Cycling Southland News Archive

Kiwi sprinters Simon van Velthooven, Eddie Dawkins and Matt Archibald powered their way into the keirin semifinals on the opening morning of the UCI Festival of Speed track cycling event at Invercargill today.

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Smaller fields, due to illness and other commitments didn’t make the racing any less fierce at Baxter & Neilson on Friday night.  With the Velodrome all set up for the Festival of Speed and Oceanias, there was a great feeling in the air and some excellent racing.

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Southland riders Tom Scully, Sophie Williamson and Emma Cumming all featured strongly to take silver at last night's Jerry Clayton BMW Criterium National Championships in Auckland.

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New Zealand track cyclists take their first pedal strokes towards the 2016 Rio Olympics at the Festival of Speed meet at Invercargill at the weekend.

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The last night of racing in the build-up to the UCI Tier 1 Festival of Speed and Oceania’s saw some great performances. Otago’s Patrick Jones was on fire, with Josh Haggerty and Tasmania’s Michael Astell hot on his heels. 

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Hi everyone and after a week of tanning and not being traumatised by diabolical weather on this year’s absolutely fantastic SBS Bank Tour of Southland, it’s time to hit the boards of our SIT Zero Fees Velodrome and hit them hard!

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Hi folks and can you believe the weather we’re experiencing for the SBS Bank Tour of Southland – the riders are getting tans not trauma from howling winds, sleet and snow.

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Yesterday marked the 70th anniversary of the Christchurch to Invercargill Record set by Invercargill Amateur Clubman, Harry Hubber. Invercargill Amateur clubman Harry Hubber is etched in the historical fabric of cycling in the deep south.  Known for his gritty determination, the Southland farmer demonstrated on a number of occasions his ability to win bike races.

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Happy Wednesday folks and we're on the cusp of the SBS Bank Tour of Southland with pre-tour schools visits underway from today.

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This Sunday 3 November the Southland BMX Club is holding an Open Day. Read Article

A warm night and fast track greeted riders on Tuesday Night, and it was fantastic to have another good sized Division 3, as well as strong Divisions 1 and 2. Read Article

Southland’s Geoff van Dam capped an impressive weekend for Cycling Southland members in Otago, winning a large bunch sprint to take out the 68 km Ralston Memorial in strong winds on the Taieri on Sunday. 

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The Adventure Crazy Pub-to-Pub Bannockburn Gutbuster is on again and registrations are now open for the Sunday 30 November Cromwell Summer Series event.

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With all the hitters out to play, we had three competitive grades of racing this week, with some excellent displays of speed and strength across all divisions.

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A couple of years ago Pieter Bulling's cycling career was on the skids, now the Southland rider is eyeing a shot at the Olympics in Rio in 2016.

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Hello everyone and we’re still blowing and raining through another week of October – it would be remarkable if it blew and rained itself out in time for the SBS Bank Tour of Southland in less than two weeks – imagine that!!

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Another great night of Baxter & Neilson racing was had by all on Friday Night, with some excellent performances across the grades.

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Southland sprinters Eddie Dawkins and Matt Archibald, along with enduro Pieter Bulling have been named today in the BikeNZ Manchester World Cup squad.

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Another great night of racing under the belt and we were treated to some excellent displays of racing by a great crew.

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Perfect racing conditions greeted the competitors in the first race of the day - the B grade and U17 races, which were run over 5 and 2 laps respectively of the 12.5km circuit.

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