2022 Trusthouse Teams Series
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.
After another hugely successful time for local riders in the 2021 series, we at Bike Manawatu are in the process of putting together our teams for this years Trusthouse Teams Series.
This series has 4 categories/grades and is run over 5 races from September to December in the Wairarapa – it is a lot of fun, and with the lack of major events, this series helps us all get some good quality racing.
If you are interested in taking part, or would like to have a chat about what is involved with the series and grades, please contact me at michellet@pb.co.nz before 24 June.
I would like to have our teams finalised prior the Kapiti Winter Series, as it would be great to have a solid contingent from Bike Manawatu, to not only show support for a neighbouring clubs events, but to also use this series to ride together as a team, and know our teams strengths before the trusthouse series
DATES – TEAMS SERIES 2022
Race One: Sunday 11 September 2022
Race Two: Sunday 2 October 2022
Race Three: Sunday 23 October 2022
Race Four: Sunday 13 November 2022
Race Five: Sunday 4 December 2022
