by Vaughan Hunt | Dec 16, 2010 | Track Results
The light rain cleared long enough for the mild conditions to dry the track and we were left with a heavily overcast sky and a light Southerly breeze. The track was looking her best with Albert James of the Manawatu District council arranging for the lines to be repainted and club supporters Ian Gray, Greg Bryan and Darren Humphreys investing 8 man hours on Sunday cutting back the grass edges to expose the full track for the safety of the riders. The feature of the night was to be the Club Championships for the 500 metre standing start time trial, the cool track and moist air were not ideal but the absence of a strong wind was welcomed. The stellar performance of the night was the unofficial equalling of a New Zealand record to Megan Blatchford in the Womans Masters 3 category. Megans time of 40.32 seconds was 2 seconds faster than the old track record. It is heartening to think that a humble outdoor, asphalt provincial track like Feilding when mixed with a world class athlete like Megan can produce an international quality result.
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by Matthijs van Wagtendonk | Dec 15, 2010 | Archive(News)
Put in a call to one of our leading cyclists like Simon van Velthooven and he could either be at home briefly or anywhere on the planet, his passport taking a hammering.
Last week he was in Invercargill dead-heating with rival Eddie Dawkins.
This week, after a 30-hour flight, the 22-year-old is in Cali, Colombia, as is Palmerston North pursuiter Jesse Sergent, competing in a World Cup track meet.
For the whole story click Manawatu Standard
by Matthijs van Wagtendonk | Dec 14, 2010 | Event Reports
The very popular Wednesday Night Individual Time-Trial series concluded this week with the final round and prize-giving at Kairanga Hall. For BikeManawatu members who are not familiar with this series, it runs twice over the summer months in two nine week blocks, once from October to December and again from January to March. The course starts on Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Rd (at the Rongotea Rd corner and heads out for 6 km (onto Lockwood Rd) and back for a total of 12 km. Points are awarded by comparing individual riders’ times between weeks – 2 points for posting a personal best, 1 point otherwise.
The most recent series was our most successful to date with over 130 unique riders taking part. The highest number of riders on a single night was 64 and on average we had approximately 45 riders. Riders range in ages from 9 years to 60 plus years, and with the points awarded on a personal best basis, every rider has a chance to top the standings.
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by Matthijs van Wagtendonk | Dec 12, 2010 | Event Reports
PALMERSTON NORTH MARIST CYCLING CLUB
RACE RESULTS – BENNETT STREET SPRINTS – 11 December 2010
This was the final Palmerston North Marist Cycling Club race as the club becomes part of Bike Manawatu from 1 January 2011.
The Sprint Cup returned to Bennett Street, Palmerston North, and was this year contested by 15 riders. Each rider did a timed seeding lap and from these times A and B grades were formed. Riders then rode 2 up with the best of each pair going through to the next round and the other rider competing in the repechage. The finals were raced over the best of 3 sprints. The right lane was the lane of choice, as the surface was much smoother, so some lanes were decided on the toss of a coin.
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by Vaughan Hunt | Dec 10, 2010 | Archive(News)
The very popular Wednesday Night Individual Time-Trial series concluded this week with the final round and prize-giving at Kairanga Hall. For BikeManawatu members who are not familiar with this series, it runs twice over the summer months in two nine week blocks, once from October to December and again from January to March. The course starts on Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Rd (at the Rongotea Rd corner and heads out for 6 km (onto Lockwood Rd) and back for a total of 12 km. Points are awarded by comparing individual riders’ times between weeks – 2 points for posting a personal best, 1 point otherwise.
The most recent series was our most successful to date with over 130 unique riders taking part. The highest number of riders on a single night was 64 and on average we had approximately 45 riders.
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The light rain cleared long enough for the mild conditions to dry the track and we were left with a heavily overcast sky and a light Southerly breeze. The track was looking her best with Albert James of the Manawatu District council arranging for the lines to be repainted and club supporters Ian Gray, Greg Bryan and Darren Humphreys investing 8 man hours on Sunday cutting back the grass edges to expose the full track for the safety of the riders. The feature of the night was to be the Club Championships for the 500 metre standing start time trial, the cool track and moist air were not ideal but the absence of a strong wind was welcomed. The stellar performance of the night was the unofficial equalling of a New Zealand record to Megan Blatchford in the Womans Masters 3 category. Megans time of 40.32 seconds was 2 seconds faster than the old track record. It is heartening to think that a humble outdoor, asphalt provincial track like Feilding when mixed with a world class athlete like Megan can produce an international quality result.