NZSS Road Cycling Championships results and winners

The Auckland Grammar School U20 Boys A team on their way to winning Saturday's Time Trial. Photo by Dave Lintott Photography.

​The 50th addition of the National Secondary Schools Road Cycling Championships were held in Levin and Feilding over the weekend. The 2017 event drew almost 700 cyclists from 83 schools for the three-day competition which included a team time trial, road race and points race.
 
The Sir Bernard Fergusson trophy for the under-20 Boys’ team time trial was hotly contested this year, with five teams finishing within 30 seconds of each other. Defending champions Palmerston North Boys High School were last to start, and failed to capture Auckland Grammar School who reversed their second placing from last year.
 
Hamilton Boys’ High were the initial leaders and with only 2km to go were ahead by six seconds. Auckland Grammar finished like the wind though and finished with a new course record.

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World champion and record holder Ellesse Andrews won the under-20 girls points race.
 
The senior Boys category was won by Madi Hartley-Brown from Christchurch Boys’ High School, resisting strong challenges from schoolmate Baily O’Donnell and Aaron Wyllie of Auckland Grammar.
 
“That was the hardest race of my life, it was full gas the whole way riding into the wind so it was good to get the win” said Hartley-Brown.
 
Below are the list of all the A group winners from a top weekend of cycling.
 
Boys Time Trial
 
Under-20: Auckland Grammar School - 21:13.10
Under-16: Palmerston North Boys - 23:30.61
Year 7&8: Cambridge Middle School - 26:59.20
 
Girls Time Trial
 
Under-20: Waikato Diocesan - 24:50.38l
Under-16: Baradene College Junior A - 26:00.37
Year 7&8: Saint Kentigern College - 29:33.36

Boys Road Race
 
Under-13: Maui Morrison - Cambridge Middle School
Under-14: August Elworthy - Takapuna Grammar School
Under-15: Jack Carswell - St Peter’s Cambridge
Under-16: Laurence Pithie - Christchurch Boys’ High School
Under-17: Kiaan Watts - Hamilton Boys High School
Under-20: Madi Hartley-Brown - Palmerston North Boys High School
 
Girls Road Race
 
Under-13: Holly Mcinnes - Palmerston North Intermediate
Under-14: Bee Townsend - Glen Eden Intermediate
Under-15: Lucy Buckeridge - Takapuna Grammar School
Under-16: Henrietta Christie - Lincoln High School
Under-17:  Mckenzie Milne Waikato Diocesan School
Under-20: Jenna Merrick, Baradene College
 
Boys Points Race
 
Under-13:  Maui Morrison - Cambridge Middle School
Under-14: August Elworthy - Takapuna Grammar School
Under-15: Jack Carswell - St Peter’s School, Cambridge
Under-16: Laurence Pithie - Christchurch Boys’ High School
Under-17:  Kiaan Watts - Christchurch Boys’ High School
Under-20: Madi Hartley Brown - Palmerston North Boys’ High School
 
Girls Points Race
 
Under-13: Ruby Spring - St Kentigern College
Under-14: Bee Townsend - Glen Eden Intermediate
Under-15: Prue Flower - Waikato Diocesan School
Under-16: Maddi Douglas - Cambridge High School
Under-17: Ally Wollaston - St Peter’s School, Cambridge
Under-20: Ellesse Andrews - St Peter’s School, Cambridge