{"id":3413,"date":"2026-02-25T18:11:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/?p=3413"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:12:23","slug":"the-dean-cooksley-memorial-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/?p=3413","title":{"rendered":"The Dean Cooksley Memorial 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"884\" height=\"1105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cooksley-Memorial26-social-884x1105.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cooksley-Memorial26-social-884x1105.png 884w, https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cooksley-Memorial26-social-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cooksley-Memorial26-social-120x150.png 120w, https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cooksley-Memorial26-social-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cooksley-Memorial26-social-1229x1536.png 1229w, https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cooksley-Memorial26-social-1638x2048.png 1638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lock in Saturday, 07 March for the Dean Cooksley Memorial\u2014generously sponsored by Village Green Cafe &amp; Bar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re heading down the coast for a 60km run from Green Island to Taieri Mouth. It\u2019s a classic handicap race, so you don&#8217;t need to be the fastest person to take the win; anyone has a genuine shot at being the first one across the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a great course with a bit of everything, travelling from Green Island through to Taieri Mouth to the end of the seal and turning at the top of Akatore Rd \u2013 return to finish on Jeffcoates Rd before Waldronville. Approx. 58km, 450m climbing. Full course map at https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/13709425<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x1f4c5; Saturday, 07 March<br>&#x1f4cd; Green Island to Taieri Mouth (60km)<br>&#x1f3c1; Handicap start\u2014everyone&#8217;s a chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More details and entry at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webscorer.com\/register?raceid=419681&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.webscorer.com\/register?raceid=419681&amp;lang=en<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lock in Saturday, 07 March for the Dean Cooksley Memorial\u2014generously sponsored by Village Green Cafe &amp; Bar We\u2019re heading down the coast for a 60km run from Green Island to Taieri Mouth. It\u2019s a classic handicap race, so you don&#8217;t need to be the fastest person to take the win; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/315555065_572902911503837_3765427724224158632_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3415,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3413\/revisions\/3415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyclingotago.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}