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Junior under 19 rider Will Hart rode a strong race to take line honours in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s open grade handicap event at Fairhall last Saturday afternoon.
The open grade 40km handicap event started and finished at Fairhall hall taking in one lap of the Benmorven circuit and two laps of the large Hawkesbury circuit. During the first lap of Hawkesbury the 9 minute markers hit the front of the field whilst the strong scratch and break groups closed in. The final lap of Hawkesbury saw Hart (off 9min) and junior under 17 co-marker Georgia Catterick go clear in their bid for line honours. The scratch group caught the 2min 30s break group with 7km to go and were in hot pursuit. The leading pair dug deep with Hart taking victory by 3 seconds from Catterick. Just 45 seconds back fourteen riders lined up for the sprint to the line with scratch rider Gerard van Antwerpen taking a confident third place and fastest time honours from Callum Saunders (scr), Quinn Karwowski (2m 30s), Brodie Catterick (scr), and Andrew Jamieson (scr) respectively.
The junior under 17 grade competed in a 13km handicap event out to Godfreys Road and return. Front marker Shaun Woods (off 6m) rode a fine solo effort to keep the rest of the field at bay to take line honours by 34 seconds to his nearest rival. Scratch rider Thomas Westend produced another strong ride to take second place just ahead of the 4 minute markers Bryce Blackmore, Belle Saunders and Maygen Cohen respectively.
Results:
Open grade- 40km handicap, W Hart (off 9m) 1, G Catterick (off 9m) 2, G van Antwerpen (off scr) 3, C Saunders (off scr) 4, Q Karwowski (off 2m 30s) 5, B Catterick (off scr) 6, A Jamieson (off scr) 7, P Crampton (off scr) 8, C Anderson (off 2m 30s) 9, M Murphy (off 2m 30s) 10. Fastest time, G van Antwerpen (scr) 57m 45s 1, C Saunders (scr) s.t. 2, B Catterick (scr) s.t. 3, A Jamieson (scr) s.t. 4, P Crampton (scr) s.t. 5.
Junior under 17 grade- 13km handicap, S Woods (off 6m) 1, T Westend (off scr) 2, B Blackmore (off 4m) 3, B Saunders (off 4m) 4, M Cohen (off 4m) 5, C Caughey (off scr) 6, C Grammer (off 1m) 7, L Smith (off 1m) 8, E Brydon (off scr) 9, H Trollope (off 1m) 10. Fastest time, T Westend (scr) 21m 38s 1, C Caughey (scr) 21m 54s 2, E Brydon (scr) 22m 53s 3, C Grammer (1m) 22m 56s 4, L Smith (1m) 23m 23s 5.

Top junior under 17 rider Quinn Karwowski produced a strong sprint finish to head off his older rivals in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s open grade event at Renwick last Saturday afternoon.
The open grade 40km handicap event covered a rolling course from the Grove Mill Winery to just above Craiglochart and return. On the tailwind outward journey it was evident that the 8 strong 4 minute break group were going to rival the scratch group for time, being only 35 seconds down at the turn. This group hit the front of the field with 5km to go with 11 riders lining up for the final sprint to the line. Karwowski produced the goods to hold off a fast finishing Glen Herkt, Nick Blakiston, Mike Murphy and Graham Henderson. The scratch riders lost a few seconds on the return journey but still took time by 29 seconds with Callum Saunders winning over Gerard van Antwerpen and Jeremy McKenzie.
The junior under 17 grade of new riders lined up for a 16km handicap event to the Spy Base and return. Break riders Callum Caughey and Christopher Grammer (off 1min) hit the front of the field just after the turn for home. The ride of the day belonged to scratch marker Thomas Westend who chased hard to catch the pair a few kiometres from home. Caughey produced a strong finish to take the handicap win from Westend who took second place and fastest time honours. Grammer was 26 seconds back to take a good third place. Another 46s back was Dagmar van Antwerpen (off 3m) who was fastest girl, with Niels van Antwerpen (off 5m), Sam Spencer (off 5m), Shaun Woods (off 5m) and Belle Saunders (off 3m) next respectively.
Results:
Open grade- 40km handicap, Q Karwowski (off 4m) 1, G Herkt (off 4m) 2, N Blakiston (off 4m) 3, M Murphy (off 4m) 4, G Henderson (off 12m) 5, M McManaway (off 16m) 6, C Anderson (off 4m) 7, A Gifford (off 4m) 8, D Craighead (off 16m) 9, L Landon-Lane (off 4m) 10. Fastest time, C Saunders (scr) 59m 56s 1, G van Antwerpen (scr) s.t. 2, J McKenzie (scr) s.t. 3, Q Karwowski (4m) 60m 25s 4, G Herkt (4m) s.t. 5.
Junior Under 17 grade- 16km handicap, C Caughey (off 1m) 1, T Westend (off scr) 2, C Grammer (off 1m) 3, D van Antwerpen (off 3m) 4, N van Antwerpen (off 5m) 5. Fastest time, T Westend (scr) 30m 14s 1, C Caughey (1m) 31m 14s 2, C Grammer (1m) 31m 40s 3.

Junior under 19 riders Peter Crampton and Callum Saunders relished the hilltop finish to take the top placings respectively at Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s handicap event at Fairhall on Saturday afternoon.
The open grade 43km handicap event started at Fairhall hall and covered two laps of the Ridge Resort, Godfreys Road, Benmorven circuit. The strong scratch group scorched through the field to hit the front with approximately 12 kilometres to go. With the pace high only Mike Murphy and Bruce Heron (Nelson) from the 2m 30s break group managed to stay with them. The sprint to the line at the Ridge top saw Crampton hold off Saunders with co-marker Gerard van Antwerpen 7 seconds back in third place followed by Jeremy McKenzie and Josh Scott a further 7 seconds back.
The junior under 17 grade 18km new riders event covered two laps of the Benmorven circuit. Callum Caughey headed off Christopher Grammer for line honours with Bryce Blackmore recording third place.
Results:
Open grade- 43km handicap event, P Crampton (off scr) 1, C Saunders (off scr) 2, G van Antwerpen (off scr) 3, J McKenzie (off scr) 4, J Scott (off scr) 5, B Heron (off 2m30s) 6, M Murphy (off 2m30s) 7, M Bruce (off 6m30s) 8, A Clark (off 2m30s) 9, B Verhoef (off 2m30s) 10. Fastest time, P Crampton (scr) 1hr 4m 11s 1, C Saunders s.t. 2, G van Antwerpen 1hr 4m 18s 3, J McKenzie 1hr 4m 25s 4, J Scott s.t. 5.

Junior under 19 rider Callum Saunders won a tight sprint to claim the Ray Squire Memorial Cup in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Troubador Trophy event at Rapaura last Saturday afternoon.
The open grade 66km massed start event covered 6 laps of the Hammerichs Road, Old Renwick Road, O’Dwyers Road, Rapaura Road circuit. A fast pace and general tactics by the top riders saw the front group weeded down to 8 riders after two laps. Several breakaway attempts over the final laps failed with 7 riders lining up for the final sprint. With 200m to go Saunders hammered it into the last corner to hold off Leatham Landon-Lane and Gerard van Antwerpen to take line honours. Jeremy McKenzie, Glen Herkt, Andrew Jamieson and Josh Scott took the next places respectively. The Troubador Trophy for the sealed handicap deservedly went to Landon-Lane (off 3m) with a strong ride from Herkt (off 3m) and Scott (off 1m 30s). The junior under 17 grade Troubador Trophy (33km) went to Quinn Karwowski.
Results:
Open grade- Troubador Trophy/Ray Squire Memorial Cup, C Saunders 1hr 41m 00s 1, L Landon-Lane s.t. 2, G van Antwerpen s.t. 3, J McKenzie s.t. 4, G Herkt s.t. 5, A Jamieson s.t. 6, J Scott s.t. 7, N Blakiston 1hr 45m 31s 8, M Cameron (Nelson) 1hr 48m 25s 9, M Fletcher s.t. 10. Sealed handicap, L Landon-Lane (3m) 1hr 38m 00s 1, G Herkt (3m) s.t. 2, J Scott (1m 30s) 1hr 39m 30s 3, C Saunders (scr) 1hr 41m 00s 4, G van Antwerpen s.t. 5.

Henry Harvey produced a strong ride in the last few kilometres to take victory in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s handicap event at Fairhall last Saturday afternoon.
The 45km open grade event covered two laps of a course including the Benmorven circuit, Ridge Resort climbs, New Renwick Road and Godfreys Road. At the end of the first lap the 6 minute markers had reduced to four with Harvey, Marty Bruce, Will Hart, and Graham Henderson having added Wayne Palatchie (off 13m) to their group. Scratch markers Jeremy McKenzie and Callum Saunders had also pulled in the 3 minute break markers at this point. The climb on the Ridge in the final lap saw Harvey go clear of Bruce and Hart, with McKenzie and Saunderscatching this pair with approximately 5km to go. Harvey fought on valiantly to take a well deserved line honours by 21 seconds to McKenzie and Saunders who took the minor placings and fastest times respectively.
Results:
Open grade handicap 45km- H Harvey (off 6m) 1, J McKenzie (off scratch) 2, C Saunders (off scratch) 3, M Bruce (off 6m) 4, W Hart (off 6m) 5, A Clark (off 3m) 6, A Gifford (off 3m) 7, T Neal (off 3m) 8, C Ireland (off 3m) 9, R Murphy (off 6m) 10. Fastest time, J McKenzie (scr) 1hr 10m 10s 1, C Saunders (scr) s.t. 2, A Clark (3m) 1hr 15m 40s 3, H Harvey (6m) 1Hr 15m 49s 4, A Gifford (3m) 1Hr 15m 59s 5.

Gerard van Antwerpen was in top form to convincingly win Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Medway two stage event from Riverlands on Saturday afternoon.
The opening 42km handicap stage covered a course over the Weld Pass and Dashwood Pass and then up the Awatere Road to finish on the Medway hill. The 10 minute group made good progress over the hills with Craig Murphy and Rene de Ruiter going clear with approximately 10km to go. Murphy took line honours over de Ruiter on the sharp climb to the finish. Just over 2 minutes later lone scratchman van Antwerpen took a good third place after riding through the rest of the field. Van Antwerpen recorded the fastest time over Quinn Karwowski (off 1m) and Mike Murphy (off 1m).
The final massed start 40km stage back to Riverlands saw van Antwerpen and Mike Murphy go clear on the first climb approximately 7km from the start. Increasing their lead van Antwerpen made his winning break on the Weld Pass for a clear win over Murphy by 1m 01s. Martin Fletcher headed in a group of six riders another 1m 40s back to claim third place. The sealed handicap was won by visiting Christchurch rider Martin Langridge (6m) over Mike Murphy (2m) and Ben Verhoef (3m 30s).
The overall classification winner was van Antwerpen (2hr 15m 24s) from Murphy (at 3m 43s) and Fletcher (at 6m 04s). The overall handicap victor was Langridge on 6pts from Craig Murphy 6pt and Mike Murphy 5pt.
Results:
Medway 2 Stage- Stage One 42km, C Murphy (off 10m) 1, R de Ruiter (off 10m) 2, G van Antwerpen (off scr) 3, Q Karwowski (off 1m) 4, M Fletcher (off 3m) 5, C Anderson (off 3m) 6, G Ludemann (off 7m) 7, D Craig (off 3m) 8, G Henderson (off 10m) 9, M Murphy (off 1m) 10. Fastest time, G van Antwerpen (off scr) 1hr 10m 44s 1, Q Karwowski (off 1m) 1hr 12m 03s 2, M Murphy (off 1m) 1hr 13m 26s, M Fletcher (off 3m) 1hr 14m 08s 4, C Anderson (off 3m) s.t. 5.
Stage Two 40km, G van Antwerpen 1hr 04m 40s 1, M Murphy 1hr 05m 41s 2, M Fletcher 1hr 07m 20s 3, B Verhoef s.t. 4, C Anderson s.t. 5, G Ludemann s.t 6, C Ireland s.t. 7, M Power s.t. 8, C Murphy 1hr 08m 45s 9, M Langridge 1hr 09m 12s 10. Handicap, M Langridge (6m) 1hr 03m 12s 1, M Murphy (2m) 1hr 03m 21s 2, B Verhoef 1hr 03m 50s 3, C Ireland s.t. 4, M Power s.t. 5.
General Classification, G van Antwerpen 2hr 15m 24s 1, M Murphy 2hr19m 07s 2, M Fletcher 2hr 21m 28s 3, C Anderson s.t. 4, G Ludemann s.t. 5. Handicap, M Langridge 6pt 1, C Murphy 6pt 2, M Murphy 5pt 3, G van Antwerpen 5pt 4, R de Ruiter 5pt 5.