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Veteran Ray Dunstan stamped his authority on Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s time trial events when he took a convincing victory in the Henderson Brothers Cups event from Renwick on Saturday afternoon.

The open grade 51.5km time trial covered a rolling course from Forrest Estate Winery to Havelock and return. The riders faced cold conditions (4 degrees) with an easy ride out and a battle into the head wind between Havelock and Okaramio on the return journey. Dunstan was in control at the turn posting a 32 minutes 44 seconds to be up on Cameron Karwowski (33m 32s) and George Baxter (35m 17s). Dunstan kept his rythem to finish in a good time of 1hr 12m 47s with Karwowski (1hr 14m 23s) and Baxter (1hr 17m 52s) taking the minor placings respectively. The sealed handicap cup was won with a good ride from Craig Murphy to finish 50 seconds up on Graham Henderson with another 11 seconds to Stephen Rooney.

The junior under 17 grade competed in a 16km time trial event twice around the Vintage Lane circuit for the Dooley Cup. Top rider Callum Streeter was in command with a consistent ride to take the win with a time of 26m 12s. Jamie Hawke (26m 52s) impressed to take second only loosing 20 seconds a lap to Streeter without the use of tri-bars. Pim Greven, improving with every ride took a good third place (28m 40s) and also cleaned up in the sealed handicap to win by 25 seconds to Piers Landon-Lane and another 26 seconds to Will Hart.

Results:

Open grade- Henderson Brothers Cups, 51.5km time trial, R Dunstan 1hr 12m 47s 1, C Karwowski 1hr 14m 23s 2, G Baxter 1hr 17m 52s 3, C Heywood 1hr 21m 29s 4, S Rooney 1hr 22m 42s 5, C Murphy 1hr 24m 41s 6, G Henderson 1hr 27m 31s 7, M Lister 1hr 32m 02s 8, M McManaway 1hr 33m 39s 9, P Burge 1hr 43m 24s 10. Sealed handicap, C Murphy (15m) 1hr 09m 41s 1, G Henderson (17m) 1hr 10m 31s 2, S Rooney (12m) 1hr 10m 42s 3, C Karwowski (2m 30s) 1hr 11m 53s 4, R Dunstan (scr) 1hr 12m 47s 5.

Junior under 17 grade- Dooley Cup, 16km time trial, C Streeter 26m 12s 1, J Hawke 26m 52s 2, P Greven 28m 40s 3, L Landon-Lane 30m 35s 4, W Hart 31m 01s 5, H Barnett 31m 21s 6, Q Karwowski 31m 36s 7, C Saunders 31m 43s 8, N Blakiston 34m 31s 9, D Cresswell 35m 17s 10. Sealed handicap, P Greven (4m) 24m 40s 1, P Landon-Lane (11m) 25m 05s 2, W Hart (4m 30s) 25m 31s 3, N Blakiston (9m) 25m 41s 4, J Hawke (1m) 25m 52s 5.  

Veteran Glen Herkt exploded out of the leading pack for a convincing sprint win in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s David Duff Memorial Trophy event at Fairhall on Saturday afternoon.

The open grade 56km massed start event covered a course from Fairhall hall, around the large Hawkesbury circuit 4 times and return. Although there was a good pace from the start the cool and calm conditions saw a large lead group of 15 riders still intact at the end of the first lap. This group was only reduced to 12 riders on the last lap with the normal scratch riders not being able to shake any others on the way home. A strong sprint to the line saw Herkt emerge out of the pack to take victory from Tony Catterick, Jamie Kidd, Mark Grammer and Marty Bruce. The sealed handicap was won with a consistent ride by Cassandra Smith (off 38m) by just 10 seconds to sister Rhonda Murphy (off 11m) and another 2m 30s to Todd Neal (off 6m) in third place.

The junior under 17 grade also competed in a massed start event over 26km over 2 laps of the small Hawkesbury circuit and return for the Newport Trophy. It was no surprise to see the top three riders go clear early and line up for the sprint home. A tactical sprint saw Callum Streeter in control to take the win from Ethan Roach and Jamie Hawke respectively. The sealed handicap went to Will Hart (off 9m) just under 2 minutes clear of Streeter (scr) and Roach (scr).

Results:

Open grade- David Duff Memorial Trophy 56km, G Herkt 1hr 23m 01s 1, T Catterick s.t. 2, J Kidd s.t. 3, M Grammer s.t. 4, M Bruce s.t. 5, T Neal s.t. 6, C Heywood s.t. 7, B Frazer s.t. 8, A Clark s.t. 9, S Rooney s.t. 10. Sealed handicap, C Smith (off 38m) 1hr 14m 20s 1, R Murphy (off 11m) 1hr 14m 30s 2, T Neal (off 6m) 1hr 17m 01s 3, N Campbell (off 8m) 1hr 17m 32s 4, A Clark (off 4m 30s) 1hr 18m 31s 5, G Looman (0ff 6m) 1hr 19m 34s 6, G Herkt (off 3m) 1hr 20m 01s 7, J Kidd (off 3m) s.t. 8, M Grammer (off 3m) s.t 9, M Bruce (off 3m) s.t. 10.

Junior under 17 grade- Newport Trophy 26km, C Streeter 41m 20s 1, E Roach s.t. 2, J Hawke 41m 21s 3, L Landon-Lane 47m 52s 4, W Hart 48m31s 5. Sealed handicap, W Hart (off 9m) 39m 31s 1, C Streeter (off scr) 41m 20s 2, E Roach (off scr) s.t. 3, J Hawke (off scr) 41m 21s 4, S Ginders (off 9m) 41m 28s 5. 

Cuddon Cycling Marlborough comfortably retained the Nelson/Marlborough interclub shields after a no show from Nelson clubs in the final round at Fairhall on Saturday afternoon.

The open grade 50km handicap event for the H G Hunter Memorial Shield saw Cuddon Cycling Marlborough go into the final round with a good lead of 111 points to Star and Garter Wheelers 88 points and Cycling Nelson 11 points. A good field of local riders braved the cool and wet conditions, covering 2 laps of the Hawkesbury/Benmorven circuit before finishing up the Ridge Resort hill. The scratch group gathered in the break bunch (2m 30s) and the 5 minute groups early in the second lap and continued their chase of the middle to front markers. The 5 strong 10 minute group were unlucky to be caught 2km from home with front marker Denis Church (off 31m) being caught on the Ridge hill finish. Junior under 19 scratch rider Cameron Karwowski took double honours with the win and fastest time from co-markers Chris Heywood and Ray Dunstan. With Cuddon Cycling Marlborough taking the maximum points (210) the H G Hunter Memorial Shield was retained.

The junior under 17 grade rode a 24km handicap event over the open course finishing at Fairhall Hall. Elodie Jacoby (off 14m) rode a strong solo race to take line honours 50 seconds clear of 8 minute markers Pim Greven and Leatham Landon-Lane. Fastest time was taken by scratch rider Callum Streeter who outsprinted his co-marker Ethan Roach. Cuddon Cycling Marlborough easily retained the Picton Shield after overcoming a first round deficit in Nelson.

Results:

Open grade- Interclub 50km handicap, C Karwowski (off scr) 1, C Heywood (off scr) 2, R Dunstan (off scr) 3, S Rooney (off 2m 30s) 4, M Bruce (off 2m 30s) 5, G Ludemann (off 5m) 6, P Halligan (off 10m) 7, D Craig (off scr) 8, M Mulder (off 2m 30s) 9, M Murphy (off 5m) 10. Fastest time, C Karwowski (scr) 1hr 16m 48s 1, C Heywood (scr) 1hr 16m 57s 2, R Dunstan (scr) 1hr 17m 00s 3, D Craig (scr) 1hr 17m 15s 4, B Frazer (scr) 1hr 17m 19s 5. H G Hunter Memorial Shield final result, Cuddon Cycling Marlborough 321pt, Star & Garter Wheelers 88pt, Cycling Nelson 11pt.

Junior under 17 grade- Interclub 24km handicap, E Jacoby (14m) 1, P Greven (8m) 2, L Landon-Lane (8m) 3, P Landon-Lane (18m) 4, C Streeter (scr) 5. Fastest time, C Streeter (scr) 38m 16s 1, E Roach (scr) s.t. 2, P Greven (8m) 45m 18s 3. Picton Shield final result, Cuddon Cycling Marlborough 68pt, Cycling Nelson 25pt, Star & Garter Wheelers 17pt. 

Jamie Kidd’s awesome effort over the last 6 kilometres saw him snatch victory in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Okaramio Hotel Challenge Trophy event at Okaramio last Saturday afternoon.

The open grade 50km handicap event covered a rolling course out to Havelock over the Mahakipawa hill to almost Linkwater and return. The Mahakipawa hill was the test for most riders for their bunches to stay intact. The 4 minute break bunch was solid and started to mow its way through the field on the homeward journey. Kidd and Mark Grammer had ridden away for a short period but were soon caght by their co-markers again. Kidd made his big move on the Rocky Creek hill and time trialled home to take line honours 5 seconds ahead of a 10 strong group. Josh Roach (4m) took the sprint for second place ahead of Todd Neal (6m), Rhonda Murphy (10m) and Stephen Rooney (4m).

The large scratch group came in 2 minutes 30 seconds later with Ray Dunstan taking the sprint for fastest time from David Craig, Bronwen Frazer and Brendan Neylon.

Results:

Okaramio Hotel Challenge Trophy 50km handicap, J Kidd (off 4m) 1, j Roach (off 4m) 2, T Neal (off 6m) 3, R Murphy (off 10m) 4, S Rooney (off 4m) 5, B Streeter (off 6m) 6, C Murphy (off 6m) 7, A Gifford (off 6m) 8, M Mulder (off 4m) 9, M Grammer (off 4m) 10. Fastest time, R Dunstan (scr) 1hr 16m 59s 1, D Craig (scr) s.t. 2, B Frazer (scr) s.t. 3, B Neylon (scr) s.t. 4, P Newman (scr) 1hr 17m 13s 5.