19 Mar 2019

Francis Line, Carters Line, Hughes Line, GRR

by Lesley Mouat | posted in: Club, Cycling, Results | 0

Thirty-eight riders presented themselves to compete over the circuit that started and finished in Francis Line. Riders were reminded that as this was a Graded Race, they could only race against the riders in their start group, if anyone dropped out of their bunch they were not permitted to work with any group they were caught by. The full length race was over two laps, 28 km in total and the short riders completed a single lap of the course.

Groups left at two minute intervals beginning with the riders allocated into A-Grade. Tonight, due to small numbers, this group was an amalgamation of two riders who are usually A-Grade (scratch) and four riders who usually ride as B-grade (or Break). Three of the B-Graders had an especially ‘hard day at the office’ as they were dropped by the pace set by the Scratch riders over the first rise on East Taratahi Road. At the conclusion of this race, the sprint was taken out by Derek Roberts, with both Eddy Kuipers and Peter James right on his wheel.

B-Grade left at 2 minutes and managed to stay together for the entire race, despite a number of unsuccessful attacks off the front by Andy Curtis-Cody. An impressive sprint split this bunch over the top of the final rise to the finish, and was taken out by Ricky Blade, with Bill van Woerkom close behind.

C-Grade, starting at 4 minutes was a slightly larger group which also managed to stay together for the entire race. In this grade the Robert’s boys appeared to be working as a team, so that as one attacked, the other would sit up and block at the front of the bunch. Approaching the finish Finn Roberts finally managed to break the elastic for an impressive sprint up the final hill to win with clear meters of road behind him. In this bunch Donna Burkhart succeeded in posting the fastest time over the course amongst the women.

D-Grade was another slightly larger bunch at the start, but this bunch dropped a couple of riders on the first circuit. Once again it was an impressive sprint finish from this bunch that was taken out by Greg Baillie with a couple of seconds back to the tandem of Rod Sutherland and Peter Jones. Great to see David Howden back on the start line again after some months away from racing.

Finally E-Grade were the short course riders who completed a single lap of the course. This bunch experienced some significant splits and time gaps as the lap proceeded. Once again Kate Speedy was impressive in her sprint to escape and take line honours from the other tandem ridden by Doug Maclachlan and Meri Murphy.

As always, many thanks to the Race Management team. Next week is a 2-up Time Trial up Matahiwi which could be used as a Hope Gibbons team time trial selection test. Yes, now is the time to test out the legs on the TT bikes – with as much ‘bling’ as you can muster!

Finally, well done to everyone who competed at the ACM hosted interclub race last Sunday. Congratulations to Derek Roberts, the overall winner of the series. Best wishes to those who are taking on the massive challenge that is ‘The Gentle Annie’ this weekend. If you are not going to ‘Gentle Annie’ you might want to sign yourself up for some fun and social games at the Bowling Club next Saturday 23rd March. See you all there!

A-Grade
Shute	no	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time
9	46	Derek Roberts	0:00:00	0:45:00	0:45:00	1	Fastest man
10	101	Eddy Kuipers	0:00:00	0:45:00	0:45:00	2
11	69	Peter James	0:00:00	0:45:01	0:45:01	3
12	117	Simon Butler	0:00:00	0:47:41	0:47:41	4
13	61	Darren Southon	0:00:00	0:47:42	0:47:42	5
20	10	Belinda Fuller	0:00:00	0:49:18	0:49:18	6
B-Grade
Shute	no	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time
14	12	Ricky Blade	0:02:00	0:49:08	0:47:08	1
15	34	Bill van Woerkom	0:02:00	0:49:08	0:47:08	2
16	75	Andy Curtis-Cody	0:02:00	0:49:09	0:47:09	3
17	96	Andrew Linton	0:02:00	0:49:13	0:47:13	4
18	77	Terry Blackburn	0:02:00	0:49:17	0:47:17	5
19	153	Simon Mole	0:02:00	0:49:18	0:47:18	6
C-Grade
Shute	no	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time
21	40	Finn Roberts	0:04:00	0:52:43	0:48:43	1
22	50	Earle Whitcombe	0:04:00	0:52:46	0:48:46	2
23	100	Steve Brown	0:04:00	0:52:48	0:48:48	3
24	72	Rex Dowding	0:04:00	0:52:50	0:48:50	4
25	2	Andi Bond	0:04:00	0:52:52	0:48:52	5
26	87	Stephen Yeats	0:04:00	0:52:53	0:48:53	6
27	60	John Allen	0:04:00	0:52:54	0:48:54	7
28	45	Donna Burkhart	0:04:00	0:52:57	0:48:57	8	Fastest woman
29	48	Caleb Roberts	0:04:00	0:53:03	0:49:03	9
D-Grade
Shute	no	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time
30	32	Greg Baillie	0:06:00	0:57:14	0:51:14	1
31	74	Rod Sutherland/Peter Jones	0:06:00	0:57:17	0:51:17	2
32	29	Ray Haste	0:06:00	0:57:17	0:51:17	3
33	3	Mark Jerling	0:06:00	0:57:28	0:51:28	4
34	34	Kirsten Goodin	0:06:00	0:57:31	0:51:31	5
35	21	Anil Raman	0:06:00	0:57:52	0:51:52	6
36	19	Duncan Ellis	0:06:00	1:01:25	0:55:25	7
37	57	Karen Blade	0:06:00	1:02:11	0:56:11	8
38	26	David Howden	0:06:00	1:02:11	0:56:11	9
E-Grade
Shute	no	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time
1	0	Kate Speedy	0:08:00	0:37:42	0:29:42	1
2	55	Doug Maclachlan/Meri Murphy	0:08:00	0:37:59	0:29:59	2
3	156	Jaimee Blackburn	0:08:00	0:38:51	0:30:51	3
4	154	Jono Didsbury	0:08:00	0:39:00	0:31:00	4
5	144	Katherine Domanski	0:08:00	0:39:01	0:31:01	5
6	65	Annabelle Smith	0:08:00	0:39:35	0:31:35	6
7	62	Lucy Stevens	0:08:00	0:41:52	0:33:52	7
8	v1	Pru Hunter	0:08:00	0:42:52	0:34:52	8

17 Mar 2019

ACM hosted Interclub Road Race

by Lesley Mouat | posted in: Club, Cycling, Results | 0

In the final Interclub Road Race for the 2019 season, 26 riders presented themselves to start in almost perfect race conditions. The course took riders out onto the Bideford Road, then into the Whangaehu Valley before they turned and completed the 60 km race at the top of the first hill on Bideford Road.

Martin Grundwell charged away from the start line and his fellow riders in limit. Ten minutes later the 5 riders in Break 2 began their chase up the valley, with Break, entirely made up of Athletics and Cycling Masterton riders began another five minutes later, and Scratch a further ten minutes afterwards. Break caught Break 2 on the climb after the Dreyers Road turn off on the way out and then worked together to catch limit. But it was only after the riders had turned left into Bideford Road did that this group managed to catch Martin, who had spent a long day time trialling. Scratch closed the gap significantly but were unable to catch the now large bunch comprised of Limited, Break 2 and Break.

Many thanks to all those involved with Race Management and for lunch back at the clubrooms after the racing had finished.

Full results are:

Finish

Race

Name

Club

Gender

Handicap

Recorded

Actual

Time

HRR

Time

Total

Place

Time

Place

Points

915

Finn

Roberts

ACM

1:52:49

1:42:49

914

Caleb

Roberts

ACM

1:53:05

1:43:05

922

Simon

Butler

ACM

1:53:14

1:38:14

927

Andrew

Linton

ACM

1:53:14

1:38:14

904

Belinda

Fuller

ACM

1:53:15

1:38:15

913

Lesley

Mouat

ACM

1:53:16

1:38:16

912

Rex

Dowding

ACM

1:53:22

1:43:22

919

Peter

James

ACM

1:53:28

1:38:28

928

Ricky

Blade

ACM

1:53:33

1:38:33

924

Martin

Crundwell

WMCC

1:53:38

910

david

hodder

ACM

1:53:39

1:43:39

908

Dianna

Borman

Kapiti

1:53:41

1:43:41

903

Malcolm

Standrill

WMCC

1:53:43

1:43:43

917

Darren

Southon

ACM

1:53:45

1:38:45

923

Kirsten

Goodin

ACM

1:53:47

916

Derek

Roberts

ACM

1:56:12

1:31:12

929

Simon

Pumfrey

ACM

1:56:21

1:31:21

920

Katie

Richards

Kapiti

1:56:22

1:31:22

905

jason

gestro

Kapiti

1:56:22

1:31:22

930

Stephen

O’Keefe

WMCC

1:56:22

1:31:22

921

Peter

Wilkinson

Kapiti

1:56:25

1:31:25

909

Erik

d’Arbois

ACM

1:56:26

1:31:26

911

Tony

Levaggi

Kapiti

1:56:33

1:31:33

906

Lee

Pownall

Kapiti

2:09:23

1:54:23

907

Greg

Cundy

Kapiti

2:11:38

1:56:38

926

Annabelle

Smith

ACM

DNF

12 Mar 2019

Norfolk Road, MSRR

by Lesley Mouat | posted in: Club, Cycling, Results | 0

Forty Two riders presented themselves to the Race Manager to contest a Mass Start Road Race up Norfolk Road, just as large raindrops began to fall, not that the riders noticed that. Most riders were too busy jostling for position in the peloton and attempting to hold the wheel of the rider in front, and react to surges in speed each time one of a small number of riders attacked trying break the elastic and form a break away. Those attacks came from Simon Pumfrey, Eddy Kuipers, Erik D’Arbois and Ben Knight. Each of the attacks was rapidly closed down so about seventeen riders hung onto wheels and prevent the breakaway all the way up to the turn at the top of Norfolk Road. One rider then lost a wheel close to the turn and another at the turn itself.

But for all the other riders the damage was well and truely done with those early surges in speed. As riders get dropped it is then a case of working out if you could find other riders to form bunches to work with or whether it is time to do some Individual Time Trial training, and settle into a solo effort for the duration of the race, and hope that you don’t get caught by anyone behind you!

It was fabulous to see that both junior boys – Finn and Caleb Roberts remained in that big bunch throughout the race, to finish high in the overall results. The only woman to stay in the front bunch and contest the sprint finish was Emily Lutyens. Congratulations to Derek Roberts who took out the sprint finish just ahead of Eddy Kuipers and Simon Pumfrey on the long course. The second woman to finish, Lesley Mouat, was one the riders to end up completing an ITT. Kirsten Goodin, third woman found herself working with a small bunch to finish a few minutes down on the lead group.

For the short course riders, (who turned at the one-lane bridge) contending a Mass Start in the midst of the long course riders was something of a novelty. In this race the Junior Girls were in good form. Sydney Blackburn cleverly managed to slide her way nicely into a bunch of long course riders and stayed with them on the way out, thus managing to ride away from all the other short course riders, who had positioned themselves further back at the start. Contesting second place in a sprint finish Kate Speedy just had the edge over Scarlett Freeman.

Commiserations and Chocolate Fish award tonight to Ben Knight who was comfortably in the front bunch when he experienced a mechanical issue. Ben stopped to try and sort this out, and then rode back mainly on the grass verge on a bike that sounded rather sick.

Once again, very many thanks to the race management team and to John and Deb Allen for after-match refuelling.

Next week is a Graded Road Race around the Francis Line, Carters Line, Hughes line circuit.

PS. Don’t forget to put your entries in for Sunday’s ACM hosted Interclub race – on-line entries need to be in by Thursday. And also while you are on the website signing up to race – or offering to Marshall if you can’t race, the book yourself in for the joint social on 23rd March.

Shute	No	Rider	Ride Time
6	46	Derek Roberts	0:44:46	1st Man
7	101	Eddy Kuipers	0:44:46	2nd Man
8	70	Simon Pumfrey	0:44:46	3rd Man
9	96	Andrew Linton	0:44:47
10	12	Ricky Blade	0:44:47
11	48	Caleb Roberts	0:44:47	1st Junior Boy
12	147	Johnny Burkhart	0:44:47
13	40	Finn Roberts	0:44:48	2nd Junior Boy
14	61	Darren Southon	0:44:48
15	89	Emily Lutyens	0:44:48	1st Woman
16	73	Erik D’Arbois	0:44:48
17	142	Duncan Cameron	0:44:49
18	77	Terry Blackburn	0:44:49
19	119	Jeff Saywell	0:44:55
22	5	Lesley Mouat	0:47:52	2nd Woman
23	72	Rex Dowding	0:49:28
24	2	Andi Bond	0:50:46
25	60	John Allen/Donna Burkhart	0:50:46
26	34	Kirsten Goodin	0:50:59	3rd Woman
27	49	Graeme Twist	0:52:19
28	32	Greg Baillie	0:52:19
29	21	Anil Raman	0:52:20
30	29	Ray Haste	0:52:20
31	19	Duncan Ellis	0:52:20
32	31	Jenny Devenport	0:52:21
33	3	Mark Jerling	0:52:21
34	87	Stephen Yeats	0:52:21
35	50	Earle Whitcombe	0:52:23
36	13	Ben Knight	0:57:29
37	22	Mike Parker	0:57:31
38	74	Rod Sutherland/Peter Jones	0:57:34
39	85	Viv Bunny	0:57:43
40	17	Stan Braaksma	0:58:32
20	92	Phil Sutherland	DQ crossed centre line
Short course
Shute	No	Rider	Ride Time
1	78	Sydney Blackburn	0:37:32	1st Junior Girl
2	0	Kate Speedy	0:39:26	2nd Junior Girl
3	11	Scarlett Freeman	0:39:31	3rd Junior Girl
4	159	Judy Brown	0:40:31
5	144	Katherine Domanski	0:43:05
21	71	Bruce McCallum	0:46:49
41	57	Karen Blade	DNF
42	65	Annabelle Smith	DNF

5 Mar 2019

Gladstone to Mahupuku Road to Kourarau HRR

by Lesley Mouat | posted in: Club, Cycling, Results, Uncategorized | 0

Tonight’s offering of a 35 km Handicapped Race that began at Gladstone Church, raced south to Mahupuku Road and then turned to head north and finish at the top of the iconic Kourarau Climb attracted 44 riders. This is a demanding course that required each of the handicapped bunches to work well together over the predominantly flat and fast beginning of the course. Then it also required enough energy to be left in the tank to enable a steady but rapid climb of approximately 6 km right from the bottom to the top of the Kourarau Hill Road.

The results show that riders experienced mixed fortunes in each of the bunches. Even though Limit, and Break 2 started as the largest bunches, the Kourarau climb broke them to bits. In fact across all the start groups Kourarau was the decisive element with only a few riders able to hang onto each other’s wheels and work together on the climb. So the riders who were most successful were those with strength to ride fast on the flat, but also great hill climbing ability, combined with some grit and determination.

Congratulations tonight to Finn Roberts who started in Break 2 and managed to ride away from his bunch and catch all the riders from Limit who started 4 minutes in front of him to win the handicap race overall and be the fastest Junior Boy to complete the long course. Kirsten Goodin was the first woman to finish tonight. Ben Knight, starting in Scratch, demonstrated all the skills of strength, speed and climbing ability to be the fastest man tonight. Belinda Fuller, starting in Break was the fastest woman. Congratulations to Sydney Blackburn who out-sprinted Kate Speedy to take line honours in the short course race. I believe congratulations are due to every rider who managed to complete the course tonight, that was one massive effort by every rider.

As always, many thanks to Brent our Race Manager, and all the marshals who looked after us so well once again. Next week we return to a Mass Start Road Race up Norfolk Road, starting at the Waingawa Industrial Estate.

Full results from tonight can be found below. Finally a reminder to everyone to get your entries in for both the ACM hosted inter club which will be held on Sunday 17th March, and also to our joint social function to be held on Saturday, 23rd March.

Shute	No	Rider	Start time	Finish Time	Ride Time
9	40	Finn Roberts	0:04:00	1:15:25	1:11:25	1st & 1st Junior
10	48	Caleb Roberts	0:00:00	1:15:56	1:15:56
11	72	Rex Dowding	0:04:00	1:16:03	1:12:03
12	34	Kirsten Goodin	0:00:00	1:16:17	1:16:17	1st Woman
13	87	Stephen Yeats	0:04:00	1:16:36	1:12:36
14	16	Julie Millar	0:00:00	1:16:38	1:16:38
15	60	John Allen	0:04:00	1:17:07	1:13:07
16	100	Steve Brown	0:04:00	1:17:48	1:13:48
17	76	Peter Lee	0:04:00	1:18:41	1:14:41
18	18	Dave Drummond	0:13:00	1:18:49	1:05:49
19	153	Simon Mole	0:09:00	1:19:04	1:10:04
20	5	Lesley Mouat	0:09:00	1:19:10	1:10:10
21	13	Ben Knight	0:17:00	1:19:20	1:02:20	Fastest Man
22	70	Simon Pumfrey	0:17:00	1:19:48	1:02:48
23	77	Terry Blackburn	0:09:00	1:20:00	1:11:00
24	50	Earle Whitcombe	0:04:00	1:20:02	1:16:02
25	21	Anil Raman	0:00:00	1:20:19	1:20:19
26	45	Donna Burkhart	0:04:00	1:20:28	1:16:28
27	51	Dave Hodder	0:00:00	1:20:49	1:20:49
28	36	Devan Simmonds	0:13:00	1:21:05	1:08:05
29	10	Belinda Fuller	0:13:00	1:21:07	1:08:07	Fastest Woman
30	43	John Murray	0:00:00	1:21:46	1:21:46
31	117	Simon Butler	0:13:00	1:21:50	1:08:50
32	46	Derek Roberts	0:17:00	1:21:57	1:04:57
33	2	Andi Bond	0:04:00	1:22:07	1:18:07
34	19	Duncan Ellis	0:00:00	1:22:23	1:22:23
35	119	Jeff Saywell	0:17:00	1:22:31	1:05:31
36	3	Mark Jerling	0:00:00	1:22:54	1:22:54
37	85	Viv Bunny	0:00:00	1:22:55	1:22:55
38	31	Jenny Devenport	0:00:00	1:22:56	1:22:56
39	69	Pete James	0:09:00	1:24:19	1:15:19
40	12	Ricky Blade	0:09:00	1:24:20	1:15:20
41	73	Erik D’Arbois	0:17:00	1:29:11	1:12:11
42	57	Karen Blade	0:00:00	1:33:46	1:33:46
43	75	Andrew Curtis-Cody	0:09:00	DNF	DNF
44	17	Stan Braaksma	0:00:00	DNF	DNF
Short course
Shute	No	Rider	Start time	Finish Time	Ride Time
1	78	Sydney Blackburn	0:18:00	0:54:40	0:36:40	1st Junior Girl
2	0	Kate Speedy	0:18:00	0:54:41	0:36:41
3	154	Jono Didsbury	0:18:00	0:58:04	0:40:04
4	156	Jaimee Blackburn	0:18:00	1:00:06	0:42:06
5	65	Annabelle Smith	0:18:00	1:02:08	0:44:08
6	144	Katherine Domanski	0:18:00	1:02:24	0:44:24
7	71	Bruce McCallum	0:18:00	1:03:58	0:45:58
8	74	Rod Sutherland	0:18:00	1:13:55	0:55:55

26 Feb 2019

Bideford Road, HRR

by Lesley Mouat | posted in: Club, Cycling, Results | 0

Tonight was billed as a 30 km Handicapped Road Race starting at the Whangehu Hall, riding north towards Bideford turning and racing back towards the start. As a handicapped road race, bunches try to work together as a team to catch any riders in front of them and stay away from riders behind. Over this particular course, keeping your start bunch together always proves to be a challenge due to the lumpy nature of the terrain and tonight’s results reflect that. Some of the riders from Break 2 were successful in the aim of catching the bunch in front whilst remaining elusive from the chasing riders behind.

Congratulations tonight go primarily to junior members of the club. Firstly, to Finn Roberts riding the long course who out-sprinted one of best sprinters in the club to win the long course race. Congratulations also to Kate Speedy, who once again lived up to her name to win the short course in a sprint finish against Jono Didsbury. On the long course, Ben Knight was the fastest man and Lesley Mouat first and fastest woman.

Unfortunately, tonight’s results also reflect that there was a coming together of a couple of cyclists in Break on a fast downhill section of the course, which resulted in a nasty crash. All the remaining riders from this bunch and also those from scratch stopped to render assistance to the injured riders, and did not then complete the remainder of the course. All these riders have been given an adjusted time. No-one ever plans to crash but when this does happen every one of us feels very grateful for the rapid and professional assistance that is given by the ambulance and emergency department of our hospital. Crashes such as the one this evening, rattle the rest of us, and remind us that there is much more to life than winning a club race. Our best wishes for a speedy recovery go to our injured riders, and thanks to those who stopped to help.

As always thanks to our Race Manager, who had an especially busy evening, to all the marshals, and also to those who fed us afterwards. Next week is a handicapped race starting and Gladstone church, racing south before the return to finish up Admiral hill. Full, and adjusted results for tonight are below:

Shute	no	rider	start time	finish time	ride time
6	40	Finn Roberts	0:04:00	1:02:11	0:58:11	Winner
7	12	Ricky Blade	0:04:00	1:02:13	0:58:13
8	72	Rex Dowding	0:04:00	1:02:13	0:58:13
9	76	Peter Lee	0:04:00	1:02:19	0:58:19
10	60	John Allen	0:04:00	1:02:51	0:58:51
11	100	Steve Brown	0:04:00	1:02:53	0:58:53
12	43	John Murray	0:00:00	1:02:58	1:02:58
13	81	Jorge Sandoval	0:00:00	1:02:58	1:02:58
14	51	David Hodder	0:00:00	1:03:44	1:03:44
15	29	Ray Haste	0:00:00	1:03:49	1:03:49
16	32	Greg Baillie	0:00:00	1:05:01	1:05:01
17	153	Simon Mole	0:09:00	1:05:42	0:56:42
18	5	Lesley Mouat	0:09:00	1:05:43	0:56:43	1st & fastest woman
19	69	Peter James	0:09:00	1:05:57	0:56:57
20	75	Andy Curtis-Cody	0:09:00	1:06:05	0:57:05
21	21	Anil Raman	0:00:00	1:07:15	1:07:15
22	16	Julie Millar	0:00:00	1:07:18	1:07:18
23	45	Donna Burkhart	0:04:00	1:08:34	1:04:34
24	2	Andi Bond	0:04:00	1:08:36	1:04:36
25	13	Ben Knight	0:17:00	1:08:49	0:51:49	Fastest man
26	70	Simon Pumfrey	0:17:00	1:08:49	0:51:49
27	85	Viv Bunny	0:00:00	1:09:01	1:09:01
28	59	Mike Clinton-Baker	0:00:00	1:09:02	1:09:02
29	57	Karen Blade	0:00:00	1:09:02	1:09:02
30	31	Jenny Devenport	0:00:00	1:09:09	1:09:09
31	73	Erik D’Arbois	0:17:00	1:13:24	0:56:24
32	61	Darren Southon	0:13:00	1:09:49	0:56:49	Adjusted
33	10	Belinda Fuller	0:13:00	1:09:49	0:56:49	Adjusted
34	44	Craig Mangin	0:13:00	1:09:49	0:56:49	Adjusted
35	117	Simon Butler	0:13:00	1:09:49	0:56:49	Adjusted
36	96	Andrew Linton	0:09:00	DNF	DNF	withdrawn
37	36	Devan Simmonds	0:13:00	1:09:49	0:56:49	Adjusted
38	101	Eddie Kuipers	0:13:00	1:09:49	0:56:49	Adjusted
39	119	Jeff Saywell	0:17:00	DNF	DNF	Punture
40	89	Emily Lutyens	0:09:00	DNF	DNF	Withdrawn
41	90	Mark Langlands/Peter Jones	0:13:00	DNF	DNF	Crash
42	41	Gareth Price	0:13:00	DNF	DNF	Crash
43	3	Mark Jerling	0:00:00	DNF	DNF	Puncture
*Short Course*
Shute	no	rider	start time	finish time	ride time
1	0	Kate Speedy	0:18:00	0:41:31	0:23:31	winner short course
2	154	Jono Didsbury	0:18:00	0:41:32	0:23:32	1st Junior boy
3	26	David Howden	0:18:00	0:41:36	0:23:36
4	65	Annabelle Smith	0:18:00	0:43:11	0:25:11
5	62	Lucy Stevens	0:18:00	1:01:00	0:43:00

19 Feb 2019

Club Championship Hill Climb

by Lesley Mouat | posted in: Club, Cycling, Results | 0

The Hill Climb Championships, the final Club Championship race for the season, is also the shortest race of our cycle season, contested as an individual time trial over a mere 6.5 km from the bottom of Admiral hill to the first summit. Being the shortest race does not make it the easiest by any matter of means and this is traditionally the race on the calendar that is well and truly oversubscribed by volunteers offering to marshall rather than race. As with other club Championship events, in addition to those who are contesting the ‘Open Championships’, many turn up to race against those in their age group.

Starting at 30 second intervals riders find the hill starts off innocuously enough with a bit of false flat, but as soon as you round the first bend the gradient increases and you know that you have to find a good cadence and settle into your effort. The first steeper pitch takes you around the hairpin bend and if you are wise you find a good line not too far left where the gradient is not quite so steep. There is a slight lessening of gradient shortly afterwards, but you have yet to face ‘the wall’. ‘The wall’ is the steepest section of the climb at a gradient of up to 13% for about half a km. This is a ‘stand up, sit down, stand up again’ kind of gradient, that is just plain hard graft to get up. Everyone’s legs do some screaming as they fill up with lactic acid on this part of the climb. Even the best climbers find it hard to ‘dance on the peddles’ up this section. There is some respite once you crest the top of the wall, with chance to catch your breath and increase the cadence once again as the hill flattens then tilts down briefly before the gradient pitches upwards once more. But now you know that the worst is over and it’s just a matter of survival and maintaining the effort for a few minutes more before the final sprint that expends every last ounce of energy, to finish with nothing left in the tank.

The open championships in both the men’s and women’s races where hotly contested with a matter of only a few seconds separating riders. Congratulations, mountain goat awards and bragging rights for the next year go to

Mark Langlands (men’s champion for the 6^thyear in succession)

Ben Knight 2^ndman

Simon Pumfrey 3^rdman

Belinda Fuller women’s champion

Lesley Mouat 2^ndwoman

Emily Lutyens 3^rdwoman

Congratulations also to our junior champions, especially those for whom this was their first attempt at Admiral hill:

Finn Roberts 1^stU 17 boy

Caleb Roberts 1^stU 15 boy

Sydney Blackburn 1^stU 19 girl

Annabelle Smith 1^stU 17 girl

Kate Speedy 1^stU 15 girl

Thanks to race manager and marshalls again this evening. Next week is a handicapped road race using an out and back course on Bideford Road.

Provisional Full Results:

No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride time
90	Mark Langlands	0:25:00	0:42:23	0:17:23	Champion man
13	Ben Knight	0:24:30	0:42:21	0:17:51	2nd man
70	Simon Pumfrey	0:22:30	0:41:07	0:18:37	3rd man
119	Jeff Saywell	0:22:00	0:40:53	0:18:53
18	Dave Drummond	0:20:00	0:39:19	0:19:19
142	Duncan Cameron	0:17:30	0:37:19	0:19:49
46	Derek Roberts	0:23:00	0:42:54	0:19:54
147	Johnny Burkhart	0:07:00	0:27:31	0:20:31
44	Craig Mangin	0:21:30	0:42:01	0:20:31
101	Eddy Kuipers	0:24:00	0:44:32	0:20:32
73	Erik D’Arbois	0:23:30	0:44:09	0:20:39
92	Phil Sutherland	0:19:00	0:40:15	0:21:15
5	Belinda Fuller	0:09:00	0:30:17	0:21:17	Champion woman
10	Lesley Mouat	0:09:30	0:30:51	0:21:21	2nd woman
41	Gareth Price	0:19:30	0:41:03	0:21:33
153	Simon Mole	0:16:00	0:37:49	0:21:49
36	Devan Simmonds	0:21:00	0:43:43	0:22:43
61	Darren Southon	0:07:30	0:30:27	0:22:57
96	Andrew Linton	0:18:30	0:41:30	0:23:00
76	Peter Lee	0:11:00	0:34:12	0:23:12
12	Ricky Blade	0:14:30	0:37:46	0:23:16
77	Terry Blackburn	0:16:30	0:39:51	0:23:21
117	Simon Butler	0:20:30	0:44:05	0:23:35
40	Finn Roberts	0:10:30	0:34:11	0:23:41	1st U 17 boy
89	Emily Lutyens	0:08:30	0:32:20	0:23:50	3rd Woman
87	Stephen Yeats	0:11:30	0:35:27	0:23:57
60	John Allen	0:15:30	0:39:28	0:23:58
48	Caleb Roberts	0:13:00	0:37:07	0:24:07	1st U 15 Boy
72	Rex Dowding	0:12:30	0:36:43	0:24:13
75	Andy Curtis-Cody	0:18:00	0:42:17	0:24:17
100	Steve Brown	0:14:00	0:38:20	0:24:20
24	Bill Van Woerkom	0:17:00	0:41:27	0:24:27
14	Brian Sanders	0:15:00	0:39:40	0:24:40
33	Steve Hannam	0:12:00	0:37:31	0:25:31
34	Kirsten Goodin	0:08:00	0:33:57	0:25:57
51	David Hodder	0:05:00	0:32:06	0:27:06
2	Andi Bond	0:13:30	0:41:28	0:27:58
21	Anil Raman	0:06:00	0:34:26	0:28:26
19	Duncan Ellis	0:06:30	0:35:29	0:28:59
85	Viv Bunny	0:03:30	0:33:17	0:29:47
Kate Speedy	0:02:30	0:32:19	0:29:49	1st U 15 Girl
22	Mike Parker	0:04:00	0:34:15	0:30:15
43	John Murray	0:10:00	0:40:46	0:30:46
78	Sydney Blackburn	0:04:30	0:35:42	0:31:12	1st U 19 Girl
57	Karen Blade	0:03:00	0:35:43	0:32:43
154	Jono Didsbury	0:01:00	0:34:06	0:33:06
3	Mark Jerling	0:05:30	0:40:50	0:35:20
65	Annabelle Smith	0:01:30	0:44:08	0:42:38	1st U 17 Girl
62	Lucy Stevens	0:02:00	DNF	DNF

12 Feb 2019

Upper Plain Circuit HRR

by Lesley Mouat | posted in: Club, Cycling, Results | 0

Tonight 47 riders presented themselves to start a Handicapped Road Race around the twists and turns of the Upper Plain Circuit. This circuit has some sharp turns that test the legs of everyone, especially those who find themselves at the back of each bunch immediately after each turn. The bunch slows up on the approach to a turn, and as the first riders through the turn peddle strongly out of the turn, this stretches the length of the bunch – a bit like a bungee cord. For the unwary or those who don’t have great legs on the night, the bungee cord effect can result in a split in the bunch or weaker riders disappearing out the back door, not to be seen again until the finish. Another potential challenge on this circuit is the need to give way to other road users, as on four of the turns riders do not have right of way. At least two of the bunches tonight were stopped multiple times during the course of the three laps covered. The final challenge for each bunch this evening was the slight westerly breeze that meant that even when riders survived the twists and turns from Ngamatawa Road through to Chamberlain Road, upon turning into Upper Plain Road to head towards Skeets they encountered the uncomfortable sensation of grovelling into headwind along false flat, on energy sapping road. Overall, one might argue this is not a favourite course for the lightweight hill climbers, but is eagerly anticipated by our strongest riders and especially the sprinters.

In an ideally handicapped road race, every rider will reach the finish line at precisely the same time. So firstly congratulations to our handicapper who managed to set the groups and time gaps so that the first three groups crossed the finish line no more than 30 seconds between them. ‘Break 2’, although slightly disappointed not to have caught the front two bunches before the finish, were very happy to hold off ‘Break’, who were equally pleased to stay away from ‘Scratch’, even if only by a matter of a few seconds.

Overall line honours for the long course race went to Donna Burkhart in a sprint finish with Greg Baillie close behind. Caleb Roberts also featured in that bunch sprint as the first and fastest Junior Boy. Johnny Burkhart was the fastest man, and Emily Lutyens was the fastest woman.

In the short course, line honours went to Doug Machlachlan, closely followed by Kate Speedy in her first race with ACM. She also takes out line honours for the first and fastest junior girl.

As always, thanks to everyone who managed and marshalled our race tonight and also to Mark Jerling for hosting the after match BBQ.

Next week is the shortest race on our annual calendar and final of our Club Championship Races – the hill climb up Admiral Hill.

Shute	Race No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride time
4	45	Donna Burkhart	0:03:00	0:59:08	0:56:08	1st HRR
5	32	Greg Baillie	0:00:00	0:59:09	0:59:09
6	2	Andi Bond	0:03:00	0:59:09	0:56:09
7	33	Steve Hannam	0:03:00	0:59:09	0:56:09
8	60	John Allen	0:03:00	0:59:10	0:56:10
9	81	Jorge Sandoval	0:00:00	0:59:10	0:59:10
10	29	Ray Haste	0:00:00	0:59:10	0:59:10
11	48	Caleb Roberts	0:03:00	0:59:10	0:56:10	1st Junior Boy
12	43	John Murray	0:00:00	0:59:12	0:59:12
13	34	Kirsten Goodin	0:03:00	0:59:13	0:56:13
14	51	David Hodder	0:00:00	0:59:14	0:59:14
15	22	Mike Parker	0:00:00	0:59:15	0:59:15
16	100	Stephen Brown	0:03:00	0:59:17	0:56:17
17	87	Steven Yeats	0:03:00	0:59:17	0:56:17
18	3	Mark Jerling	0:00:00	0:59:19	0:59:19
19	19	Duncan Ellis	0:00:00	0:59:20	0:59:20
20	96	Andrew Linton	0:06:00	0:59:21	0:53:21
21	142	Duncan Cameron	0:06:00	0:59:22	0:53:22
22	89	Emily Lutyens	0:06:00	0:59:23	0:53:23	Fastest Woman
23	77	Terry Blackburn	0:06:00	0:59:23	0:53:23
24	27	Daniel Jaques	0:06:00	0:59:30	0:53:30
25	153	Simon Mole	0:06:00	0:59:30	0:53:30
26	75	Andy Curtis-Cody	0:06:00	0:59:30	0:53:30
27	5	Lesley Mouat	0:06:00	0:59:30	0:53:30
28	12	Ricky Blade	0:06:00	0:59:30	0:53:30
29	50	Earle Whitcombe	0:03:00	0:59:30	0:56:30
30	117	Simon Butler	0:10:00	1:00:26	0:50:26
31	92	Phil Sutherland	0:10:00	1:01:05	0:51:05
32	41	Gareth Price	0:10:00	1:01:05	0:51:05
33	101	Eddy Kuipers	0:10:00	1:01:05	0:51:05
34	18	Dave Drummond	0:10:00	1:01:05	0:51:05
35	118	Derek Cox/Peter Jones	0:10:00	1:01:06	0:51:06
37	69	Peter James	0:10:00	1:01:30	0:51:30
38	147	Johnny Burkhart	0:12:00	1:01:57	0:49:57	Fastest Man
39	46	Derek Roberts	0:12:00	1:01:58	0:49:58
40	73	Erik d’Arbois	0:12:00	1:02:00	0:50:00
41	13	Ben Knight	0:12:00	1:02:03	0:50:03
42	1	Tom McCallum	0:12:00	1:02:04	0:50:04
43	59	Mike Clinton-Baker	0:00:00	1:06:11	1:06:11
44	57	Karen Blade	0:00:00	1:06:11	1:06:11
46	72	Rex Dowding	0:03:00	DNF	DNF
47	40	Finn Roberts	0:03:00	DNF	DNF
Short course
Shute	Race No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride time
1	55	Doug Maclachlan	0:04:00	0:50:27	0:46:27
2	V1	Kate Speedy	0:04:00	0:50:30	0:46:30	1st Junior girl
3	144	Katherine Domanski	0:04:00	0:54:19	0:50:19
36	156	Jaimee Blackburn	0:04:00	1:01:20	0:57:20
45	98	Penny Walker	0:04:00	1:11:38	1:07:38

5 Feb 2019

Club Champs Road Race

by Lesley Mouat | posted in: Club, Cycling, Results | 0

Club Championship Road Races offer riders the ultimate opportunity for bragging rights for the next 12 months, so are hotly contested. As riders are contesting age group categories as well as the overall open championship, these races involve ‘races within the race’. Tonight, true to his word, Simon Pumfrey attacked out of the first corner at Gladstone Church with Jeff Saywell on his wheel. The peloton did not react immediately to this attack and made their way up towards Carter’s Line at a reasonably comfortable pace. However as soon as the raced turned left onto Carter’s Line, the westerly wind came into play, the pressure was on which was instantly evident in the single line of riders hard up against the grass verge. At least one rider was observed to do some ‘grass tracking’ at this stage, but managed to stay both upright and in the bunch. It was not long before the pressure caused a number of splits in the bunch. Riders who were feeling strong and who had positioned themselves well survived to ride away from those who were further back, getting caught out by the opening gaps.

Eventually, Mark Langlands decided the moment had arrived to cross the gap to the two riders up the road in the breakaway. Ben Knight and Johnny Burkhart attempted to go with him, but Mark’s attack was decisive and he was the only rider who succeeded in crossing the gap to Simon and Jeff.

The women had also started in the same mass start as the men, so their race was about who would be strong enough to stay as close to the front of the race as possible. Tonight, despite her brief ‘grass tracking’ on Carter’s line it was Belinda Fuller who proved herself as she stayed with the main peloton for the whole race. Emily Lutyens was also riding strongly this evening. She had to work really hard to stay with her bunch over the Miller’s Road climb, but soon recovered and was able to sprint strongly against other riders in her bunch. Kirsten Goodin was also riding strongly tonight, but was caught out behind the splits caused by the wind, so most of her race was with a small bunch of riders. She too, was able to sprint strongly at the finish line.

The juniors tonight found the going quite tough. Even the short distance riders were competing over a longer distance than they usually cover, so they are all to be congratulated for their persistence and determination.

Chocolate fish stories tonight go to a rider who forgot to charge the DI2 (electronic gears), so discovered she only had 1 gear – oops. Another rider went off course, as she didn’t realise the Marshall at Millers Road was trying to get her to turn left. She went right and had almost reached Martinborough before the Marshall found her and gave her a lift back to the start/finish line. Then there is the rider who turned up without a cycle jersey, so went raiding to find required cycle kit prior to the start – he might owe Andy CC more than just thanks for preserving his modesty!

When all is said and done, however, tonight is one of congratulations:

Men’s Champion: Mark Langlands; 2nd Simon Pumfrey; 3rd Jeff Saywell.

Women’s Champion: Belinda Fuller; 2nd Emily Lutyens; 3rd Kirsten Goodin.

Under 17 Boy’s Champion: Finn Roberts

Under 15 Boy’s Champion: Jono Didsbury

Under 17 Girl’s Champion: Annabelle Smith

Under 15 Girls Champion: Lucy Stevens

Many thanks to our race team who looked after us yet again and also to Di Dowding for cooking our BBQ. Next week is over the Manaia/ Skeets Road Circuit, with the start and finish on Upper Manaia Road.

Shute	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride time	Place
7	90	Mark Langlands	0:00:00	1:33:54	1:33:54	Men’s Champion
8	70	Simon Pumfrey	0:00:00	1:33:54	1:33:54	2nd man
9	119	Jeff Saywell	0:00:00	1:34:07	1:34:07	3rd man
10	13	Ben Knight	0:00:00	1:37:23	1:37:23
11	147	Johnny Burkhart	0:00:00	1:38:09	1:38:09
12	101	Eddy Kuipers	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
13	61	Darren Southon	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
14	36	Devan Simmonds	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
15	73	Erik D’Arbois	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
16	96	Andrew Linton	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
17	18	Dave Drummond	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
18	142	Duncan Cameron	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
19	77	Terry Blackburn	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11
20	10	Belinda Fuller	0:00:00	1:38:11	1:38:11	Women’s Champion
21	117	Simon Butler	0:00:00	1:38:21	1:38:21
22	69	Peter James	0:00:00	1:41:17	1:41:17
23	79	Bill van Woerkom	0:00:00	1:43:34	1:43:34
24	27	Daniel Jaques	0:00:00	1:43:35	1:43:35
25	89	Emily Lutyens	0:00:00	1:43:36	1:43:36	2nd woman
26	72	Rex Dowding	0:00:00	1:43:37	1:43:37
27	12	Ricky Blade	0:00:00	1:43:38	1:43:38
28	4	Dean Southey	0:00:00	1:43:39	1:43:39
29	75	Andy Curtis-Cody	0:00:00	1:44:32	1:44:32
30	50	Earle Whitcombe	0:00:00	1:48:44	1:48:44
31	34	Kirsten Goodin	0:00:00	1:48:45	1:48:45	3rd woman
32	60	John Allen	0:00:00	1:48:45	1:48:45
33	5	Lesley Mouat	0:00:00	1:48:45	1:48:45
34	33	Steve Hannam	0:00:00	1:48:46	1:48:46
35	76	Peter Lee	0:00:00	1:48:47	1:48:47
36	89	Steven Yeats	0:00:00	1:51:46	1:51:46
37	16	Julie Millar	0:00:00	1:51:47	1:51:47
38	40	Finn Roberts	0:00:00	1:51:52	1:51:52	1st U17 Boy
39	14	Brian Sanders	0:00:00	1:53:03	1:53:03
40	32	Greg Baillie	0:00:00	1:55:07	1:55:07
41	29	Ray Haste	0:00:00	1:55:52	1:55:52
42	74	Rod Sutherland/Peter Jones	0:00:00	1:55:53	1:55:53	Tandem
43	21	Anil Raman	0:00:00	1:55:55	1:55:55
44	2	Andi Bond	0:00:00	2:01:42	2:01:42
45	49	Graeme Twist	0:00:00	2:04:20	2:04:20
46	85	Viv Bunny	0:00:00	2:04:20	2:04:20
47	3	Mark Jerling	0:00:00	2:04:21	2:04:21
17	Stan Braaksma	0:00:00	DNF	DNF
78	Sydney Blackburn	0:00:00	DNF	DNF
45	Donna Burkhart	0:00:00	DNF	DNF
Short Course
Shute	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride time	Place
1	71	Bruce McCallum	0:01:00	1:13:52	1:12:52
2	154	Jono Didsbury	0:01:00	1:14:42	1:13:42	1st U 15 boy
3	65	Annabelle Smith	0:01:00	1:17:54	1:16:54	1st U 17 girl
4	Pru Hunter	0:01:00	1:20:24	1:19:24
5	62	Lucy Stevens	0:01:00	1:28:02	1:27:02	1st U 15 girl
6	144	Katherine Domanski	0:01:00	1:28:04	1:27:04

29 Jan 2019

Carrington Circuit GRR

by Lesley Mouat | posted in: Club, Cycling, Results | 0

On a very warm summer evening tonight’s Graded Road Race attracted 42 riders over the Carrington Circuit. This circuit is ideally suited to powerful riders who can muscle their way over the Carrington Climb then apply the pressure on their competitors through the fast flowing downhill section followed by Haringa Road. Not many cyclists like racing Haringa Road as it is false flat, and a road that always seems to sap the energy. It is sealed with rough chip and inevitably you find yourself struggling into a head or cross-cutter head wind from the start to finish of it. The overall circuit is 12 kms in length. Tonight A, B and C Grade raced over 3 1/2 laps. D and E Grade raced over 2 1/2 laps and the short course raced over 1 1/2 laps. The combination of the tough circuit, warm and breezy weather conditions and sheer intensity of the racing led to a number of riders sliding out the back of their race bunch.

In A-Grade the pace was high right from the start. On the final lap a couple of riders attempted to escape off the front, but Mark Langlands waited patiently and timed his final effort to perfection to cross the line in first place once again.

B-Grade takes out the prize (probably chocolate fish!) for the number of punctures -3 between them, two for the Tandem ridden by Derek Cox and Peter Jones – one just prior to the start, and the second on their first lap (definitely chocolate fish territory). The third puncture, again early in the race was experienced by Phil Sutherland. The winner of B-Grade is Devan Simmonds, who also bided his time and measured that effort up the final climb to create a gap from his nearest rival.

Some of the C-Grade riders where finding the going hot and tough right from the first climb, and were having to use downhill skills to re-connect with their bunch after the climb. In this Grade Gareth Price attacked between Haringa Road and the Carrington climb. He got away with it …. just as the gap was being closed very rapidly by Belinda Fuller. If the checkered flag had been 10 metres further up the road, it would have been a different story!

D-Grade was also strongly contested and was another of the grades where the race split to pieces on the first climb. In this Grade John Allen proved to be the strongest rider, followed by Earle Whitcombe and Julie Millar close on his heals.

The battle of the final climb in E-Grade took place between Kirsten Goodin, Greg Baillie, David Hodder and Stephen Yeats, with a handful of seconds between all of them, Kirsten was the victor on this occasion.

On the short course special mention has to go the Caleb and Finn Roberts who both took off from the start and raced away from their bunch leading to a significant time gap from the rest of their grade. Congratulations to Caleb who showed a clean pair of heals to his brother, in an impressive sprint up the climb at the end of his race. Jaimee Blackburn made the final climb a lot harder than it needed to be, as she only realised once she had finished she was still in the big chainring – Oops – (that probably earns a chocolate fish too!)

Thanks to Dave Hodder for the after match refuelling opportunity and as always to the race management team who look after us each time we race.

Next Week is the 3rd of our Club Championship’s – the Road Race which will be contested over the Millers Road Circuit – note it is beginning at Parkvale Hall and finishes in Tiffin Road! Let’s see if we can have a good turnout of as many of you as possible to make the one interesting – remember that it is races within races – as you will be contesting your age group championship not just for the overall open championships.

Full results from tonight are:

A – Grade
Shute order	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time	Place
19	90	Mark Langlands	0:01:00	1:08:42	1:07:42	1
20	147	Johnny Burkhart	0:01:00	1:08:45	1:07:45	2
21	119	Jeff Saywell	0:01:00	1:08:47	1:07:47	3
22	13	Ben Knight	0:01:00	1:08:56	1:07:56	4
23	70	Simon Pumfrey	0:01:00	1:09:03	1:08:03	5
24	46	Derek Roberts	0:01:00	1:09:04	1:08:04	6
29	18	Dave Drummond	0:01:00	1:14:26	1:13:26	7
B- Grade
Shute order	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time	Place
30	36	Devan Simmonds	0:02:00	1:14:30	1:12:30	1
31	73	Erik D’arbois	0:02:00	1:14:51	1:12:51	2
32	117	Simon Butler	0:02:00	1:18:51	1:16:51	3
38	155	Andrew Osmond	0:02:00	1:20:29	1:18:29	4
39	92	Phil Sutherland	0:02:00	DNF
40	61	Darren Southon	0:02:00	DNF
41	116	Derek Cox/Peter Jones	0:02:00	DNF
C-Grade
Shute order	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time	Place
33	41	Gareth Price	0:03:00	1:19:12	1:16:12	1
34	10	Belinda Fuller	0:03:00	1:19:13	1:16:13	2
35	77	Terry Blackburn	0:03:00	1:19:41	1:16:41	3
36	96	Andrew Linton	0:03:00	1:19:56	1:16:56	4
37	4	Deane Southey	0:03:00	1:20:14	1:17:14	5
D-Grade
Shute order	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time	Place
7	60	John Allen	0:04:00	1:01:21	0:57:21	1
8	50	Earle Whitcombe	0:04:00	1:01:54	0:57:54	2
9	16	Julie Millar	0:04:00	1:02:02	0:58:02	3
10	2	Andi Bond	0:04:00	1:04:37	1:00:37	4
13	33	Steve Hannam	0:04:00	1:04:53	1:00:53	5
16	22	Mike Parker	0:04:00	1:05:23	1:01:23	6
E-Grade
Shute order	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time	Place
11	34	Kirsten Goodin	0:05:00	1:04:43	0:59:43	1
12	32	Greg Baillie	0:05:00	1:04:48	0:59:48	2
14	51	David Hodder	0:05:00	1:04:54	0:59:54	3
15	Stephen Yeats	0:05:00	1:04:57	0:59:57	4
17	21	Aniil Raman	0:05:00	1:06:50	1:01:50	5
18	19	Duncan Ellis	0:05:00	1:07:03	1:02:03	6
25	49	Graeme Twist	0:05:00	1:10:18	1:05:18	7
26	31	Jenny Devenport	0:05:00	1:11:31	1:06:31	8
27	3	Mark Jerling	0:05:00	1:12:23	1:07:23	9
28	57	Karen Blade	0:05:00	1:13:06	1:08:06	10
78	Sydney Blackburn	0:05:00	DNF
Short Course
Shute order	No	Rider	Start time	Finish time	Ride Time	Place
1	48	Caleb Roberts	0:06:00	0:44:07	0:38:07	1
2	40	Finn Roberts	0:06:00	0:44:18	0:38:18	2
4	156	Jaimee Blackburn	0:06:00	0:52:45	0:46:45	3
5	71	Bruce McCallum	0:06:00	0:53:10	0:47:10	4
6	157	Kate Port	0:06:00	0:53:32	0:47:32	5
65	Annabelle Smith	0:06:00	DNF

22 Jan 2019

Individual Time Trial Championship – provisional result

by Lesley Mouat | posted in: Club, Cycling, Results | 0

The Club Championship Individual Time Trial is often viewed as the ultimate ‘race of truth’. It is you and your bike all by yourself, no drafting allowed, for 40 kms of maximum effort. Add into that warm evening with a blustery North West wind, about 350m of ‘up’ and everyone knows there is nothing easy about it. The science of time trialling well is to ride powerfully and as aerodynamically efficiently as possible. The art of time trialling well is the ability to manage your effort and energy, so that you can ride powerfully for the whole distance, but have absolutely nothing left in the tank as you cross the finish line. Ben Knight is the club member who regularly role models both the science and art of the time trial and tonight he was the only rider to crack the hour mark.

Provisional Results tonight in the men’s race:

Champion: Ben Knight; with Derek Roberts 2nd and Dave Drummond 3rd.

Provisional Results in the women’s race

Champion: Belinda Fuller, with Lesley Mouat 2nd and Viv Bunny 3rd.

Provisional Results for the Juniors:

1st Under 15 Boy: Caleb Roberts

1st Under 17 Boy: Finn Roberts

1st Under 17 Girl: Annabelle Smith

Thanks to our race officials and marshals tonight. Next Tuesday is the Carrington Circuit for a Handicapped Road Race. This Sunday is also the first of the Wellington Region Interclub Races and details for this can be found at:

https://www.wmcc.net.nz/Enter-a-…/Interclub-Race-1-27-Jan-19

Full (provisional) results for tonight are:

Order	Race No	Rider	Start	Finish	Ride Time
7	13	Ben Knight	0:19:30	1:18:33	0:59:03	Champion Man
11	46	Derek Roberts	0:18:30	1:19:51	1:01:21	2nd Man
12	18	Dave Drummond	0:17:30	1:20:04	1:02:34	3rd Man
16	70	Simon Pumfrey	0:18:00	1:20:46	1:02:46
6	27	Daniel Jaques	0:09:00	1:13:13	1:04:13
13	117	Simon Butler	0:15:00	1:20:19	1:05:19
27	147	Johnny Burkhart	0:19:00	1:25:00	1:06:00
9	41	Gareth Price	0:13:00	1:19:25	1:06:25
8	24	Billy Van Woerkom	0:12:00	1:18:34	1:06:34
23	61	Darren Southon	0:16:00	1:23:10	1:07:10
25	101	Eddie Kuipers	0:17:00	1:24:29	1:07:29
14	142	Duncan Cameron	0:12:30	1:20:21	1:07:51
17	64	Phil Sutherland	0:14:30	1:22:42	1:08:12
21	10	Belinda Fuller	0:14:00	1:22:50	1:08:50	Champion Woman
10	72	Rex Dowding	0:09:30	1:19:26	1:09:56
30	44	Craig Mangan	0:15:30	1:25:35	1:10:05
18	153	Simon Mole	0:11:30	1:22:43	1:11:13
26	5	Lesley Mouat	0:13:30	1:24:58	1:11:28	2nd Woman
24	14	Brian Sanders	0:10:30	1:23:32	1:13:02
37	97	Chris Smith	0:16:30	1:30:02	1:13:32
29	60	John Allen	0:11:00	1:25:07	1:14:07
19	129	Ray Haste	0:08:00	1:22:48	1:14:48
15	74	Rod Sutherland, Peter Jones	0:05:00	1:20:41	1:15:41
28	2	Andi Bond	0:08:30	1:25:04	1:16:34
35	33	Steve Hannam	0:10:00	1:27:12	1:17:12
22	32	Greg Baillie	0:05:30	1:22:53	1:17:23
33	21	Anil Raman	0:07:00	1:25:47	1:18:47
20	Mike Parker	0:04:00	1:22:49	1:18:49
34	51	Dave Hodder	0:06:30	1:27:06	1:20:36
32	49	Graeme Twist	0:04:30	1:25:37	1:21:07
36	19	Duncan Ellis	0:07:30	1:28:59	1:21:29
31	85	Viv Bunny	0:03:30	1:25:37	1:22:07	3rd Woman
38	17	Stan Braaksma	0:06:00	1:30:31	1:24:31
39	50	Earle Whitcombe	0:03:00	DNF
Short Course
Order	Race No	Rider	Start	Finish	Ride Time
1	48	Caleb Roberts	0:02:30	0:29:05	0:26:35	1st Under 15 Boy
2	40	Finn Roberts	0:02:00	0:29:52	0:27:52	1st Under 17 Boy
3	55	Doug Maclachlan, Meri Murphy	0:01:30	0:31:38	0:30:08
4	65	Annabelle Smith	0:00:30	0:34:53	0:34:23	1st Under 17 Girl
5	98	Penny Walker	0:01:00	0:41:12	0:40:12