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Morrinsville Wheelers was started in 1964. Since
then, the club has produced many New Zealand representatives, including:
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Jack and Steven Swart
(Steven a three time Tour de France rider).
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Olympian Tom Bamford.
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Julian Dean, currently New
Zealand's top ranked rider who races professionally for
the Credit Agricole team in Europe.
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Double Olympian Roz Reekie-May
(current rider), Cycling NZ Road Cyclist of the Year in
2001. Roz was fifth in the Women's Road Race at the 2002
Manchester Commonwealth Games.
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Mark May (current club
captain), represented New Zealand in Switzerland,
Italy and Taiwan. Also represented New Zealand on the
track at Oceania level.
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Eliot Crowther (current
rider), represented New Zealand at Junior World Track
Championships at Under 19 level in 2005.
Club secretary Bev May was the
first woman to hold a racing licence in New Zealand. Bev is
a UCI qualified commissaire and has worked at Commonwealth
Games level in this capacity.
The New Zealand Road Nationals
have been held in Morrinsville three times and the club's
Open is one of New Zealand's oldest surviving races. The
club celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2004.
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