Southland Road Champs 25-26/9/2010
Cycling Southland hosted its annual Southland Road Race Championships over the weekend in blustery but mainly fine conditions with titles being handed out across 13 age-group categories.
Saturday featured an individual time trial, out and back on the Gorge Road Highway, while Sunday saw riders complete circuits over Mabel Bush, Hedgehope, Springhills circuit.
The weekend was notable for the return of World Cup gold medallist Tom Scully who continued his return following an injury-induced layoff, by doubling up to claim both Senior Men’s titles. He was pushed hard on both days by Scott Cunningham who finished just three seconds behind Scully in the 40 kilometre time trial. Cunningham pushed hard in the road race breaking away solo to lead by nearly a minute at one stage before Scully and impressive Under 19 Men’s winner Blake Tait-Jones closed him down over the final 30 kilometres, Scully winning the final sprint.
Other notable performances included a powerful finish by Scully’s coach Jerard Stock to win the Masters 35-44 Men’s race and a strong three-man breakaway by Neil Familton (1st), Dave Beadle (2nd) and Dave Watkins (3rd) in the Masters 45+ road race. The three worked well together to stay away and share the medals.
Kylie Young and Erin Criglington proved their favouritism tags were well-deserved, winning both events in the Senior and Masters Women categories respectively. Double victories were also completed by Kelsey Timpany (under 19 Women), Matt Zenovich (Under 17 Boys), Michael Culling (Under 15 Boys), Hayden Strong (Under 13 Boys) and Madeleine Gough (Under 13 Girls).
Cycling Southland’s club racing programme takes a break this weekend with the club hosting the 26th Yunca Junior Tour being held from Friday to Sunday with a record field of over 160 junior riders.
Southland Time Trail Championship – Gorge Road Highway 25/9/10
Under 13 Girls 10km
1st Madeleine Gough 28’21
Under 13 Boys 10km
1st Hayden Strong 19’26
2nd Hamish Beadle 20’02
3rd Tom Sexton 20’52
4th Caleb Hope 22’28
Under 15 Girls 15km
1st Sophie McMurdo 27’44
2nd Laura Heywood 28’17
3rd Brooke Brazier 29’52
4th Libby Bayne 30’39
Under 15 Boys 15km
1st Michael Culling 24’35
2nd Nicholas Kergozou 24’44
Under 17 Girls 15km
1st Jennifer Muhl 25’32
2nd Kate Dunlevey 26’56
3rd Monikue Raggett 27’34
4th Georgia Timpany 28’55
Under 17 Boys 15km
1st Matt Zenovich 21’28
2nd Tom Beadle 22’34
3rd Josh Haggerty 23’00
4th Ethan Thwaites 45’22
Under 19 Women 15km
1st Kelsey Timpany 25’03
2nd Paigan Marshall 28’05
Under 19 Men 25km
1st Jamie Culling 38’47
2nd Blake Tait-Jones 39’07
3rd Logan Havenaar 41’28
Masters Women 25km
1st Erin Criglington 41’13
2nd Kylea Gough 44’50
3rd Marie Muhl 45’43
4th Shirlene Rollo 45’53
Masters Men (35-44) 25km
1st Derek Tan 36’26
2nd Andrew Lienert 38’11
3rd Daryl Cleghorn 39’24
Masters Men (45+) 25km
1st Sier Vermunt 37’06
2nd Neil Familton 38’11
3rd Dave Beadle 41’00
Masters Men (75+) 25km
1st Peter Grandiek 1’06’58
Senior Women 25km
1st Kylie Young 39’12
Senior Men 40km
1st Tom Scully 55’17
2nd Scott Cunningham 55’20
3rd Rikki Griffin 1’06’46
Southland Road Race Championship – Mabel Bush 26/9/10
Under 13 Girls 20km
1st Madeleine Gough 30’40
Under 13 Boys 20km
1st Hayden Strong 20’54
2nd Tom Sexton 21’13
3rd Caleb Hope 23’33
Under 15 Girls 38.2km
1st Brooke Brazier 1’22’56
Under 15 Boys 38.2km
1st Michael Culling 1’07’02
2nd Nick Kergozou 1’08’36
Under 17 Girls 38.2km
1st Kate Dunlevey 1’11’05
2nd Jennifer Muhl 1’11’07
3rd Georgia Timpany 1’15’41
4th Monikue Raggett 1’24’42
Under 17 Boys 52.4km
1st Matt Zenovich 1’18’37
2nd Tom Beadle 1’20’04
3rd Josh Haggerty 1’30’27
4th Ethan Thwaites 1’30’27
Under 19 Women 76km
1st Kelsey Timpany 2’38’03
DNF Paigan Marshall
Under 19 Men 114km
1st Blake Tait-Jones 3’09’46
2nd Jamie Culling 3’28’05
DNF Logan Havenaar
Masters Women 38.2km
1st Erin Criglington 1’07’39
2nd Shirlene Rollo 1’11’05
3rd Sam Kopae 1’11’17
4th Kylea Gough 1’12’52
5th Marie Muhl 1’20’02
Masters Men (35-44) 76km
1st Jerard Stock 2’09’27
2nd Aaron Sinclair 2’09’30
3rd Derek Tan 2’09’30
4th Andrew Ballantyne 2’09’38
5th Alan Strong 2’10’27
6th Aaron Bleakley 2’10’27
Masters Men (45+) 76km
1st Neil Familton 2’13’38
2nd Dave Beadle 2’13’40
3rd Dave Watkins 2’13’42
4th Steve Brough 2’16’14
5th Sier Vermunt 2’16’35
6th John Doonan 2’29’36
DNF Wally Kopae, Peter Leighton
Senior Women 76km
1st Kylie Young 2’20’53
DNF Laura Thompson
Senior Men 114km
1st Tom Scully 3’09’40
2nd Scott Cunningham 3’09’40
3rd Adam Stockwell 3’28’05
DNF Matt Dodds, Rikki Griffin, James Fairweather
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS TIME TRIAL CHAMPS
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS ROAD RACE CHAMPS