Cycling Southland News Archive

The roof was lifted on Tuesday night as competitors battled it out in the women's individual final of the Lone Star Speights Roller Racing. 

Hi everyone, well it is already Crowe Horwath Corporate Pursuit time and the teams take to the track this Sunday, from 2pm for the Time Trial.  So get on down and cheer them on – it’s great entertainment on these cooler wintry months.

There’s plenty to catch up on today so we’ll plough straight in!

It's not often punters are allowed to bike in a bar, smack bang in the middle of the dance floor.

The hot conditions within the Lonestar bar were equaled by the sizzling times recorded by teams and individuals alike.

New Zealand sprint cyclists produced promising form in their preparations for next month’s Commonwealth Games with Southland gun sprinter Eddie Dawkins beating team mate Sam Webster in the UCI Sprint Cup final at Trexlertown in Pennsylvania where the sprint squad are training.

Hi folks and trust you are all keeping warm as we race towards the shortest day of the year on Saturday – great to think the days will slowly start getting longer again after that!

The Junior Division are taking meat orders to help raise funds for ongoing travel expenses to upcoming events. Great specials and quality cuts available.

Four Southland cyclists are part of a nationwide sports development programme. Academy Southland's strong track record in developing talent has had it selected to run the Pathway to Podium programme locally, with junior world track championships representatives Michael Culling, Laura Heywood and Nick Kergozou, along with para-cyclist Victoria Baldwin, part of the initiative.

The first heat of the 2014 Lonestar Speights Roller Racing competition has seen SBS Bank set the benchmark for the remaining two weeks of heats.

Since he was three years old, Hamish Beadle has gone about his life juggling type-1 diabetes. It has created some challenges for the James Hargest College pupil, but Beadle hasn't reached for the excuses because of it.

Hi everyone,
Well there’s still plenty of news and a highlight again for this week was our annual prizegiving held at the Ascot on Friday night.

The Tahitian Cycling Federation and its 20th organising committee are officially inviting interested riders to participate in the international Tour de Polynesie to be held in French Polynesia from June 29 to July 4 this year.

The achievements of Southland’s cycling fraternity and its members continued to receive accolades on Friday night at the 2014 Cycling Southland annual prizegiving awards.

Judging by the numbers, track cyclist Matt Archibald is one of the most physically gifted athletes in New Zealand.

Training steps up a gear this week for businesses involved in the annual Cycling Southland organised Corporate Pursuit, as they take on the first round of the Roller Racing series.

Happy Tuesday for a short week as we drill through what is now officially the winter months!

A big congratulations first up to our ILT Southland Sports Awards winners Eddie Dawkins for the Senior Sportsperson of the Year and Jeremy Presbury for the Junior Sportsperson of the Year, after being announced at another annual gala event at the Ascot Park Hotel on Friday night.

Track cyclist Eddie Dawkins was named ILT Senior Sportsperson of the Year after an exceptional year, which included winning a world title at the UCI Track World Cycling Championships, as part of the men's sprint team at the annual awards on Friday night.

Steph McKenzie has been named to join the Commonwealth Games track team after an outstanding trial last week at the Avantidrome.

The cooler wintery nights are the perfect scenario for a good old knees up with dancing, live music and loads of fun to help Nick Kergozou fundraise to get to the World Junior Track Cycling Champs in Korea.

Happy Tuesday for another week to you all,

Once again there is plenty to share - the first being the triple award catch at the BRT annual awards in Cambridge over the weekend