New Zealand’s burgeoning sprint cycling programme received a thumbs up after a record-breaking week at the Oceania Track Championships in Invercargill tonight. Twenty-year-old Aucklander Sam Webster capped their performances with a breakthrough victory in the men’s sprint at the ILT Velodrome.

The new Olympic event of the omnium produced some close racing on the penultimate morning qualifying at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships in Invercargill today.

Big Manawatu sprinter Simon Van Velthooven showed real maturity in his young career with a superb victory in keirin on the third night of finals in Invercargill tonight. The 22-year-old produced a massive effort in the final thrust at the line to edge out Australian champion Scott Sunderland.