Bike Manawatu Pursuit Championships 3rd February 2011

Despite the current ‘cost of living challenges’ facing all community events, Bike Manawatu is 100% committed to ensuring the 51st year of the Novice Tour – once again provides a safe, fun, competitive cycle racing event.

We will adopt a high-quality assured approach in implementing the Local Roading Authority’s/Cycling New Zealand’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) standards which ensure best practices and rider and spectator safety.

If the level of community funding secured is not sufficient to contract in external road management service providers with the ability to stop/go traffic, the Novice Tour will proceed on a ‘local club racing’ model, whereby our team of trained/experienced road marshals will, where necessary, pause racing in order to give way to traffic and ensure rider safety.

Although funding external road management services with the ability to stop/go traffic is ideal, if this is not feasible – we are confident that the event’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) will provide a competitive, fair, enjoyable and importantly safe racing environment.

Irrespective of which model of traffic management/racing is finalised, as with all CNZ/Bike Manawatu events, normal road rules will apply and a full rider briefing confirming the event rules will be provided to all riders prior to the start of each race.

A threatening sky a cool track and a westerly wind ensured that track records would be difficult to break tonight. The pursuit is a solo ride over distance with the aim to build up to race pace then hold that pace to the end. An event that requires special self discipline as there is nowhere to hide.

While the prize money for broken records was secure in the Bike Manawatu vault the $25 rookie prize for a first year track rider for setting a time closest to a current record was awarded to Ruby Perry.

2000 metre distance

Under 15 Girls

Brittany Ingram 3.31.04

Under 15 Boys

Campbell Stewart 3.04.32

Under 17 Girls

Kate Stewart 3.02.75

Ruby Perry 3.09.71

Under 17 Boys

George Roberts 2.47.45

Cameron Gibbons 2.47.82

Jonty Hapeta 3.02.71

Liam Barber 3.17.16

Under 19 Women

Kelsi Eccles 3.08.82 Established a new record

Masters

Marcel Hollenstein 2.43.57 Established a new record for M4

Andrew Ward 2.47.45

Barry Gilliland 2.50.92 Established a new record for M5

John Stewart 2.57.12

3000 metre distance

Under 19 men

Matiu Kaihau 3.41.86

Jaycob Humphreys 4.00.13

Luuk van Wagtendonk 4.03.53

Sean Whitehouse 4.13.54