Duffy Assembly

Duffy Assembly

On Thursday 10th September 2015, Glenbrae school had a Duffy assembly in the hall. Our guest was Myron Simpson and he is a cyclist.

Myron Simpson started riding his bike when he was 3 years old. He moved on to racing on the road a few years later. He had been to 25 countries, in 2007 he came second place and won the silver medal in Mexico at the Omnium Events. He has been representing New Zealand since he started biking.

He came to assembly with some of his gears for some students to try on. He came in with his bike, shoes, suit and his helmet. All of these gears were designed to be aerodynamic which means that it is supposed to make him cut through the wind and help him ride faster. His bike was made out of carbon fibre and he got it from France. His helmet was painted by his uncle, on top it had the New Zealand flag and on the sides it had the silver ferns symbol and a kiwi riding a bike with flames following from behind. His current team is Team Budget Forklifts, his discipline is track and road and his role is being a rider.

Myron Simpson said that vehicles are only supposed to go 40 kilometres per hour when they are around schools. The fastest that he could go was 110 kilometres per hour, faster than a car could go in the motorway. He talked to us about how reading is important and his experiences on being a cyclist. After a few minutes, he asked us some questions, he picked 4 students to try on his gears. Danny wore his medal, Honey wore his helmet, Mateaki wore his shoes and Sioeli wore his suit and got to hop onto his bike. When he finished, I got up and said thank you to him for sharing his experiences on being a cyclist and how important reading was.

I learnt to never give up, try my best and keep on reading to achieve my goals.