2015 Hawkes Bay Secondary School Championships results

Hawkes Bay Secondary School Team Time Trial (TTT) Championships held on Saturday 27 June 2015 on the Ohiti Road out and return course:

U7/8 (U13) Girls: Haumoana School 41.11, 1; Taradale Intermediate 44.04, 2.

U7/8 (U13) Mixed: Waipukurau School 36.41, 1; Taradale Intermediate 49.46, 2.

U7/8 (U13) Boys: Havelock North Intermediate 34.54, 1; Taradale Intermediate 36.42, 2; Haumoana School 39.08, 3; Taradale Intermediate 43.06, 4; Taradale Intermediate 43.57, 5; Haumoana School 44.39, 6.

U16 Girls: CHB College 42.17, 1.

U16 Boys: Napier Boys High School 32.26, 1; Karamu High School 34.53, 2.

U20 Mixed: CHB College 27.1, 1.

U20 Boys: Karamu High School 29.18, 1; Havelock North High School 30.44, 2.

Hawkes Bay Secondary School Road Race Championships held on Sunday 28 June 2015 on the Crystall Road - Mutiny Road circuit:

Under 20 Boys: Sam Thorpe-Loversuch (Karamu High School) 1:54:00, 1; Joshua Achten (Taikura Rudolf Steiner School) 1:54:00, 2; Ryan Hulena (CHB College) 1:54:02, 3.

Under 20 Girls: Amanda Jamieson (CHB College) 1:54:00, 1.

Under 17 Boys: Nicholas Kelly (Havelock North High School) 1:55:38, 1; Lachlan Cairns (Lindisfarne College) 1:55:39, 2.

Under 17 Girls: Felicity Wilson (Hastings Girls High School) 1:55:39, 1.

Under 16 Boys: Noah Nelson (CHB College) 1:32:02, 1; Lewis Sheeran (Havelock North High School) 1:32:04, 2; Joshua Ratcliffe (Karamu High School) 1:32:04, 3; Finn van Kampen (Taikura Rudolf Steiner School) 1:32:04, 4; Markus Jackson (Napier Boys High School) 1:32:07, 5; Luke Shaw (Karamu High School) 1:32:07, 5; Oliver van Kampen (Taikura Rudolf Steiner School) 1:32:52, 7.

Under 16 Girls: Jenna Tidswell (Havelock North High School) 1:32:08, 1.

Under 15 Boys: Jono Williams (Havelock North High School) 1:09:39, 1; Brad Roberts (Taradale High School) 1:09:39, 2; Robbie Thomsen (Napier Boys High School) 1:23:44, 3.

Under 15 Girls: Laura Bickers (Napier Girls High School) 1:09:40, 1.

Under 13 Boys: Will Tidswell (Havelock North Intermediate) 47:02, 1; Max Williams (Havelock North Intermediate) 47:09, 2; Harry Robinson (Haumoana School) 50:02, 3; Matthew Hulena (Waipukurau School) 50:03, 4; Samuel Thomsen (Waipukurau School) 50:03, 5; Joshua Moroney (Hereworth School) 52:33, 6; Marcus Hildesheim (Haumoana School) 55:11, 7; Lochlan Stent (St Marys School) 58:07, 8.

Under 13 Girls: Lili Stephens-Ellison (Hastings Intermediate) 53:31, 1; Hana Peacock (Waipukurau School) 53:32, 2; Katelyn Garbes (Hastings Intermediate) 58:07, 3; Molly Averill (Haumoana School) 59:53, 4.

2015 Hawkes Bay School Cycling Championships - Havelock North High School Team Report

The Hawkes Bay School Cycling Championships were held over the weekend of Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June 2015. The school was represented by Todd Burnard, Mitchell Couchman, Nicholas Kelly, Lewis Sheeran, Jono Williams and Jenna Tidswell.

The Saturday afternoon saw the running of the Team Time Trial (TTT) event. As the team was mixed age, they rode in the under 20 age group which allowed five riders to complete the event. In this race, all team members work together as they race against the clock to record the fastest time with the team time taken from the fourth rider across the line. Conditions were fine and sunny with a dying southerly wind. The 18km course runs out and back along Ohiti Road which meant riders had to push into the wind on the way out before turning and racing back to the finish line with little assistance. From the start line, the team was led off by Jono Williams  and quickly set about using their team time trial skills practiced under the guidance of coach Jason Kelly during school lunchtimes. The riders worked well as a team to stay together until the finish line and recorded a solid time of 30m 44s (35.1km/h) and earn a silver medal for second place. This was an improvement over the bronze medal they won last year with a time of 33m 17s. With more dedication to team training, they can look to vie for the gold medal next year.

Team briefing pre-start

Racing in Ohiti Road

Finish line

Medal Ceremony - Silver medals (L-R, Todd, Jono. Nicholas, Lewis, Mitchell)

The road race championships were held on Sunday afternoon in sunny and mild conditions with a variable westerly wind. The first race to start for the team was the combined under 17 boys grade which Nicholas Kelly raced in. They raced 62.5km around five laps of the Crystall Road - Mutiny Road block which is basically flat.  A steady pace saw them catch and pass the under 20 group before a slow last lap saw them fall well behind the under 20 riders. In a bunch sprint to the finish line, Nicholas timed his run well to secure first place and the gold medal. Next off were the under 16 grade which Lewis Sheeran and Jenna Tidswell competed in. They raced four laps of the same course for a total distance of 50km. In another bunch sprint finish, Lewis took out the silver medal in second place while Jenna finished in the bunch to take the girls gold medal. In the under 15 grade, raced over 37.5km (three laps) of the same course, Jono Williams won the sprint in a tight finish by less than one second to earn the gold medal.

Over the weekend, the team won three gold medals and two silver medals which was a pleasing result and deserved rewards for the training they had put into the event.

Jenna Gold medal

Jono Gold medal

Lewis Silver medal

Racing in Crystall Road

Nicholas leading out the sprint

Nicholas Gold medal