CMC E-news 9th July 2009 Print E-mail

North Harbour Racing Cancelled This Sunday
Due to a shortage of personnel and hall availability the North Harbour Cycling Club regretfully has cancelled the racing for this weekend (12th July 2009).

Lead Cars & Wheel Wagons - Auckland 1000
The club is looking for people interested in volunteering their vehicle to be used as either a lead vehicle or wheel wagon for the upcoming Auckland 1000. If you would like to perform this task please contact Stu McIntosh.

Club 50 - Plenty of Numbers Available?
The third draw of the Club 50 was on Saturday at Aka Aka and No. 33 won $100 for its owner, Grahame Colson – he’s had the number for two years and was very pleased to win!!!!

The next draw is on 25 July at Waiau Pa.

Mike Giddey runs a fundraiser for the Club whereby you buy a number for $50 for the season and you have 10 chances of winning $100 and at the end of the season somebody wins $1,000. The following numbers are available – 4,  8, 10, 17, 19, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 51, 59, 60,  62, 63, 67, 71,  75, 76, 78, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 98 and 100. You need to have paid at least $25 to be eligible to win. Payment by cash or cheque to Counties Manukau Cycling or direct transfer to 01 0403 0163779 00.  Contact Mike Giddey on 534 3183 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Auckland Centre TT Champs Entries
An entry form for the Auckland TT Champs is days away from being ready, keep an eye out for the entry form in the downloads section of the CMC website

Road & Track Commissaired Course
Hawkes bay will be hosting a National Road/Track Commissaires course on September 4-6th 2009. If anyone from the club is interested in sitting this course please click here for more info. 

Applications for  the course are due to Rachael Neutze at BikeNZ by Friday 7th August

Lion Foundation Cycle Challenge - Wellington to Auckland
The dates for the 2010 Lion Foundation Cycle Challenge has been set for Sunday 14th - Saturday 20th Febuary 2010. The event starts in Lower Hutt and ends 7days later in Pukekohe, for more info visit the Wakaroc Website.

Auckland City Tri Club Pukekohe Raceway
Auckland City Tri Club has organised event at the Pukekohe Park Raceway for a duatlon and cycle pursuit/time-trial which will take place totally within the racecourse.

The event will also help to raise funds to assist Auckland City Tri Club athletes heading to the various off-shore World Championship races this year.

Sunday 9th August
Events on the day as follows:
11.00am - Duathlon – Run 5km / Cycle 20 km / Run 2.5 km
1.00pm - Sausage Sizzle Lunch & Prizegiving
1.30pm - 1 or 2 hour Cycle Time-trial (choice can be made on day) or Team Pursuit (4 or 5 cyclists) or Individual

An entry form can be downloaded from the Auckland City Tri Club website www.aucklandcitytri.co.nz