News and Results

Double Beijing Olympic medallist Hayden Roulston will make a return to the track next month in his bid for selection to the 2016 Rio Olympics - and Southland is well represented with Eddie Dawkins, Natasha Hansen, Kirstie James, Cam Karwowski and Nick Kergozou all featuring.

Hi folks,
Well the weather’s not warming up but the lead-in to our High Octane October of events is certainly heating up!

First cab off the ranks is that the Oceania and Omnium Track Champs entries close this coming Monday at 5pm.

A vast influx of new faces to the Cycling Southland Junior Division racing scene in recent months has given the annual Baxter and Neilson Junior Race Series a huge injection in numbers over the first half of the event held so far.

Southland cyclist Emma Cumming has returned to Invercargill after her silver medal winning performance at the UCI Juniors Track Cycling World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan and is hungry for further success in the 2016 version of the event.

Southland cyclists Erin Criglington and Neil Familton are hoping for success as they prepare for the World Masters Track Cycling Championships in Manchester, England next month.

It was the hardy enthusiasts who fronted for the Cycling Southland Tisbury-Waimatua Circuit Teams road teams race held on Saturday afternoon in a very cold seven degrees and breezy conditions – but at least the rain held off for the duration of the event.

Hi for another week – and another month – sadly not that the spring weather has turned out for the occasion.

With the forecast looking very dodgy at the start of the day riders prepared for the worst at the Cycling Southland Dacre-Hedgehope handicap race on Saturday

Our young members in the Cycling Southland Wheelers group had their picture taken alongside one of the legends of New Zealand cycling recently and even though they had no idea who he was, they were encouraged to mention the name Warwick Dalton to their grandparents next time they saw them – and watch for a reaction.

Attending two training camps at the Cambridge velodrome in the past year has given Bradly Knipe an invaluable insight into professional cycling.

Happy Tuesday!

Another Junior Worlds done and dusted and didn’t they do well …

New Zealand Cycling has unearthed some exciting prospects for the future after a high successful campaign at the UCI Juniors Track Cycling World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan today.

Palmerston North teenager Campbell Stewart became a double world champion after a courageous victory in the omnium at the UCI Juniors Track Cycling World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan today.

Auckland rider Madeleine Park backed up from her rainbow jersey yesterday to win a bronze medal on the third day of the UCI Juniors Track Cycling World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.

It was a double golden day for the small New Zealand team at the UCI Juniors Track Cycling World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan overnight.

Southland's Emma Cumming has rubber-stamped her status as one of the province's future sporting stars with an outstanding result at the UCI Juniors Track Cycling World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning (NZ time).

The New Zealand pair of Olivia Podmore and Emma Cumming have won a silver medal on the opening day of the UCI Juniors Track Cycling World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan over night.

Please find attached information pertaining to the Oceania Track Championships, scheduled for 8^th – 11^th October 2015 at SIT Zero Fees Velodrome, Invercargill, New Zealand. 

Elite Omnium National Championships & Workshop
Wednesday, 24^th – Friday, 25^th September 2015
Avantidrome, Cambridge

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