With entries for the Club Road Nationals in Queenstown closing on April 6th, members are invited to apply for funding to assist with entry fee costs. Funding levels will be determined, subject to entry numbers
Interprovincial rivalry was to the fore on Saturday with the running of race three of the Southern Series at the Greenfield Tavern in Clydevale - but it was the Southlanders who proved too strong!
There were some split-second results separating placegetters when a field of around 60 young riders descended on the Teretonga raceway circuit for the Southland Secondary School Road Champs yesterday.
Saturday morning saw the riders leave Riverton cemetary in calm mild conditions on a testing course through Otautau, Scotts Gap and Pukemaori to Tuatapere.
The key to writing a good column is to make sure I capture you, the reader’s, attention in the first paragraph. I’m taking my life in my hands by this week focusing on the key task facing Cycling Southland over coming weeks – strategic planning.
It’s a classic race which is steeped in tradition, with some very prestigious winners from the past. What wasn’t traditional about this year’s race is the weather, no screaming Westerly head wind to contend with!
A big contingent of notable Invercargill names will line up this year to make the 180km trek from Queenstown to Invercargill for the annual Westpac Chopper Appeal.
A southern trio of seasoned Junior Worlds riders Liam Aitcheson - also the poster boy for 2013 - and Jeremy Presbury will be joined by team mate Josh Haggerty in a nine-strong, all-male team to head to Glasgow in August.
The curtain came down on the track cycling season on Saturday night as Cycling Southland's hosting of the 2013 Age Group Track Nationals proved another outstanding success.
Canterbury's Olivia Podmore lived up to her pre-race favourite's tag to take out the under 17 Girls sprint in style tonight on the third night of the 2013 Age Group Championships in Invercargill.
West Coast North Island youngster Campbell Stewart confirmed his status as one of the sport's brightest talents, winning double gold on the third night of racing at the 2013 Age Group Track Cycling Championships at Stadium Southland Velodrome in Invercargill tonight.