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Southland Times Editorial: You would struggle to script this any better: a few dedicated and passionate cycling people dreamed one day about the possibility of having an indoor velodrome in Invercargill.

Fresh from his naming in the New Zealand Junior World Championships team, Jeremy Presbury took out the weekly Wensley's Cycles Wednesday Worlds Cycling Southland club race this week.

Last night saw the U13 Southland Road Championships held on the Wednesday Worlds circuit in almost perfect racing conditions.

New Zealand will send three Southlanders to next month’s UCI World Track Cycling Championships in Melbourne as part of their largest team ever. Eddie Dawkins, Matt Archibald and Natasha Hansen have all earned trips across the Tasman.

Five Cycling Southland members have been named a 16-strong team to contest the junior world track cycling championships to be held in New Zealand from 22-26 August.

Expressions of interest are now being sought for selection in Cycling Southland's 2012 High Performance Track Squad.

While the focus is firmly fixed on the London Olympics, BikeNZ has begun development for the Olympic Games in 2016 and two of Cycling Southland's number are among them.

The Oceania elite men’s cycling road race honours proved a winning double for Canterbury riders. Christchurch rider Paul Odlin outlasted a classy field over a demanding course near Queenstown to claim the elite men’s title over 153kms today. Click here for race report, full results and video highlights.

Sprint finishes decided both women’s honours in the UCI Oceania road cycling championships near Queenstown today. Australians prevailed in both the junior and elite women’s titles raced in ideal conditions around a challenging circuit near Arrowtown. For race report, full results and video highlights click here.

Christchurch cyclist Sam Horgan gave the New Zealanders something to cheer about with an outstanding victory in the elite men’s time trial on the opening day of the UCI Oceania Road Championships in Queenstown.

With Olympic qualifying points up for grabs for the women, Australia will send some strong representation for this weekend’s Oceania Road Cycling Championships near Queenstown.

The curtain fell on the 2011-12 domestic track cycling season last weekend at the conclusion of the Age Group Track Championships and it also marked the end of a frenetic period for Cycling Southland writes Chief Executive Nick Jeffrey.

The George Wilson Bros Gore to Waikiwi Road Classic was competed for in ideal conditions on Saturday.

Two photo finishes marked the opening round of Cycling Southland's Criterium series at Teretonga Raceway tonight.

Michael Culling is eyeing next year's junior world track championships after another star performance at last week's national age group event in Invercargill.

Cycling Southland's Pieter Bulling distinguished himself with a strong showing at the 2012 Melbourne Madison and Sid Patterson Grand Prix held at Joe Ciavola Velodrome on Saturday.

I really struggled to know how to approach this week’s column writes Chief Executive Nick Jeffrey. How should I review another brilliant team performance by the Cycling Southland squad at the 2012 Age Group Track Nationals?

Host centre Southland dominated proceedings on the final night of competition at the 2012 RaboDirect Age Group Track Cycling Championships in Invercargill last night. The defending points shield champion added another 4 national titles and 14 podium finishers to confirm its place at the top of the National Points Shield Standings.

Cycling Southland's Tom Scully started his 2012 international campaign for his Chipotle-First Solar team winning the King of Sprints title at the prestigious OCBC Cycle Singaport Professional Criterium on Friday night.

A marathon session of qualifying set up the final night's evening finals on the last day of the 2012 RaboDirect Age Group Track championships in Invercargill this afternoon.