Cycling Southland News Archive

A new chapter for New Zealand’s premier road cycling event has been launched with the announcement of SBS Bank as the new naming sponsor of the Tour of Southland cycle race.

We welcomed back our resident super-stars Pieter Bulling and Cam Karwowski to Tuesday night racing this week and they gave us a glimpse of the form they have gained in last six onths over in Europe. These two boys are class acts!

The 2013 Secondary Schools Team Sprint Competition will be held on Sunday 29 September 2013 so it's time to get those entries rolling in!

Well it’s been another busy and rewarding week both locally and overseas with many of our Juniors enjoying their annual camp, which was held in Tuatapere over the weekend.

It was a cold but calm afternoon that saw 42 riders sign on for the Riverton-Fairfax handicap race on Saturday 24 August.

After last year's successful 8 week exercise and nutrition challenge, Human Performance Consultants are running a 2013 challenge, starting September 24.

Labour Weekend will set the scene for another pretty exciting event for cyclists when the Highlands Triathlon Sprints is held in Cromwell.

A stack of new riders and some outstanding personal performances on the track made for some exciting battles as the Baxter & Neilson Junior Racing held its second series on Friday night.

Anticipation is building for another great Junior Division camp this weekend, which is being held in Tuatapare with special guest Ruth Jarman joined by Southland representatives Steph McKenzie, Tom Beadle and Josh Haggerty. Here's all you need to know.

Hi everyone for another week and it’s only days until our world famous paracyclists Phillipa Gray and Laura Thompson – along with newbie pilot Gabby Vermunt – launch forth at the UCI Para-cycling World Cup road event in Matane, Canada.

Conditions weren’t the best for time trialling, the appealing thing about today’s ride was the tailwind and downhill finish!

The Great Southern Cycle Challenge is an initiative by the Invercargill South Rotary Club to raise funds for the St John Health Shuttle. It is a virtual mini tour of Southland, open to all cyclists of average or better fitness levels.

Beaten and disappointed, Invercargill's Jeremy Presbury had to pick himself up off the boards of the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome before riding to a silver medal at the world junior track championships last week.

Emma Cumming has taken a different path in sport from her parents.

Hi team - well it’s been another epic week of achievements with our Junior Worlds lads Jeremy, Josh and Liam winging home with their excess luggage being silver all the way – marvellous stuff that for sure! Check out the wrap up here

Two great events are again being hosted by the Tasman Wheelers, with the SIMG Cycling events in October and the Woollaston Estates/Tineli Tour de Vineyards from 31 December 2013 – 4 January 2014.

All that glitters is silver for the New Zealand junior track cycling team who earned two laudable silver medals on the final day of the UCI World Championships in Glasgow today.

Cycling Southland's Jeremy Presbury has claimed a semifinal berth in the Men's Sprint of the fourth day of racing at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

Cycling Southland's Liam Aitcheson earned his second medal after a brilliant performance at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships in Scotland today.

Cycling Southland's Liam Aitcheson finished strongly to claim his second silver medal of the World Junior Championships this morning in the Men's Points race.