by Glenys Taylor | Oct 20, 2013 | Event Reports
Another cracker day in the Manawatu and some regular and new and old faces appeared on the scene at Ashhurst to see how good the handicapping would be today. With Jaycob Humphreys taking on the role of race manager and overseeing all things, he had a great little team of helpers on the day. Thanks to Louise Ransom and Rebecca Allan for marshalling out on the course and Wayne Fenn for helping on the finish line.
It was nice to be able to relax at the end of the ride at Fusion cafe and enjoy a drink and something to eat while the results for the series were calculated. Prizemoney was then handed out to those that were present and there was only one person not present so that money went back in to the pot to be added to the next series prizemoney.
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by Glenys Taylor | Oct 17, 2013 | Archive(News)
In working out the points that have been achieved over the handicap races that have been held so far some interesting numbers have arisen.
The first race in the series was the Pahiatua Sealed Handicap. In this event which was an interclub event there were a total 36 entries but only half of these were Bike Manawatu members. Allriders started at the same time and although Robert Stannard was first over the line the winner of the Cup after adjusting for the sealed handicap was Frazer Allen.
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by Glenys Taylor | Oct 17, 2013 | Archive(News)
The weather unfortunately plays a big factor on who gets out and rides in any event. Obviously the hardy soles that knew that they needed to accumulate points from week 1 to be in with a good shot to win prizemoney at the end of the season came out to Kairanga for the first chance to grab points.
Thanks to Horizons Regional Council for again allowing us to use their yard and to MDC for erecting the signs on the course.
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by Glenys Taylor | Oct 13, 2013 | Archive(News)
The weather leading up to this organised Bike Manawatu ride from Mangaweka back along the Country Road through Rangiwahia to Kimbolton then back to Palmerston North had looked gloomy and dismal to say the least. But weather forecasters don’t seem to quite get it right for our neck of the woods. So the bus had been booked and everyone who had booked had been told to be at Memorial Park at 6.45am so bikes could be packed with the plan to leave Mangaweka around 8.30am.
A stop in Feilding to pick up the 2 local lasses saw their bikes put inside the bus. And off up through Halcombe to SH1. Just past Hunterville there were a few spits of rain on the windscreen but by the time the bus arrived in Mangaweka this had passed. The bus was quickly and efficiently off loaded of people and bikes. Mike Christie gave the bus people along with the other people that had decided to make their own way to Mangaweka a ride briefing and Ken Young who had driven the course the day before detailed a couple of areas to be careful of.
And they are off.
A steady pace was set and the Rangitikei River bridge was crossed without drama.
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by Glenys Taylor | Oct 12, 2013 | Archive(News)
After the storm that lashed the Manawatu region last night there were strong doubts that the weather was going to be kind enough to stage this years event. But with blue sky overhead and a brisk but debilitating wind riders gathered at the Cheltenham hotel.
It would be so nice for a handicap race to know who was going to turn up so that the grades and handicaps can be sorted before the event. If I had known that so many spectators were going to turn up that could have helped I could have brought my bike and ridden also. Next time I will be bold and just put my bike in.
The formulae for working out handicaps had been put to good use and the times worked out for this weeks race. A few small tweeks were given to the times to adjust for the size of the bunches.
And although no one really wants to be called E grade in reality that is what it has come down to as the A grade bunch was split in to 2 groups again this week.
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