2014 National Track Cycling Champs

Cycling Southland is looking forward to hosting all cyslists, families, friends and officials here at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome in Invercargill from Wednesday 5 to Sunday 9 March for the 2014 Age Group and Omnium National Track Championships.

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AGE GROUP PHOTO GALLERIES

Day 1 - Wednesday 5 March	Day 2 - Thursday 6 March
Day 3 Morning - Friday 7 March	Day 3 Evening - Friday 7 March
Day 4 - Saturday 8 March	Day 5 - Sunday 9 March

Session 1 - Wednesday 6.30pm View Full Results

Session 2 - Thursday 10am   View Full Results

Session 3 - Thursday 6.30pm View Full Results

Session 4 - Friday 10am View Full Results

Session 5 - Friday 6.30pm View Full Results

Session 6 - Saturday 10am View Full Results

Session 7 - Saturday 6.30pm View Full Results

Session 8 - Sunday 10am View Full Results

Session 9 - Sunday 2.30pm View Full Results

View the 2014 Track Nationals Age Group Programme here

Age Group Championship Information for Centres

The Age Group Championships will commence on Wednesday 5 March with an evening-only session, followed by daily sessions starting at 10:00am and 6:30pm through to Sunday March 9 when the last session will now be held at 2.30pm not 6.30pm as originally scheduled.

The meeting of team managers for the Age Group Championships will be held at the Velodrome on Wednesday 5 March at 4:00pm. Confirmation of starters and scratchings for the opening days should be made at this meeting.

Team training sessions will be allocated in 2-hour blocks on Tuesday 4 March. View the training schedule here. There will be no charge for these training sessions. 

Additional times are available prior to these dates, subject to the normal charge, and bookings should be made through the office.

Please click for information about the Age Group Championship Newsletter 1 and Newsletter 2  or check information below.

Your assistance with the distribution of this information to the appropriate people is greatly appreciated.  

Venue & Dates 

Wednesday 4 March to Sunday 9 March at Stadium Southland Velodrome in Invercargill. Note the Age Group Champs include the Under 19 Omniums.

Events 

Below are listed the events to be conducted at the Age Group Championships

Championship Programme

The draft race programme can be found here. Please note this is provisional and subject to revision after the close of entries.

Entry Criteria

These Championships are open to Centre team entries only.

The 2014 New Zealand Age Group and Omnium championship entries close no later than 5pm 18 February 2014 and no late entries shall be accepted.

All entries are to be completed on the official entry form.

Entries are binding on the Centre and the riders.

Entrants are obliged to ride in the events for which they are entered, and any resultant repecharge, semi-final or final, unless prevented by injury or illness. Withdrawn riders may be replaced by another rider entered in any event in the same category.

Each entry must have the approval of the entrant.

Riders should be seeded in all events (i.e. 1, 2, 3, etc) and Centre Champions must also be noted, (C).

A “pool” system will operate for those riders who are unable to represent their centre in the team events. Composite teams will be made up by the Commissaires’ Panel (or their delegated authority) from entries submitted by Team Managers in order to create evenly matched teams.

Reserve riders may be entered for Age Group championship bunch events only, but should have no expectation of riding. Reserves will be entered at the sole discretion of the Commissaires’ Panel and only if additional heats are not required. In the event of

scratchings, riders from the withdrawn rider’s Centre will have first rights. Centres may enter a maximum of one reserve rider per bunch event.

The entry form must have all particulars completed. Incomplete entries will be declined.

There is a maximum number of entries for team officials. Each Centre is entitled to have a Coach, a Manager and Assistant Manager, plus one handler per five riders.  This is to avoid congestion and each Centre must enter the Official’s names on the Official Entry Form for accreditation purposes.  We ask for your co-operation with this important matter please.

Entries per Centre - Age Group Championships

In the Master’s events, a maximum of 6 riders per event is permitted

• If fields of 12 or more are not achieved, the event will be reduced in distance.
• If an event has less than 8 riders, the event may be combined with another age group.
• A minimum of 5 entries, representing 3 centres, are required for medals to be awarded.

Please note the following entry eligibility changes:

• In the MU17 and WU17 500m time trial, all riders who have ridden under the respective qualifying times, are eligible to be selected for their Centre. If a Centre has no time qualifiers, a maximum of 4 non-qualifiers may be entered. If a Centre has two riders who have met the qualifying time, a further two non-qualifiers may be added to make a maximum of 4 riders. If more than 4 have met the qualifying time, all are eligible for Centre selection but no non-qualifiers can obviously be entered.

This is for the time trial only and does not apply to Master’s events.

• The same applies to the Individual Pursuits, with all riders who have met the agreed qualifying times, being eligible for selection. In the event of only one or two time qualifiers, a further non qualifier can be added to make a maximum of three selections.

• WU17 Scratch race – an increase to 6 riders per Centre

• WU17 Team Pursuit will now consist of 4 riders who will ride over a distance of 3km

• Elite and U19 Omniums – an increase to 4 riders per Centre

MU17 500m Time Trial qualifying time is 37.5 seconds

WU17 500m Time Trial qualifying time is 41 seconds

MU17 Individual Pursuit qualifying time is 2 minutes 32 seconds

WU17 Individual Pursuit qualifying time is 2 minutes 53.6 seconds 

Entry Process

• U17, U15 - Individual Entries - $20

• U17, U15 - Team Entries - $20 per rider

• Masters Riders – Individual Entries - $25

• Masters Riders – Team Entries - $25 per rider

• Omnium Riders - $100 per rider

You will be invoiced for your entries once entries close.

Team Details sheet

To assist with the logistics for the event, please complete the Age Group Team Details Form by 18 February and send to Melissa at the Cycling Southland office on fax: 03 2170685 or email [email protected]. 

Meetings and Registration

The Age Group Championship managers' meeting will be held on Wednesday 5 March at 4:00pm in the Sarah Ulmer Lounge, upstairs at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome. All team managers are required to attend this meeting.

Training

Team training sessions will be allocated in 2-hour blocks on Tuesday 4 March. Contact the Cycling Southland office on [email protected] to request your preferred time. There will be no charge for these training sessions. Additional times are available prior to this date, subject to the normal charge, and bookings should be made through the office.

Accommodation

Please refer to the Invercargill Licensing Trust for any accommodation queries. View their website online

Admission Charges

Season tickets admit to all Age Group & Omnium Championship sessions at a cost of $40 per adult or $20 per student, children under 12 free. Evening sessions are $10 per adult, $5 per student, children under 12 free. Morning sessions are $5 at the door, with students free. Official programmes will be on sale at the Championships.

Enquiries

For assistance or entry enquiries please contact Gina at BikeNZ at [email protected] or Melissa at Cycling Southland at [email protected]

We wish you and your riders all the best for the upcoming championships.

Cycling Southland

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