Taupo Cycling Club would like to extend thanks to, our
generous sponsors Avanti plus & Pak n Save Taupo for the fantastic spot
prizes - much appreciated by everyone at prize giving and to Taupo Motorsport
Park for allowing us the ongoing use of this fantastic facility.  Also, big thanks to all our volunteers and
parent helpers who, without their continued support, we would not be able to
run these events.  Thanks also to the
group of riders from Rotorua that came over to support Taupo and to ride the
Huka circuit on one of nicest days we’ve had this summer.

The final road race for the series on the Huka
Falls road circuit saw perfect weather conditions and bought 53 riders to mount
their final efforts for double points and podium honours.  All grades were well represented and very
hotly contested.  Most impressive were
the junior grades, with the boys and girls, showing how much their cycling
skills have improved over the last 10 weeks, displaying good sportsmanship to
each other, riding very safely and giving 100% in the final 100 metres over the
last hill to the finish line. The senior grades including women also rode very
strongly, with several new members, showing they have the talent and ability to
take it to the next level.  The Club is
very encouraged to see the increased number of junior riders coming along this
summer to the Motorsport Park, which is a great place to learn cycling skills
in a safe environment.  The next race series
will begin at the start of daylight savings in October, in the meantime, we
welcome any juniors & seniors riders wishing to continue safe cycling
through winter to join up to the Taupo Cycling Club and come along to the
Wednesday night track riding at the Velodrome on Centennial Drive, bikes are
supplied, just bring your own helmet and pedals and shoes.

Congratulations to our winners of the 2012 Summer Series;

A Grade – 1^st Brad Setters,
2^nd, Wayne McConnachy, 3^rd Andrew MacKay

B Grade – 1^st John
Kirkaldie, 2^nd, Tony Tinworth, 3^rd, Gerard Archbold

C Grade – 1^st Aaron White, 2^nd
Giles Turner, 3rd Chad Keir

D Grade – 1^st John Kuper, 2^nd
Ralph Kumm, 3^rd equal, Clare Hume & Luke Braithwaite

Women’s Grade – 1^st Lynette
Braithwaite, 2^nd Claire Wakeling, 3^rd Kathy Wilson

Junior boys – 1^st Kiaan
Watts, 2^nd Jak Brightwell, 3^rd, Flynn Fierro

Junior Girls – 1^st Sarah
Clarke, 2^nd Madison Edwards, 3^rd Jessica Clarke

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Thanks to all who braved the weather for the final road race- including the good people from Rotorua who came over to not quite sunny Taupo to get away from the rain there! Luckily the rain held off for us.A huge thanks to our fantastic sponsors Pak n Save & Avanti Plus Taupo for their generous prizes for the series, also a big thanks to Taupo Motorsport Park for allowing us the continued use the race track, Paddy Bevin for coming to our AGM and filling us in on his race season in the Bissel pro team and all the volunteers & parents who helped over the last race series.

We had a great turnout for our 2011 AGM & Prize giving, with special recognition going to our Volunteer of the year Donna Hume and family, Jarrod Alty for contribution to the Junior development squad and Stephen Holdsworth for his contribution to Track Cycling and valued support on the Committee over the last few years, Stephen is moving on to Hawkes Bay and will be a great asset to the Ramblers Club.

Winners of the 2011 Spring Series;

Taupo Cycling Club will once again be running a Junior Development Program aimed at riders in the U15 - U17 age group.

This year’s Program requires a commitment to attend the three major North Island Junior Tours in the Hawke’s Bay, Rotorua and Te Awamutu as well the National Road Club Championships in May, which includes a Time Trail and Road Race.

Taupo Cycling Club’s objective is to help our kids better themselves as both bike riders and athletes and help them work towards achieving there own personal goals that they set for themselves.

Taupo Cycling Club will provide the following:

- Individual training programs, advice and mentoring.

- Subsidised clothing to be worn at all races on the Development Program’s calendar. (Club kit to be finalised)

- Paid entry Fees to races on the Development Program calendar.

What we expect from you:

- Junior gears must be used at all times.

- Riders are expected to finish all races within reason, i.e. expect for crashes or illness.

- Riders will conduct themselves in a professional manner on and off the bike, before during and after events; bad sportsmanship, language or behaviour will not be tolerated.

- Parents will be expected to attend races as often as possible.

If you are interested in applying for the 2012 Development Program please fill out the form below - applications will close 31/12/2011.

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Congratulations to the new winners of the King & Queen of the Crank race for 2011, Matt Moon & Katey Coubrough and to Taupo Mountain Bike Club, who for the second year took out the Club Trophy.(Grrrrrrr)!!

By all reports to date the re designed course was a succes and everyone had a good day. A big thanks to our Sponsors, Huka Cycles, The Hub Cafe and The Shed Bar for all their support.

Click on this link for points results: king_queenresults1

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
1st Wayne McConachy
2nd Grant Nicol
3rd Jarrod Alty

B Grade
1st Dean Pritchard
2nd John Ellery
3rd Trevor Stevens

C Grade
1st Mike Langley
2nd Craig McDonald
3rd Crunchie Donaldson

D Grade
1st Chad Keir
2nd Greg Fournier
3rd 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.

Race 1 - Scratch Race

1st Stephen Holdsworth
2nd Ben Watson
3rd John Barber

Race 2 - Sprints

1st Dean Barnes
2nd Ben Watson
3rd Stephen Holdsworth

Race 3 - Time Trial

1st Stephen Holdsworth
2nd Dean Barnes
3rd Ben Watson

Race 4 - Win & Out

1st Dean Barnes

Race 5 - Miss & Out

1st Stephen Holdsworth