Invercargill may host consecutive champs
February 16th, 2008, 4:02 am Hobbies News
The success of the event in November has prompted cycling officials to promote the idea of coming back to Invercargill even though Australia is scheduled to host the event next.
Oceania general-secretary Graham Sycamore, of Invercargill, said there was a reluctance in Sydney and Melbourne to run the championships because of financial issues.
Cycling Southland recorded a small surplus from the event and is keen to run it again, although it would rather have the event the following year in the lead up to the Commonwealth Games.
Oceania president and vice-president of the UCI, the sports governing body, told The Southland Times last year that Invercargill had put on the best event in the 35-year history of the championships.
The Southland team to compete at the New Zealand track championships at the ILT Velodrome is: Elite men: Eddie Dawkins, Ian Denise, James Fairweather.
Elite women: Dale Tye, Phillipa Swain, Gabby Vermunt, Emma Giddens.
Junior under-19 men: Tom Scully, Hamish Presbury, Hamish Tomlinson, Mathew Marshall, Patrick Williamson, Logan Edgar.
Junior under-19 women: Cathy Jordan, Sequoia Cooper.
Junior under-17 boys: Pieter Bulling, Matt Vermunt, Brehan Cairns, Troy Smith, Marcel Baird, Andrew Miller, Tom Dawkins.
Junior under-15 boys: Tom Beadle, Simon Cook.
Junior under-15 girls: Sophie Williamson.Veteran men: Michael White, Jerard Stock, Derek Tan, Andy McIntyre, Neil Jamieson, Donald Vermeulen, Scott Milne, Ray Robinson, Neil Familton.
Team officials: Lindsay Jordan (manager), Aiaan Cairns, Dayle Cheatley, Laurie Tall.
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