by KateS | Oct 20, 2017 | Track Cycling
BIKE MANAWATU Track meeting
MONDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2017 (LABOUR DAY)
Venue: Johnston Park Feilding
ROAD BIKES: Registration & warm-up from 1:15pm, racing 1:30pm – 2:30pm
TRACK BIKES: Registration from 2pm, Warm up 2:30pm, first Race 3:00pm Sharp
Registration: Please register online at www.bikemanawatu.co.nz or by clicking here and on the day you are just required to sign the wavier (everyone) and track riders are required to pay $20 (eftpos preferred) and receive their number.
Please note this is a provisional programme as grades need to be sorted out on the day, depending on numbers. Riders to ride according to 2018 Cycling NZ Licence categories.
Events
- A Grade – 5 lap Scratch Race
- B Grade – 4 lap Scratch Race
- Masters Grade – 4 Lap Scratch Race
- U15 Grade – Scratch races (2 events may be run at same time)
- U15 A grade
- U15 B grade
- U17 Grade – 4 lap scratch (2 bunches)
- All Grades – 1 lap time trial (4 riders will run at same time).Finish straight: rider will start at finish line and half way line. Back straight: Rider will start at 200m line and half way line.
- A Grade – 7 Lap points race ( 3 sprints)
- B Grade – 6 lap points race (2 sprints)
- Masters Grade – 6 lap handicap race
- U15 A Grade – 6 Lap handicap race
- U15 B Grade – 3 lap handicap race
- U17 Grade – 6 lap handicap race
- Masters and B Grade – 10 lap handicap race
- U15 A Grade – 8 lap handicap race
- U15 B Grade – 5 lap handicap race
- U17 Grade – 10 lap handicap race
- A Grade – 14 lap handicap race
TRACK OFFICALS:
Race Manager: Ian Gray
Commissaire/s: Mike Simpson
Finish line duties: Kate Stewart, Jamie Falkner, Bernie Richmond, Dave Hoskin
Starter: Simon Irvine
Handicapper: Ian Gray
First Aid: Stephanie Harris
Whip (calling next race and gate control): Mark Tuck
Bike checks: Brent Zimmerman and John Stewart
Registration: Kate Stewart, Kylie Mulcahy and Stephanie Harris
Race Manager for Road bikes: Joe Caldwell and Mulcahy Family
Publish results: Grant Haggett
NOTE: Extra Judges, Timekeepers and holders to be appointed on night by Race Manager, as required.
Let Kate Stewart know if you are willing to help out at meets throughout the season or if your name is down to help on Sunday and you are unavailable.
by KateS | Oct 8, 2017 | Track Cycling
Programme until Christmas 2017
Click here to view and download the programme for the BikeManawatu track and road bikes on track season leading up until Christmas.
Bike Manawatu Track cycling Volunteers
Track Racing doesn’t happen without the hard work of many. We currently have a very passionate group of volunteers, lead by Ian Gray that make track racing possible.
For the 2017/18 track season we want to recruit and train up more volunteers, so that we can roster the roles around each week so that not the same people are running track each week. If you are new to a role, as you learn we will have you working with an experienced person, until you are familiar with the task.
There are many roles that need to be filled including:
- Judges
- Time keepers
- Starter
- Result recorders
- Handicapping
- 1st Aid
- Gate control/ calling the next race up
- Report writing- please let us know if you are interested in writing a report about the racing to be posted on the BM web site after each meet. A roster will be made so that the task is shared around
If you are willing to help out this season, please let Kate Stewart know k8.stewart@hotmail.com. After we have a list of volunteers we can share the jobs around and post on the website each week with who is helping out.
The more volunteers we have, the easier and safer it is for everyone!
by KateS | Oct 1, 2017 | Track Cycling
BikeManawatu has track bikes you can hire for the track season. If you are interested in hiring a bike please call or text Ian Gray on 021 120 5751, and book a time (from below) to meet him at the Johnston Park, Feilding Club rooms off Drake Street (click here for map).
At this time you will:
- Fill out and sign wavier form
- Be provided with a track bike
- Be correctly fitted and geared to this bike
Payment:
- Pay with Eftpos (preferred) or internet banking to BikeManawatu at one of the first two track meetings of the year
- BikeManawatu Bank account: 010745 0284925 00
Cost to hire a bike for the season will be $100.00 Bond + $60.00 to hire all our bikes.
First two bookings will receive a free book “Beginners Guide to Road and Track Cycling” and a Rookie U15 or U17 that joins will get bike rental at half price.
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by KateS | Sep 5, 2017 | Track Cycling
Give it a go for the 2017/18 Track Season
I have as part of recording the history of successes of Manawatu riders in national Championship have produced a document recording all the medal winners.
It can be seen since year 2000 we have had phenomenal success of riders who all started their track cycling career on the Feilding track. This is a testament of the organization of racing at Feilding and the quality of the coaches we have here in the Manawatu. I would like to acknowledge Megan Blatchford in the processing of this word document.
Riding a “Fixy” on the track (or on the road for training) certainly makes a big improvement in riders sprinting ability and peadlling skills. Any road rider can get immense benefit by riding the track and a days race programme is great form of intense interval training.
We have track bikes for hire that have been very popular in past seasons for new under 15 and under 17 riders to try track racing. Details on hire age to follow.
The Beginning if the Changing of the Guard!
Although it is still only September and we are just starting to come out of winter we need to start thinking about the organization of the coming track season.
The annual track racing committee meeting will take place on Sunday September 24 at 4pm and is scheduled to take just one hour.
If you are interested to come along to the meeting and be prepared to take a position of responsibility to help run the track programme we would be very pleased to have you along. If you would like to be apart of the track committee, or just volunteer at events for the season please get in contact with Kate Stewart (k8.stewart@hotmail.com or 0278139922).
Kate Stewart has done a wonderful job of keeping everybody informed through Facebook, but she will be leaving us in January 2018 to take a position up at DairyNZ in TeAwamutu. So we need somebody to take that very important job now, and you will have time to learn what is required.
I have been involved in organizing track cycling for sixteen years and I would like less responsibility for the coming season.
Bike Hook Racks
There are real good bike hook racks (professionally made) available from out if the old Pedal Pushers/ Animates building.
The hooks arte attached to strong piping and ideal for hanging your bikes up in the shed if you have several bikes, and these racks are real strong.
Peter Shelton the new owner of the building has taken them all down from the mezzanine, and will sell at $5 a meter and will cut to size. He has agreed to give 50% of the money to BikeManawatu. Text or ring Ian Gray, 0211205751 if interested.
-Ian Gray
