Taupo Mountainbike Club and Taupo Cycling Club have joined forces to create an all new and exiting race to keep everyone enthused over winter.

Individuals or teams welcome, this will be a road race circuit, followed by a mountainbike circuit (distances and courses to be confirmed), but both will start and finish from the saleyards, which will double as race HQ.

Brief outline below, some details are to be finalised, so keep checking for updates…

Date: Sunday the 29th August

Venue-Start/Finish HQ: Saleyards off Poihipi Rd end

Registration: 9 am

Race Briefing: 9.30am

Start time: Individuals 9.50 am - Teams10 am

Costs: Individuals Club Member (of either club) $20, non Club Member $30

Costs: Per Team (2 people) Club Members (of either club) $40, non Club Members $50

Grades: Junior Male & Female -15-19 yrs, Open Male & Female-20-34 yrs, Masters Male & Female-35-44 yrs,Vets Male & Female 45 yrs & upwards

Prize Giving: Possibly The Shed, time - To be confirmed

So lets get behind it! This is a first for Taupo Cycling Club & Taupo Mountainbike Club, and its gearing up p to be a goody. All going well this will be an annual event and just get bigger and better!

KIWI FEATURE

Bevin becomes NZ’s newest pro cyclist May 14th, 10. 19 year old Patrick Bevin has just become New Zealand’s newest pro-cyclist.  As of today he rides for American team, Bissell Pro

Taupo Cycling Club held the final race of the Clubs Champs/Summer Series on Sunday the 11th April. A big thanks to our sponsors for this series Top Gear Cycles and special thanks to Dianne Gulland of Skin Matters for the vouchers –( I’m sure some of guys could do with some beauty treatments after a tough day of racing), Maxine White from Hands for Health and Allan Jones for the massage vouchers, they will be greatly appreciated.

Taupo turned one of its best Autumn days with fine weather and light winds and the club had another record turnout of riders keen to get the last of the points for top 3 placings in their respective grades. There was some extremely serious rivalry between the top contenders in all the grades as some were equal or very close on points. With detailed discussions on race tactics and who beat who in the super fast sprint finishes, hopefully all bragging rights were sorted at prizegiving afterwards. This may have been helped along by the odd ale consumed, thanks to Shane & the team from The Shed for making this a great afternoon.

The Taupo Cycling Club Champions for 2010 are;

A Grade

1^st        Wayne McConachy

2^nd        Grant Nicol

3^rd        Jarrod Alty

B Grade

1^st        Dean Pritchard

2^nd        John Ellery

3^rd        Trevor Stevens

C Grade

1^st        Mike Langley

2^nd        Craig McDonald

3^rd        Crunchie Donaldson

D Grade

1^st        Chad Keir

2^nd        Greg Fournier

3^rd        Brian Scott

Taupo Cycling Club is planning another race series towards the end of the year to co-inside with the start of daylight savings, in the meantime anyone wishing to ride or race will still have plenty of opportunity over the winter as we still have Tuesday night racing at the Motorsport Park (lights required), Wednesday night track racing at the velodrome and bunch rides leaving from outside Famers every Sunday morning.

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Results Waikato Bay of Plenty Centre Track champs

Taupo  riders, WBoP medalist’s.

Nick Barnes                U17 Boys        500m Time trial                       Bronze

                                                            500m Scratch race       Silver

Paddy Bevin               Senior Men      Omnium                                  Gold

                                                            4000m IP                    Gold

Blair Johnstone                       Masters 1         Points race                   Bronze

Stephen Holdsworth   Masters 1         500m Time trial                       Bronze

                                                            500m Scratch race       Silver

                                                            Points race                   Silver

                                                            3000m IP                    Silver

                                                            8000m Scratch race     Bronze

Dean Barnes                Masters 2         500m Scratch race       Gold

                                                            8000m Scratch race     Bronze

Geoff Neame              Masters            2          Points race                   Silver

                                                            500m Scratch race       Bronze

                                                            3000m IP                    Silver

Roger Brown              Masters3          500m Time trial                       Bronze

                                                            2000m IP                    Gold

Team sprint

Taupo #2         (Blair Johnstone, Dean Barnes, Matt Shawcroft)       Silver

Taupo #3         (Stephen Holdsworth, Willie Aitken, John Ellery)     Bronze

All members are welcome: the Agenda will be:

1/ Apologies

2/Confirmation of the Minutes of the 2007 AGM

3/Annual Reports from the President and the Treasurer

4/ Election of Officers for the 2008/9 year

5/ Adoption of Incorporated Society

6/ Adoption of the Constitution

7/ Membership/Subscriptions

8 General Business

Refreshments and speakers will follow the formal meeting.