Archive for April, 2009

Sprint To McManaway

Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Mike McManaway outsprinted his co-markers to take victory in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Van Antwerpen Trophies event at Grovetown last Saturday afternoon.
The open grade 44km handicap event started and finished in Vickerman Street, Grovetown, taking in three laps of the Lower Wairau circuit. With the exception of the scratch group the handicap bunches had closed up over the first two laps heading for a grandstand finish. Stuart Curnow and Almuth Waechter (off 18m) were unlucky to be caught by the 9 minute bunch 800m from home. This group was being chased down rapidly by the combined 4m break and 6m bunch over the final 2 kilometres. With a strong leadout by Bryan Streeter, Graham Henderson started the sprint to the line to be overhauled by McManaway’s strong finish over the last 30 metres. Chris Ireland took third place from mary Lister and Peter Burge. Only 10 seconds back Glen Herkt (break), Marcel Mulder and Andrew Curnow headed in the large chasing group.
The fastest time trophy went to scratchmarker Conway Taylor from co-markers Gerard van Antwerpen and Josh Scott.
The junior under 17 grade competed in a 24km handicap event over one and a half laps of the open circuit for the Amtman and Sincock Trophies. Solo scratchman Ethan Roach worked hard to reach the front of the field in the latter stages. The sprint to the line saw Roach take first place to give him a well deserved  handicap and time honours. Roach’s time was only 17 seconds outside the record set by Conal Sloan in 2006. Sonia Ginders (6m)  and Will Hart (4m) were second and third respectively.
Results:
Open grade- Van Antwerpen Trophies 44km hcp, M Mcmanaway (9m) 1, G Henderson (9m) 2, C Ireland (9m) 3, M Lister (9m) 4, P Burge (9m) 5, W Smith (9m) 6, B Streeter (9m) 7, G Herkt (4m) 8, M Mulder (4m) 9, T Neal (4m) 10. Fastest time, C Taylor (scr) 65m 50s 1, G van Antwerpen (scr) s.t. 2, J Scott (scr) s.t. 3, C Heywood (scr) s.t. 4, R Dunstan (scr) s.t. 5. Fastest Woman, R Murphy (6m) 68m 40s 1, M Lister (9m) 71m 30s 2.
Junior under 17 grade- Amtman/Sincock Trophies 24km hcp, E Roach (scr) 1, S Ginders (6m) 2, W Hart (4m) 3, D Cresswell (6m) 4, T Cresswell (13m) 5. Fastest time, E Roach (scr) 39m 51s 1, W Hart (4m) 43m 51s 2, S Ginders (6m0 45m 51s 3.

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Southlander Tomlinson Cleans Up

Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Visiting Southland rider Hamish Tomlinson took first place and fastest time in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Anderson Rosebowl event at Okaramio on Saturday afternoon.
The open grade 35km handicap event to Havelock and return was ridden in fine mild conditions. Denis Church and new rider Donna Kerr (off 17m) were first to turn for home with the rest of the field gradually closing in. The large scratch group caught the 4 minute break group at Rocky Creek. The climb over the Rocky Creek hill saw the backmarkers split and rapidly pulled in the riders ahead over the last few kilometres. Tomlinson was on a solo break and caught the front with a couple of kilometres to go. The sprint to the line saw Tomlinson win comfortably from first local Todd Neal (off 6m) who took the trophy, followed by Pete Halligan (6m), Chris Ireland (7m), and Wayne Smith (7m).
Tomlinson scored fastest time by 3 seconds to Gerard van Antwerpen and a further 7 seconds to Josh Scott. 
The junior under 17 grade competed in a 18km handicap event on the northbank Road for the Keighley Cup. A top ride by Daniel Cresswell (off 4m 30s) saw him ride through the field to take line honoursby over a minute from his nearest rival, brother Thomas Cresswell (off 9m). Another 30 seconds back the scratchmen sprinted for third place with Quinn Karwowski taking the fastest time honours from co-marker Will Hart.
Results:
Open grade- Anderson Rosebowl 35km hcp, H Tomlinson (off scr) 1, T Neal (off 6m) (Anderson Rosebowl) 2, P Halligan (off 6m) 3, C Ireland (off 7m) 4, W Smith (off 7m) 5, B Streeter (off 7m) 6, J Kidd (off 4m) 7, G van Antwerpen (off scr) 8, J Scott (off scr) 9, A Clark (off 4m) 10m. Fastest time, H Tomlinson (scr) 48m 04s 1, G van Antwerpen (scr) 48m 07s 2, J Scott (scr) 48m 14s 3, C Karwowski (scr) 48m 19s 4, P Johnson (scr) 50m 35s 5.
Junior under 17 grade- Keighly Cup 18km hcp, D Cresswell (off 4m 30s) 1, T Cresswell (off 9m) 2, Q Karwowski (off scr) 3, W Hart (off scr) 4, N McIntyre (off 4m 30s) 5. Fastest time, Q Karwowski (scr) 33m 27s 1, W Hart (scr) 33m 30s 2, E Jacoby (scr) 36m 03s 3.

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