by Glenys Taylor | Oct 26, 2013 | Archive(News)
Council has recently completed the 3km long first stage of the Manawatu River Pathway extension between Ashhurst Bridge and Raukawa Road. Please come and celebrate the occasion at the grand opening on Saturday 30 November 2013 at 2pm underneath Ashhurst Bridge.
This is the first of three stages towards extending the pathway generally along the right bank of the Manawatu River from Ashhurst Bridge to Riverside Drive (where the existing 10km long section of the pathway currently ends). When the next two stages are completed over the next couple of years they will combine to form a continuous 3m wide shared pathway for a distance of over 22km from Ashhurst to Maxwells Line in the west of Palmerston North.
The project continues to have great support from a number of people and organisations.
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by Glenys Taylor | Oct 24, 2013 | Archive(News)
What a difference a day makes / Twenty-four little hours / Brought the sun and the flowers / Where there used to be rain Originally written in Spanish but popularized by Dinah Washington. Oh so true as if anyone was thinking about doing a time trial on Tuesday it would have been cancelled but there was hardly a breath of wind on Wednesday.
A good turn out of 50 riders with again more new people coming out to have their first crack at a time trial for the season or first time ever.
Thanks to Mike Simpson for taking control of the night and even stepping up with the laptop to do the timing/results. Thanks also to the helpers on the night. Rebecca Denholm at registration, Pete Robson at the turn, Michael Groube, Chris and Kirsty on the start and finish.
Already there are 20 people on 4 points so the coming weeks will see more and more people trying to keep their points tallies as high as possible. It is very apparent when a few people try to beat the system by not putting all effort in to producing the best time possible. Time trials are all about trying to better your own time, so by taking it easy one week just so you can improve the next week by going at a regular pace may be the downfall of some people as the weather always plays an important factor.
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by Glenys Taylor | Oct 22, 2013 | Archive(News)
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by Glenys Taylor | Oct 22, 2013 | Track Results
The first event on the track cycling calendar for the 2013/2014 season at Johnston Park on Sunday, promised to be a good one with ideal conditions and a fantastic turnout. In addition to lots of new riders, there were four new commissaires who had recently passed their exams and were keen to test their knowledge. The afternoon saw four events take place including a 1 lap standing start, a 2 lap scratch race, and two handicapped races. Races ran smoothly, rookie riders rode safely and on account of a hot track and very little wind, three track records were broken.
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by Glenys Taylor | Oct 20, 2013 | Archive(News)
Details regarding the upcoming UCI Festival of Speed Tier 1 track event and the 2014 Oceania Track Championships to be held in Invercargill, New Zealand in November.
Full event and entry information can be found at the following links:
– UCI Festival of Speed November 16-17 www.cyclingsouth.org.nz/festivalofspeed
– 2014 Oceania Championships November 19-22 www.cyclingsouth.org.nz/oceanias
For those riders that want to enter the 2014 Oceania Track Championships down in Invercargill riding for WCNI Centre.
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