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Recording your “In Case of Emergency” number
Mitchell Kinghorn is an enthusiastic cyclist who is in his final year at Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School. He took up cycling as a sport 18 months ago as a year 7 at PN Intermediate Normal. He is soon to have his 13th birthday.
About a month ago Mitchell was out on a training ride with a friend. When the two of them got closer to home, just on dusk and lights were required to get home, Mitchell decided to ride home with his friend before heading home himself. They headed up Tremaine Ave at 5.00pm on this Tuesday evening, traffic heavy with the business day ending.
Unfortunately he had an accident before he made it home. When he hit the ground he sustained a nasty gash to his leg. He immediately went into shock. A passing motorist stopped to assist him. Mitchell was unable to tell the person who he was or what his phone number was. When he started at PN Intermediate he was given an ICE card which he had in his back pocket. He was able to pull this out and hand to the person assisting him. They were then able to call Mitchell’s parents and inform them of the situation. Mitchell’s Dad rushed to the scene and was with Mitchell as he was taken off to hospital.
So if you are talking to Mitchell or his parents they will reinforce the importance of carrying an ICE number with you whenever you are out as you just don’t know what might happen.
With this incident in mind Bike Manawatu is investigating producing a small disc that will be able to record your ICE number on and that will be attached to your bike. The Police and Emergency services will be informed of this initiative and all Bike Manawatu members will be asked to put the disc on their bikes as soon as they are received. They will be mailed out with the August newsletter which should go out in the mail in the last week in July. They will have an adhesive back on them with a hole in the centre and will be placed over the disc on the front stem. Having them all displayed in the same place will aid emergency services as they will not need to search for the location on your bike.
Saturday road race interclub results 2 July 2011
Saturday road race interclub results 2 July 2011
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Bike Manawatu riders take three categories at North Island Schools Time Trial Cycling Competition
PNBHS Senior A along with PNGHS Junior A and PN Intermediate Normal Year 7/8 boys all took second placings at the coveted North Island Schools Cycling team time trial champs held in Cambridge on 2nd July. In what were pretty good winter conditions, the PNBHS team were only 17 seconds slower than eventual winners Hamilton Boys’ High School over the 16km course. “We certainly had some very high hopes this year and we are all very pleased with the outcome,” said team captain, Luuk van Wagtendonk. “We now know where we stack up against the other teams and we can focus on developing more speed.”
A good tally of medals on day 2 of the North Island Schools Cycling Champs
What was a first for PNBHS cycling, the team captain Luuk van Wagtendonk walked away with the Schools Cycling Trophy at the end of the two day event. “I would have to classify this as our most successful champs thus far”, said Howard Pinder. Out of 15 possible medals on offer PNBHS collected five of them. To have medallist in most of the grades is a significant achievement and testament to the hard work put in by all the Manawatu based riders he added. Some might see this as a sign that the balance of power has shifted south from the strangle hold that Auckland schools have traditionally had on the event over recent years but those in the know suggest this is only just the precursor of better things to come from Manawatu riders.