News and Results

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.

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.

Perth-based cyclist Alex McGregor will try to defend his Tour de Lakes title when the four-day stage race starts in Cromwell tomorrow.

The Southland quartet of Eddie Dawkins, Matt Archibald, Pieter Bulling and Tom Scully have secured their spot for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Hi everyone for another week – albeit a shorty with a lovely long weekend ahead – bliss!

Alex McGregor won yesterday's elite round of the cycling series on the South Island's West Coast near Hokitika, while series leader Cameron Karwowski (H&J's Outdoor World Avanti Plus) was fourth, enough to hold on to the elite series leader's jersey.

A big day out on Saturday for the two-stage Riverton to Tuatapere and back again road race.

The New Zealand para-cycling team has claimed three medals and a world record on the opening day of competition at the world track championships in Mexico, followed by a fourth medal on day two.

The Southland-based para-cycling pairing of Phillipa Gray and pilot Kylie Young will make their world championship debut together in Mexico this week, along with fellow Southland sighted pilot Laura Fairweather who will debut with para-cycling's newest star Emma Foy.

The largest field ever assembled for a round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series is also potentially one of the strongest in the history of the series.