Time Trial tonight – not part of Summer Series – Meet Wither Hills Winery from 6pm might delay start 1/2 half to see if wind drops…….
Archive for December, 2009
Time Trial tonight
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009Three Records Topple In TT
Sunday, December 20th, 2009Three records toppled at Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Cycle World time trial No3 at Fairhall last Wednesday evening.
The 15.2 km event on the New Renwick Road/Godfreys Road out and return course drew a good field with almost perfect conditions. A close tussle amongst the top riders saw Jono Lee record a personal best of 20m 54s to head off newcomer to Blenheim Tom Franciss (20m 56s) and ray Dunstan (21m 09s). Fourth place and humming along was National club time trial champion Bronwen Frazer (21m 38s) who broke her own Womens record, set just 2 weeks ago, by an amazing 1m 01s. Martin Fletcher (22m 32s) lowered his own 55yrs+ record set last February by 16s, whilst Rhonda Murphy (23m 41s) broke her own Womens 35-44yrs record set 4 weeks ago by 12s. The sealed handicap went to Joe Blakiston by just 2 seconds to Stuart Curnow with Andrew Curnow another 9 seconds back in third place.
Results:
Cycle World TT No3- J Lee 20m 54s 1, T Franciss 20m 56s 2, R Dunstan 21m 09s 3, B Frazer 21m 38s (*New Womens Record) 4, C Heywood 21m 52s 5, E Roach 22m 20s 6, M Fletcher 22m 32s (*New Masters 55+ Record) 7, R Lock 22m 55s 8, A Curnow 23m 04s 9, I Shapcott 23m 18s 10, R Murphy 23m 41s (*New Womens 35-44yrs Recod) 12. Sealed handicap, J Blakiston (7m) 19m 38s 1, S Curnow (7m 30s) 19m 40s 2, A Curnow (3m 15s) 19m 49s 3, R Lock (3m) 19m 55s 4, B Ackroyd (5m) and M Fletcher (2m 30s) 20m 02s 5 equal, C Saunders (3m 40s) 20m 03s 7, B Frazer (1m 30s) 20m 08s 8, J Kidd (3m 15s) 20m 09s 9, R Golding (5m) 20m 16s 10.
Karwowski Back
Monday, December 14th, 2009Junior World champion Cameron Karwowski cleaned up on his return to Athletic Park at Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s track meeting last week.
Karwowski just cruised through the night with wins in the 1000m scratch, points race, 8000m scratch, and third in the 500m handicap event. Leading all the way in the 1000m scratch event he just cruised to clock a very fast time of 1m 09s. Other performers on the night were Jono Lee with 3 second places and Gerard van Antwerpen with 2 third places. Callum Saunders was the dominant junior under 17 rider with wins in the 1000m scratch race and points race. Quinn Karwowski and Nick Blakiston performed well with good placings.
Results:
Open grade- 1000m scratch, C Karwowski 1, J Lee 2, G van Antwerpen 3, 1m 09s. Points race, C Karwowski 18pt 1, J Lee 12pt 2, G Henderson 5pt 3. 500m handicap, I Buunck (180m) 1, J Kidd (90m) 2, C Karwowski (scr) 3, 36.87s. 8000m scratch, C Karwowski 1, J Lee 2, G van Antwerpen 3, 11m 17s.
Junior U17 grade- 1000m scratch, C Saunders 1, Q Karwowski 2, N Blakiston 3, 1m 24.72s. 500m handicap, Q Karwowski (30m) 1, N Blakiston (50m) N McIntyre (80m) 3, 39.27s. Points race, C Saunders 18pt 1, N Blakiston 13pt 2, Q Karwowski 9pt 3. 500m tt, C Saunders 40.34s.
NEW SUNDAY BUNCH RIDE
Thursday, December 10th, 2009There is a new bunch ride leaving queen street car park at 6am this sunday morning for a ride aroung the grove. This is a bunch ride not a race!!!!! C U there
Windy Conditions For Graded Events
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Windy conditions was a big factor in the final results of Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s graded racing at Fairhall last wednesday evening.
The ‘A’ grade 41km event started at Wither Hills Winery and covered 4 laps of the Benmorven circuit before finishing up the Ridge Resort hill. The front group whittled down to 5 riders into the finish with Brendan Neylon taking line honours from Conway Taylor, Gerard van Antwerpen, Ethan Roach and Richard Anderson. The ‘B’ grade 32km event covered 3 laps of Benmorven with the front group breaking up in the final stages. Andrew Curnow rocketed up the final climb to finish 51 seconds clear of Martin Fletcher and Brent Ackroyd. The’C’ grade also covered 3 laps with Roger Golding taking victory by 8 seconds to Joe Blakiston with Stuart Curnow another minute down in third place.
Results:
Road- A grade 41km, B Neylon 63m 03s 1, C Taylor 63m 04s 2, G van Antwerpen 63m 07s 3, E Roach 63m 14s 4, R Anderson 63m 15s 5. B grade 32km, A Curnow 54m 21s 1, M Fletcher 55m 12s 2, B Ackroyd 55m 16s 3, M Bruce 55m 29s 4, W Hart 55m 58s 5. C grade 32km, R Golding 66m 00s 1, J Blakiston 66m 08s 2, S Curnow 67m 09s 3, D Church 71m 21s 4, J Fry 73m 01s 5.
Lee Keeps Dominating
Monday, December 7th, 2009Track racing at Athletic Park again saw Jono Lee as the dominant figure in the Open grade with wins in the 1000m scratch, miss and out, 8000m scratch and a second place in the 500m handicap event. Jamie Kidd showed good form to win the 500m handicap plus took 2 third placings and Wayne Smith also took two third placings.
Results:
Track- Open grade, 1000m scratch, J Lee 1, A Curnow 2, W Smith 3. Miss and out, J Lee 1, G Henderson 2, J Kidd 3. 500m handicap, J Kidd 1, J Lee 2, W Smith 3. 8000m scratch, J Lee 1, G van Antwerpen 2, J Kidd 3, 11m 46s. Junior under 17 grade, 500m time trial, C Saunders 42.68s 1, N Blakiston 44.72s 2.
Wednesday Worlds
Monday, December 7th, 2009Wednesday Worlds, meet at Witherhills Winery Wednesday 9th & 23rd of December @ 6pm for a 6.30 start for the club race.
A grade 40km / 4 laps of Benmorven, B & C grade 3 laps (31km)
No warm up needed, massed start, neutral section to the golf course, graded big bunch racing.
Bring $5.00 to enter.
Have a hit out on the bike and return to the Cornerstone on the 23rd for a few beers
Frazer Betters Record
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009National club time trial champion Bronwen Frazer smashed her own Womens record by 11 seconds in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Bike HQ time trial No2 at Fairhall last Wednesday evening.
After a rainy day and cool conditions, only a handfull of riders were able to improve on their previous time over the New Renwick Rd/Godfrey Rd 15.2km course. Ray Dunstan was the fastest rider of the night with a good time of 20m 46s just 18sec outside of his Masters 45-54yr record. Second place went to Jono Lee (21m 53s) with Frazer (22m 28s) taking a good third placing. The sealed handicap honours went to junior under 15 rider Quinn Karwowski (6m) 20m 31s from Callum Saunders (4m) 20m 40s with Joe Blakiston (7m 20s) 20m 43s in third place.
Results:
Bike HQ time trial 15.2km- R Dunstan 20m 46s 1, J Lee 21m 53s 2, B Frazer 22m 28s *New Womens record, 3, Paul Johnson 22m 52s 4, R Murphy 24m 14s 5, C Saunders 24m 40s 6, I Shapcott 24m 52s 7, M Spiers 25m 14s 8, D MacKenzie 26m 00s 9, G Henderson 26m 05s 10. Sealed handicap, Q Karwowski (6m) 20m 31s 1, C Saunders (4m) 20m 40s 2, J Blakiston (7m 20s) 20m 43s 3, R Dunstan (Scr) 20m 46s 4, W Hart (5m 30s) 20m 47s 5, B Frazer (1m 40s) 20m 48s 6, R Murphy (2m 50s) 21m 24s 7, G Henderson (4m 20s) 21m 45s 8, I Shapcott (3m) 21m 52s 9, J Lee (Scr) 21m 53s 10.