John Lithgow’s Funeral

by Vaughan Hunt | Jun 14, 2023 | News

On Tuesday 6 June 2023, as the result of an accident. Aged 75 years. Dearly loved husband and best friend of Liz. Much loved father and father-in-law of Daniel and Elena (Italy), Andrew (Brisbane), and Kate and David Wilson (South Carolina). Beloved Koro of Ada, Indi, and Quinn. A loved brother, brother-in-law, and uncle. Messages to the Lithgow family may be sent c/- 167 John F Kennedy Dr, Palmerston North 4414.

In lieu of flowers a donation to St John Ambulance would be greatly appreciated.

Friends are invited to attend a service for John to be held at the Beauchamp Chapel, 167 John F Kennedy Dr, Palmerston North, on Friday, 16 June 2023 at 2.00pm. The service may be viewed online at www.beauchamp.co.nz/webcasting/bc

Colin Anderson adds:
Looking as forward as possible to a big attendance of us lot in our civvy clothes (not cycle gear), John was a keen gardener, so bright clothing Liz would appreciate as possible. Thanks to you all who have sent across photos, they have all been forwarded across to Johns son Andrew for his use. Cheers Wal.

Sunday recreational ride route survey results

by Vaughan Hunt | Aug 25, 2022 | News

Recently we change the planning of the Sunday Recreational Rides so that the ride coordinators chose the courses on the day.
We promised to get your feedback on that change. Here are the results:

In the survey responses, it was clear that ride routes published ahead of time are preferred, however you also said change on the day is OK, giving the ride coordinators some flexibility.

We will start publishing the planned routes again in the weekly newsletter, but the actual route on the day is still the coordinator’s choice. Weather, wind direction, sunstrike, even the group makeup or just the coordinator’s preference are all valid reasons for a change of route.

A short survey about Sunday recreational rides

by Vaughan Hunt | Aug 14, 2022 | News

Hi All

Last chance to give us feedback on the way we plan our Sunday ride routes.

Please complete this short survey

Changes to the Sunday Ride Route Planning

by Vaughan Hunt | Jun 18, 2022 | News

As you probably know, BikeManawatu organises a bunch ride every Sunday. Recently the Sunday ride organisers agreed to trial a new way to choose the routes.

Up till now, Mike Keenan and Ken Young maintained a list of paired rides, using routes from the list of rides on the website, and Vaughan would include these in the weekly newsletter.

However we would like to give the ride organisers more freedom to choose the ride routes based on weather conditions, wind direction, sunstrike etc.  Maybe even with some input from the riders at Memorial Park on the day.

So from next week we won’t be publicising the routes in the newsletter ahead of time and they will be selected on the day.

This is a trial and we will be soliciting your feedback in a few weeks.