A World Champ giving a local champ a world of support and inspiration

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.

For the duration of the event at Akers Rd young Luke Mudgeway, who was part of the World gold medal winning team for the madison at the World junior track champs recently held in Korea rode in the opposite direction of the race. He wasn’t a part of the race and was just happy to see everyone out there doing the laps for each grade.

And young Kyra Craine who got dropped from E grade was going to be the last to finish but not by herself as Luke kindly sat in beside her and encouraged her on to the finish line. What an exciting way to finish – to be able to say you rode across the finish line just in front of a world champion. Thanks to Rebecca Allan for the photo.

Also thanks to all of the helpers on the day for making this a great start to the graded race series. John Stewart as race manager, Grant Shearman and Gabrielle Bahler as marshals on the course and Alison Kinghorn and Rebecca for recording the results.

As stated at the race briefing no changes of grades are allowed once the grade has been allocated. Refer to the ride calendar to read the full grading policy. Points are allocated for 1st 2nd and 3rd placing and all other competitors receive 1 point therefore making it very achievable for everyone to be in to the prizemoney. The entry fee goes to the prizemoney pool so if you enter as an A grade rider that entry fee goes to A grade prizepool.

Unfortunately there was a slight problem with the timing so not all times are recorded, but it is believed that the finish order is correct.

If you have any problems with these results please email secretary@bikemanawatu.co.nz before next Saturdays race.

A GRADE	6 Laps		mins.secs	points
80	Stewart	Campbell	62.10	4
84	Stannard	Robert	ST	3
55	West	Alex	ST	2
53	Washington -Smith	Hayden	ST	1
52	Daly	Paddy	ST	1
66	Sanson	Chris	ST	1
45	Briggs	Winston	ST	1
48	Simpson	Cody	ST	1
90	Roberts	George	63.00	1
72	Levin	Nate	67.40	1
1	Burke	Gideon		1
69	Kinghorn	Mitchell		1

C GRADE
70	Pinkney	Chris		4
85	Stannard	Elizabeth	49.17	3

	Perry	Ruby	ST	2
59	Pirie	Tom	51.50	1
95	Shearman	Emily	ST	1
67	Holleron	Ben	52.24	1
18	Doyle	Nigel	54.39	1
86	Stannard	Katherine	54.44	1
73	Yamauchi	Toshi		1
33	Hamilton	Jessica		1
	Huston	Cameron		1
	Allan	Fergus		1

D GRADE	3 laps
91	Kinghorn	Harrison	38.53	4
99	Simpson	Dylan	38.54	3
81	Stannard	Thomas	ST	2
38	Craine	Ethan	44.44	1
97	Richmond	Michael	44.46	1
E GRADE	3 laps
56	Pollock	Neil	45.58	4
88	Taylor	Glenys	46.07	3
96	Cousins	Max	50.14	2
98	Pirie	Catriona	50.23	1
46	Craine	Kyra	60.14	1