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Wednesday January 9, 2013
Sport
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The cycling scene
with Paul Odlin
When you hit the wall The champions: Back row from left, Danny Schefer, Katie Rossiter, Josh Riley, James Brailsford-Hunt. Front row from left: Sam Bargh, Lucy Brailsford-Hunt, Flynn Marshall, Ben Graham. Absent: Omar Cameron and Kate Jamieson. Coaches: Kaye Marshall and Tisha Jamieson
Victory for Sumner water polo team Robyn Brailsford
IT was another outstanding victory for the Sumner Water Polo A Team as they played off in the Christchurch term final for 2012. The team consistently vied for first or second place during the year against their fierce opponents Cobham A. This game was no different, and as it came down to the final moments it was edge-of-your-seat viewing with the score locked at two-all. The teams then went into extra time for a playoff – first goal wins – with much anticipation and excitement as they battled it out for the victory goal, which eventually was scored by Sumner. Being awarded the trophy in the final term
completed an exciting year for this team, which had also received the bronze medal for the South Island Championships, especially for the seniors, as they were in the final days of their time at Sumner School with high school coming up this year. As seniors in the school these enthusiastic young sports people have passed on a lasting legacy to other water polo players coming up through the school. Under the most trying of circumstances over the past two years, given the earthquakes and loss of many swimming facilities in Christchurch, these students and their parents never gave up their determination to continue and succeed.
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BONKING - in cycling lingo, it refers to hitting the wall or the condition caused by depletion of glycogen stores in the liver and muscles, which manifests itself by sudden fatigue and loss of energy. “Bonking?” or “Have you bonked recently?” are questions I’ve wanted to ask other cyclists, after a client recently experienced ‘the bonk’, which got me thinking. Further discussion and rumination established that bonking is something that the majority must first experience to subsequently avoid at all costs. I recall my first experience of this sensation as an enthusiastic 16 year-old on an early expedition mountain biking to the far off Port Hills (everything seemed so much further in those youthful days). Back then the last five kilometres must have seemed too much to ask for my glycogen
depleted stores and I bartered my bicycle pump for a Bumper bar (teenager with hunger but no money) at a Blenheim Road petrol station. I must have appeared fairly depleted to have successfully completed that transaction. After retrieving my pump (and paying for the bar) I put my learning experience into practice - I now travel with a spare nutbar in my saddle bag and extra change in my back pocket - life savers on many subsequent occasions! I’m often telling clients that these items require very little space and have negligible effect on your gross weight. In addition, before going out for a long ride consider how many meals or food you would normally eat over that period of time this is below the minimum amount of food you must consume during your ride. If you heed none of this advice then remember your pump and bartering skills!
Cycling’s elite nationals in town CYCLING fans will be able to catch some of the sport’s top athletes in action this weekend when the 2013 Elite Road National Championships takes place in Hoon Hay and Cashmere. The ride will start at Centennial Park and include a hill climb up Dyers Pass Road. Christchurch City Council unit manager John Filsell said it was the biggest event on the New
Zealand cycling calendar. “This is the perfect chance to get out and see New Zealand’s top road cyclists in action, from Olympic medallists to Tour de France riders.” In a first, all seven of New Zealand’s World Tour professional cyclists will take to the road to compete, including Julian Dean, George Bennett, Jesse Sergent, Sam Bewley, Greg Henderson, Hayden Roulston and Jack Bauer.
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