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A Masters cycling team based on the Hibiscus Coast has been able to step up to another level with new sponsors on board.
Commonwealth Games Bronze medallist, Gordon McCauley of GMC Cycling in Silverdale, is the hub of the team.
He says they are out to win the North Island Dynamo series this year, after placing second last year.
The team of eight includes six Hibiscus Coast riders, and two from the North Shore. All are over the age for Masters, which for cycling is 35 years, apart from Fergus Scott of Long Bay who is a development rider at age 16.
The team began with a few riders, including Gordon, training together informally, then entering a few races sponsored by GMC.
This year, the team, captained by Gordon, gained solid sponsorship from local businesses and is now the Daikin/Thermal Solutions team. Gordon says this has brought distinctive branding. “We now look like a team on the road,” he says. The sponsorship also covers event entry fees.
Gordon says the team is proud to be “a Coast team”. They are training hard for the six-race North Island Dynamo series, which is held in the Waikato starting in September, so expect to see them out on local roads.
