Cycling

Welcome to Sacred Heart Cycling, come and join the Scared Heart Peloton.

We are a bunch of enthusiastic parents and boys who endeavour to do our best for the school and provide a competitive and supportive environment that fosters both participation, enjoyment and excellence.

The parent committee organises and coordinates all the events and day to day running of the club along with the invaluable assistance of teachers.

Bikes and associated equipment are the responsibility of the parents, but the committee will provide any help needed with other requirements. Sacred Heart Cycling currently provides the school skinsuits, and from the coaching fee, entry to key events. School warm-up cycling jerseys are also available.

We compete in five school events throughout the year, as well as a number of club events.The major focus is on the fortnightly Auckland Secondary Schools Team Time Trials held on Sunday mornings, the Mt Wellington regional schools championships, North Island and National Championships.

The season runs from May to September, with training recommended all year. Team selections are determined on current form.

Contacts:

Mr Alan Guilder, Directeur Sportif, alan@hotcycles.co.nz  Ph: 021 869 854

Mr Gerard Crosswell, Treasurer,gerard.crosswell@xtra.co.nz  Ph: 027 4405 943

Mr Michael Judd, Secretary, michael.judd@steele.co.nz  Ph: 021 469 911

Mr Ken Holley, Communications, kenholleyster@gmail.com  Ph: 021 477 472

Events

Team Time Trials:

13th May, 6.30am

27th May, 6.30am

10th June, 6.30am

17th June (Saver Day only)

24th June, 6.30am

22nd July, 6.30am

12th August, 6.30am

26th August (Saver day only)

16 September, 6.30am (Finals Day)

23rd September (Saver Day only)

NISS Champs:           

Saturday 30 June - 2 July        Gordonton & Ngaruawhaia

NZSS Individual Champs:    

Friday 7 -  9 September          Mt Wellington, Auckland

NZSS Road Cycling Champs:           

Saturday 29 September - 1 October   Koputatoroa (Levin), Feilding (Manfeild)

Links

Auckland Secondary Schools Cycling and Triathlon http://www.aksstriathlon.co.nz/cycling/ - all the TTT information, maps, start order and results

Bike NZ http://www.bikenz.org.nz/ - for your cycling licence for Club events and other non-school events

Clubs:

Counties Manakau Cycling http://www.cmcycling.co.nz/ - SHC affiliated club

North Harbour Cycling http://www.nhcc.org.nz/

Auckland Central Cycling http://aucklandcentralcycling.org.nz/auckland-central-cycling-club/

Auckland Track Cycling Club http://www.trackcycling.co.nz/

Shops:

Hot Cycles http://www.hotcycles.co.nz/

Mt Eden Cycles http://www.mtedencycles.co.nz/

AvantiPlus http://www.avantiplus.co.nz/

Online stores:

From the 2011 Magazine

The season started with the Waterfront Team Time Trials, a seven-race series over winter. Sacred Heart entered two senior teams and three junior teams, and Jonathan Laycock continued as captain in his last year at the College. The Senior A team posted fairly consistent times over the season, with a best placing of fifth, the highest an SHC senior team has ever finished. Overall, they came eighth in the series, while the Junior A came 10th. Our U14 team unfortunately punctured in its only race, but were heading towards a respectable time.

North Island Championships saw a change of venue to Cambridge High School this year and it was a very positive experience. We entered Senior A and Junior A teams, finishing 10th and 17th respectively in the team time trials.

Individual road races results

National Individual Championships were held on the weekend of 26-28 August in Mt Wellington. The best-placed riders were:

School nationals at Palmerston North in October had their highs and lows. The high point was Lochlan Gilder’s gold medal in the U13 Boys grade. Pablo produced top-10 finishes in road race (8th) and points race (7th), while Keegan Gilder came 8th in the road race, but broke a spoke in the points race. The lows included having two bikes badly damaged when they fell off the back of the school trailer, Jonathan having his bike broken in a freak non-riding accident, and two boys crashing, sustaining bike damage and minor injuries. We need better luck next year!

Marie Laycock, Manager