High Performance Supporters

Track Development Opportunity

Highperf — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:07:08 GMT

BikeNZ is seeking submissions from interested riders for an exciting opportunity to link in with the National Track Programme.

This year a group of 4 male endurance riders will be selected to do a 3 month development campaign to the USA (Trexlertown) and Europe (Belgium) for a racing and training block.

The campaign will start in the first week of June, travelling to Trexlertown, Pennsylvania to participate in approximately 6 weeks of racing at the Valley Preferred Cycling Centre http://www.thevelodrome.com/

The riders will then travel from the USA to Belgium around the middle of July to participate in another 6 weeks of Kermesse racing near Brussells (finishing near the end of August.)

BikeNZ will assist with the logistics of this campaign and will provide guidance on the ground (Dayle Cheatley in the USA and Steve Connell in Belgium) however all costs will be the riders responsibility to cover and there will be a requirement that riders be predominantly self sufficient.

Including Airfares, accommodation, food, ground transportation, race entries, insurance, excess charges and other incidentals the cost of this campaign is estimated to cost between $7500-9500. To give the chosen riders a good amount of time to look at fund raising options a decision on the team will be made very quickly.

We will require a brief CV to be submitted to bryan@bikenz.org.nz by 7pm Sunday 28 February and by 9am Wednesday 3 March final participants will be selected.

2010-2011 BMX Selection Policy

Highperf — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:36:49 GMT

The BMX selection policy for 2010-2011 is now available, please click on the link below.

2010 BMX Selection Policy

Photos from Bejing World Cup

Highperf — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:34:17 GMT

Photos of BikeNZ athletes at the 2010 Track World CUp in Beijing are now on RideStrong at:

http://www.ridestrong.org.nz/RS/media/g/beijing_world_cup_2010/default.aspx

U23 Development Opportunities in 2010

Highperf — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:44:52 GMT

BikeNZ has two opportunities for U23 road riders to develop their careers in 2010, one in Europe and one in the United States.

We have invitations to three U23 Nations Cup races in Europe, 10 April (Tour of Flanders), 14 April (La Cote Picardie) and 17 April (ZLM Tour). These events will be self funded, so the opportunity will suit riders who are already intending to be in Europe at that time. Riders wishing to be considered for selection are asked to contact bryan@bikenz.org.nz before February 12.

We also have an opportunity to part sponsor a U23 rider for a season in the United States with U25 Team. Final details are still being finalised with the team, but interested riders are also asked to contact bryan@bikenz.org.nz.

Dawkins grabs gold on medal winning night for track cyclists

Highperf — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:50:02 GMT

Big Southland sprinter Eddie Dawkins produced a golden finish for the New Zealand cycling team on the final night of the UCI World Cup in Beijing.

Dawkins took out the gold medal in the men's sprint, producing an emphatic display to win his quarterfinal, semifinal and final all in two straight rides for an unbeaten run at the Olympic velodrome.

The New Zealand squad grabbed three medals on the final night - one of each colour - with the women's pursuit winning the silver medal against Australia while outstanding prospects Tom Scully and Myron Simpson grabbed bronze in the final of the Madison.

It completed an excellent meet for the largely development team with seven medals and a fourth from 10 events.

The icing on the cake came with the gold medal to Dawkins who produced a mixture of power, speed and outstanding tactics.

He qualified fifth fastest with a superb 10.391 before knocking off Kilo Time Trial gold medallist Miao Shang (China) in front of his home crowd in two straight rides in the quarterfinal.

Dawkins was impressive in accounting for Maximillian Levy (FRA) in the semifinal, again in two straight before dominating the final against another Frenchman, Michael D'Almeida, the second qualifier, in two rides.

The women's combination of world champion Alison Shanks, Lauren Ellis and Rushlee Buchanan topped the qualifiers with a sharp 3:25.727 from Australia's 3:26.218 to move into the gold medal ride.

Cambridge rider Jaime Nielsen provided the fresh legs for the gold medal ride along with Ellis and Shanks with the New Zealand's locked in a battle against the Australian combination who qualified for their first World Cup final.

The kiwis found themselves 1.3 seconds down after a flying first kilo by the Australians and while the New Zealanders came back with faster times over the second and third kilometres they could not bridge the gap.

While New Zealand clocked a best time of 3:23.747, faster than their silver medal effort in last year's world championships, they finished 0.9s behind the Australians who recorded an outstanding 3:22.879, only fractionally outside Great Britain's winning time at the worlds.

Earlier Scully (Invercargill) completed an outstanding meet with his third medal when he paired with fellow national champion team-mate Simpson (Auckland) to take bronze in the 40km Madison.

The pair cruised to win their qualifying heat earlier in the day and were the most consistent pairing in the final, gaining points on six of the eight sprints.

The Hong Kong combination skipped clear to put a lap on the field to guarantee them overall victory with Italy on 18 points in second, just two in front of New Zealand in an impressive performance.

Scully took the bronze in the Points race on the opening night and came into the team pursuit as fresh legs for Hayden Godfrey in their bronze medal ride.

The other medals at the World Cup comprised a gold for world champion Shanks in the individual pursuit and a silver for Godfrey in the Scratch race.

The squad returns to New Zealand with riders to prepare for the Elite National Track Championships in Invercargill next month, which double as the Commonwealth Games Trials.

For photos from the World Cup in Beijing, visit the media section within RideStrong.

Day 3 New Zealand results:

Men's Sprint, qualifying: Eddie Dawkins (NZL) 10.391, 5^th. Quarterfinals: Dawkins bt Miao Zhang (CHN) 2-0. Semifinal: Dawkins bt Maximillian Levy (FRA) 2-0. Final: Dawkins bt Michael D'Almeida (FRA) 2-0. Bronze medal: Francois Pervis (FRA) bt Levy 2-0.

Madison, qualifying: New Zealand (Tom Scully, Myron Simpson) 1^st.

Final, 40kms: Hong Kong 3pts, 1; Italy 1 lap down, 18 pts, 2; New Zealand 1 lap down, 16 pts, 3.

Women's 3000m team pursuit, qualifying: New Zealand (Rushlee Buchanan, Lauren Ellis, Alison Shanks) 3:25.727, 1; Australia 3:26.218, 2; Canada 3:39.928, 3; Lithuania 3:30.662, 4.

Gold medal ride: Australia 3:22.879, New Zealand (Jaime Nielsen, Ellis, Shanks) 3:23.747, 2.

Bronze medal ride: Canada 3:26.723, 3; Lithuania 3:28.332, 4.

Team Manager report: Beijing World Cup 2010- Day 2

Highperf — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:09:21 GMT

Hi from Beijing. The 2nd day of competition saw a very solid performance from the young TP squad of Shane Archbold, Myron Simpson, Aaron Gate and Tom Scully. The guys rode a 4.05 effort to secure the bronze medal in a controlled and clinical ride. Australia with a very talented team of established and upcoming riders convincingly took gold in 4.01.

A very exciting scratch race saw Hayden Godfrey take out the silver medal. Zac Bell of Canada with the scratch win, pulled out the Scratch and Points "double" with gold medals in both events. Hayden looked strong & smooth throughout the race and managed to manoeuver himself well for the final dash to the line, with great positioning, just leaving his final run a fraction too late. As you recall, Hayden won this same race last year.

Eddie Dawkins rode well taking 4th in his best placing at the World Cup competiton.

Today's action (day 3) promises some more excitement with the womens team pursuit, madison and sprint.

Development pursuit team impress at Beijing World Cup

Highperf — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:28:54 GMT

23 January 2010

A young New Zealand cycling team grabbed two medals and a fourth placing on the second night of finals at the UCI World Cup in Beijing.

The development combination of Hayden Godfrey, Shane Archbold, Myron Simpson and Aaron Gate claimed the bronze medal in an outstanding performance for the development squad.

Godfrey (Christchurch), the 2008 world omnium champion, followed with a silver medal in the men's scratch race over 15kms, while Invercargill's Eddie Dawkins was just pipped for a medal in the men's kilo, finishing fourth.

The team pursuit combination were the third fastest qualifier in the morning with a 4:10.025 behind Australia and Netherlands and ahead of Ukraine who they faced in the bronze medal rider-off last night.

The kiwis upped their effort to clock an outstanding 4:05.278 with a controlled performance, going faster of each kilometre which delighted BikeNZ head coach Tim Carswell.

"The development boys have put in some great work over the least eight months and they really wanted the medal tonight," Carswell said.

"Their performance is ahead of what our Olympic riders achieved at the same age which is exciting for the track programme going forward. To be going 4:05 is a very good effort."

Australia dominated Netherlands to win the gold.

Godfrey recovered from his pursuit final to produce a strong effort to win silver in the 15km scratch race. The Canterbury rider was just edged by Canada's Zachery Bell in the final sprint for the gold.

Dawkins finished 8/100ths of a second outside the podium in the men's kilo time trial, clocking a slick 1:03.190 to be fourth fastest in an impressive performance, while fellow sprinter Simon Van Velthooven (Palmerston North) finished ninth in the keirin, after he went out in the second round.

The final day of action sees Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins in the sprint, Tom Scully and Myron Simpson in the Madison and the combination of Alison Shanks, Jaime Nielsen, Rushlee Buchanan and Lauren Ellis in the women's team pursuit.

UCI World Cup, Beijing, day 2 finals:

4000m men's team pursuit, Gold medal: Australia 4:01.226, 1; Netherlands dnf. Bronze medal: New Zealand (Hayden Godfrey, Archbold, Myron Simpson, Aaron Gate) 4:05.278, 3; Ukraine 4:10.039, 4.

Qualifying: Australia 4:05.635, 1; Netherlands 4:08.992, 2; New Zealand 4:10.025, 3; Ukraine 4:10.731, 4.

Men;s scratch race, 15km: Zachery Bell (CAN) 1, Godfrey 2, Werner Riebenbauer (AUT) 3.

Kilo Time Trial: Miao Zhang (Chn) 1:02.173, 1; Joachim Eilers (GER) 1:02.677, 2; Kamil Kuczynski (POL) 1:03.105, 3; Eddie Dawkins (NZL) 1:03.190, 4.

Kierin, first round, heat 4: Simon Van Velthooven 2. Second round Van Velthooven 6^th (eliminated).

Ride-off 7^th to 12^th: Van Velthooven 3^rd - 9^th overall.

Medal winner Tom Scully with BikeNZ national track coach Tim Carswell

Highperf — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:55:28 GMT

Team Manager report: Beijing World Cup 2010- Day 1

Highperf — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:50:22 GMT

Hi & greetings from Beijing, China. Today was the first day of racing in the fourth and final round of the 2009/2010 UCI World Cup Track "classics" competition. This leg in Beijing is the final World Cup before the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark in March 2010. This year's competition sees over 300 riders from 50 countries/teams entered.

Today, New Zealand had a very solid start with some stellar performances from the young squad. Ali Shanks comfortably took gold in the womens' individual pursuit and Tom Scully took a fine bronze in a closely contested & very exciting points race. The team sprinters also rode very well in the morning's session, narrowly missing the medal ride off by the slightest of margins. The NZ team sprinters' ride also included Sam Webster's saddle seatpost snapping during the event, which didn't assist their efforts! Sam continued despite this mishap and still managed to pull off a teriffic ride.

Tomorrow, Saturday, is the second day of action and the NZ squad will be in the thick of it. The TP men (Myron Simpson, Shane Archbold, Aaron Gate and Hayden Godfrey) will be in full flight in the TP qualifying round. This will be followed by Simon Van Velthoovem in the keirin, Hayden Godfrey in the scratch and Eddie Dawkins in the 1KM TT .

A special note congratulations to Simon Van Velthooven, who this week, received his formal invitation to attend the JKA (Japanese Keirin Association) . This will see Simon compete in Japan from April to September of 2010. Its a very prestigious invite, as only 10 international riders are invited annually to Japan to race in Japanese keirin. Keirin is one of the biggest professional sports in Japan & the top riders are genuine superstars in their country. In Japan, this year, Simon will be mixing it up with some of the best keirin & sprinters in the world. Well done and look fwd to following your progress.

Steve

Tom Scully wins bronze in Beijing 2010

Highperf — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:46:01 GMT

Southland teenage sensation Tom Scully wins bronze in the 30km men's points race at the UCI World Cup in Beijing 2010.

Alison Shanks wins gold in Beijing 2010

Highperf — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:42:51 GMT

Otago's Alison Shanks wins gold in the individual pursuit at the 2010 UCI World cup in Beijing.

BikeNZ cyclists take on Beijing World Cup

Highperf — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:15:10 GMT

Alison Shanks on her way to winning the Women's Individual Pursuit World Title in 2009.

New Zealand has a mix of proven and potential in the squad to contest the third round of the UCI World Cup in Beijing starting tonight (NZL time).

The 13-strong contingent are led by pursuit world champion Alison Shanks who is joined by fellow world championship medallist Lauren Ellis along with 2008 world omnium champion Hayden Godfrey as the most experienced of squad.

The women's endurance riders include former Waikato rower Jaime Nielsen, who is back in the squad after full recovering from injury last year, and new national road champion Rushlee Buchanan (Te Awamutu).

The men's endurance squad comprise the young stars of the future including national Madison champions Tom Scully (Invercargill) and Shane Archbold (Tinwald), Myron Simpson (Auckland) and Aaron Gate (Auckland).

The men's sprint group are led by the Melbourne Wold Cup trio of Simon van Velthooven (Palmerston North), Adam Stewart (Auckland) and Eddie Dawkins (Invercargill) along with triple world junior champion Sam Webster (Auckland).

"This world cup allows us the opportunity to continue with our important development plans that will add depth and experience to the Track Team," said Mark Elliott, BikeNZ's High Performance Director.

"It is a further chance to develop our combinations in the women's team pursuit as well as working towards the world championships in a couple of months.

"We have a group of very promsing young riders and this meet will give them not only important international competition but allow us to monitor their progress against the best nations in the World . Some of them might push for selection for this year's Commonwealth Games but they will all form an important part of our focus to the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2016 Olympics."

The riders will return to prepare for next month's RaboPlus Elite Track Championships in Invercargill, which double as the Commonwealth Games Trials, with the UCI World Track Championships in Copenhagen in March.

BikeNZ
Beijing WC - Athlete by Event

*Name*	IP	TP	*Keirin*	*Team Sprint*	*Sprint*	*Kilo*	*Scratch*	*Points*	*Madison*
Shane Archbold		X
Adam Stewart				X
Simon Van Velthooven			X
Hayden Godfrey		X					X
Eddie Dawkins				X	X	X
Myron Simpson		X							X
Aaron Gate		X
Sam Webster				X	X
Tom Scully								X	X
Jaime Nielsen		X
Rushlee Buchanan		X
Lauren Ellis		X
Ali Shanks	X	X

Bev May Tour

Highperf — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:08:08 GMT

The Harcourts KDRE Bev May Women's Tour in Morrinsville is on 20-21 February 2010. If you are keen to enter please click on the link below for details.

Harcourts KDRE Bev May Tour entry information

NZU Blues Awards

Highperf — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:08:35 GMT

University Sport New Zealand is calling for nominations for NZ Universities Blues Awards for the 2009 Academic Year. Nominations are due by Friday 29 January 2010 and only nominations on the official form will be considered.

If you think you may be eligible please visit the USNZ website www.universitysport.org.nz to download the nomination form.

Re: Coaching Forum

Ruth Jarman — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:09:50 GMT

Can't seem to be able to post this question within the coaches group. Just wondering how compatible clip on aerobars are with carbon handlebars. Newer bikes now often have carbon bars and the U17s now must use clipons.

HP Programme December Newsletter

Highperf — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:15:19 GMT

HP Director Update

As fast as it started on a post Olympic rush, 2009 is ending with the next pinnacle event the 2010 Commonwealth Games firmly in our sights. At the time of writing we are only 285 days, 1 hour and 6 minutes away from the opening ceremony!

The BikeNZ HP Coaching and Performance Support staff met in Christchurch last week to go through a detailed planning review for the 2010 Games. With BikeNZ sending one of its largest teams to a major games (even with a tougher approach on selection criteria) the logistics are going to be a challenge.

Ten months out from a big event, which will be set in a very challenging environment (check out Slum Dog Millionaire), the planning revolves around noting and ranking risks that will impact on performance. Over 70 moderate to high risks were targeted by the performance team with a huge focus around team health and logistics. Looks like 2010 will also be gone in a flash for the HP team!

As you will read below the World Champs function was a great spectacle with BikeNZ proudly highlighting the World Champions across all our disciplines. Flowing from that has been a record number of Halberg nominations from BikeNZ athletes and coaches - a total of 14 BikeNZers have been nominated with Sam Webster one of the four finalists in the Emerging Talent Category.

http://www.halberg.co.nz/News.html

http://www.roadcycling.co.nz/TeamTalk/15-halberg-award-nominations-for-cycling.html

Good luck to all those finalists.

Enjoy a well deserved break with family and friends over summer - and if the weather carries on like this "enjoy the ride" wherever it takes you.

What's High Performance

Tom Scully ripping the competition apart at the Melbourne World Cup
Simon van Velthooven getting an invitation to apply to the Japanese Keirin School for 2010
Rosara Joseph getting her running shoes on to win the Kepler Challenge Luxmore Grunt

What's Low Performance

Process UCI went through to recommend the 2012 Olympic Track events - What Process?

World Champs function photos

Back Row: Owen Duffy, Megan Blatchford Peck, Warwick Dalton, Cameron Karwowski

3^rd Row: Reon Park, Justin Grace, Brook MacDonald

2^nd Row: Tahlia Hansen, Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster

Front Row: Paula Tesoriero, Sarah Walker, Rico Bearman, Alison Shanks, Nick Fox

Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster, Cameron Karwowski and Brook MacDonald

More photos can be found on RideStrong http://www.ridestrong.org.nz/rs/media/ and the full story on http://www.ridestrong.org.nz/RS/blogs/bikenzhp/archive/2009/12/03/bikenz-celebrates-15-world-champions-in-remarkable-2009.aspx

Office closure

Please note that the BikeNZ office will be closed on Wednesday 23December 2009 and will reopen on Monday 11 January 2010. During this time, licences will not be processed.

Women's Tour of NZ

The selectors have named the strongest ever New Zealand women's road team for the Tour of New Zealand which takes place on the roads of Wellington, the Wairarapa and Palmerston North from 24-28 February. The team is headed by Cath Cheatley and Linda Villumsen who will be amongst the favourites for the general classification. Kaytee Boyd and Jo Kiesanowski provide the team with strong opportunities for stage victories, while Rushlee Buchanan and Alison Shanks will provide a strong engine room upon which the team can call on to control the race. Team Director Andy Reid is very excited by the prospect of lining up such a strong team at the race. "Just looking at the line-up we have and the results that these riders have had at the last two World Championships it's a very exciting line-up that is going to provide some great results over the next couple of years leading towards London. I've also linked closely with National Women's Track Coach, Dayle Cheatley; to use this race as preparation for the track riders within the team for the track world championships should they be selected".

For more details about the event please click on the link below.

http://www.cycletournz.com/Default.aspx?alias=www.cycletournz.com/womenstour

BMX assistant coach position

The BikeNZ High Performance BMX Programme is looking for an individual to fill the part time role of Assistant BMX Coach. The position would assist the National Coach with national and international training camps, campaigns and races plus provide key mechanical support for the programme.

Please click on the link below for more details.

http://www.ridestrong.org.nz/RS/groups/high_performance_supporters/blog/archive/2009/12/11/bikenz-bmx-high-performance-assistant-coach-position-part-time-role.aspx

Changes to Drug Free Rules

Reminder that changes to the Drug Free Rules will come into effect on 1 January 2010. Details of the changes can be found on the BikeNZ website http://www.bikenz.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=652 or Drug Free Sport NZ http://www.drugfreesport.org.nz/

Road Selection Policy

The 2010 Road Selection policy is now available on the BikeNZ website and RideStrong. Please click on either of the links below.

http://www.bikenz.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=3822#selection

http://www.ridestrong.org.nz/RS/groups/high_performance_supporters/blog/archive/2009/12/23/2010-road-selection-policy.aspx

Variety Club Bikes for Kids Tour

Several BikeNZ riders (Trent Woodcock, Cath Cheatley, Rushlee Buchanan, Shane Archbold, Jason Christie and Justin Leov) were involved in Variety Club events around the country where they handed out bikes to role model students from low decile schools.

http://www.variety.org.nz/2009-bikes-for-kids-xidc51619.html

Trent Woodcock with Simon Dallow from TVNZ

Results

Melbourne Track World Cup -Jesse Sergent 1^st Individual Pursuit; Women's' Team Pursuit 1^st (Kaytee Boyd, Rushlee Buchanan, Lauren Ellis and Alison Shanks); Madison 1^st (Marc Ryan and Tom Scully); Tom Scully 1^st Scratch Race. Alison Shanks 2^nd Individual Pursuit. Men's Team Pursuit 3^rd (Sam Bewley, Westley Gough, Pete Latham, Marc Ryan and Jesse Sergent). Team Sprint 5^th and NZ best time of 45.481 (Adam Stewart, Eddie Dawkins and Simon van Velthooven); Simon van Velthooven 5^th Keirin. Joanne Kiesanowski 4^th Scratch Race and 6^th Points Race.

New Caledonia Track Carnival - 2^nd in the Team Sprint (Simon van Velthooven, Ethan Mitchell and a local rider). Aaron Gate and Myron Simpson 2^nd overall.

Cali Track World Cup - Joanne Kiesanowski 10^th Points Race (12^th on the World Cup rankings) and 6^th Scratch Race (4^th on World Cup rankings).

Revolution 5 and Australian Madison Champs, Melbourne, 16-18 December 2009 - Aaron Gate and Myron Simpson 3^rd and Tom Scully and Shane Archbold 5^th.
http://www.ridestrong.org.nz/RS/groups/high_performance_supporters/blog/archive/2009/12/21/australian-madison-champs.aspx

Upcoming Events

Tasmania Track Carnivals, 26 December 2009 - 1 January 2010

Elite Road Champs, Christchurch, 8-10 January 2010

Track Camp - Beijing build up, Invercargill, 10-16 January 2010

Track World Cup, Beijing, China, 22-24 January 2010

Trust House Cycle Classic, Wellington, 27-31 January 2010
http://www.cycletournz.com/Default.aspx?alias=www.cycletournz.com/menstour

Elite Track Nationals, Invercargill, 10-13 February 2010

NZCT Women's Tour of New Zealand, Wellington, 24-28 February 2010

2010 Road Selection Policy

Highperf — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:00:50 GMT

The 2010 Road Selection Policy is now available, please click on the links below

2010 Road Selection Policy

Rider Application Form

Australian Madison Champs

Highperf — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:08:58 GMT

Two BikeNZ development teams were in action last night at the 2009 Australian Madison Championships at the Darebin International Sports Complex in Melbourne.

Newly crowned NZ National Champions Shane Archbold and double World Cup winner Tom Scully teamed up together alongside the pairing of Aucklanders Myron Simpson and Aaron Gate.

The race featured several strong Aussie teams and many were saying that it was the best line up for this race ever.

There was plenty of action and the pace was soon on with the pairing of Scull and Archbold picking up early points and after the second sprint they were at the head of the leader board. Gate and Simpson were riding a conservative race in the middle of the field which was strung out in one line and meant that they were struggling to move up.

Cameron Meyer and Glen O'shea were the first significant team to launch an attack and quickly gained half a lap advantage on the main bunch. but the bunch reacted and managed to make meyer and O'Shea earn their lap.

Sean Finning sneaked off the front of the bunch and steadily built an advantage that would see them take the lap leaving two teams one lap up. Scully and Archbold were in 3rd place with the highest points score, and were looking for the right timing to try to regain the lap.

Meanwhile Gate and Simpson had managed to pick up the sole point and seemed to be conserving energy for the final half of the 50km race.

The two teams were undoubtedly tactically superior to any of the other teams on the track, and were timing their changes to perfection, allowing Scully to cruise past Jack Bobridge and O'Shea to collect maximum points with 2 sprints remaining.

Gate used his initiative and sloped of the front of the bunch. No reaction from the head of the bunch allowed a quick gain of half a lap. As Simpson was slung in it was all or nothing to try to regain the lap to place them in 3rd overall. It took 9 laps for this to happen and the junction was made just after the penultimate sprint, elevating Simpson and Gate to joint second overall on 6 points.

For the last 20 laps, the pace was really on as Bobridge and Brown tried to gain a lap back. The bunch was splitting all over the track and poor positioning in the final 10 laps meant that both Kiwi teams did not score in the final sprint, with theteam of Gate and Simpson holding on to their impressive 3rd overall, and the team of Scully and Archbold in a well deserved 5th.

In the Victorian State Keirin Championships, NZ had triple junior World Champion Sam Webster in action and he was unlucky to progress to the finals after a photo finish showed that he missed out to Aussie Joel Leonard.

Sam is in action in the Victorian State Sprint Championships tomorrow, before staying in Melbourne to train for a week before heading to the Tassie Carnivals to meet up with his NZ team mates Ethan Mitchell, Simon van Velthooven and Eddie Dawkins.

BikeNZ BMX High Performance Assistant Coach position – Part time role

Highperf — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:03:24 GMT

The BikeNZ High Performance BMX Programme is looking for an individual to fill the part time role of Assistant BMX Coach. The position would assist the National Coach with national and international training camps, campaigns and races, plus provide key mechanical support for the programme.

Key components of the role

Link between High Performance and Junior Development Programme (JDS) run in conjunction with BMXNZ. This will ensure that JDS athletes have quality training programs.
Assist with the coaching of the JDS training camps alongside the National Coach.
Work alongside the National Coach and assist where needed while with the team at national and international campaigns.
The NZ winter months are when the team travels to World Cup SuperCross events. During these times you will be required to assist the National Coach with planning and organising of projects and campaigns. In certain cases the assistant coach will lead the team to races and or training camps.
When on the road with the riders, the position will require the skills to operate as the team mechanic. The appointed coach must be skilled with the attributes required to support a High Performance BMX programme and be proficient in maintaining the athletes bikes to a world class level.
The role will have time commitments that will be demanding during the NZ winter season. There will be international travel requirements of over two weeks in length throughout the year.
The contract will be until December 2012.
Applications will close 8 January 2010 and should be addressed to Hughie Castle - High Performance Support Manager Hughie@bikenz.org.nz

Please click here to download the job description.

2010 MTB Selection policy

Highperf — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:22:30 GMT

The 2010 MTB Selection policy is now available, please click on the link below

http://www.bikenz.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=3822#selection