We are currently without a club captain and are now calling for nominations. Please send an email of your nomination to secretary@bikemanawatu.co.nz
What does a club captain do?
Here is a brief run down of requirements
A good group of 27 riders made the trip to Johnston Park for the 4th Club meeting of the year. The conditions were good with a clear sky and light breeze allowing fair competition. The meeting was made up of graded short scratch races followed by graded 2 lap sprint races followed by graded 4 lap handicap races followed by 2 lap team sprints and finish off with graded long handicap / points races. Along side the graded races a separate club Omnium competition ran with points awarded based on finishing order in each graded race.
The next track cycling meeting is Tuesday 12th November with racing to begin at 6.10pm2.30pm. A Club Carnival is to be held at Johnston Park on Sunday 17th with racing to commence 1pm.
Results for Sunday 10th November:
Under 15 3 Lap Scratch race:1 Dylan Simpson, 2 Pieta Ransom, 3 Samara Fenn, 4 Kaylee Kibblewhite
The reason for creating a new crit course at Linton is obvious to those involved in the Army and organising the Novice tour. On the same day that the Novice tour wanted to hold the crit it is planned to have the Army family day which will see hundreds of army families descending on the base to be involved in various activities. With this influx of people and vehicles it was necessary to have a plan B to ensure the smooth running of the crit.
So a new course was decided upon and it was an important part of that planning that a trial run was held to ensure that all areas of running the crit were covered before the date, including how long it takes to approximately complete a lap for each age group.
It was Tour de Manawatu day and most cyclists in the region belted out 116km, 80km or 45km in the morning with mixed success. A number of regular competitors stayed home to recover but a hardy bunch made the trip to Johnston Park to compete in perfect conditions. A hot dry track, light to no wind and a warm day made up the conditions that saw an unprecedented 6 track records broken over the flying quarter mile distance.
The programme began with the Flying Quarter mile time trials followed by 3 lap handicap graded races then 4 lap scratch races and the programme wound up with graded long handicap races. The fastest Flying Quarter mile of the day went to the winner of the 80km event at the Tour de Manawatu Jordan Castle in a time of 25.84 seconds beating the previous mens under 19 record by 0.36 seconds. This made it a special day for Jordan as he also won each of the other 3 races he contested to make it a 5 out of 5 day. The Senior Mens records was broken by Jaycob Humphreys by 0.68 seconds. The Womens under 19 record was broken by Kate Stewart by 0.64 seconds as she prepares to represent New Zealand at the upcoming Oceania Track cycling Championships in Invercargill.
You don’t get much better days in the Manawatu than last Sunday, not for riding a bike at least.
The Tour de Manawatu is a fun ride, but it’s really the biggest local race of the year. Well organized, a great course, good traffic management, and usually a strong bunch of riders.
In contrast to other years, the start and first section down Napier Rd to Ashhurst was fairly civilized, with few random high speed attacks. A small group lead by Neil Martin did make a break about halfway along, but couldn’t get much more than 100 m and were hauled back as we went through Ashhurst.
With the first climb imminent though, the bunch was getting itchy and the paced was pushed up the hill out of Ashhurst such that a split formed. A solo effort then by Campbell Stewart saw him leading up the Watersheds, but also a “rabbit” for the other junior riders. In catching him the front bunch split again and a few dozen then remained as we pressed onto Colyton at speeds exceeding 60 km/hr at times. The attacks then started thick and fast nearly all the way to Cheltenham, but few breaks managed to last more than a minute or two.