Cycling Southland News Archive

The South Island Masters Games is being hosted this year by the Timaru Cycling Club in October this year with early bird registrations needed to be in by 1 July.

New Cycling Southland development officer Nick Longworth has arrived in Invercargill via Twitter.

Teenage cyclist Nicole Shields has come a long way in seven months.

Hi everyone,

Well the 2014 Crowe Horwath Corporate Pursuit business teams are starting to get revved up and ready for competition time in just over five weeks and it is great see many regulars back along with a few newcomers to our key annual track event on winter calendar!

James Williamson will be holding a junior racing and training skills day for juniors on Sunday 25 May, from 11am, in Alexandra.

Hi everyone and welcome to another week where the days get shorter and nights get longer!

New Zealand's team, featuring Southlander Laura Fairweather, has picked up a silver medal on the first day of competition at the para-cycling road World Cup in Italy.

10 Cycling Southland members are featured among 35 category finalists lining up for the annual ILT Southland Sports Awards again this year.

Despite a crash, Hayden Strong showed promise as part of the 14-strong Cycling Southland junior squad at the recent Te Awamutu Tour and national road race championships in Waikato.

Hi everyone and welcome to May and the start of Term 2,

As we head into the leafy downpours and shorter days, it still does not mean things are slowing down in the world of cycling in the south with plenty coming up again to think about.

Cycling is in Tony McAra's blood.

But the 65-year-old's days on a bike came to a sudden halt while he was giving up his time for the sport he loves.

Entries for the popular Crowe Horwath Corporate Pursuit are filling fast as the close off date looms for potential businesses to enter this unique event.  With entries closing on Wednesday 7 May over half the capacity field for the annual Cycling Southland event have filled. 

When Nick Kergozou was named in the New Zealand team to attend the World Junior Track Cycling Championships this year, his mother beamed with pride.

Under 15 Boys Hamish Buchanan-Keast and Corbin Strong, U17s Brayden Stephens and Nicole Shields (CO-Wakatipu), Masters 6 John Alabaster (CO-Wakatipu) and Paracyclists Laura Fairweather, Kylie Young, Phillipa Gray and Gabby Vermunt all featured in the medals on the day one Time Trials at the Club Road Nationals in Cambridge yesterday.

Want to join a crew on the Rail Trail to raise money for Tony McAra's new 'You Bike?' There are a number of options on the Trail for Tony being held on Saturday 24 May.

It doesn't hurt that acting Cycling Southland general manager Walter Lettink is a keen cyclist.

Over the last five days a group of 15 Southland cyclists have travelled up north and have competed in the Te Awamutu tour, along with a six-strong parent support crew. So far the trip has been a great experience for everyone after a good track national’s session and now bringing great success on the road too.

Hello everyone and welcome to the other side of Easter and the end of another month – just like an Elite sprinter the days are still flying by!

Perth-based Alex McGregor is targeting a strong National Racing Series across the Ditch after defending his Tour de Lakes title during the long Easter weekend.

There will barely be time for New Zealand's para-cyclists to unpack from a successful world track championship campaign before their next overseas assignment.