by Vaughan Hunt | Dec 15, 2016 | Board Chair's Blog
On behalf of the Bike Manawatu Board we wish all members and your families a safe and happy Xmas and New Year with your loved ones. Enjoy the time together making more great memories which is what life is all about.
2016 has been a kind year for all weather cyclists and we trust you have achieved your cycling goals for the year. If you have, congratulations and maybe setting the bar a little higher for 2017 should be on your new goal list. If you have fallen short of your goal for 2016 be sure to reset the bar a little higher and give it the commitment it needs to achieve your goal in 2017.
Bike Manawatu endorse staying fit, healthy and safe while enjoying riding your bike and meeting as many other club members is the fun part of cycling. Our Bike Manawatu Sunday rides are a great way to do this along with over 300 other ride events Bike Manawatu organise for our members per year.
To our events organisers, volunteers and sponsors, words are not enough. Thank you from everyone associated to cycling within the club. A good holiday and a fresh look at better ways to share running events is the goal for 2017.
We would like to extend the invitation for all members to start your cycling year off with The Bike Manawatu “Gravel and Tar Granfondo” on the 29th of January that caters for all cyclist and is a great way to start your 2017 year off. It is close to home, not expensive, and you don’t have to pay for accommodation and it will be fun. Check is out and enter now.. Keeping the legs ticking over and trying something new for 2017 is exciting.
Enter “Gravel and Tar Classic” that Caters for all Rider Abilities- January 29th.
Our own Manawatu ” Gravel and Tar Classic” event on the 29th of January is designed to cater for cyclists of all abilities and to get your cycling year started on a positive note. Of course, the Flagship event is aimed at International and Elite NZ riders from U19 and older over 100k which will be a phenomenal race to watch with large prize money for individual and team classifications.
But there are also other tailored events to cater for our members and social riders to start your cycling year off over 80km at a cost of only $55 or $75 for teams.
For the ladies over the same 80km course we are running the “Gravel and Tar Le Femme” at only $55 and $75 for teams which we hope will attract keen interest from you girls. So, spread the word as only a women’s network can do.
Remember this is a Bike Manawatu event here in Palmy, not expensive, you don’t have to pay for accommodation and it is bound to be fun. The town will be a buzz and cafes full of lycra clad people sharing stories as we do on a summers day here in our region.
Other events outside of our region do cost significantly more to enter so we would love to see you support the Manawatu “Gravel and Tar Classic” by entering yourself and a friend now. With your help the club would like to build “Gravel and Tar” to become a must to ride on everyone calendar at the start of each year. This is a great way to promote our region and we all know riding in the Manawatu is awesome so let the world know by inviting your cycling friends to Palmy the weekend of the 29th of January.
Bike Manawatu Sunday for Xmas/New Year Period.
We hope everyone wanting to keep their legs ticking over are enjoying the great job Mike Keenan and his team are doing by organising our famous Sunday morning group rides. A wonderful way to improve your cycling, catchup with friends and meet new people especially over a coffee after the ride.
Our Christmas RIde has a free coffee on Bike Manawatu at Soskis
Jan,8th,15th,22, and so on….
Bike Manawatu Road Prize Giving
The club barbecue prize giving at the Hotel Coachman was enjoyed by members and family.
A highlight was the panel of speakers who shared their cycling year and experiences who have all enjoyed personal success at different levels which was a treat to listen to for everyone who attended.
We congratulate and thank; Pro Rider Genevieve Whitson, Enduro Rider Colin Anderson, Rising stars Chris Denholm and Carne Groube and Campbell Stewart and John Stewart.
Note; Due to not all series events being completed some trophies were unable to be awarded this year.
Club Trophy Road Winners
David Black Memorial-Rider of the Year- Robert Stannard
Woolworths Cup- Chris Pinkney
Essex Cup- Campbell Stewart
Cheltenham Cup Men – Chris Denholm -Women-Catriona Pirie
Sutton Cup- Mike Thomspon
Fowler Cup- Dylan Simpson
Bill Love Memorial Trophy- Connie Obrien
Croad Challenge Trophy- Rosie Obrien
Baker Family Trophy- Madi Hartley-Brown
PNMCC Trophy-Carne Groube
Ootman Cup Men-Glen Kirk; Women Carol Webb
Donaldson Cup- John Stewart
Thomas Collins Shield- Robert Stannard
Special Awards
Theo de Cuff Shield- Kim Anderson and Katherine Stannard
Best Enduro Rider of the Year-Steve Nagy
Murray Jensen Most improved ride Taupo-Chris Denholm
Jim Morrison Volunteer of the Year- John Arbuckle
Pedal Pushers Good Samaritan of the Year-Rob Ryan.
Bike Manawatu congratulate all the above winners. Well done.
WCNI Track Carnival Hard Fought.
At last Sundays WCNI Feilding Track Carnival big efforts produced exciting races and results across all disciplines.
Handicap racing is designed to give everyone an even playing field and for one family it matched dad master rider John Stewart against multiple junior world track champion and son Campbell Stewart. John takes away family bragging rights this year having won the handicap wheel race, and the main event with Cambell 2nd,closely followed by Carne Groube in 3rd.
Angus Claasen won the under 17 wheel race final beating second placed Kyle Hoskins from Ashhurst and Wellingtons Louis Hodgkinson in 3rd.
Finn Murphy won the under 15s beating out two local riders Fergus Lloyd in second and James Gardiner in third.
Under 17 Manawatu rider Natasha Pinkney was rider of the day.
by Vaughan Hunt | Dec 12, 2016 | Notices
by KateS | Dec 10, 2016 | Track Cycling
UPDATE: 11AM SUNDAY 11/12/16 – Track Carnival will go ahead for a 1pm start time
The weather in Feilding is reasonable, and it doesn’t look like it will rain. Therefore at this stage it looks like we will be going ahead with racing! There is a bit of wind so riders will need to be aware of this when racing. Don’t forget your $5 cash and some spare change for the BBQ! BikeManawatu Track riders need to bring their numbers. Registration 11:45 to 12:30, racing starts at 1pm. Best of luck for racing all!
UPDATE: 9AM SUNDAY 11/12/16
It is currently not raining in the Manawatu and there are stong winds. There is promising blue sky currently, but the forecast is for showers this morning and clearing in the afternoon. At this stage we beleive there is a 50% chance the carnival will be postponed and we will review the situation at 11am, as we will have a better idea of if the wetaher is improving or not be then. For those travelling this information is the best we can give at this stage, and we are doing our best to keep you informed.
We are running a WCNI track Carnival on Sunday 11 December at 1pm in Feilding. Here is all you need to know incase the weather is not in our favour…
-The weather forecast in the Manawatu is OK for tomorrow, with about a 60% chance of rain
-We will only race if the track is dry (takes about 1.5 hrs to dry out)
-An update on the weather will be given at 9am for those travelling to the event
-The final call whether the event is postponed or not will be made by 11:30am by our race manager Ian Gray and posted here, on the event page and ‘BikeManawatu Track Cycling’ Facebook group. This final call is made at this time, as majority of the riders attending are local riders.
-If postponed we will run the event the following week, 18th December at 1pm.
If you are travelling from out of town and want an earlier or more frequent update the best person to contact would be Ian Gray (0211205751) and if you can’t get hold of him Kate Stewart (0278139922), she is out of town but will point you in the right direction.
by Vaughan Hunt | Dec 8, 2016 | Board Chair's Blog
125 of the best young talent in New Zealand showed what a hard three stage event of racing and competition is all about at last weekends iconic 44 year old Manawatu Novice Tour. The Novice Tour is fearsome and exciting to watch riders compete in three different disciplines over two days and over the years has produced many Olympic and Professional cyclists to go on and represent New Zealand.
Stage1: Time Trial. Stage 2: The Hiwinui Loop circuit Road race:Stage 3; The Valley Road circuit road race.
Girls and Boys raced in age groups from under 13s through to under 19 year olds in great weather watched by enthusiastic supporters.Manawatu riders produced a number of top 10 finishes to confirm the future looks bright for the next new crop of Manawatu future stars.We congratulate race organisers and volunteers for a well run event and thank all of the riders for being part of The Novice Tour.
Local Bike Manawatu riders success can be checked out on Facebook Novice Tour of Manawatu.
Overall (three stage) general classification top 3 placing by local BM Riders:
Under 13 Girls;1st Georgia Simpson and 2nd Neriah Kaihe-Woolston. Under 19 Boys; Jacob Sievwright 2nd
Other special GC top 10 mentions:
Under 13 Boys: 4th Tyler Mumby 5th Riley Tunnicliffe
Under 15 Boys: 4th Aiden Jones,5th Adam Francis 6th Jack Pronk,7th Ben Irvine
Under 15 Girls: 8th Rosie Obrien. Under 17 Girls; 9th Peita Ranson
Under 17 Boys:8th Angus Clausen
Under 17 Girls:Peita Ranson
Under 19 Men:4th Madi Hartley-Brown.7th Adam Martin 10th Carlos Lopez-Lozano
Points table mentions;Sprints and King of the Mountain.
Under 15 Boys:3rd Aiden Jones.Under 15 Girls 1st Connie Obrien.Under 19 Men;3rd Jacob Sievwright.
To all local riders who competed congratulations and we look forward to you being back next year to improve on your result from this year.
Bike Manawatu Prize Giving
When; Sunday 11 December
Where; Hotel Coachman
Time; Now starts from 5pm onwards due to Track Carnival finishing at 5pm.
A special guest or two will help with the prize giving and maybe share some cycling memories.
This is a great social barbecue and drinks afternoon for all of our cycling friends followed by the Bike Manawatu prize giving to recognise our riders successes over the year. We recognise a wide variety of our talented riders from schools and masters events locally, national and Internationally. At only $15 per head and family discount this will be great afternoon.We,d love to see you join us.
Returning Bike Manawatu Trophies for this years Prize Giving
If all Trophy winners from last year could drop their Trophies back to Trophy Specialists 19/20 Taonui street Palmerston North please in preparation for this years prize giving.Thank you.
Upcoming events not to forget
Manfeild Criteruim;Tuesday from 6pm
Lockwood Road TT; Wednesday from 6pm
Road Sprint Competition: Saturday 10th from 1.30pm
Bike Manawatu Track Cycling Carnival
When;Sunday 11th December
Where;Feilding Track
Start: 1pm
Bike Manawatu Trust House Series team.
To put together a Bike Manawatu team of weekend warriors in the last minute to compete in the 5 Stage North Island Trust House Series held in the Wairarapa takes some commitment.We want to thank and congratulate those six team members and the support people for there effort and results.Most of the team had not experienced team racing before. However the feedback is they loved learning about team racing and strategies and proved to be very competitive.Thanks to John Stewart, Dean Wade,Dan Mckay,Cliff Hughes,Tane Humphries and Lee Yates for a great effort.Apparently a few quiet beers in the Eketahuna Pub on the way home confirmed they all enjoyed the experience.
by KateS | Dec 5, 2016 | Track Cycling
Sunday 11th December 2016. Johnston Park, Feilding.
Programme can be found here.
Notices for the WCNI Track Carnival
Times
11:45 Registration opens UPSTAIRS IN THE CLUB ROOMS
12:00 Track open for warm up
12:30 Registration Closes
12:50 Officials briefing in track centre
12:55 Riders clear track
13:00 Race briefing, racing starts, sausages for sale
After racing Prizegiving, $700 cash and Junior and senior riders of the day awarded. Riders must be at prizegiving to recieve prizemoney.
Parking – The top Rugby ground beside the track will be open for you to park on. This is the closest parking.
Registration – Is in the club rooms. These are upstairs behind the big grandstand. Come see the team at registration between 11:45 and 12:30pm to receive your number (if you don’t have a BikeManawatu track one), pay $5.00 CASH. BIKEMANAWATU TRACK RIDERS need to being their own number and just pay at registration.
Results, click here to see the results come up as they happen, or afterwards.
Prizegiving will be held straight after the last race. Make sure you are there to receive your prize money.
Food & Drink We will have sausages in bread and drinks for sale thans to the Claasen family so bring some coins to full your belly and support our local riders.
Rules UCI and CyclingNZ track racing rules and apply and will be enforced by our Commissaries. Riders are to ride in their 2017 LICENCE CATEGORY to assist WCNI selectors thinking towards nationals.
Maximum Rollout – U15 6.00m, U17 7.00m.
Sponsors – We are very fortunate to have a team of people backing track cycling in our region. Please take your time to take note of our supporters on the sponsors board at the track on Sunday, including AEC engineering, Higgins Concrete and Laser Plumbing.
Notable riders – It is no secret that BikeManawatu has some of the top track riders in NZ. Come and find out how they do it. Some riders include Steph Mckenzie, Campbell Stewart and Carne Groube.
Cancellation – If the weather restricts us from racing on Sunday a call will be made and posted on the ‘BikeManawatu Track Cycling’ Facebook group and the BikeManawatu Facebook page.
Volunteers – We have many people helping out, we are very grateful to these people so please give them the upmost respect. Below is the volunteers list for the day, please let Kate know if you are unable to complete your job ASAP.
TRACK OFFICALS:
Race Manager: Ian Gray
Registration: Debbie Cuff, Joanne Stewart & Connie O’Brien
Commissaire/s: Mike Simpson, Wayne Fenn, Tim Whitehouse (Chief)
Time Keepers/ Judges:
- Joe Caldwell
- Bernie Richmond
- Dileep Rajapaske
Starter: Simon Irvine
Lap board: Dave Hoskin
Recorder/ Results: Suzanne Winterburn
Handicapper: Ian Gray & John Stewart
First Aid: Rob Gardner
Gate Control: Jamie Falkner
BBQ: Claasen Family
Questions – Contact Kate Stewart, 0278139922, k8.stewart@hotmail.com. Kate will not be there on the day, but is contactable by phone for last minute questions. Otherwis contact Ian Gray, 021 120 5751.
