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http://www.cxhawkesbay.com/index.html

CXHB ROUND 1 Kids results

	Race 1		Race 2
1	Halle Stedman		1	Billy Franks
2	George Stent		2	Mitchell Heney
3	Sofia Vesty		3	Bayley Stephens
4	Harriette Davis		4	Kurtis Arlidge
5	Charlie Wiffin		5	Wesley Akeripa
6	Owen Williams		6	Jenna Tidswell
7	Georgia Davis		7	Maggie Franks
8	Tennyson Wiffin		8	Mitchell Curran
			9	Ben Gouldsbrough
			10	Will Tidswell
			11	Karsen Vesty
			12	Kiri Gouldsbrough
			13	Toby Evans
			14	Carter Wiffin
			15	Caleb Williams
			16	Zara Evans
			17	Jack Albertini
			18	Reuben Allen
			19	Tom Allen
			20	Ethan Every
			21	Reid Livingston
			22	Lily Stephens
			23	Theo Every
			24	Mat Beale
			25	Barney Wardlaw
			26	Keegan Jensen
			27	Charlie Wenley
			28	Francesca Arlidge

CXHB ROUND 1 results

	A Grade			B Grade
1	Gary Hall		1	Alistair Coomer
2	Josh Page		2	Hayley Davis
3	Angus Findlay		3	Mirko Zatezalo
4	Vaughn Phillipson		4	David Barclay
5	Winston Briggs		5	Carl McParland
6	Ben Ross		6	Allister Beets
7	Andrew (teflon)Townsend		7	Bill Barker
8	Carl Paton		8	Warren Foulds
9	Andrew Barlow		9	Paul Gouldsbrough
10	Fiona McDermond		10	Mark Walker
11	Bridget Lodge		11	Brent Chamberlain
12	Wayne Harrison		12	Neil Evans
13	Nick Davies		13	Kevin Welsh
14	Dean Oliver		14	Gemma Newland
15	Nigel Page		15	John Arlidge
16	James Lochhead		16	Emma Akeripa
17	Richard Mills		17	Jonty Barker
18	Mike Garrity		18	Leanne Cotter-Arlidge
19	Kerri-anne Page		19	Cadell Heney
20	Tony Hooper		20	Mathew Krebs
21	Jamie Sinclair		21	Denys Scott
22	Tony Harding		22	Jack Nilson
23	Anna Fuhrer		23	Caleb Williams
24	Dan Warren	DNF	24	Mrs Gouldsbrough
25	Paul Deuritz	DNF	25	Ray Lawrence	DNF

Cyclocross Hawke's Bay first race of the series was held at Blackbarn Winery, Havelock North. Held in beautiful sunny conditions, with rainfall softening up the track on Friday night, the course designers noticed a hidden creek bed covered in grass. The top layer of grass was soon removed, and this is where the "Love Channel" was found. A 20 meter section of pure sweet mud. For the roadies in the field, there was no escaping it. And surprisingly enough this is where most of the spectators choose to stand also. With 90 riders in all grade’s, the Hawkes Bay Cyclocross scene looks to be growing from strength to strength.

The free kids event attracted 40 riders, from 2 year olds up to 12 year olds. This was a awesome turnout and all having great fun on their bikes.

A grade was lead from start to finish by Gary Hall who lapped all but Josh Page, in a storming ride. Angus Findlay rode well to gain 3rd place. Findlay a top Under 19 rider in NZ rate's Cyclocross as one of the most physically demanding sports. With young riders like Angus getting into Cyclocross, NZ could see a future star on the world Cyclocross scene. 

In the B race, Auckland rider ….  Made the trip worth his while leading from the gun. .. Looked to use his past Cyclocross experience and made the tricky course to work to his liking. Local rider’s Hayley Davis and Mirko Zatezalo, duelled it out until Davis put in the final attack and left Mirko in the mud.

Results A Grade:

1.Gary Hall

2. Josh Page

3. Angus Findlay

Results B Grade:

1. Alister Coomer

2. Hayley Davis

3. Mirko Zatezalo

Next up is the Specialized National Champs to be held in Taradale. There will also be a all-comers grade open to anyone wanting to try Cyclocross and any kind of bike can be ridden.

Enter here: https://eventdesq.imgstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&EventDesqID=377&OrgID=6346

Cyclocross Hawke's Bay would like to thank Specialized for all there help and support for our events. It’s been ideal to have a leading brand like Specialized behind the series and keen to build the Cyclocross scene in New Zealand.  

www.facebook.com/cyclocrosshawkesbay 

www.nzcyclocross.co.nz/hawkes-bay.html 

Wellington NZ Series Sunday 10 June

See the Wellington blog site for details for this weekends NZ series cyclocross event.
http://wgtncx.org/ 

Info on the series:
http://www.nzcyclocross.co.nz/national-series-dates-and-rules.html

So far we have confirmed 4 riders heading south but are very keen to take more riders. Please call Andrew at 845 1492 if you are keen to make the trip down Saturday afternoon returning Sunday afternoon at the completion of the event.

Don't forget 17 June is the first Cyclocross event in the 2012 CXHB Series. Dont miss this event its the only local Cyclocross event before the National Champs and will be important for polishing the skills prior to the seasons activities.
Skills sessions will resume after the 17th June and be focused on the EIT campus Cyclocross course. These dates and time will be noted here after the first event at Blackbarn.

Entrys now open for the Specialized 2012 NZ Cyclocross Champs

Entires now open for the Specialized 2012 NZ Cyclocross Champs

Click on the following link:

https://eventdesq.imgstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&EventDesqID=377&OrgID=6346 

For all details on the NZ cyclocross scene see www.NZcyclocross.co.nz


New Zealands No.1 cyclocross website.

Cyclocross Training

Two training dates have been announced so to be prepared for the up coming CXHB series, NZ series  and National Champs you should make sure you do not miss these sessions.


20 May Sunday 9am EIT Carpark


3 June Sunday 9am Eit Carpark


Sessions will run for approx 2hrs including skills sessions, remount/dismount practice, race pace efforts, carrying methods etc.
We will have a set of callipers to measure your tyre width, you might be surprised with the outcome! Several CXHB riders have been checking their tyre widths recently and even though tyre manufactuerers spec at say 34mm actual calliper readings are well below the UCI legal width of 33mm.


For more any further info contact us at cyclocrosshawkesbay@gmail.com

Cyclocross Napier Urban & Pathways ride

Jamie Sinclair has planned a CX ride for us this coming Sunday April 1.

MTB or cyclocross bikes would be best suitable.

35km in distance and maybe 2-2.5hrs of riding at a guess?

Will start from the Hockey fields car park at Park Island at 8:30am

Please contact Jamie at Avanti Plus Hastings on 870 3500 or 021 485 695 . for any further info.

Please use this link for the map.

Cyclocross Roys Hill Open day

A successful fun morning of Cyclocross at Roys Hill today was a promising preseason start to whats to come.

25 riders enjoyed warm conditions with a skills session run by Carl Paton followed by 5 lap kids event and a 3 person team relay. Many laughs and a bit of mud to go with it thanks to over night rain made the day all the more enjoyable.

More info on the CXHB series can be found at the following link:

http://www.nzcyclocross.co.nz/hawkes-bay.html

Thanks to the Hastings District Council and Gemma Newland for co-ordinating the event and keep checking the blog for the next Sunday cyclocross ride.

Intro to Cyclocross March 25 Roys Hill Reserve Highway50

Here's you chance to try out cyclocross next Sunday 25th March at Roys Hill. CXHB will be hosting a kids event and a family/recreational ride around the lower slopes of the park. There are many activities going on between 11 and 2pm so come down and get into the action.

http://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/news/2012/mar/roys-hill-reserve-opening-you-are-invited

The course will be smaller than the regular race course but will still contain a few obstacles etc.

Practice on the course at 11am then kids events will start at 12noon and if there are enough riders we'll have a relay where each rider does an allocated number of laps before tagging to the next team mate.

There is no entry just bring some energy, any bike that will handle riding off road plus there will be a few cyclocross bikes ready to go for anyone check out on the day.

Carl Paton will be meeting at EIT from 930am to lead a ride to Roys Hill and direct a skills and training session so don't miss out on this be there sharp to join the team on the ride to the venue.

For any questions please email Gemma glnewland@hotmail.com or Andrew blackpeloton@gmail.com

Saturday March 17 CX Ride Meet at The Hub 1pm.

Saturdays Cyclocross ride will be approx 3.5hrs will ride from the Hub to Havelock, Waimarama Road, take the turn on Maraetotara Road, Okaihau Road, Waimarama Road, Te Apiti Road, Kairakau return.

Its a marathon ride and could take a good chunk of time longer than 3.5hrs.

Well see how we go a bit of gravel out there so should be fun.

All welcome cyclocross bike would be best for this ride MTB might be a little slow going so MTB riders put on your slicks!!

See you Saturday.

Cyclocross Sunday March 4 8am EIT Carpark

Meet us for the second cyclocross ride of the year on Sunday (3 March) at EIT 8am sharp.
We'll do a couple of laps of the NZ champs course at EIT and then we'll hit the pathways with an approx ride time of 3hrs to meet back at New World Greenmeadows for coffee at approx 11am.
Join us for some fun and remember there is a wide network of CX parts and CX bikes available now so don't forget to come with your wish list and the CXHB team will do our best to get your machine ready for the season or advise where you can find what your looking for.
As usual any bikes are welcome preferably off road to avoid unnecessarily getting punctures. Ideally Cyclocross and MTB bikes are the business.

See you there.

CXHB team.

New NZ Cyclocross Web page!!

See the new NZ Cyclocross web page:

www.nzcyclocross.co.nz

2012 Cyclocross getting warmed up!

A happy and muddy new year to all our CXHB followers!

CXHB are kicking off with some pre season off road rides starting end of this month, we are running a Sunday ride at the end of each month starting at 9am. Venues will be posted here on the blog but will be approx 2-3hrs long.

The first ride will commence January 29th meeting at the Tait road entrance to the eskdale MTB park and will ride up Waipunga Road to Kaiwaka Road, turn right to state HW 2, dog leg to Tonigio-Settlement Road, returning to Eskdale via state HW 2.

This ride can be completed on a cyclocross bike or MTB, road bikes have been used on this route however there will be 30km of gravel so punctures may hamper road tyres.

All riders are welcome.

So get your dirt bikes out and come join us for some fun, long range forecast tell CXHB organisers that it will be a rainy day so we are hoping for a few mud holes on the way!