Cycling Championships

ŠKODA South Island School Road Championships

On 9 and 10 July 2022, the Medbury cycling team of George Bishop, George Clark, Cooper Godfrey, Noah Madgwick, Thomas Mortlock, Harrison Tapper, Riley Crampton, George Hegan, Louis Hiatt and Louis Sharr headed off to Ruapuna Motorsport Park.

During the weekend the boys had a variety of races which included an individual time trial, team time trial and a road race.

All of these races boosted the boys’ skills, racing with more competitive people, especially the Year 7s. In the individual time trial (ITT), 11 boys competed, six in the Under 13 boys grade and five in the Under 14 boys grade which all the boys did awesome in! The Under 13 Medbury boys did amazing - taking the podium with George Clark getting 1st place, Harrison Tapper 2nd and Noah Madgwick 3rd. After this the Under 14 boys took the podium with Riley Crampton gaining 1st place. Later in the day was the team time trial (TTT), with Medbury having three teams competing, and again, Medbury took the podium. The results were as follows, Medbury A 1st place and then Medbury C in 2nd place.

The day was filled with rain and then the road race was in the cold sunshine. The Under 13s did three laps, which is 10.5km, with the Under 14s doing the same. George Clark came out on top, with Harrison Tapper just behind him. The Under 14s saw Riley Crampton in 1st place and Louis Hiatt very close in 4th place.

All of the boys did well and had lots of fun. I am very happy for all of the boys and their performance. It was a great learning curve for the Year 7 boys as it was their first time warming up and doing real races.

Riley Crampton, 8L