by Bike Manawatu | Nov 28, 2025 | Notices
The Bike Manawatu Board invites all Bike Manawatu members and supporters to our 2025 Road Prize Giving and a Special General Meeting (SGM).
Date: Sunday 7th Dec 2025
Time: 5:15pm
Venue: Rongotea Tavern
Please click HERE to view the SGM Agenda
Please click HERE to view the proposed Bike Manawatu Constitution
The SGM is an important milestone for Bike Manawatu as its purpose is to adopt a new constitution that complies with the Incorporated Societies Act 2022, and to authorise the Bike Manawatu Board to apply for re-registration under the Act. Re-registering under the new Act keeps Bike Manawatu safe, legal, and able to operate. It will ensure that Bike Manawatu’s structure, rules, and officers meet the updated standards, our club keeps its legal status, and is able to apply for and receive funding.
Please take the time to review the proposed constitution and email any feedback, questions or suggestions for improvement to secretary@bikemanawatu.co.nz by Friday 5th December.
We look forward to seeing you there. Please note our SGM quorum is 15 members.
by Bike Manawatu | Nov 19, 2025 | News, Road Results
It was a great night for yesterday’s Manfeild Circuit Race! Thank you to Sam Richardson for running the timing, and many others for offering to help out.
The Handicap race was at hot pace! Gaps were worked out on 40,36 and 32 kph average over the three grades. However, it turns out 45, 42 and 37 is the new normal. The great thing is we now have lap times and data to get actual performance data for our individual riders. Great to see Toshi and Ash rocking up, with Ash smashing lots of personal bests. It was also fantastic to see the mentoring happening through the bunches.
Results can be found HERE
We are looking forward to the second Criterium at the CET Arena next Thursday 27th November. Registrations are now open: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=413794
by Bike Manawatu | Nov 14, 2025 | News, Road Results
It was a fantastic afternoon for our first Criterium event at the CET Arena yesterday, with 39 riders across the 4 events. We had a lot of positive feedback and are going to run a second criterium in a couple of week’s time, on Thursday 27th November, mark your calendars. Registrations will open shortly.
A shout-out to our volunteers Andy and Sam Richardson, Jo Coxon, Jonathon Hannon and Tim Lloyd, and to all those riders who have not participated in our events before and gave the criterium a go. We hope to see you again at our upcoming events.
Unfortunately the brief rain interfered with the Open Men’s race. In the future we may change the course layout depending on weather conditions. We are also going to split the Men’s event into two separate races, A grade and B grade, as long as registration numbers allow.
Next up, on Tuesday 18th November is the Manfeild Circuit Race. This will be run as a Handicap race. Please pre-register here, https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=409918, and remember to bring your race number if you have been issued one.
by Bike Manawatu | Nov 5, 2025 | News, Road Results
Beautiful evening for racing last night! It was nice to see Toshi and Tyler return to racing in the B grade. Big shout out to our volunteers Sam and Laura Richardson, Helen Mumby and Tim Lloyd!
Results can be found HERE
Next up are a couple of very exciting events:
A new Criterium event at the CET Arena on Thursday 13th November: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=410960
Manfeild Circuit Race on Tuesday 18th November: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=409918
Entries for both events are open and we encourage you to enter early to help us with the planning. Due to the low numbers of entries at our events it has become very difficult to run quality graded races. Therefore, the Manfeild Circuit race will be a Handicap Race, and both the Criterium and Manfeild events will see a separate Women/Girls Only category.
by Bike Manawatu | Oct 22, 2025 | News
Race 2 of the Trust House North Island Teams Series was a day that many riders wished they had stayed in bed. Weather conditions were terrible with high wind with rain showers.
Palmfeild Motors / Bike Manawatu Cat 4 team fronted up with 5 brave riders, the race started and on the first climb 5 kms in Brendon had attacked however a puncture put paid to that effort. We changed the front wheel and he caught the peloton within a couple of Kms.
The second climb on lap one put paid to the peloton and it broke up into about 4 different groups with Dan McKay from Tank Guy Team riding off the front and winning the race. Palmfeild Motors / Bike Manawatu managed 2nd, 3rd and 4th place with Graham Hall, Brendon Clark and Shane Chadwick securing a team win again.
Hats off to them for enduring the conditions!
Big shout-out to Pat Johnstone, who finished an impressive 4th in his age group at the UCI Gran Fondo World Champs the following weekend over in Melbourne!
Race 3 of the series is this Sunday 26th October in Carterton.
