Thursday, July 12, 2012

Sunday, June 17, 2012

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

Saturday, June 16, 2012


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.



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.  






Monday, June 4, 2012

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.




Sunday, April 29, 2012

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:





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


New Zealands No.1 cyclocross website.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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

Monday, March 26, 2012

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.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

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:

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.


Friday, March 16, 2012

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

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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.


Sunday, February 26, 2012

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.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

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!