A mixed bag of a roll around, racing and team pursuit practice was theme for Tuesday Night Junior Racing as everyone put the finishing touches on their Nationals build-up, while a strong A Grade field was the feature of Senior Racing, with a great battle between young and old(er).

It's been a hectic start to 2013. So when a rare weekend off presented itself, I travelled to the old home patch of Gore to give Sport Southland a hand at their outstanding MTL Moonshine Trail on Saturday (yes, I too was questioning my sanity when the alarm went off at 6am!) writes CEO Nick Jeffrey.

Nine intrepid women with 22 children between them – that is the team of Southland Masters women competing at the National Age Group track cycling championships from February 26 2013 in Invercargill.