Rocktape Report
Ash Ankudinoff – Australian National Omnium Championships
For those of you who don’t know much about track cycling and about the omnium here is a bit of an insight- The omnium consists of 6 events run over 2 days. There is a flying lap, points race and elimination race on the first day and then an individual pursuit, scratch race and finally ... [READ MORE HERE]
Alex South – World and National Sailing Championships
The ISAF World Championships were held over the 3-18th of December 2011. Unique to sailing and the pre Olympic year, all disciplines compete at the same location for the World Championship title- unlike others where we are spread across the globe. In the Laser Radial Women’s class, I was coming into racing off a relatively ... [READ MORE HERE]
Alex South – World Uni Games
I travelled to the World Uni Games in China which was an amazing experience. Every venue was pristine (and brand new!) and the City of Shenzhen really put on a show for all who participated in the event. The village was crazy- 12,000 athletes and support staff is a lot of people to push in ... [READ MORE HERE]
Rock Star Myron Simpson wins Stage 5 of the “An Post Ras” in Blarney, Ireland
Myron just completed riding the 8-Day An Post Ras Tour in Ireland, with the NZ track team. He wrote the following team report. Stage 5, we didn’t really have a race plan. Stay near the front and keep out of trouble. I did exactly that… Early on a break of 10 riders went, but a ... [READ MORE HERE]
Myron Simpson – U23 Tour of Flanders
Leading up to the race I was pretty happy, training was good. Did close to 6 hours on Wednesday, 2 easier days then the race was on Saturday! Weather was mint, sunny and a bit of wind… 22-23 degrees, couldn’t ask for more at this time of the year! We woke up early on Saturday, ... [READ MORE HERE]

