Manawatu Hill Climb Series 2026
It’s all kicking off from 2nd November but entries never close and even a Week3 entry can earn full season points. Currently 14 entries and counting!
Carl Wells
2026 Club Road Championships – 25 October 2026
What a morning of racing! The wind certainly tested our riders on the Glen Oroua course today, making for a challenging day out on the road. A huge well done to everyone who lined up and raced hard!
THANK YOU to our amazing volunteers who made today possible:
Ross O’Dea, Esther Hutchinson and Richard Long for marshalling
Sam and Andy Richardson for registration and timing
Tim Lloyd for course set-up and pack-down
Rachel O’Dea for the sag wagon
The highlight of the day was the incredible sportsmanship shown across all grades. Following an unfortunate crash, the men neutralised their race and only resumed once the fallen rider had been attended to. Our young female riders also showed fantastic care and camaraderie, looking out for one another and making sure nobody was alone out on the course. These moments are a great reminder that our club is about so much more than racing, it’s about being part of a fantastic cycling community.
Your 2026 Club Road Champions are:
U15 Girls — HANNAH PEEL
U15 Boys — BROOKLYN ARMSTRONG
U17 Girls — JULIA HUTCHINSON
U17 Boys — JOSEPH STEER
U19 Women — AYLISH UNDERWOOD
U19 Men — FLYNN BALFOUR
Senior Men — NICK HANLY
Masters 2 Men — BLAIR CHRISTIAN
Masters 4 Men — LEYTON GAPPER
Congratulations to all our winners, and well done to everyone who took part.
Full results:
Up next…..
Kairanga Time Trial – Tue 3rd November https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=452814
Sutton Cup – Sun 8th November, a handicap race in Halcombe https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=447454
Kairanga Time Trial #1 – 20 October 2026
We were treated to amazing conditions, a beautiful evening, and some fast times out on the course!
A massive thank you to our volunteers: Marty Baker, Ross and Rachel O’Dea, Sam Richardson, and Tim Lloyd. We really appreciate your time! 🙌
It was also great to see Brendan Clarke making the trip all the way up from Wellington and Chris Grant travelling from Levin to take on the 24km course. Great to have you both out there!
Huge congratulations to our rising stars who absolutely smashed the records today:
🎉 Ada Morrison (11 years) — 22:40.6! Breaking Olivia Calder-Kerr’s previous record by more than 3 minutes.
🎉 Rory Hutchinson (10 years) — 23:14.4! Taking a massive 1.5 minutes off his own record set earlier this year.
Wow! Huge congratulations to both Ada and Rory on these outstanding performances.
Full results: https://www.webscorer.com/racealldetails?raceid=452767
Up next: Club Road Champs this Sunday, 25 October, in Glen Oroua!
Make sure you pre-register here: 👉 https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=451813
Thanks again to everyone who came along and helped make it such a great evening. See you all on Sunday!
Essex Cup Colyton 11 October 2026
Great morning for the Colyton-Hiwinui Handicap race today! We managed to avoid the rain.
Congratulations to Liam O’Dea for winning the Essex Cup race!
Here are full results, including finish times and handicap adjusted times: https://www.webscorer.com/racealldetails?raceid=451545
Huge thanks to today’s volunteers: Sam Richardson for registration and timing, Tim Lloyd for set-up and pack down, Rachel O’Dea and Richard Long as well as Tim Hutchinson and Nick Hanly for mentoring our youngest competitors.
Special mention to Lucas Briggs and Jess Johnstone who travelled from Whanganui to join us.
Club racing and handicap racing are a key focus for us through to the end of the year. We’re working on a smarter, more efficient way to improve handicapping, using digital tools and technology to help make racing fairer and more competitive for everyone.
No one wants to be a Handicapper, it’s not an easy job, but we’re looking at better ways to get it right! Stay tuned for more updates.
Next up is our first Twilight ITT on Tuesday 20th October https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=450814 , then Road Race Champs on Sunday 25th October.
See our comprehensive calendar of local races and events of clubs within our extended region on our website.
Colyton Sealed Handicap Road Race 13 September 2026
A beautiful spring day welcomed riders to the Sealed Handicap race on challenging out and back courses. The course is a ripper and there was great feedback from riders across all three distances.
Thanks to today’s amazing volunteers: Sam Richardson for Registration and Timing, Axel Malecki, Richard Long, Cath Cheatley and Andy Richardson for marshalling, and Tim Lloyd for setting up and packing down the race.
It was great to see some new faces too. Big shout out to Cath Cheatley and the Huntley School parents for bringing a great group of year 6-8 riders to get some training in. Manawatu Triathlon Club competitors were a very welcome addition to numbers at the event too.
Line honours were……..
🏅 Long course EDWARD DABINETT
🏅 Medium course BROOKLYN ARMSTRONG
🏅 Short course HANNAH PEEL
Full line results ⏱️ https://www.webscorer.com/race?pid=1&raceid=447315
Sealed Handicap winners….
🏅 Long course JOSEPH STEER
🏅 Medium course BROOKLYN ARMSTRONG
🏅 Short course ELLIOT HANLY
Full handicap results see below.
Great work by everyone today on tougher than usual courses.
Next up …..
Sun 20th September WRCC Handicap Series Race 1
https://events.barefootsport.co.nz/event/2593
26th – 28th September National School Road Championships (Manawatu)
https://www.schoolscycling.nz/national-school-road-championships/
If you are available to help out at this event please let us know!
Sun 11th October “Sutton Cup” in Halcombe – Registrations opening soon
