cyclingmarlborough.org.nz

Junior under 19 rider Nick Blakiston rode a convincing first stage to cement victory in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Summernite Series, Cycle World Stage Race No4 from Wither Hills Winery last Wednesday evening.
The first 12km stage covered a course on New Renwick Road, Brancott Road and finished on the second climb up Bookers Road. A rapid pace up New Renwick Road saw the leading bunch narrowed down to nine on Brancott Road and then just five leading into the first climb on Bookers Road. Nifty climbing gave Blakiston the stage win from Lee Griggs (at 8 sec), Gerard van Antwerpen (at 10 sec), Kevin Bishell (at 15 sec) and Brent Ackroyd (at 24 sec). The final stage over 12km came down Brancott Road, up to a turn in Godfreys Road and returned to Wither Hills Winery. Thirteen riders remained in the front group for the final sprint, even though Ackroyd had put in a couple of strong breaks on the journey. In a long sprint Glen Herkt showed his speed to pip van Antwerpen on the line with Bishell, Will Hart and Martin Fletcher taking the next placings respectively.
The overall classification went to Blakiston by 5 sec to van Antwerpen with another 3 sec back to Griggs in third place. The overall handicap on the event was won by Fletcher (2m 30s) by 13 sec to Blakiston (45s) with another 9 sec back to Joe Blakiston (7m 30s) in third place.
Results:
Summernite Series- Cycle World Stage Race No 4, Stage One 12km, N Blakiston 16m 51s 1, L Griggs 16m 59s 2, G van Antwerpen 17m 01s 3, K Bishell 17m 06s 4, B Ackroyd 17m 15s 5, B Verhoef 17m 43s 6, M Murphy 17m 47s 7, G Henderson s.t. 8, M Fletcher 18m 27s 9, J Kidd 18m 29s 10. Stage Two 12km, G Herkt 18m 07s 1, G van Antwerpen s.t 2, K Bishell s.t. 3, W Hart s.t. 4, M Fletcher s.t. 5, M Murphy 18m 12s 6, N Blakiston s.t. 7, G Henderson s.t. 8, A Gifford s.t. 9, B Ackroyd s.t. 10.
General Classification, N Blakiston 35m 03s 1, G van Antwerpen at 5 sec 2, L Griggs at 8 sec 3, K Bishell at 10 sec 4, B Ackroyd at 24 sec 5, M Murphy at 56 sec 6, G Henderson s.t. 7, M Fletcher at 1m 32s 8, J Kidd at 1m 46s 9, G Herkt at 1m 49s 10. Overall Handicap Classification, M Fletcher (2m 30s) 34m 05s 1, N Blakiston (45s) 34m 18s 2, J Blakiston (7m 30s) 34m 27s 3, M Murphy (1m 20s) 34m 39s 4, G Henderson s.t. 5, K Bishell (20s) 34m 53s 6, G van Antwerpen (10s) 34m 58s 7, L Griggs (10s) 35m 01s 8, B Ackroyd (15s) 35m 12s 9, D Church (8m) 35m 19s 10.

Junior under 19 rider Callum Saunders sprinted to victory at Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Summernite Series, Cycle World Graded Race No4 on the Lower Wairau circuit last Wednesday evening.
The combined ‘A’ and ‘B’ grade 37km event was raced over five laps of the Dillons Point Road, Swamp Road, Rowberrys Road circuit. Several small attacks on the early laps were short lived. Saunders and Nick Blakiston broke on the fourth lap and were soon joined by Gerard van Antwerpen and Brent Ackroyd with the rest in hot pursuit. The four riders stayed clear with the ‘A’ grade result going to Saunders from van Antwerpen and Ackroyd, with Blakiston taking an easy ‘B’ grade win. the chasing group were 38 seconds back with Kevin Bishell (‘A’) winning the sprint from the ‘B’ grade minor placegetters Marty Bruce and Glen Herkt. The ‘C’ grade 30km event was won by Joe Blakiston over Denis Church.
Results:
Summernite Series- Cycle World Graded Race No 4 ‘A’ grade 37km, C Saunders 54m 39s 1, G van Antwerpen 54m 40s 2, B Ackroyd 54m 45s 3, K Bishell 55m 23s 4, A Clark 55m 25s 5. ‘B’ grade 37km, N Blakiston 54m 40s 1, M Bruce 55m 24s 2, G Herkt s.t. 3, G Henderson 55m 25s 4, T Neal 55m 27s 5, R Lock s.t. 6, M Fletcher s.t. 7, B Verhoef 55m 28s 8, J Kidd 55m 29s 9, M Murphy 55m 30s 10. ‘C’ grade 30km, J Blakiston 53m 48s 1, D Church 53m 52s 2.

Ray Dunstan stamped his authority on Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Summernite Series time trials with another win at Fairhall last Wednesday evening.
The 16km Cycle World Time Trial No4 saw most riders recording slightly slower times than usual on the New Renwick Road/Godfreys Road course. Dunstan still roared over the course in 21m 02s to record his fourth consecutive victory. Junior under 19 rider Peter Crampton (22m 25s) rode a personal best to beat Gerard van Antwerpen (22m 28s) for second place. The sealed handicap deservedly went to Crampton by 6 seconds to Ben Verhoef and another 13 seconds to Brent Ackroyd in third place.
Results:
Summernite Series- Cycle world Time Trial No4 16km, R Dunstan 21m 01s 1, P Crampton 22m 25s 2, G van Antwerpen 22m 28s 3, B Ackroyd 22m 54s 4, M Fletcher 23m 09s 5, B Verhoef 24m 21s 6, p Halligan 25m 34s 7, R Murphy 26m 35s 8, K Walsh 29m 10s 9, G Painter 33m 57s 10. Sealed handicap, P Crampton (2m 15s) 20m 10s 1, B Verhoef (4m 05s) 20m 16s 2, B Ackroyd 20m 29s 3, G van Antwerpen (1m 45s) 20m 43s 4, M Fletcher (2m 25s) 20m 44s 5.

Consistent riding gave Jamie Kidd the win in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Summernite Series, Cycle World Stage Race No3 from Fairhall last Wednesday evening.
The first 9km stage started at Wither Hills Winery and covered a lap of the Benmorven circuit before finishing at the top of the Ridge Resort Hill. Five riders hit the last climb together with Quinn Karwowski having a clear win over Kidd, Craig Anderson, Ben Verhoef and Graham Henderson. Stage two covered 11km from the Ridge Resort, around the small Hawkesbury circuit to finish in Dog Point Road. A short break on Brookby Road by Karwowski and Verhoef was quickly contained with six riders lining up for the sprint to the line. Karwowski led out to hold off Henderson, Kidd, Verhoef and Anderson. The final 6km stage home saw Karwowski as a non-starter which put kidd in the box seat for the overall win. A furious sprint to the line saw Brent Ackroyd take line honours over Verhoef, Kidd, Henderson and Anderson.
The overall classification saw Kidd as the victor by 8 seconds to Verhoef, with Henderson third on the same time. The sealed handicap were a replica of the time placings.
Results:
Summernite Series- Cycle World Stage Race No3, Stage One 9km, Q Karwowski 14m 41s 1, J Kidd 14m 49s 2, C Anderson 14m 54s 3, B Verhoef 14m 57s 4, G Henderson s.t. 5. Stage Two 11km, Q Karwowski 16m 36s 1, G Henderson s.t. 2, J Kidd s.t. 3, B Verhoef s.t. 4, C Anderson s.t. 5. Stage Three 6km, B Ackroyd 9m 08s 1, B Verhoef s.t. 2, J Kidd s.t. 3, G Henderson s.t. 4, C Anderson 9m 12s 5. Overall Classification, J Kidd 40m 33s 1, B Verhoef 40m 41s 2, G Henderson s.t. 3, C Anderson 40m 42s 4, C Murphy 42m 50s 5. Sealed handicap, J Kidd (1m 20s) 39m 13s 1, B Verhoef (1m 20s) 39m 21s 2, G Henderson (1m 20s) s.t. 3, C Anderson (1m) 39m 42s 4, C Murphy (1m) 41m 50s 5.

Junior under 17 rider Callum Saunders finished strongly to take the ‘A’ grade win in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Summernite Series, Cycle World Graded Race No3, at Fairhall last Wednesday evening.
Even though the riders encountered wet weather over the Benmorven/Ridge Resort course some good solid riding was seen in the various grades. The ‘A’ grade 43km event covered 4 laps of Benmorven before finishing on a new hill finish at the Ridge Resort. At the start of the last climb 6 riders remained in the front group which soon split in the effort to finish. Saunders took a comfortable victory just ahead of Peter Crampton, Jeremy McKenzie and Brodie Catterick. The 34km ‘B’ grade was a similiar situation with 7 riders in contention on the final climb. Nick Blakiston made short work of the hill to record a good win over Craig Murphy by 18 seconds, with another 17 seconds to Larry Kendall in third place. The ‘C’ grade 34km event went to Joe Blakiston by 5 seconds to Denis Church.
Results:
Summernite Series- Cycle World Graded Race No3, ‘A’ grade 43km, C Saunders 63m 42s 1, P Crampton 63m 43s 2, J McKenzie 63m 44s 3, B Catterick 63m 45s 4, J Inglis 63m 53s 5, B Ackroyd 64m 14s 6. ‘B’ grade 34km, N Blakiston 51m 23s 1, C Murphy 51m 41s 2, L Kendall 51m 58s 3, B Verhoef 52m 05s 4, G Herkt 52m 07s 5, G Henderson 52m 12s 6, M Bruce 52m 13s 7. ‘C’ grade 34km, J Blakiston 62m 53s 1, D Church 62m 58s 2.

Ray Dunstan kept his winning form and rode to another new record in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Summernite Series, Cycle world time trial No3, at Fairhall last Wednesday evening.
Cool and damp conditions didn’t deter Dunstan as he sped over the 15.2km New Renwick Road/Godfreys Road course to record 20m 14s to better his previous Masters 50-54 years record set just 3 weeks ago by another 6 seconds. Jeremy McKenzie (21m 34s) and Gerard van Antwerpen (22m 20s) took the minor placings respectively. Some quicker than usual times saw the handicap win go to Martin Fletcher by 18 seconds to Brent Ackroyd with just another 4 seconds to Craig Murphy in third place.
Results:
Summernite Series- Cycle World Time Trial No3 15.2km, R Dunstan 20m 14s *(New Masters 50-54yrs record) 1, J McKenzie 21m 34s 2, G van Antwerpen 22m 20s 3, P Crampton 22m 35s 4, M Fletcher 22m 43s 5, B Ackroyd 22m 46s 6, C Murphy 23m 05s 7, B Verhoef 24m 39s 8, G Henderson 24m 45s 9, L Landon-Lane 25m 26s 10. Sealed handicap, M Fletcher (3m 15s) 19m 28s 1, B Ackroyd (3m) 19m 46s 2, C Murphy (3m 15s) 19m 50s 3, R Dunstan (Scr) 20m 14s 4, L Landon-Lane (5m) 20m 26s 5, J McKenzie (1m) 20m 34s 6, P Crampton (2m) 20m 35s 7, G Henderson (4m) 2m 45s 8, B Verhoef (3m 50s) 20m 49s 9, G van Antwerpen (1m 30s) 20m 50s 10.

Junior under 17 rider Callum Saunders had the edge on his rivals to take out both stages of Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Summernite Series, Cycle World Stage Race No2 at Fairhall last Wednesday evening.
The first 12km stage from Wither Hills Winery covered a course from New Renwick Road into Brancott Road, finishing on the hill at the end of the Wrekin Road. Ten riders still remained in the front group until the last kilometre when Saunders edged out Lee Griggs, Quinn Karwowski and Gerard van Antwerpen by 1 second in the sprint to the line. The second and final 14km stage started in Brancott Road, turned in Godfreys Road to finish back at the Wither Hills Winery. The quick speed at the turn saw nine riders go clear on the run home. The long sprint in saw Saunders take a close finish from van Antwerpen and Brent Ackroyd, with Karwowski and Graham Henderson a few seconds back.
The overall result was a win to Saunders by 1 second to van Antwerpen and another 3 seconds to Karwowski in third place. The sealed handicap on the night went to Nick Blakiston (2m) by 10 seconds to Glen Herkt (2m) and just another 1 second to Henderson (2m 15s) in third place.
Results:
Summernite Series- Cycle World Stage Race No2, Stage One 12km, C Saunders 16m 02s 1, L Griggs 16m 03s 2, Q Karwowski s.t. 3, G van Antwerpen s.t. 4, B Ackroyd 16m 08s 5, L Landon-Lane s.t. 6, B Verhoef 16m 12s 7, J Kidd 16m 13s 8, N Blakiston 16m 15s 9, G Herkt 16m 19s 10. Stage Two 14km, C Saunders 21m 42s 1, G van Antwerpen s.t. 2, B Ackroyd s.t. 3, Q Karwowski 21m 45s 4, G Henderson 21m 49s 5, L Griggs 21m 52s 6, L Landon-Lane 22m 01s 7, N Blakiston 22m 10s 8, G Herkt 22m 16s 9, M Fletcher 23m 17s 10. Overall classification, C Saunders 37m 44s 1, G van Antwerpen 37m 45s 2, Q Karwowski 37m 48s 3, B Ackroyd 37m 50s 4, L Griggs 37m 55s 5, L Landon-Lane 38m 09s 6, N Blakiston 38m 25s 7, G Herkt 38m 35s 8, G Henderson 38m 51s 9, B Verhoef 39m 29s 10. Overall handicap classification, N Blakiston (2m) 36m 25s 1, G Herkt (2m) 36m 35s 2, G Henderson (2m 15s) 36m 36s 3, B Ackroyd (1m) 36m 50s 4, J Kidd (2m 30s) 37m 00s 5, L Landon-Lane (1m) 37m 09s 6, B Verhoef (2m 15s) 37m 14s 7, Q Karwowski (30s) 37m 18s 8, G Bateman (2m 30s) 37m 24s 9, C Saunders (5s) 37m 39s 10.

Jeremy McKenzie finished strongly to take the win in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Summernite Series, Cycle World graded race No2 at Fairhall last Wednesday evening.
The ‘A’ grade 44km event covered 4 laps of the Benmorven circuit and then finished in the Ridge Resort. On a very warm and windy night the field stayed intact until the climb up the Ridge Resort hill when McKenzie applied the pressure and rode away to take the win on the descent by 12 seconds over Lee Griggs and Gerard van Antwerpen who dead heated for second. Andrew Jamieson, Leatham Landon-Lane and Brent Ackroyd finished another 30 seconds back respectively.
The ‘B’ grade 35km event covered 3 laps of the Benmorven circuit and also finished at the Ridge Resort. Five riders rode away in the latter stages of the race with Will Hart and Craig Murphy being to strong on the climb to take first and second place respectively. Glen Herkt and Graham Henderson were 19 seconds back in third and fourth place whilst Ben Verhoef took 5th place a further 19 seconds down. Joe Blakiston took the ‘C’ grade win.
Results:
Summernite Series- Cycle World grade Race No2, ‘A’ Grade 44km, J McKenzie 66m 10s 1, L Griggs and G van Antwerpen 66m 22s 2 equal, A Jamieson 66m 53s 4, L Landon-Lane s.t. 5, B Ackroyd s.t. 6. ‘B’ Grade 35km, W Hart 57m 20s 1, C Murphy s.t. 2, G Herkt 57m 39s 3, G Henderson 57m 43s 4, B Verhoef 57m 58s 5, N Blakiston 60m 41s 6, W Hall and F Marfell 63m 07s 7 equal. ‘C’ Grade 35km, J Blakiston 67m 44s 1.