Junior under 19 rider Brodie Catterick was consistent to win Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Summernite Cycle World Stage Race No1 at Fairhall last Wednesday evening.
The riders encountered warm and wet conditions and competed in a 6km, 11km and 10km stage. Stage one followed a course from Wither Hills Winery to Paynters Road, Benmorven Road and finished up the Morven Lane climb. The whole field almost remained intact until the climb when Catterick took the win from Callum Saunders and Jeremy McKenzie. Stage two completed the Benmorven circuit, went into the Ridge Resort and then finished on the Fairbourne Drive climb. The stage was a win for junior under 17 rider Quinn Karwowski, over Saunders and Catterick. The final stage took the riders out to Godfreys Road before turning to finish back at Wither Hills Winery. With the field splitting at the turn, six riders were clear to contest the sprint home. Karwowski was again prominent to win from Gerard van Antwerpen and McKenzie.
The overall classification went to Catterick by 4 seconds to McKenzie and another 8 seconds to van Antwerpen. The sealed handicap was extremely close with only 4 second separating the first five riders. McKenzie (20s) won by 2 seconds to Graham Henderson (2m30s), another 1 second to Ray Dustan (30s), and another 1 second to Leatham Landon-Lane (1m) and Ben Verhoef (2m30s).
Results:
Summernite series- Cycle World Stage Race No1, Stage One, 6km, B Catterick 9m 33s 1, C Saunders s.t. 2, J McKenzie 9m 34s 3, R Dunstan 9m 39s 4, G van Antwerpen 9m 40s 5. Stage Two, 11km, Q Karwowski 15m 59s 1, C Saunders 16m 00s 2, B Catterick s.t. 3, J McKenzie 16m 03s 4, G van Antwerpen 16m 05s 5. Stage Three, 10km, Q Karwowski 13m 58s 1, G van Antwerpen s.t. 2, J McKenzie s.t. 3, R Dunstan s.t. 4, B Catterick s.t. 5. Overall classification, B Catterick 39m 31s 1, J McKenzie 39m 35s 2, G van Antwerpen 39m 43s 3, R Dunstan 39m 48s 4, Q Karwowski 40m 03s 5. Sealed handicap, J McKenzie (20s) 39m 15s 1, G Henderson (2m 30s) 39m 17s 2, R Dunstan (30s) 39m 18s 3, L Landon-Lane (1m) and B Verhoef (2m 30s) 39m 19s 4 equal.
First Stage Event To Brodie Catterick
November 9th, 2011Karwowski Flying
November 7th, 2011On Monday evening at Athletic Park the junior under 17 riders continued their domination of the early season. After Callum Saunders taking four wins last week, Quinn Karwowski repeated this effort winning the 500m handicap, 1000m scratch, Miss and Out, and 8000m scratch. His effort in the 500m handicap was particularly noteworthy with a scorching time of 35.67s from the scratch mark. Consistent rides came from Gerard van Antwerpen (2 seconds and 2 thirds), Glen Herkt (a second and a third), and Letham Landon-Lane (a second and a third).
Results:
Open grade- 500m handicap, Q Karwowski (scr) 1, G van Antwerpen (50m) 2, G Herkt (25m) 3, N Blakiston (25m) 4, W Hall (scr) 5, 35.67s. 1000m R/S, Q Karwowski 1, L Landon-Lane 2, G van Antwerpen 3, N Blakiston 4, G Henderson 5, 1m 16.30s. Miss and Out, Q Karwowski 1, G van Antwerpen 2, L Landon-Lane 3, N Blakiston 4, G Henderson 5. 8000m R/S, Q Karwowski 1, G Herkt 2, G van Antwerpen 3, L Landon-Lane 4, G Henderson 5, 11m 17.15s. Italian Pursuit, G van Antwerpen, G Herkt, N Blakiston, G Henderson, G Roberts, 2m 56.97s 1, Q Karwowski, L Landon-Lane, M Straker, H Murray, A Morgan, 3m 01.31s 2.
Tony Catterick Takes Windy Win
November 2nd, 2011Tony Catterick sprinted in to take line honours in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s summernite series Cycle World graded race No1 at Fairhall last Wednesday evening.
Conditions were extremely tough for the riders with strong winds on the course starting at Wither Hills Winery and covering laps of the Benmorven circuit before finishing into the Ridge Resort. The ‘A’ grade 41km event covered 4 laps with the leading 8 riders breaking up in the last few kilometres. Catterick just headed off Gerard van Antwerpen for the win with Brodie Catterick 5 seconds back in third place. The ‘B’ grade 32km event covering 3 laps saw 7 riders finish together with Junior under 17 rider Nick Blakiston taking the sprint from Craig Murphy and Michelle Catterick. Georgia Catterick completed a good ride to take the ‘C’ grade event.
Results:
Summernite series- Cycle World Graded Race No1, ‘A’ Grade 41km, T Catterick 62m 05s 1, G van Antwerpen s.t. 2, B Catterick 62m 10s 3, Q Karwowski 62m 19s 4, P Crampton 62m 38s 5. ‘B’ Grade 32km, N Blakiston 52m 45s 1, C Murphy s.t. 2, M Catterick s.t. 3, G Herkt s.t. 4, C Anderson s.t. 5. ‘C’ Grade 32km, G Catterick 52m 45s 1.
Slick Saunders On Track
October 31st, 2011The opening of the track season got underway at Athletic Park last Monday evening with encouraging numbers. Junior under 17 rider Callum Saunders was impressive, cruising to 3 wins in the 1000m scratch, Miss and Out, and 8000m scratch events. Other consistent riders on the night were Gerard van Antwerpen with two seconds and a fourth placing and Glen Herkt with a second, third, and fourth placing.
Results:
1000m R/S, C Saunders 1, G Herkt 2, C Sloan 3, 1m 19.52s. Miss and Out, C Saunders 1, G van Antwerpen 2, G Herkt 3. 8000m R/S, C Saunders 1, G van Antwerpen 2, N Blakiston 3, 11m 40.77s.
First Summernite TT Under Belt For Dunstan
October 26th, 2011Ray Dunstan kept up his impressive time trial record with another convincing win in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s summernite series, Cycle World Time Trial No1, at Fairhall last Wednesday evening.
The opening 16km event drew a small field of hardened riders in the cool and wet conditions on the out and return New Renwick Road course from Wither Hills Winery. With a dead road, but little wind, Dunstan sped over the course to record a good 20m 58s which was only 34 seconds outside his Masters 50-54yrs record. The consistent Gerard van Antwerpen (22m 31s) and Andrew Jamieson (23m 10s) took second and third places respectively. The sealed handicap was extremely close with Graham Henderson taking the win by 1 second from van Antwerpen and just another 6 seconds to the fastest Women, Rhonda Murphy.
Results:
Summernite Series, Cycle World Time Trial No1 16km, R Dunstan 20m 58s 1, G van Antwerpen 22m 31s 2, A Jamieson 23m 10s 3, M Fletcher 24m 58s 4, G Henderson 25m 30s 5, R Murphy 25m 37s 6, J J Payne 26m 31s 7, C Anderson 26m 32s 8, W Hart 26m 54s 9, B Ackroyd 28m 09s 10. Sealed handicap, G Henderson (5m) 20m 30s 1, G van Antwerpen (2m) 20m 31s 2, R Murphy (5m) 20m 37s 3, R Dunstan (scr) 20m 58s 4, J J Payne (5m30s) 21m 01s 5, A Jamieson (2m) 21m 10s 6, M Fletcher (3m) 21m 58s 7, C Anderson (4m30s) 22m 02s 8, W Hart (4m) 22m 54s 9, B Ackroyd (5m) 23m 09s 10.
Van Antwerpen Takes Double Again
October 15th, 2011Gerard van Antwerpen took his second consecutive first place and fastest time in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s final event of the Winter season at Fairhall hall on Saturday afternoon.
The open grade 40km handicap event was ridden in cold and wet conditions twice over the Benmorven, Ridge Resort, Godfreys Road course. As the field closed up all the action happened in the final lap. The scratch pair of Lee Griggs and van Antwerpen went through the middle markers and were in pursuit of the 17 minute front markers Denis Church and Joe Blakiston. The leading pair were caught just 1.5km from home with van Antwerpen taking line honours in the sprint from Griggs. Blakiston headed in Church, 27 seconds later, to take third place.
Results:
Open grade 40km handicap event, G van Antwerpen (off scr) 1, L Griggs (off scr) 2, J Blakiston (off 17m) 3, D Church (off 17m) 4, R Boardman (off 9m) 5, M Murphy (off 3m) 6, D Hutchison (off 4m) 7, F Marfell (off 4m) 8, G Henderson (off 4m) 9, J J Payne (off 4m) 10. Fastest time, G van Antwerpen (scr) 1hr 03m 22s 1, L Griggs (scr) s.t. 2, M Murphy (3m) 1hr 09m 00s 3, D Hutchison (4m) 1hr 11m 08s 4, F Marfell (4m) s.t. 5.
Last Winter Event & Juniors Race In Yunca Tour Of Southland
October 14th, 2011Cuddon Cycling Marlborough will hold their final event of winter from Fairhall tomorrow afternoon.
The open grade and junior under 17 grade will combine in a 43km handicap event covering two laps of the Benmoven, Ridge Resort, Godfreys Road course. The consistent Gerard van Antwerpen will be favoured for time honours with his main competition likely to come from Jeremy McKenzie, Josh Scott, Andrew Jamieson, Ray Dunstan, Tony Catterick and Brody Catterick.
All riders are to assemble at Fairhall hall at 1pm for a 1.30pm start.
Meanwhile, junior riders Leatham Landon-Lane, Callum Saunders, Nick Blakiston and Quinn Karwowski will compete in the Yunca Junior Tour of Southland starting today and finishing on Sunday. On Monday, Saunders will take part in a training camp as part of the National junior under 19 track squad at the ILT Velodrome. The boys will the go on to compete at the ILT Track Cycling Festival from Wednesday to Friday.
Van Antwerpen Victory In Okaramio Hotel Challenge Trophy
October 8th, 2011Scratch rider Gerard van Antwerpen timed his finish perfectly to take first place and fastest time in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Okaramio Hotel Challenge Trophy event at Okaramio last Saturday afternoon.
The open grade 50km handicap event covered a course out to Havelock, and over the Mahakipawa hill to almost Linkwater and return. After a tailwind on the outward journey the riders were tested with cold and wet conditions on the homeward leg. The nine minute markers of Dave Hutchison, Martin Fletcher, Graham Henderson and Frank Marfell worked well together to hit the front at Havelock on the return trip. At Rocky Creek (6km to go) the four were just 300m ahead of scratch markers Van Antwerpen and Lee Griggs, and Mike Murphy (off 5m). With 1km to go the catch was made with a Van Antwerpen attack which saw him ride clear for the win. The close sprint for the minor placings saw Fletcher lead out to hold off Henderson, Murphy and Griggs respectively.
Results:
Open grade- Okaramio Hotel Challenge Trophy 50km handicap, G van Antwerpen (off scr) 1, M Fletcher (off 9m) 2, G Henderson (off 9m) 3, M Murphy (off 5m) 4, L Griggs (off scr) 5, F Marfell (off 9m) 6, D Hutchison (off 9m) 7, D Church (off 20m) 8, B Verhoef (off 5m) 9, G Painter (off 22m) 10. Fastest time, G van Antwerpen (scr) 1hr 19m 34s 1, L Griggs (scr) 1hr 19m 42s 2, M Murphy (5m) 1hr 24m 42s 3, M Fletcher (9m) 1hr 28m 42s 4, G Henderson (9m) s.t. 5.
Okaramio Hotel Challenge for Locals and Juniors Head North
October 7th, 2011Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s open grade riders will compete for the Okaramio Hotel Challenge Trophy from Okaramio tomorrow afternoon.
The open grade 50km handicap event covers a rolling course out to Havelock, and then over the Mahakipawa hill to almost Linkwater and return. The past winners have usually come from strong rides over the Mahakipawa climbs and then holding off the fast finishing back markers over the final 15km from Havelock to Okaramio. Normal scratch markers Gerard van Antwerpen and Andrew Jamieson will be joined by Lee Griggs, Paul Newman, Brent Ackroyd, Antony Clark and David Craig on the scratch mark in their pursuit for fastest time honours.
The majority of the local junior cyclists are travelling North this weekend to compete in the National Schools Cycling Championships in Levin, Palmerston North and Fielding. The riders Leatham Landon-Lane, Peter Crampton, Callum Saunders, Quinn Karwowski and Nick Blakiston will compete in the Sir Bernard Fergusson team time trials on Saturday. On Sunday Saunders will take part in the Tour of Manawatu whilst the other riders compete in road events, and Monday all will ride in points races on the Manfield raceway.
Local riders are to assemble at the Okaramio Hall at 1pm for a 1.30pm start.
Cracking Time By Top Team
October 1st, 2011The top team set a cracking pace to record 52 minutes 37 seconds in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s 40km team time trial event from Renwick on Saturday afternoon.
The open grade event covered an out and return course from the Waihopai turnoff on State Highway 63 to just before Wairau Valley township and return. The riders encountered a head wind on the outward journey with the favourites Ray Dunstan, Gerard van Antwerpen, Andrew Jamieson and Brent Harris turning in 29m 58s. A very quick ride home of 22m 39s (average speed of 52.98kph) gave them a good victory. Although quite a few of the top riders were away two other teams had commendable rides to go under the hour. Antony Clark, Martin Fletcher, Craig Murphy and Brent Ackroyd recorded 57m 10s, whilst the three man team of Ryan Lock, Graham Henderson and Mike Murphy recorded 59m 23s.
The junior team event was a good practice for those riders competing at the National School Championships in Levin next weekend. The five man team of Leatham Landon-Lane, Peter Crampton, Callum Saunders, Quinn Karwowski and Nick Blakiston clocked a good time of 31m 01s over the 21km course.
Results:
Open Grade- 40km team time trial, R Dunstan, G van Antwerpen, A Jamieson, B Harris, 52m 37s 1, A Clark, M Fletcher, C Murphy, B Ackroyd, 57m 10s 2, R Lock, G Henderson, M Murphy, 59m 23s 3, J Kidd, F Marfell, D Hutchison, M McManaway, 63m 17s 4. Sealed handicap, Dunstan, van Antwerpen, Jamieson, Harris (scr) 52m 37s 1, Clark, Fletcher, Murphy, Ackroyd (2m 30s) 54m 40s 2, Kidd, Marfell, Hutchison, McManaway (8m 30s) 54m 47s 3, Lock, Henderson, Murphy (4m 30s) 54m 53s 4.
Junior Grade- 21km team time trial, L Landon-Lane, P Crampton, C Saunders, Q Karwowski, Blakiston, 31m 01s 1.