2015 Yunca Junior Road Tour & Track Carnival registrations NOW OPEN!

Despite the current ‘cost of living challenges’ facing all community events, Bike Manawatu is 100% committed to ensuring the 51st year of the Novice Tour – once again provides a safe, fun, competitive cycle racing event.

We will adopt a high-quality assured approach in implementing the Local Roading Authority’s/Cycling New Zealand’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) standards which ensure best practices and rider and spectator safety.

If the level of community funding secured is not sufficient to contract in external road management service providers with the ability to stop/go traffic, the Novice Tour will proceed on a ‘local club racing’ model, whereby our team of trained/experienced road marshals will, where necessary, pause racing in order to give way to traffic and ensure rider safety.

Although funding external road management services with the ability to stop/go traffic is ideal, if this is not feasible – we are confident that the event’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) will provide a competitive, fair, enjoyable and importantly safe racing environment.

Irrespective of which model of traffic management/racing is finalised, as with all CNZ/Bike Manawatu events, normal road rules will apply and a full rider briefing confirming the event rules will be provided to all riders prior to the start of each race.

The 2015 Yunca Junior Road Tour and ILT Junior Track Carnival registrations are now open.

This year’s tour is being held Friday 2 – Sunday 4 October, followed by the Carnival on the following evenings of Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7.

The routes for this year’s Tour stages are currently under revision and will be announced soon, along with some other adjustments to the tour format.
We look forward to having your junior riders join us for another two great racing events in October and hope they can perhaps stay a while longer to join us for some fantastic action during the 2016 Oceania Track Championships, which immediately follow the Carnival from Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 October – so it’s going to be a monster week of racing for sure!
Click here to find out more details of the Tour and Carnival

If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact Melissa Chilton or the this year’s Tour manager Danielle ‘Rabbit’ Ralph atadmin@cyclingsouth.org.nz

Melissa Chilton
Administration & Communications Officer
Cycling Southland
03 219 9325