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Veteran Brian Grant, of the Star and Garter Wheelers club in Nelson, had a convincing win in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s 80km open championship at Fairhall on Saturday afternoon.

Cassandra Smith had a strong ride to take victory in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s handicap event on the Northbank Road last Saturday afternoon.

Good conditions provided close times between the top two Cuddon Cycling Marlborough teams in last Saturday’s centre team time trial event at Renwick.

Cameron Karwowski was to strong in the final sprint to take first place and fastest time in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Pelorus Cup event from Canvastown last Saturday afternoon.

Cameron Karwowski and Todd Neal were in control to take the Whatamango trophies for fastest time and handicap respectively in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s 3 stage event last Saturday.

The open grade 27km first stage from Blenheim to Picton saw 11 riders stay in the front group until the climb on the Elevation just 3km from the line. Seven riders lined up for the sprint with Conal Sloan and Gerard van Antwerpen gaining 1 second over George Baxter, Neal, Karwowski, Chris Heywood and Ray Dunstan respectively. Neal managing to finish with the top riders took the sealed handicap by 7 seconds to Rhonda Murphy and Brent Ackroyd.

Stage two, a 10km time trial, covered a course from Waikawa to the top of Port Underwood taking in the gruelling Whatamango hill climb. Karwowski posted the winning time of 27m 49s to gain a 6 second lead over Baxter with Dunstan another 32 seconds back. The handicap points went convincingly to Peter Burge with an 1m 18s gap to Craig Murphy and another 14 seconds to the consistent Neal. 

The final stage from Picton back to Blenheim created an interesting situation with only 6 seconds separating Karwowski and Baxter. With time bonus sprints worth 8,6,4, and 2 seconds at Koromiko, Tuamarina and the finish, tactical riding was vital. Seven riders went clear on the Elevation climb with the first sprint going to a determined Baxter from Karwowski. Unfortunately Baxter punctured a few kilometres later which gave Karwowski a cruise to overall victory. Van Antwerpen took the stage from Sloan and Heywood. Mike McManaway took the handicap win by 1m 22s from Neal with another 7 seconds to Mary Lister.

The overall result was a 36 second win for Karwowski over Dunstan with another 1m 22s back to Heywood in third place. Neal easily won the handicap trophy with 15 points to Craig Murphy (8pt) and McManaway (7pt).

The junior under 17 grade rode a 2 stage event to Picton and return with the handicap winner taking the Redwood Fisheries Cup. Stage one saw Ethan Roach just have the edge over Jamie Hawke in the latter stages over the Elevation for a 9 second win. Will Hart held off Callum Saunders to take third place. The sealed handicap went to Emma Cresswell by 36 seconds to Roach with another 7 seconds back to Hart in third place.

Roach was dominant by taking the final stage back to Blenheim by 2 seconds over Hawke in the sprint to the line. Saunders headed off Hart for third place which also gave them first and second place respectively in the handicap section with Roach in third place.

The overall handicap result for the Redwood Fisheries Cup went to Hart (9pts) with the best result on the final stage from Roach (9pts) and Saunders (8pts).

Roach took overall fastest time by 11 seconds to Hawke with Hart taking third fastest over Saunders by 3 seconds.

One of the highlights of the day was the top two junior under 17 riders taking part in the time trial up the Whatamango hill. Hawke blitzed all riders on the day to record 26m 57s with Roach recording 29m 12s for fifth fastest time.

Results:

Open grade- Whatamango 3 stage, Stage One 27km, C Sloan 39m 42s 1, G van Antwerpen s.t 2, G Baxter 39m 43s 3, T Neal s.t. 4, C Karwowski s.t. 5. Sealed handicap, T Neal 6pt, R Murphy 5pt, B Ackroyd 4pt, C Murphy 3pt, M Murphy 2pt, D Church 1pt. Stage Two 10km TT, C Karwowski 27m 49s 1, G Baxter 27m 55s 2, R Dunstan 28m 27s 3, C Heywood 29m 49s 4, T Neal 30m 37s 5. Sealed handicap, P Burge 6pt, C Murphy 5pt, T Neal 4pt, B Ackroyd 3pt, M Lister 2pt, M McManaway 1pt. Stage Three 27km, G van Antwerpen 43m 30s 1, C Sloan s.t 2, C Heywood s.t. 3, R Dunstan s.t. 4, T Neal s.t. 5. Sealed handicap, M McManaway 6pt, T Neal 5pt, M Lister 4pt, C Heywood 3pt, G van Antwerpen 2pt, C Sloan 1pt. Overall classification, C Karwowski 1hr 51m 04s 1, R Dunstan 1hr 51m 40s 2, C Heywood 1hr 53m 02s 3, T Neal 1hr 53m 50s 4, G van Antwerpen 1hr 53m 59s 5. Handicap, T Neal 15pt 1, C Murphy 8pt 2, M McManaway 7pt 3, B Ackroyd 7pt 4, M Lister 6pt 5, P Burge 6pt 6.

Junior Under 17 grade- Redwood Fisheries 2 stage, Stage One 27km, E Roach 39m 43s 1, J Hawke 39m 52s 2, W Hart 49m 50s 3. Sealed handicap, E Cresswell 6pt, E Roach 5pt, W Hart 4pt, J Hawke 3pt, C Saunders 2pt. Stage Two 27km, E Roach 43m 30s 1, J Hawke 43m 32s 2, C Saunders 52m 34s 3. Sealed handicap, C Saunders 6pt, W Hart 5pt, E Roach 4pt, J Hawke 3pt, E Cresswell 2pt. Overall classification, E Roach 1hr 23m 13s 1, J Hawke 1hr 23m 24s 2, W Hart 1hr 42m 25s 3. Handicap, W Hart 9pt 1, E Roach 9pt 2, C Saunders 8pt 3, E Cresswell 8pt 4, J Hawke 6pt 5.

Veteran Gerard van Antwerpen gave a solid performance to take fastest time and the Ray Squire Memorial Cup in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Troubador Trophy event at Fairhall on Saturday afternoon.

The open grade 63km massed start/sealed handicap event was run over 7 laps of the Benmorven circuit after the Rapaura circuit was closed due to flood damage. The field broke up quickly after the start leaving 13 riders in the lead group. Pressure applied by Tony Catterick in the third lap saw the split with six riders going clear which included Catterick, van Antwerpen, Conway Taylor, Marcel Mulder, Jamie Kidd and Jason Allen. This group expande their lead out to 4 minutes with van Antwerpen being a convincing winner in the sprint to the line from Taylor and Kidd. The Troubador Trophy for the sealed handicap was won by veteran campaigner Gill Painter by a good margin of 2m 49s to Pete Halligan and another 5m 02s to Kidd in third place.

The junior under 17 grade rode over 3 laps (27km) of the open course also in a massed start event. A good battle evolved between usual scratch riders Ethan Roach and  Jamie Hawke with Hawke taking line honours for fastest time. Pim Greven took third place approximately 6 minutes back. The Troubador Trophy for the sealed handicap fittingly went to Hawke from Roach with Daniel Cresswell 30 seconds back in third place.

Results:

Open grade- Troubador Trophy/Ray Squire Memorial Cup, G van Antwerpen 1hr 37m 42s 1, C Taylor s.t. 2, J Kidd s.t. 3, T Catterick s.t. 4, M Mulder s.t. 5, J Allen 1hr 38m 20s 6, G Morris 1hr 41m 38s 7, A Clark 1hr 41m 39s 8, P Halligan 1hr 41m 40s 9, G Herkt 1hr 41m 43s 10. Sealed handicap, G Painter (off 33m) 1hr 26m 51s 1, P Halligan (off 12m) 1hr 29m 40s 2, J Kidd (off 3m) 1hr 34m 42s 3, M Mulder (off 3m) s.t. 4, P Burge (off 24m) 1hr 35m 53s 5, T Little (off 6m) 1hr 36m 10s 6, C Taylor (off 1m) 1hr 36m 42s 7, G van Antwerpen (off scr) 1hr 37m 42s 8, T Catterick (off scr) s.t. 9, A Gifford (off 14m) 1hr 37m 46s 10.

Junior under 17 grade- Troubador Trophy, J Hawke 45m 34s 1, E Roach s.t. 2, P Greven 51m 47s 3, L Landon-Lane 52m 20s 4, C Saunders 56m 03s 5. Sealed handicap, J Hawke (off scr) 45m 34s 1, E Roach (off scr) s.t. 2, D Cresswell (off 10m) 46m 04s 3, E Jacoby (off 10m) 46m 05s 4, L Landon-Lane (off 6m) 46m 20s 5.

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.