Bike Manawatu TT Champs
Saturday 31st March
More Details to follow.
Central Energy Trust Manawatu Awards
Congratulations to Campbell Stewart for winning the ANZ Junior Sportsman of the Year
Congratulations to Michaela Drummond for winning the Churchyard Physiotherapy Junior Sportswoman of the Year.
Well done Campbell & Michaela – Way to go!
Campbell Stewart Impresses in World Champs Debut
Bike Manawatu teenage rising star Campbell Stewart gave a hint of his prodigious future with a close fifth placing in the Omnium on the penultimate day of the UCI track cycling world championships in the Netherlands. A double junior world champion who was having his first venture into the gruelling four event Omnium that comprises a scratch race, tempo sprint race, elimination race, and points race. “It was a pretty cool experience with all the top guys there” Campbell said.
The fact is Campbell was the youngest in the field of the best older seasoned riders in the world.
Michaela Drummonds women’s pursuit team we shut out of a place in the gold medal round. Their time meant they finished 6th fastest to miss out on a bronze medal ride. Michaela also teamed up and raced with Racquel Sheath in a hectic high speed madison to finish a credible 13th.
Jordan Castle was placed second in both his Keirin races, the first round and repechage, pipped in a sprint finish for a place in the semi final.
Stewart and Drummond Third consecutive Sports Manawatu Titles.
The prestigious Sports Manawatu awards was an amazing evening of the who’s who in Manawatu sport where Motorsport ace Brendon Hartley was named supreme winner. Bike Manawatu was well represented with nominations for Emily Shearman, Libby Arbuckle, Michaela Drummond and Campbell Stewart. The later taking out junior sportswoman and sportsman completing a brilliant result for both. Watch out for both in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.
Age group National Track Championships
Thursday the 8th to Sunday 11th March
Bike Manawatu wish to extend all the very best of luck to our age group national track riders who have travelled south to the Invercargill Velodrome. This will be a busy programme for everyone and an event to keep an eye out on. Check out results on www.cyclingnewzealand.nz
Sunday Recreational Group Rides Popular
The weather this summer has been fantastic and our Sunday group rides have been well supported by regular riders and newbies. 8am on Sunday at memorial park we yet again saw over fifty members enjoy our Bike Manawatu ride touring through the beautiful Manawatu countryside finishing off with a coffee.
Kairanga Time Trial Results
The Kairanga Time Trial series has been hotly contested over the summer and we say well done to everyone who competed in this week’s gusty conditions. Challenging conditions and cross-winds still didn’t stop people scoring two points for the night with a sub 15 minute time set by Luke Mudgeway.
Well done to race organiser volunteers Mike Craine, Tim Lloyd, James Denholm and those who have volunteer their services over the 8 week series. The series comes to a close at the end of the month- 28 March. Be sure to get out to the Kairanga every Wednesday at 5.45 to register.
Upcoming Events
Laskeys Bush Cycle Tour 2018
Woolworths Cup
Hill Climb Champs
Manfeild 6 Hour Cycle Challenge
Bike Manawatu Prize Giving
When; 28th April
Where: Marist Sport Club
When: Happy Hour” from 6pm.
We are busy planning our club prize giving and this year would really love you and your partners and cycling buddies to join us for a few drinks and some quality time together.
Discounted drinks at the bar will be open for the night and the prize giving will be broken up during the evening for people to mix and have a laugh. The old fashion concept of “bring a plate” we think will be something of a tradition people might enjoy. We will keep you posted.
The more the merrier……
WCNI Interclub / Bike Manawatu Road Race
Sunday 15th April
Halcomb – Stanway Road Circuit
More details to follow closer to the time..
West Coast North Island (WCNI) Road Race Series Sunday 4th March.
A group of keen BM racers headed to the Naki for the latest round of the WCNI Road Race Series last Sunday.
As we know BM is part of a group of Regional Clubs from New Plymouth through Hawera, Whanganui Manawatu and Horowhenua finishing south of Levin.
The beginnings of WCNI date back to the early 1930’s and at its’ peak the inter-club rivalry was fierce to say the least.
Racing was graded from A-E with the A and B grades doing 4 laps and the grades below completing 2 laps of a pretty savage 15km circuit.
The charge was led by Thomas Stannard and Ethan Craine in A grade, Michael Craine, Michael Richmond and Tim Lloyd in B grade, Graeme Bull in C grade and Kyra Craine in D grade.
Very tough course , racing with seasoned club racers who are well versed in club racing was expected and certainly didn’t disappoint. .
First to crack was Ethan who had a misdemeanour with a chainsaw the day before and was nursing a taped up calf muscle. Ethan is training really hard this year under guidance of Jessie Sargent and is going from strength to strength, but every dog has his day.
Thomas Stannard had his place in the bunch for the majority of the race but the 4th lap took it’s toll on the pack and he finished just of the bunch, once again a young man going places fast.
B grade was the race of the up and comers, has beens and never really had it’s,,,Michael Richmond winning B grade, Michael Craine cracking on the last lap and Tim Lloyd doing his usual PPP…..and loving it.
Graeme Bull and Kyra Craine flew the flag in C and D grades and finished behind the bunch but held their heads up the whole way.Great to see Steve Stannard out on the bike supporting on the day.
The great parts of the day were the interclub atmosphere, the coffees and food at the end, Awesome organisation and banter and the school swimming pool to cool off in.
Club racing really is that..racing. As much as we all blow our own tyres up about who has the fastest segment of Strava , racing with equal or similar ability riders representing your club is a bloody great day out.
Bike Manawatu has a lot of Road Racing for club trophies over the next 6 weeks or so with our round of the WCNI series at Halcombe on April 15th.
With the Woolworths Cup in Pahiatua next weekend, Valley Road Hillclimb the weekend after, TT’s on for the next few weeks there’s plenty going on.
The Manfeild 6 hour Challenge is coming up in May and new this time is a 90 minute solo E Bike Challenge..(Conditions apply)
A group from Lone Star Cycling are off to do the 4 day tour of Northland next Weekend, 360kms of racing, 4500 metres of climbing, 509 excuses and a few laughs…
We look forward to the debrief in a few weeks.
Keep Peddling…
Tim