Successful weekend for the St Peter's Cycling Academy

Holly Blakely (number 620) of Peter's School won the U20 Girls Road Race, in a sprint finish from Palmerston North GHS's Libby Arbuckle (609) and Saint Kentigern College's Madeleine Park (616).

The St Peter’s School Cycling Academy enjoyed a successful weekend at the NISS Road and Track Championships at nearby Karapiro and the Avantidrome, Cambridge.

On Saturday, Holly Blakely took out the gold medal in the U20 Road Race, Ally Wollaston Bronze in the U16 Road Race and Archie Martin snuck in for Bronze with a great sprint finish in the U16 Road Race.

Sunday saw more medals on the road with Holly Blakely Silver in the U20 Criterium, Ally Wollaston Gold in the U16 Criterium.

The St Peter’s U20 Girls Team Time Trial won silver, 6 seconds behind St Kentigern College.  The team of Ally Wollaston, Holly Blakely, Phoebe Young, Lindz Haggart and Rose Dillon will be looking to close that gap before the New Zealand Secondary Schools Road Nationals in the Manawatu in September.

On the track on Monday, the St Peter’s riders excelled, with Ally Wollaston topping the table with five gold medal rides in the U20 Team Pursuit (along with Holly Blakely, Sammi Ogle and Lindz Haggart), the  U16 individual Elimination, Scratch, Points Races and U17 Team Scratch Race  with Sammi Ogle.

Holly Blakely won her individual track medals in the U20 Elimination (Silver) and Scratch and Points Races (Bronze). 

Sammi Ogle backed up her team medals with two Golds in the U17  Scratch and Points Races and a Silver in the Elimination Race.

Lindz Haggart finished the U17 Scratch race with a silver and Holly Rowan-Sanders, two bronze’s in the U14 Scratch and Elimination Races.

Their U20 Boys rode strongly to take Silver in the Team Pursuit Track race with riders Archie Martin, Fletcher Pearson-Riley, Jacob Coltman and Jamal Roberton.  Three of these boys were riding up a couple of age groups so an outstanding result.

The consistently outstanding results from St Peter’s Cycling Academy Female Riders on the track earnt them the Top Female School Trophy for the NISS Championships.

Results:
Best Overall Schools Road Race & Criterium Races - Ngaruawahia Lions Club Points Trophy Winners:
Boys: Palmerston North Boys’ High School 
Girls: Waikato Diocesan School

Track Championships Outstanding Male Cyclist of the Year 
Aaron Wyllie, Auckland Grammar School

Track Championships Outstanding Female Cyclist of the year
Georgia Danford, St Cuthbert’s College

Best Overall Track School Boys points Trophy
1st Auckland Grammar School

Best Overall Track School Girls Points Trophy
1st St Peters School, Cambridge
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View all the results at: http://www.redeventsnz.com/#!2016-results/m8uzh

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