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09/28/2008: "Morrinsville Open - Bill & Hazel Summers Memorial & Kaimai Cycles events"
This weekend we hosted the Morrinsville Wheelers Bill & Hazel Summers Memorial Race (Saturday) and the Kaimai Cycles sponsored events for U13, U15, U17). Numbers were down this year considerably due to a couple of clashes with Taupo to Napier (Sat) and the Secondary Schools events held in the Manawatu... Next year the club is going to host the event around April (to be determined) so that we encourage more riders to get out there, and less clashes of events.
Thank you to Kaimai Cycles for your sponsorship of the U13/U15/U17 events.
Thank you to all officials this weekend. Saturday was not pleasant out there for all of you standing on corners or the start/finish line. Your help is much appreciated:
Commissaires: Mark Ireland (Tauranga), Graham Bell (Tokoroa) , Guy Halewood (Hamilton)
Time Keepers: Brian Kelly (Tauranga), Heather Smythe (Te Awamutu)
Judges: Bev May, Julia Dusevich (both Morrinsville)
Police: Wayne Aberhart (Morrinsville) - fantastic job Lead Car/Traffic Management
STMS: Dave May (Morrinsville)& MR Harrewijn (Erik's dad) (Auckland) for putting out all the safety signs
Corner Marshalls: Morrinsville Wheelers Members & supporters
Numbers: Roz & Bob Cammock (Rotorua)
First Aid: Dawn Summers (Morrinsville), Valda Mehrtens (Hamilton)
Saturday
Weather: WET!!
U13 - 12km
Riders raced out & back x two on Scott Road. Quite a hilly circuit! Morrinsville riders were the only ones to show. This year Cindy & Norman Murrell donated a cup for U13s...
1 Michael Smith 37.36 Winner of Murrell Cup for U13 riders
2 Ben Pulman 30.14 Fastest time
3 Christian Smith 37.25
4 Theo Wright 32.39
5 Josha Collins 35.09
6 Julia Williams 48.03
U15/U17
As numbers were well down we combined this event. Circuit was Morrinsville, Taharoa, Starkey, Bell return. approx 30km. The U15 winner receives the Dave & Bev May Cup. The U17 winner receies teh Leny Swart cup.
1 Liam Aberhart (U15) 56.54 Bev & Dave May Cup
2 Gemma Murrell (U17) 49.38 Leny Swart Cup
3 Gavin Wolfe (U17) 41.36 Fastest time
4 Charlie Murrell (U15) 41.36
Hand cycles
Only one entrant was Shayne Collins on his new German made speed machine! He did the same distance as the U15/U17 & Same circuit. Shayne did this in 2hrs2mins. Shayne rides for Morrinsville Wheelers.
Open event - 80km Bill & Hazel Memorial
Lindsay Williams was the third ever Morrinsville Wheelers rider to win the club open! Previous two were Bev May in 1964 and Dave May in the 1970s. It is great the drought is broken! Lindsay also won the cup for the first Morrinsville rider home! Well done!! Lindsay was in a seven strong bunch on the 26 minute bunch. The bunch worked hard and held off the chasing bunches.
1 Lindsay Williams - Morrinsville 2.23.11 Bill & Hazel Summers Memorial Trophy - 1st Morrinsville Rider Home trophy
2 Graham Bunn - Te Awamutu 2.23.11 (Graham said he wasn't happy to be rolled on the line! but 2nd was a great effort!!! :)
3 John Blake - Te Awamutu 2.23.11
4 Gary Carlton - Morrinsville 2.23.11
5 Kimberley Costello - Rotorua 2.23.11 (Best race we've seen Kimberley do - well done!!)
6 Russell Mudgeway - Te Awamutu 2.14.41
7 Nicola Cox - New Plymouth 2.14.41 fastest woman
8 Roz Reekie May - Morrinsville 2.14.41 (fastest Morrinsville woman)
9 Kelly McLarn - Te Awamutu 2.14.41
10 Courtney Lowe - Tauranga/Morrinsville 2.14.41
11 Bob Wilson - New Plymouth 2.19.41
12 Paul Doelman - Morrinsville 2.14.41
13 Henry van Mill - Morrinsville 2.14.41
14 Emma Peterson - Te Awamutu 2.14.41
15 Robert Taylor - Napier 2.14.48
16 Glen Crompton - Te Awamutu 2.21.18
17 Terry Semmens - Morrinsville 2.27.18
18 Sandra Ginever - Morrinsville 2.28.36
19 Tom Pirie - Palmerston North 2.10.41
20 Trevor Foley - Hamilton 2.11.14
21 John Cottingham - Morrinsville 2.11.18
22 Russell Nant - Tauranga 2.21.18
23 John Williams - Hamilton 2.13.19
24 Simon Honour - Rotorua 2.08.25 Fastest Time Trophy given
25 Ash Hough - Tauranga 2.08.25
26 Evan Smith - Morrinsville 2.08.25 Fastest Morrinsville Rider
27 Heath Litt - Tauranga 2.08.25
28 Richard Coffey - Tauranga 2.08.25
29 Erik Harrewijn - Morrinsville 2.23.25
30 Alan Mark - ?? 2.16.48
31 Geoff Tucker - Te Awamutu 2.31.48
32 Peter Cox - New Plymouth 2.39.33
33 Catriona Pirie - Palmerston North 3.06.46 Winner of Paul Leitch Cup
DNF: Manu Robson, Nathan Bunn, Johnathan Soepnal, Scott Ardern, David Priscott
History of Paul Leitch Cup
Paul Leitch won a trophy at a race internatinally and as he had so many on his shelf he decided to donate one to Morrinsville Wheelers for a deserving woman rider who finishes the Morrinsville 80km race. This year Catriona started on the limit bunch but rode the majority (approx 70km) alone. Well done on your race completion. Previous winners include: Shelley Murch, Lauren Koedyk, Sandra Ginever, Dorrette Prinsloo, Vickie Burr, Theresa Large...
Sunday
Weather: FINE!! a little windy.
Riders competed in mass start events in Grades.
A Grade - 120km 4 xTaharoa Circuit
1 Shem Rodger - Te Awamutu 3.03.46
2 Elliot Crowther - Morrinsville 3.03.46
3 Johnathan Atkinson - Auckland 3.04.51
4 Adam Cocker - Auckland 3.04.57
5 Matt Gilbert 3.05.16
6 Sam Western 3.14.1
7 Mike Henton 3.22.13
8 Phillip Hudson 3.25.16
DNF More than a handful
B Grade - 120km 4 xTaharoa Circuit
1 Nigel Hunt 3.23.12
2 Scott Ardern 3.23.114
3 Heath Litt - Tauranga 3.23.17
4 John Cottingham - Morrinsville 3.23.22
5 David Mayall - Morrinsville 3.23.22
6 Glen Lewis 3.23.29
7 Richard Coffey - Tauranga 3.23.29
8 Doug Latto - Morrinsville 3.26.11
9 Trevor Foley - Hamilton 3.30.15
C Grade - 78km 3 xTaharoa Circuit
1 Tom Pirie - Palmerston North 2.36.32
2 Mike Jensen - Morrinsville 2.38.23
3 Emma Peterson - Te Awamutu 2.38.23
4 Bob Puru - Morrinsville 2.38.23
5 Glen Crompton - 2.39.49
6 Peter Roberts - Napier 2.39.49
7 Alan Mark 2.39.49
8 John Williams - Hamilton 2.39.58
9 Luke Verschaffet 2.39.58
10 David Priscott 2.39.58
11 Gary Carlton - Morrinsville 2.39.58
12 Henry van Mill - Morrinsville 2.42.22
13 Erik Harrewijn - Morrinsville 2.42.22
14 Kelly McLarn - Te Awamutu 2.47.22
15 Lindsay Williams - Morrinsville 2.47.21
D Grade - 65km 2x Taharoa circuit
1 Sandra Ginever - Morrinsville 2.06.31
2 Rebecca Hurcomb - Morrinsville 2.06.31
3 Mary van Huysen - Morrinsville 2.06.31
4 Robert Aldridge - Te Awamutu 2.06.31
U17/U15 1x Taharoa circuit combined race
Separate races but held together for lack of entrants)
1 Gavin Wolfe - Morrinsville (U17) 1.03.35
2 Charlie Murrell - Morrinsville (U15) 1.03.35
3 Gemma Murrell - Morrinsville (U17) 1.17.35
DNF Liam Aberhart
U13 & Handcycles (raced out to Taharoa from Morrinsville)
Again riders from Morrinsville only ones to show!
U13
1 Ben Pulman 18.45
2 Theo Wright 20.59
3 Joshua Collins 20.59
4 Michael Smith 22.44
5 Christian Smith 22.44
6 Julia Wililams 29.38
Handcycle
Shayne Collins 41.46
Thank you again to all the people who helped Morrinsville to make this event successful. Without the huge support base that we are lucky to have we couldn't possibly hold this event.
REMINDER: NEXT Year we are intending to host this event much earlier in the cycling calendar (around April?? Watch this space)
