Schools Cycling Newsletter October 2019

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Hi everyone

Wow it was a hectic school holidays with three National Championship events over the two weeks! Thanks for your support of these events, we hope you all enjoyed them as much as we did! Keep on reading for event wrap ups and the 2020 calendar announcement...

SOUTHERN TOUR AND NORTHERN TOUR WRAP UP

Saint Kentigern College’s Ruby Spring made an impressive start to the school road cycling season, claiming both the Southern Tour and Northern Tour under-15 girls road titles over consecutive weekends.

The Southern Tour, organised by Cycling Marlborough and presented by Cuddon Engineering and the Northern Tour, organised by Cycling New Zealand and presented by ICON, a division of BJ Ball saw 600 riders take part across the two events! Both events included an individual time trial, hill climb and criterium, with the Southern Tour having an additional road race.
Read more here.

Ruby Spring from Saint Kentigern College leads the U15 Girls Criterium at the 2019 Northern Tour.

Photo: Matt Illing

NATIONAL ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS WRAP UP

Nearly 600 riders from 84 schools flocked to the Manawatu for the 52^nd edition of the National School Road Cycling Championships. The event returned to its base in the Manawatu region after venturing to the South Island for the first time last year. The three day event started with the team time trial on a new course from Colyton School. Baradene College took out the Senior Title for the first time, while Christchurch Boys High successfully defended their title in the narrowest of margins from Cambridge High School in the Senior Boys category to take home the Sir Bernard Ferguson trophy for the second year. This was followed by the Road Race and Points Race, which saw some impressive performances in challenging conditions . Top School honours went to Baradene College, Cambridge High School, Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School and Remuera Intermediate. Read more from the Team Time Trial here, Road Race here and Points Race here.

Christchurch Boys High School take home the Sir Bernard Ferguson Trophy for the second year running, after a tight battle with Cambridge High School in the Senior Boys Team Time Trial.
Photo: Grant Harris

NATIONAL MTB CHAMPIONSHIPS WRAP UP

The National School MTB Championships is fast becoming a flag ship event for schools cycling with enormous growth in participation over the last few years. Hosted by Mountain Biking Otago who have a long and successful tenure in schools cycling, this event offered three codes across three days, with the first ever National Schools Enduro Championships, a sold out Downhill and a competitive Cross Country event. Marlborough Boys High took home Top School trophy for the first time! Read here for the Enduro wrap up, here for the Downhill wrap up and here for the Cross Country wrap up.

Albert Snep from Scots College takes the win in the U20 Boys Downhill, at the sold out National School Downhill Championships.

Photo: Kane Fleury.

NATIONAL TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS WRAP UP

Invercargill’s Emily Paterson made the most of the opportunity to race on her home track at the Cycling New Zealand Schools National Track Championships, claiming the under-20 girls crown at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome, while the Top School honours went to Cambridge High School for the second year running. The event attracted over 150 riders from 46 schools and incorporated the South Island Schools Championship. Read more here.

Emily Paterson claims the U20 girls crown at the National School Track Championships by winning the Keirin and Scratch Races and placing 3rd in the Points Race.

Photo: Eugene Bonthuys

2020 EVENT DATES ANNOUNCED

Cycling New Zealand Schools today announced the full calendar of 2020 cycling events. These 11 events are sanctioned by School Sport NZ and Cycling New Zealand.

Cycling New Zealand Schools Chairman Brynn Gilbertson is delighted to see the continuation of the strong schools calendar and the continued growth particularly in Mountain Biking.

“Schools cycling has shown incredible growth over the past few years so it’s fantastic that we have clubs and organisers putting their hand up to host these events.”

Click here for the full release.

COACHING AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

TISSOT UCI TRACK CYCLING WORLD CUP

If you were at the National School Road Champs in Feilding you would have seen this car going round and round the track at Manfeild!

That's right, New Zealand is hosting the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup right here in Cambridge, 6-8 December this year!

Come along and watch the action live...get your tickets here...

2020 EVENT CALENDAR

27 - 29 March: South Island School MTB Championships - Methven
28 - 29 March: North Island School MTB Championships - Wellington
4 - 5 July: North Island School Road Championships - Cambridge
4 - 5 July: South Island School Road Championships - Christchurch
6 - 7 July: National/North Island School Track Championships - Cambridge
29 - 30 August: Southern School Tour - Blenheim
5 - 6 September: Northern School Tour - Auckland
26 - 28 September: National School Road Championships – Manawatu
3 - 4 October: National School MTB Championships - Waitangi
6 - 7 October: South Island School Track Championships - Invercargill

Click here to check out other Cycling New Zealand recognized and sanctioned events. Click here to read more about what recognized and sanctioned events are.

From the team at Cycling New Zealand Schools