NSW Road Country Championship - Southerland, June 2008

Liam and Numa Warburton participated in the NSW Road Country Championship, and the Southern Cross Junior Road open championship + criterium last week-end.

Both boys did well, with Numa taking second place in the Country championship on the Saturday. The competition was tough, Numa had his first Junior race in Tamworth two weeks prior, he knew that there was a few very fast boys who were going to break away. Numa and Liam managed to stay with the break away group, and Numa did a spectacular sprint finish. He was overtaken just before the line by Stephen Lewis from Manning Valley Cycle Club.

On the Sunday, Numa won the criterium in Division B, and decided to race the afternoon road race in the A division.

Liam got a third place in the Criterium and finished first in the B division road race in the afternoon.

The week-end was a fantastic experience for the boys. Numa and Liam are part of the Talent Identification Program of the North Coast Academy of Sports, and it was nice to see them work as a team with the other NCAS under 15 boys.

The next junior event Numa and Liam are participating in will be the State Championship held in Wagga in August.

The boys are very keen in keeping up their training. They participate in the Club races held in Raleigh every Saturday. They also participate in the Mountain Bike Club races, and train at the velodrome on Tuesday nights under Sue Cameron’s supervision.