by Glenys Taylor | May 1, 2014 | Archive(News)
George Hewitt made history today when he was the first ever para trike rider competing at the Club road nationals
Michaela Drummond competing in the under 17 girls time trial over a distance of 15km won the bronze medal in a time of 25mins 26 secs with the other Bike Manawatu riders in this age category Libby Arbuckle placing 6th and Emily Shearman in 12th.
In the under 19 girls Ruby Perry finished in 4th place in a time of 23.59 with Elizabeth Stannard finishing in 9th.
Barry Gilliland competed in the Masters 6 men and placed 5th in a time of 23mins 56 secs
In the under 17 boys Campbell Stewart won the gold in a time of 22mins 03 with Robert Stannard taking out the silver. Jacob Seivwright was placed 11th and Carne Groube 13th Mitchell Kinghorn 14th Chris Denholm 16th and Fergus Allan 22nd.
In the masters women 4 Megan Blatchford-Peck won the silver and in the masters women 3 Shaz Dagg was 6th with Gabrielle Bahler winning a bronze medal in the masters women 1 age category.
In the masters men 4 category Nev Weir who jumped ship and was racing for Wellington Vets finished 5th
Finally with the under 19 boys Joel Yates finished 10th, Nate Levin 14th, Alex West 15th, George Roberts 21st, James Denholm 27th and Josh Kendall 34th.
Congratulations to all that competed and particularly to the medal winners.
Good luck for the road races over the next few days.
by Vaughan Hunt | May 1, 2014 | Board Chair's Blog
This weekend Bike Manawatu will have close to a record level of entries (32) to the Club Road Nationals to be held in Cambridge. What is most impressive is the range of entries from Junior right through to the Masters categories with a Bike Manawatu representative in virtually every age group.
The way our riders are performing and the form they are in, suggests we could have a host of National Champions by the end of the weekend.
Over recent weeks our riders have been on the podium in the Te Awamutu Tour, the CHB Tour and the Easter Tour in Wairarapa.
The Te Awamutu Tour in particular has a great history of providing future champions and is an important selection race for the Junior riders.
This year we had Robert Stannard and Campbell Stewart place first and second in the U17 grade. Awesome work and possibly a first time that one club has scooped the first two places. Robert is the first Manawatu rider to win U17 since James Dobson in 2005. Campbell has been second the past two years running. Campbell won U15 in 2012.
I recall Luke MCarthy won the U19 KOM in 2002 and then overall GC in 2003 before he went on to represent NZ at the Junior World Champs in Canada.
Michalea Drummond won the U17 girls GC this year which is a first for girls from our area.
It is important to celebrate successes as they cannot be guaranteed and the gaps can be wide. I have a feeling though that we should brace for much more success in the short to medium term at least.
Well done to all the riders on making it to the Road Nationals. The progress some have made over the past year is impressive and I am sure we will have more names to celebrate by the end of this weekend. Have fun.
Wear your Bike Manawatu jersey with distinction and go well…. and big thanks to John Arbuckle for being team manager.
