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George Baxter gave a top performance to take victory in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s club championships on the Seaview course at Seddon on Saturday afternoon.

The open grade 40km massed start event covered 2 laps of the demanding hilly course. The 30 strong field had the best weather on the course for many years with little wind. The start up the hill out of Seddon immediately split the field with 8 riders going clear and another bunch of 9 riders in hot pursuit. With not the usual splits due to the calm conditions 7 riders lined up for the sprint to the line with various titles up for grabs. A strong and determined sprint by Baxter saw him just hold off Cameron Karwowski with the minor placings going to Conway Taylor, David Craig, Paul Newman, Chris Heywood, and Brent Harris respectively. Baxter took out the Senior Mens title and the Mills Cup whilst other titles went to Karwowski (Junior Under 19 Men), Taylor (Veteran 35-44), and David Craig (Veteran 45-54). Amongst many good performances on the day were Rhonda Murphy (Womens title) and Steve Frost (Veteran 55+ title). The sealed handicap win and Gleeson Challenge Cup went to George Looman who had a good ride to finish in the second bunch just under 3 minutes behind the leaders. Bryan Streeter and Todd Neal finished with the same group for second and third placings respectively.

The junior under 17 20km massed start event covered 1 lap of the open course. As expected the favourites rode away quickly leaving the remainder of the field in their wake. A close sprint for line honours saw Callum Streeter prevail over Jamie Hawke and Richard Anderson to take the Jowers Cup and the Junior Under 17 Mens title. Georgia Hammond took the Junior Under 17 Womens title, being to strong in the latter stages to finish just clear of Sonia Ginders. The sealed handicap Drake Challenge Cup went to Phoebe Newsham by a large margin to Callum Streeter and Pim Greven who were second equal.

Results:

Open grade 40km club championship- G Baxter 64m 18s (Senior Mens title) 1, C Karwowski s.t. (Junior U19 Mens title) 2, Conway Taylor s.t. (Veteran 35-44 title) 3, D Craig s.t. (Veteran 45-54 title) 4, P Newman s.t. 5, C Heywood s.t. 6, B Harris s.t. 7, R Dunstan 66m 45s 8, J Roach 66m 51s 9, G Herkt 67m 10s 10, R Murphy 71m 28s (Womens title) 19, S Frost 71m 54s (Veteran 55+ title) 22. Sealed handicap, G Looman (10m) 57m 10s 1, B Streeter (10m) s.t. 2, T Neal (10m) 57m 23s 3, S Frost (14m) 57m 54s 4, M Higgison (20m) 57m 58s 5, J Roach (8m) 58m 51s 6, G Herkt (8m) 59m 10s 7, A Clark (8m) s.t. 8, R Murphy (12m) 59m 28s 9, G Painter (32m) 59m 49s 10.

Junior under 17 grade 20km club championship- C Streeter 33m 45s (Junior U17 Mens title) 1, J Hawke s.t 2, R Anderson s.t. 3, P Greven 39m 45s 4, G Hammond 42m 16s 5. Sealed handicap, P Newsham (14m) 29m 37s 1, C Streeter (scr) and P Grevin (6m) 33m 45s 2 equal, J Hawke (scr) s.t 4, R Anderson (scr) s.t. 5.

Veteran cyclist Ray Dunstan outrode his younger rivals to win the Vincent Cup in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s time trial on the Waihopai Valley Road last Saturday afternoon.

The 40km open grade event covered a course from the Grove Mill Winery to just above Craiglochart and return. With a head wind on the outward journey up the valley it was obvious there was only going to be a few rders go under the one hour barrier. Dunstan was heading for a time around 56 minutes when he was unlucky to puncture. He was fortunate to get a spare wheel and carried on to still take victory (57m 59s) by 21 seconds from junior under 19 rider Cameron Karwowski (58m 20s) and another veteran Conway Taylor (58m 58s). 

The Verhey Cup for the sealed handicap deservedly went to Marie Higgison who won by a large margin of 1m 41s to Lance Spencer with another 55s back to Taylor.

The junior under 17 grade rode a 16km time trial to the spy base and return. Top rider Callum Streeter had an easy win to record 26m 32s. Henry Barnett (30m14s) headed off Pim Greven (30m 43s) for second place. The sealed handicap was won by Emma Crosswell by 40s to Greven with Nick Blakiston another 2s back in third place.

Results:

Open grade- 40km Vincent Cup time trial, R Dunstan 57m 59s 1, C Karwowski 58m 20s 2, C Taylor 58m 58s 3, G Baxter 62m 14s 4, C Heywood 63m 34s 5, S Rooney 65m 56s 6, G Herkt 66m 53s 7, N Campbell 67m 31s 8, T Neal 67m 41s 9, P Halligan 67m 48s 10. Sealed handicap, Verhey Cup, M Higgison (22m) 52m 52s 1, L Spencer (15m) 54m 33s 2, C Taylor (3m 30s) 55m 28s 3, N Campbell (11m) 56m 31s 4, C Karwowski (1m) 57m 20s 5, C Murphy (11m) 57m 23s 6, T Neal (10m) 57m 41s 7, P Halligan (10m) 57m 48s 8, G Herkt (9m) 57m 53s 9, S Rooney (8m) 57m 56s 10.

Junior under 17 grade- 16km time trial, C Streeter 26m 32s 1, H Barnett 30m 14s 2, P Greven 30m 43s 3, L Landon-Lane 31m 40s 4, W Hart 31m 52s 5. Sealed handicap, E Crosswell (8m) 25m 03s 1, P Greven (5m) 25m 43s 2, N Blakiston (11m) 25m 45s 3, W Hart (6m) 25m 52s 4, E Jacoby (6m 30s) 26m 00s 5.  

A strong performance by Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s riders saw them take the lead in the first round of the interclub series for the H G Hunter Memorial Shield in Nelson on Saturday afternoon.

The open grade interclub event was staged as part of the Brian Harford Mini Tour. The winner of the 3 stage 45km event on points was Chris Charles (Star and Garter Wheelers) with the minor placings going to clubmate Chris Nicholson and Cameron Karwowski (CCM) respectively. Other Marlborough riders who were well placed were Chris Heywood (6th), David Craig (8th) and Stephen Rooney (9th). 

The handicap section of the event counted towards the interclub points. Jamie Kidd (CCM) cemented the overall handicap honours with a great victory in the final stage. Other high placed Marlborough riders were Karwowski (3rd), Mike Murphy (4th), Rooney (6th), and Heywood (7th). The final first round points for the H G Hunter Memorial Shield were Cuddon Cycling Marlborough 111pts, Star and Garter Wheelers 88pts, and Cycling Nelson 11pts.

The junior under 17 grade competed in a 23km handicap event over 2 laps of the Maiseys Road circuit in the first round of the Picton Shield. The event was won by K Ford (N) from clubmate M Black with scratch rider T Nicholson in third place. Nicholson also took fastest time when he outsprinted the Marlborough pair Callum Streeter and Ethan Roach. The current Picton Shield points are Cycling Nelson 25pts, Star and Garter Wheelers 17pts, and Cuddon Cycling Marlborough 13pts.

Results:

Open grade- Brian Harford Mini Tour, C Charles (SGW) 111pt 1, C Nicholson (SGW) 110pt 2, C Karwowski (CCM) 102pt 3, G Overend (SGW) 100pt 4, N Batt (N) 98pt 5, C Heywood (CCM) 94pt 6, K Hamilton (SGW) 86pt 7, D Craig (CCM) 81pt 8, S Rooney (CCM) 81pt 9, G Black (N) 80pt 10.

H G Hunter Memorial Shield (Round 1), J Kidd (CCM) 48pt 1, C Charles (SGW) 47pt 2, C Karwowski (CCM) 36pt 3, M Murphy (CCM) 35pt 4, C Nicholson (SGW) 33pt 5, S Rooney (CCM) 32pt 6, C Heywood (CCM) 31pt 7, P Ashley (SGW) 30pt 8, G Overend (SGW) 30pt 9, R Matheson (SGW) 28pt 10. Cuddon Cycling Marlborough 111pt 1, Star and Garter Wheelers 88pt 2, Cycling Nelson 11pt 3.

Junior Under 17 grade- Picton Shield (Round 1), K Ford (N) 1, M Black (N) 2, T Nicholson (SGW) 3, C Streeter (CCM) 4, E Roach (CCM) 5, T Ashley (SGW) 6, T Hodgson(SGW) 7, N Clark (N) 8, A Main (N) 9, J Main (N) 10. Cycling Nelson 25pt 1, Star and Garter Wheelers 17pt 2, Cuddon Cycling Marlborough 13pt 3.  

Josh Roach was decisive in his sprint to the line when he took line honours in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Osgood Cups event on Saturday afternoon.

The open grade 54km handicap event covered a course from Blenheim to Picton and return. The headwind on the outward journey took its toll on the front markers with a 30 minute handicap over the scratch markers being deleted to 7 minutes at the top of the Elevation climb on the return journey.The journey home saw the middle groups not losing alot of time to the back markers. The 6 minute markers had pulled in the 13 minute markers just after Kormiko and hit the front before Tuamarina. Strong riding saw them hold their ground with Roach taking the sprint from Todd Neal, Andrew Gifford, Gareth Morris and Brian Streeter respectively. The fastest time trophy was won by Cameron Karwowski when he held off co-markers Conal Sloan, Chris Heywood and Ray Dunstan respectively.

The junior under 17 grade rode a 24km handicap event over 3 laps of the Lower Wairau circuit. It was Nick Blakiston (off 18m) who rode strongly to hold off the 8 minute group by just 28 seconds for victory. Will Hart led the chasers in for the minor placings from Jess ives and Alex Peter. Scratch marker Callum Streeter out sprinted co- marker Ethan Roach for fastest time honours.

Results:

Open grade- Osgood Cups 54km handicap event, J Roach (off 6m) 1, T Neal (off 6m) 2, A Gifford (off 6m) 3, G Morris (off 6m) 4, B Streeter (off 6m) 5, M Hughes (off 13m) 6, C McCarthy (off 13m) 7, M Loach (off 13m) 8, J Kidd (off 4m) 9, C Murphy (off 6m) 10. Fastest time, C Karwowski (scratch) 79m 30s 1, C Sloan (scratch) s.t. 2, C Heywood (scratch) s.t. 3, R Dunstan (scratch) s.t. 4, D Craig  (1m 30s) 81m 00s 5. Womens fastest time, R Murphy (6m) 84m 40s 1, M Hughes (13m) 90m 46s 2, C McCarthy (13m) s.t. 3.

Junior under 17 grade- 24km handicap event, N Blakistan (off 18m) 1, W Hart (off 8m) 2, J Ives (off 8m) 3, A Peter (off 8m) 4, P Newton (off 14m) 5. Fastest time, C Streeter (scratch) 34m 55s 1, E Roach (scratch) 34m 57s 2, C Saunders (6m) 40m 56s 3.