Coaching and Manager Working Group Meets
The pathway to developing some coaching capacity gathered momentum when the Coaching Working Group met for a second time to discuss its organisational structure and terms of reference on 12 August.
However, it was quickly realised that the working group needed to expand beyond its original mandate of focusing solely on developing coaching to include managers as well. According to Steve Stannard, it was important to include a team manager capability because nowhere else in Bike Manawatu was this issue being addressed. “Managers go hand in glove with coaching so it made a lot of sense to incorporate them”, he said.
Sam Horgan (Pegasus Cycling) was the standout rider over the weekend at the Manawatu Standard Fielding Festival of Cycling. Horgan showed his class when he secured wins in both the criterium race around the streets of Fielding’s CBD on Saturday, then stepped it up a notch on Sunday to also win the 90km Fielding to Apiti Joe Allen Classic graded race in 2.08:07. Horgan, a former student at PNBHS was quick to acknowledge the opportunity of riding again in Manawatu in front of his biggest fans – his parents.
