Caleb Rollo had an outstanding performance at Seddon Park Velodrome on Tuesday night, taking out the junior handicap race. 9-year-old Rollo started with a handicap of 220m, and fellow roadster Olivia McDonald on 245m in the 6-lap race. The older juniors caught McDonald who put in a strong effort, but Read more…
Stu Crooks narrowly won a thrilling A/B 34-lap points race at Seddon Park Velodrome, preventing Chris Henderson from taking a clean sweep of the evening’s racing. Mark Spessot attacked early and splintered the large field. Henderson and James McKellar chased strongly and caught him before the first sprint. Crooks then Read more…
Cycling Otago seeks a reliable, qualified person to act as Race Manager for weekend cycling road race events. You will need an STMS qualification (if you don’t Cycling Otago can help you obtain this) and have a clean driving licence. Duties will include setting up and tearing down traffic management Read more…
Veteran rider Bryan Murray showed age is no limit, winning both senior C scratch races at the Seddon Park Velodrome last night. Murray, who took up track riding this year, rode off the front with 2 laps to go in the first race of the evening and could not be Read more…
Cycling Otago’s race weekend Saturday 18th October 2014. 50km (4 laps) Come and get a ‘tune up’ for the upcoming GRAND SLAM weekend at this weeks race on the Taieri. Grade’s A, B, C will all head off together in this ‘all in Scratch Race/Sealed Handicap’ around the Fortex circuit. Read more…
Chris Harvey showed himself as the man to beat this season at Seddon Park Velodrome, winning the feature race on the opening night of racing. Harvey won the 24 lap A/B grade scratch race ahead of veteran Neil Derbyshire and rising star Ewan Syme after a 4-rider break lapped the Read more…
The last race of the elite Benchmark Series proved not such a happy hunting ground for the leading Otago riders. The first stage was a team time trial with Elyse Fraser’s Benchmark Homes Team taking women’s honours with Tess Molloy’s Cycle World team finishing second fastest. The main race was Read more…
Can anyone interested in competing at either track or road nationals next year email janbros@xtra.co.nz or contact the club selector Steve Hurring to express your interest. Please let one of us know by end of month at the latest as we are applying for funding now.