southland Sports Awards
07/05/10 - Cycling was again well represented at the ILT Southland Sports Awards on Friday night. The awards dinner recognised achievements during the 2009 calendar year and Cycling Southland had four nominations in total. Junior World champion Cam Karwowski charged to the Junior Sportsperson of the Year title just as he did to win a Junior Rainbow jersey with Sam Webster and Ethan Mitchell in the Team Sprint last year. Bruce Ross' 40 years of service on the Tour of Southland was recognised with a Services to Sport award. (If there had been an award for Suck Up of the Night, Bruce would have won that too for the nice things he had to say on stage about our new CEO) Tom Scully must have only just been pipped for the overall Sportsperson of the Year by rower Storm Uru while Tom's lead coach Jerry Stock missed the Coach of the Year award ... a couple of rugby blokes who won the Ranfurly Shield got that one. Special mentions to Gerry Rabbit for Outfit of the Night (love the waist-coat look mate) and to Ali Shanks who won the Guest Speaker of the Night award by some distance.
RoadCycling.co.nz Benchmark Round Three Preview
07/05/10 - Read RoadCycling.co.nz's preview of the third round of the 2010 Benchmark Homes series including a preview of our own H and J Smith Outdoor World team's chances by clicking here.
Catlins race 'not a prelude' to Tour of Southland
06/05/10 - Cycling Southland's move into the Catlins for a race later this month is not a prelude to the Tour of Southland heading in that direction but it could develop into something bigger in the future. For the full Southland Times story click here.
Gabby Vermunt Heading Off Into the Unknown
05/05/10 - Invercargill cyclist Gabby Vermunt will be riding into the unknown when she leaves for a three-month stint in Belgium next week. The 27-year-old physiotherapist doesn't know much about how the next few months will pan out, other than the fact she will gain some valuable experience in the competitive world of European bike racing. For the full Southland Times story click here.
Results Saturday 1st May Club Race
01/05/10 - Tisbury Circuit x 3. “To ride or not to ride” was the question on a few riders minds this week the threat of getting wet was definitely a probability. There weren’t many riders at registration time so it didn’t justify having a race, it was decided to have a bunch ride instead. Cancel STMS and ride for free! Well that was the plan, last minute arrivals put numbers up to 30 riders. Race was on! For full results click here.
Club Nationals' Supporter of the Year
Supporter of the Club Road Nats and President of the Prez Fan Club, Brehan Cairns - complete with strategically placed toi-tois.
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If you have photos of Cycling Southland members that are fit for public viewing (or even if they are not) we'd love to feature them here on our Club site. Email these to Liz or Nick in the office at office@cyclingsouth.org.nz.
Ross' Report on 2010 NZ Club Road Nationals
02/05/10 - Read Ross Machejefski's report on the Southland Club Road team's fantastic time in sunny Hawkes Bay by clicking here.
NZ Club Road Nationals Results - Hawkes Bay
30/04/10 - Cycling Southland member Sophie Williamson riding for our Wakatipu Club has dominated her Age Group at the Club Road Nationals in the Hawkes Bay, backing up her win in the Individual Time Trial on Thursday with victory in Friday's Road Race. A solitary second was all that seperated the first eight riders (the first six all finished with the same time of 1'28"47) but Sophie did enough to get her wheel over the line first to complete an incredible double in the Under 17 Girls. Those Central Otago hills held her in great stead. For the full Southland results click here.
Updated Training Times and Start List for Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit
29/04/10 - The first key date for entrants in the 2010 Harrex Group Corporate Pursuit is Friday 18th June when the Grading Time Trial will be held at the ILT Velodrome from 6.00pm. The full list of team training times is available by clicking here. The start list for this event is also now available by clicking here.
Bluff Hill Road Race Results
24/04/10 - Overcast cool conditions greeted riders at the start line for the 67km ride to the top of Bluff Hill. All fifty one riders were keen to take on the iconic southland feature, many of them for the first time. The two lap warm up around a Tisbury circuit didn’t see much action, majority of the riders were saving their energy to fight it out on the hill. Once on the hill the field spread out, Junior rider Marcel Baird rode strongly to win the A grade competition ahead of Brehan Cairns by 35 seconds. Read the full results by clicking here.
Cycling Track at Kew Bowled
24/04/10 - The Kew Bowl cycling track in Invercargill, a "breeding ground for champions", which was built in 1949, has been demolished. <<read more>>
Business is Brisk in Competitive Pedalling
24/04/10 - Cycling Southland's corporate pursuit organisers will decide at the weekend which applications to accept after being oversubscribed for the annual racing event. <<read more>>
2010 Annual General Meeting
23/04/10 - The 2010 Cycling Southland Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday night. Congratulations to Stephen Canny (President), Robin Criglington (Vice-President), Sier Vermunt and Lyn Daly who were elected to the Executive (three further positions are to be appointed) and to Dave Beadle, Glen Thomson and Waine Harding who were elected as Selectors. Download the 2009 Draft Annual Report.
Benchmark Round Two Report
19/04/10 - The H & J Smith Outdoor World Cycling Team have just returned from the second weekend away with another two great races and results under their belt. This time the team ventured to Hokitika to compete in the Around Brunner Cycle Race on the Saturday and the Benchmark race on Sunday in Hokitika.
19/04/10 - Trying conditions greeted a field of 40 riders for the 54 & 81km race. All grades started fast and had a few struggling the windy conditions took its toll 14 of the riders found the pace to hot or conditions too tough and failed to finish. Cameron Karwowski and Daryl Cleghorn lead the A/B grade from the start, opening a break of 4min. It wasn't until the last km that Cameron pulled away. Read the full results by clicking here.
Uni Games Wrap Up
16/04/10 - The host town earned it's share of the medals at the 2010 Uni Games cycling events in Invercargill – albeit largely thanks to the exploits of one man. Southland's golden boy Eddie Dawkins (pictured left) dominated the track cycling as expected, securing gold in all three events. On the road the weather was the big winner in Thursday's Time Trial - won by Canterbury duo James Shapott and Cathy Jordan (by just three seconds) and action was completed on Friday with two comfortable wins in the Road Race for Otago's Corrine Smit and Canterbury University's Nelson Shaw. Get full results and event reports by clicking here.
PowerNet Extends Tour Sponsorship
05/04/10 - PowerNet Limited announced today that the Company’s sponsorship of the Tour of Southland will continue for a further 2 years. PowerNet's sponsorship will now continue through until the 2012 event. <read more>
Southland Retains Points Shield
The Southland Track Cycling Team swept the field to win the Points Shield for a third successive year at the RaboPlus Elite and Age Group Championships at our own ILT Velodrome in Invercargill. The final tally was as follows:
Back Row: Nick Harris (Asst Coach), Mark Smith (Handler), Roger Nicholas, Richard Eade, Neil Familton, Michael White, Garth Cooper, Jerard Stock, Cameron Karwowski, Ant Leathart, Hamish Presbury, Marie Muhl, Kerry Cox, Chris O'Connor.
2nd Row: Aiann Cairns (Handler), Marcel Baird, Tom Beadle, Paddy Daly, Jeremy Presbury, Simon Cook, Josh Haggerty, Ethan Thwaites, Kate Dunlevey, Jen Muhl, Lauren Archer, Georgia Timpany, Phil Culling (Asst Manager), Dave Beadle (Asst Coach).
1st Row: Joe Archer, Nick Kergozou, Hamish Beadle, Michael Culling, Erin Criglington, Liam Haggerty, Brooke Brazier, Laura Corkill, Josh Carpenter, Bronwyn Graham.
Absent: Max Presbury (Elite Team Mgr), Mike Cooper (Handler), Laurie Tall (Asst Coach), Eddie Dawkins, Sophie McMurdo, Hamish Tomlinson, Cathy Jordan, Sequoia Cooper, Gabby Vermunt, Kylie Young, Tom Vessey, Jordan Copeland, Sophie Williamson, Colin Horton, Bruce Jones, Tom Scully, James Williamson, Sean Fox, Laura Thompson.
Congratulations team and you can find all the results by clicking here.
2010 Yunca Tour Entry Forms Posted
16/07/10 - The 2010 PowerNet Tour of Southland has followed the lead of other Australasian events and will not be a UCI-registered road cycling event in 2010. Cycling Southland Chief Executive Nick Jeffrey is relieved that the international body has finally given some direction as to the Tour’s ability to continue to operate under the UCI’s onerous Road regulations. For more 
06/07/10 - Legendary PowerNet Tour of Southland rider Gordon McCauley rates his 2010 Share the Road team as the strongest he’s ever been involved with.
Cam writes from Kutztown
Riders Polish Act for Corporate Finals
Finals Day Expected to be Intense
Mat Marshall Writes Home From Australia
20/06/10 - James Hargest High School successfully defended its title at the Southland/Otago Secondary School Road Cycling Championships at Teretonga on Sunday. Having earlier this year taken out the overall Secondary School Track Championship there can be little doubt of its standing as the south’s premier cycling school.
17/06/10 - Our own Gabby Vermunt is enjoying a European summer from her bike seat in Belgium.
16/06/10 - Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt will be the guest model at Cycling Southland's annual fashion extravaganza next month.
Tom Scud Scully Writes From Galway Hospital
30/05/10 - Cycling Southland is delighted to be the Centre which nominated cycling icon Bert McConnell as a BikeNZ Road & Track life member. Auckland’s Bert has been to a staggering 71 world championship events and been an ardent fan, supporter and promoter of cycling for almost all of his life. As Graham Sycamore, a BRT and Cycling Southland life member aptly put it, this recognition for Bert is long overdue. To read more on Bert's contribution to the sport over the year's and his generous gift to Cycling Southland which will leave a legacy for lifetimes 
29/05/10 - Southland Times Sports Editor and Cycling Southland member Nathan Burdon writes, "The Southland Times team had its second training session for the Corporate Pursuit this week. I missed our first training session because my wife had gone into labour, and have had a dose of the bot since then so was a bit anxious about lapping it out a the velodrome this week. With good reason. For more on Nath's effort 
Former World Champ's Advice for Corporate Pursuiters
19/05/10 - Southland athletes have been offered 5000 extra reasons to qualify for this year's Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. The Community Trust of Southland is offering Southland athletes who qualify for the Games a $5000 bonus for their efforts. Cyclists Tom Scully and Eddie Dawkins are almost certainties to go but the track squad is still yet to be finalised. For the full Southland Times story 
17/05/10 - This Catlins race was a first for the Cycling Southland road racing calendar. Overcast but dry conditions were ideal for the handicapped event, 47 riders set off in five groups from the Niagara Falls café. It was a 40min gap from the limit to scratch bunch that tested everyone to their limit. The race itself was "tough" after a flat 5km warm up it was into the first of many hills. For the full race report and results 
Bulling Grabs His Seat in Track Squad
Podium for Hamish Tomlinson at BenchMark
07/05/10 - Cycling was again well represented at the ILT Southland Sports Awards on Friday night. The awards dinner recognised achievements during the 2009 calendar year and Cycling Southland had four nominations in total. Junior World champion Cam Karwowski charged to the Junior Sportsperson of the Year title just as he did to win a Junior Rainbow jersey with Sam Webster and Ethan Mitchell in the Team Sprint last year. Bruce Ross' 40 years of service on the Tour of Southland was recognised with a Services to Sport award. (If there had been an award for Suck Up of the Night, Bruce would have won that too for the nice things he had to say on stage about our new CEO) Tom Scully must have only just been pipped for the overall Sportsperson of the Year by rower Storm Uru while Tom's lead coach Jerry Stock missed the Coach of the Year award ... a couple of rugby blokes who won the Ranfurly Shield got that one. Special mentions to Gerry Rabbit for Outfit of the Night (love the waist-coat look mate) and to Ali Shanks who won the Guest Speaker of the Night award by some distance. 
05/05/10 - Invercargill cyclist Gabby Vermunt will be riding into the unknown when she leaves for a three-month stint in Belgium next week. The 27-year-old physiotherapist doesn't know much about how the next few months will pan out, other than the fact she will gain some valuable experience in the competitive world of European bike racing. For the full Southland Times story 
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30/04/10 - Cycling Southland member Sophie Williamson riding for our Wakatipu Club has dominated her Age Group at the Club Road Nationals in the Hawkes Bay, backing up her win in the Individual Time Trial on Thursday with victory in Friday's Road Race. A solitary second was all that seperated the first eight riders (the first six all finished with the same time of 1'28"47) but Sophie did enough to get her wheel over the line first to complete an incredible double in the Under 17 Girls. Those Central Otago hills held her in great stead. For the full Southland results 
Benchmark Round Two Report
16/04/10 - The host town earned it's share of the medals at the 2010 Uni Games cycling events in Invercargill – albeit largely thanks to the exploits of one man. Southland's golden boy Eddie Dawkins (pictured left) dominated the track cycling as expected, securing gold in all three events. On the road the weather was the big winner in Thursday's Time Trial - won by Canterbury duo James Shapott and Cathy Jordan (by just three seconds) and action was completed on Friday with two comfortable wins in the Road Race for Otago's Corrine Smit and Canterbury University's Nelson Shaw. Get full results and event reports by 