WCNI Carnival Programme & Important info
Track Chit Chat 2 – With Ian Gray
It was great to see last Sunday (9November) our biggest numbers at Feilding this season, and the riders produced some quality racing on a nice spring day.
Grant Shearman picked young Kyra Craine for the rider of the day award. Who in the 8 lap U15’s race rode a real gallant race from the front mark to finish 3rd; only being caught 20m from the line by Zoe Croton and scratch rider Max Taylor .
Gemma Payne is to be congratulated for breaking the senior Women’s 1 lap (Standing start) record in recording 32.76 seconds, breaking Hayley Giddens (Wanganui) time of 34.265 set in 2011. Hayley is now riding in a professional women’s team in the United States.
Chris Denholm unfortunately found out that bees do exist in Feilding, when one stung him in the lip (when he was going really well in the scratch bunch, in the final 16 Lap A Grade Handicap) and had to exit the track in a hurry and in much pain. Bad luck Chris. Good to see our first aid man Rob Gardner was quickly on hand to assist Chris.
Important news! U15 riders can ride this Sunday November 16, as a special category U15 Club section.
Are you doing Taupo this year?
More importantly at this stage, did you do it last year? If so please get in touch with either Mike Keenan by emailing him at jan.mike@xtra.co.nz or secretary@bikemanawatu.co.nz and let him know what time you completed the challenge in in 2013.
This year the Murray Jessen trophy will be awarded at the end of year prizegiving to be held at Marist clubrooms on Monday 15th December.
The Murray Jessen trophy will be awarded to the Bike Manawatu rider who has the greatest percentage improvement on completing Taupo over the last 2 years.
The prizegiving is to start at 6pm with a BBQ and if you wish to attend it would be helpful for catering purposes if you can please RSVP with the number attending to secretary@bikemanawatu.co.nz.
The bar will also be open from 6pm.
Do you have or know of someone that has a caravan
Thanks to everyone that responded . We have now been able to source a caravan and our time keepers will be very happy.
Bike Manawatu Novice Tour organisers are looking for a caravan to house our timing team during the tour. The timing team (of two) need somewhere quiet, yet close to the finish line, to enable them to operate their computers in peace and out of the elements. The caravan we had tentatively booked has fallen through, so we are asking for anyone who might be able to loan us a caravan, to be mainly parked in Ashhurst although with a side trip to Linton Army Camp, over the weekend of 6th and 7th December. If you are able to offer a caravan, or know someone who might, please contact Katherine Stannard 0275 088 700 or katherine.stannard@pncc.govt.nz.”
WCNI Track carnival- 16 November
Bike Manawtu is hosting the first West Coast North Island Track Carnival for the season.
The event will be an early season indication of the form that some of New Zealand’s best up and coming track cyclists have.
So don’t miss this oppourtunity! Come and compete, or support the amazing talent on display.
Race Programme will be posted on this website over the next few days.
