News and Results

BikeNZ has named a 13 strong team of junior track riders, including Southland's Emma Cumming, Makayla Smith, Tom Sexton and Hamish Beade, to contest the Oceania Championships in Australia in October.

Club Champs done!
While the weather wasn't the greatest for the Time Trial on Saturday, it was perfect cool conditions on Sunday for the road race.

The 2014 Southland Time Trial Champs will be held in McQuarrie Street on Saturday 5 April, starting at 11am and the Road Champs will be held on the New Vale Coal Circuit, Te Tipua, on Sunday starting at 10am.

It's heart-warming story and a true example of community spirit, goodwill and genuine thanks - Well done boys!

Hi everyone and the huge news is that … It’s April Fool’s Day – so don’t get caught out!!

Southland's fast-rising stars of the track Laura Heywood, Nick Kergozou and Mike Culling have been named among a full New Zealand complement of 14 riders who will be heading to this year’s UCI junior track cycling world championships in Korea.

Southland riders Tom Sexton and Brayden Stephens and Central Otago rider Nicole Shields have been selected in the U17 New Zealand team who will ride the Canberra Junior Tour in May this year.

It was an ominous start to the morning as the showers continued and more than 60 intermediate and secondary aged riders representing nine schools converged at Teretonga for the 2014 Secondary School Road Champs on Tuesday 25 March.

Hi everyone for another week, as daylight saving draws to a close and the evenings get shorter – makes it jolly hard to swing out of bed in the morning when it’s still pitch black outdoors!

Over the weekend Cycling Southland went head to head with the country’s best and brightest voluntary groups and organisations at the Trustpower National Community Awards.

Greetings and what an epic couple of weeks it’s been but the result is proof of the massive amount of personal and club effort that has gone in over recent months as Southland is now the proud holder of the National Points Shield for seven years!! 

Check out all the images from the 2014 Track Nationals courtesy of Dianne Manson - click on the photos to view

The rainbow race suits of New Zealand’s world champion team sprinters had their first airing on the final morning session at the BikeNZ Track Cycling National Championships in Cambridge today.

Southland cycling may have ventured north for the first time but it did nothing to diminish their success at the BikeNZ Track Cycling National Championships that finished at the new Avantidrome in Cambridge today.

Champion sprinters Sam Webster and Stephanie McKenzie added the prized keirin titles in brilliant performances on the penultimate night of finals at the Track Cycling National Championships in Cambridge tonight.

The world championship medallist, fresh from battle in last night’s sprints, returned to the fray in the keirin events on the third morning session at the BikeNZ Track Cycling National Championships in Cambridge today.

Champion sprinters Sam Webster and Stephanie McKenzie added the prized keirin titles in brilliant performances on the penultimate night of finals at the Track Cycling National Championships in Cambridge tonight.

Hi guys!
Lots of news for today – the weather bomb has hit (although we would be celebrating how warm it is, if this was in Southland – everyone is still in shorts and t-shirts, despite the wind and rain!).

Young Kiwi sprint stars Sam Webster and Stephanie McKenzie defended their sprint titles in emphatic fashion on the second night of finals at the Track Cycling National Championships in Cambridge tonight.