Cycling Southland News Archive

Two young Kiwi road cyclists, including Southlander Tom Scully, returned to the track with a vengeance when they won the two-man Madison at the UCI World Cup in Mexico today.

Night two of the ILT New Year Track Carnival saw the speed and battles for the wins continue at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome on Saturday night with hotly contested fields across all divisions and age groups.

World champion and Olympic medallists from New Zealand and Australia are again heading to the popular annual International Night of the Stars, being held in Wanganui again early next month.

A great turnout made for an excellent night of racing, with some outstanding performances from several riders.

We were back into it with a bang, with a great night of Tuesday racing to kick off the New Year!  Our 2^nd Year U17’s, now eligible to join in Senior Racing, blostered otherwise lacklustre numbers (seems like most people are still away on holiday!) and helped to make the evenings racing into a great spectacle.

Our final race night before Christmas saw another small turn out – with many riders already shipping out, and shutting it down for Christmas -  but it was still an excellent night of racing and we finished off with a Christmas Special in the Motor-Paced “5 Miler.”

Ho ho ho and a very Merry Christmas everyone – it’s only a week to go so hope you are organised and ready for a fun and enjoyable day next Wednesday

The Queenstown classic offers three days of some of New Zealand's stunning cycling scenery while also helping people in poverty this year.

The stage was set for a fantastic show down on the final night in the Baxter & Neilson Junior Racing Series for 2013. The standings in three of the six divisions were so close going into the final round, that the winner would only be decided after this final evening of racing.  So there was a lot on the line, and there were ‘game faces’ on all round!

Smaller numbers (while everyone had a rest after a huge weekend of racing) made for some short but fun racing on Tuesday night this week.

Well, the final event of the year is officially done and dusted and what a relief it is to have successfully navigated our way through the last few months of busy action on both the road and the track!

Day three of Southland Track Champs provided a cocktail of sprint and endurance event, kicking off with a Standing Lap competition, followed by Individual Pursuit Qualifying and Keirins.  The U13 riders also finally got their day of racing after watching the rest of the competition on the previous few days.

New Zealand cyclists had a quiet final day at the UCI World Cup in Mexico, but the crash fest continued.

Day Two of Southland Champs was a big day for the sprinters, with sprint qualifying and sprint rounds for all grades.  On the menu for the endurance riders were Points Races and also a Scratch Race for the Masters Women, along with some Para-Cycling Pursuits.

New Zealand sprinter Eddie Dawkins battled pain and an injured hand to finish fourth in the men’s sprint at the UCI track cycling world cup in Mexico yesterday.

A balmy Southland night greeted riders for the first day of the 2014 Southland Track Champs, with riders competing, some for the first time, in their Age Groups for next year. 

Less another layer or two of skin, Southland ace sprinter Eddie Dawkins will take his place in the team sprint combination for the opening day of the UCI Track World Cup in Mexico today.

The New Zealand men’s team pursuit will ride off against Olympic champions Great Britain for the bronze medal on the opening night of finals at the UCI World Cup in Mexico.

New Zealand sprinter Eddie Dawkins will have his fingers crossed that he will be able to compete in the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Mexico starting on Friday after he crashed heavily in training today.

The last night of racing before Southland Champs was a good short, fast hit out.