Bike Manawatu Racing Calendar 2018
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- Written by Tim Lloyd
Bike Manawatu is excited to announce the racing calendar for the rest of 2018 and beyond.
All the dates are on the website and the Road course maps will come up as they are passed through our Traffic Management process. All information will be updated as we get closer
The overall view is, with the exception of the first race at Akers road, that we will have the events Saturday Afternoon starting at 3.00 or even later.
This allows everyone to get there weekend activities done, household chores etc, come and race and finish in time to have the evening free. It also allows Sunday Morning rides not to be compromised.
We are trying to encourage the social element after the races, so let’s head to an establishment for a debrief…
There will be overall points with prizes at the end of the series, not necessarily for the fastest rider, but everyone will be in the running
Our courses start of Flat…the first 3 are….dead flat. We will cater for all grades, ages and genders.
As we go on through the calendar they will become more challenging for those building up to Taupo and other iconic events.
The ITT series this year is in October with a rain date first week December.
The Manfeild Criterium Series is again every Tuesday in November with the third Crit having a Fixie/track bike race..
Ian Gray and his Committee start the track season with have a go days, bike fits and orientation…
There will be events held for Road bikes…no gear changing allowed..at the start of the season, once again details will be updated on the website.
So there’s plenty for everyone coming up.
If you want to have a go, you’ll feel welcome.
Ride Safe, Ride Hard
Bike Manawatu 2018 – 2019 Road Racing
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- Written by Bike Manawatu
Bike Manawatu 2018 – 2019 Road Racing Calendar
BM Race 1 - Sunday 19 August 2018 - Akers Rd 9am
BM Race 2 – Saturday 01 September 2018 – A1 Loops 3pm
BM Race 3 – Saturday 22 September 2018 – A1 Loops 3pm
BM Race 4 – Saturday 20 October 2018 – Sutton Cup {Halcombe} 3pm
BM Race 5 – Saturday 17 November 2018 – Cheltenham Classic – 3pm
BM Race 6 – Saturday 8 December 2018 – Woolworths Cup {Paihiatua} 3pm
BM Race 7 – Saturday 15 December 2018 – Essex Cup {Pohangina} 3pm
$5 members / $10 non members for club races
Course maps and more information on each race will be out soon. Lock the dates in now!
Novice Tour 15-16 September 2018 – Click HERE for more info
Feilding Festival of Cycling 13 October 2018 – Click HERE for more info
Kairanga ITT Series starts October 2018 – Click HERE for more info
Manfeild Crit Series in November 2018 – Click HERE for more info
Please see our Bike Manawatu Ride Calendar for all events, rides and races
Feilding Festival of Cycling
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- Written by Tim Lloyd
Due to a date clash with Trusthouse series we have decided to bring the date for the Feilding Festival forward one day to Saturday 13th October starting at 2.00pm.
This wouldn’t have been possible with out the help and support of one of our awesome sponsors, Derek McNabb and his family at Rosebowl Bakery in their fantastic new premises on Kimbolton Road.
We are all but confirmed all the nuts and bolts of it, but mark this on your calendar.
Feilding Festival of Cycling
Saturday 13th October 2.00pm start.
Registrations will be on the website next week along with all the details.
Trusthouse Series.
While we are talking about the Trusthouse Series….I’ve been approached by a handful of members who are keen to enter a team in Trusthouse, and we at Bike Manawatu think it would be a great idea to get some members together and form some Bike Manawatu teams.
Head to the Trusthouse series Website, have a look at the series that Jorge Sandoval has put together and get your mates together.
Lone Star will be entering one team, and I know of a handful of people interested in getting a Bike Manawatu team (or teams ) sorted.
Most of us have our BM kit, so the hard part is done.
It’s on in a great part of the year, and I’m pretty sure there’s some establishments to stop off at on the way home.
Anyone who is interested give Tim a call or Txt on 0274 964411, and I can help co-ordinate.
Novice Tour
The 45th Edition of the Novice Tour has had a change of date this year with the event falling on September 15th and 16th
You all must be thinking, holy ..whatever, what aren’t BM changing, and that’s a fair question.
If you keep doing the same things, you get the same results.
In recent years the Novice tour has been held in December and has been extremely successful, however what has been obvious is that it falls at a very busy time of the year for all concerned.
With Schools cycling effectively wrapping up at the end of term 3 there was mainly the more hardened riders that trained and competed throughout the entire year.
In December a lot of our riders are competing at track as well, so it is out of season for them
A lot of our junior riders hang up their bikes and do other sports, however, one of the biggest factors is this is when BM want to be running our own events for all of our members.
Our Events Calendar group are meeting this week to crunch out a range of events and dates to suit all of our valuable members, and shifting the Novice tour will give us those dates back…more details on the calendar in the next few weeks.
This year the Novice Tour is Based at Ashhurst School, Main sponsor is Ashhurst Engineering and Construction.
We will need plenty of Volunteers to assist in the running of this iconic event, so please, mark your calendars and contact Tim if you are able to help out…..
In 2019 we will shift dates again to March. This cements us with the other two Junior tours at Central Hawkes Bay (CHB) and Te Awamutu (TA) to form a Junior series which CNZ is supporting
