by Vaughan Hunt | Sep 23, 2016 | Board Chair's Blog
“BM HAPPY HOUR”
When; Next Friday 30th of September.
Where; Lone Star on the Square
Time; 5.30-7pm
Bike Manawatu do not have a club rooms so to support our Sponsors and members we provide a monthly “BM Happy Hour” at a nice friendly venue with discounted drinks for our cycling community. Fellow bikers, this is our time out of lycra to catch up and have a laugh together. If you haven’t already, we would love to see you make the effort to join us next Friday.
North Island Secondary Schools Cycling Nationals – This Weekend.
If you haven’t witnessed racing at it’s best, this weekend in our region is your chance to watch three days of action packed Schools Cycling Nationals racing.
Saturday 24th: Team Time Trial at Koputorua Levin
Sunday 25th; Road Race at Hiwinui
Monday 26th; Points Racing at Manfeild
The best of our local riders and the best of NZ are competing for school honours and reputations. Exciting stuff not to be missed.
North Island Trust House Teams Series
Last weekend the Trust House Series in the Wairarapa got underway.Team BikeBox, Team Ashhurst and Team Bike Manawatu as well other local riders in various teams are competing in a five event series finishing on the 4th December. The first day of points saw Joel Yates of Team Skoda in 4th place and master rider Tane Humphrey of Bike Manawatu in 15th in the masters two event which are both tremendous efforts. Check out results cyclingseriesnz.co.nz
Local Riders do well at National Capital Tour of Canberra Australia.
Robert Stannard, Campbell Stewart, Chris Denholm and Alex West are a talented group of Manawatu and NZ riders. Their performance this week against the Austrailians in Canberra was nothing short of brilliant. Watch for Robert and Campbell who next month represent New Zealand at the UCI Road World Championship in Qatar. A very hot place with the best in the world competing against each other in all age groups including Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish.
by Vaughan Hunt | Sep 23, 2016 | Notices
Three world champions are among more than 700 cyclists from 91 schools who will descend on the Manawatu for the 49th New Zealand Schools Cycling Championships this weekend.
Read More here
by Vaughan Hunt | Sep 16, 2016 | Notices
The NZ Sports Performance Conference will be held at Palmerston North Boys High, 5-7 November 2016. The earlybird registration period closes this coming Friday, 16 September.
by Vaughan Hunt | Sep 16, 2016 | Notices
Do you want to represent WCNI this year and need a skin suit?
Below are the cut off dates…please contact secretary@bikemanawatu.co.nz and we will let you know the new ordering process.
1. Oceania Track Cycling Championships:
Order period: 10th – 25th October 2016 | Delivery: Week of 25th November 2016 (29th November at the latest) (Skinsuits) Event dates: 7th – 10th December 2016
2. Elite Road National Championships:
Order period: 14th – 25th November 2016 | Delivery: Week of 23rd December 2016 (28th December at the latest) (Skinsuits + Jerseys) Event dates: 6th – 8th January 2017
3. Elite/U19 Track Cycling Championships:
Order period: 12th – 23rd December 2016 | Delivery: Week of 20th January 2017 (24th January at the latest) (Skinsuits) Event dates: 2nd – 5th February 2017
4. Age Group Track Cycling Championships:
Order period: 23rd January – 3rd February 2017 | Delivery: Week of 3rd March 2017 (7th March at the latest) (Skinsuits + Jerseys) Event dates: 15th – 19th March 2017
by Vaughan Hunt | Sep 15, 2016 | Board Chair's Blog
Well done to Austin Smith and his team for running yet again another fantastic BM Feilding Festival of cycling event.This is a proud iconic and historic Bike Manawatu event and the weather this year was absolutely breathtaking for the riders and their supporters. The Joe Allen Classic has been won by some of the best cyclist in New Zealand over the years.This years winner was Bike Manawatu and NZ Cycling rising star Robert Stannard who raced the brutal 85km Apiti course and back in record time 2.01.31 closely followed behind by Joel Yates in 2.01.33 and Glenn Haden 2.07.31. Check out all results online.
The enjoyment and most probably the relief of riding and completing what ever distance you ride to the best of your ability is what most recreational riders take away from an event and one such group were the overall teams winners Team International Allstars lead by Tom Pirie,Chris Hall, Peter Turner,Brad Johnson,Mathew Schipper,John Edwards.
Well done to everyone who rode.
Club Spirit and Culture
The support and rider numbers for the events Bike Manawatu advertise and hold for our members is an important part of what the club offers its members throughout the four seasons of a year. To socially catchup before the ride, chat during the ride and then share your ride experience with an element of banter and humour is what club spirit is all about and something I think many of our riders love. Your support is appreciated and we will continually ask you to encourage all cycling enthusiasts to join the club and ride our events. For the bigger calendar events it does cost money, time and event management organisation but we hope this is offset by the enjoyment of our Bike Manawatu club memberships riding and spending more time together and building friendships.
Upcoming Events to Watch.
This weekend; Trust House Cycling Series starts in the Wairarapa; I wish good luck to our two local teams BikeBox lead by Sam Gardner and Bike Manawatu lead by Lee Yates. Fit talented local riders competing is a respected race series.
North Island Secondary Schools Cycling Nationals 24th to 26th of September.
24th: Koputorua Levin Teams time trials. 25th: Hiwinui Palmerston North Road Race. 26th; Manfeild Points racing.
If you have never witnessed racing at is best this is a must to take some time out to watch.
Every year Accommodation is pre booked out in Palmerston North by the leading schools across NZ the year before. The town is a buzz of cycling mad people and our local schools are some of the best riders in NZ.
Congratulation to UCI Gran Fondo riders
Congratulations to Mike Thompson and Toshi Yamauchi who competed in the Cycling Amateur World Champs – Road Race – in Perth earlier this month.
