BikeManawatu dominates WCNI track team for AgeGroup Championships

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.

Congratulations to all athletes, especially our BikeManawatu members who will be representing WCNI at the upcoming National Age Group Champs in Cambridge.

U15 Boys
Ewan Cousins, Ben Irvine, Dr’s Caldwell, Finnegan Murphy

U17 Boys
Michael Richmond – TT, IP, Scratch, Points, Sprint, Team Sprint, TP
Kyle Hoskin – TT, IP, Scratch, Points, Sprint, Team Sprint, TP
Ethan Craine – TT, IP, Scratch, Points, Sprint, Team Sprint, TP
Angus Claasen – TT, Sprint, Team Sprint, TP

U17 Girls
Dannielle Porteous – TT, Scratch, Sprint, Team Sprint,
Karen Horn – TT, Scratch, Points, Sprint, Team Sprint

Masters Men Cat 1
Brendon Sharratt – Scratch, Points, IP
Patrick Weinrauch – Scratch, Keirin, Team Sprint, TT
Grant Haggett – Team Sprint, TT

Masters Men Cat 2
John Stewart – Scratch, Points, IP

Masters Men Cat 3
Richard Horn – Scratch, Keirin, Team Sprint, TT
Adam Hamlin – Scratch, Team Sprint (Pool), TT, IP

Masters Women Cat 1
Nicola Cox – Scratch, Keirin, TT, IP

Masters Women Cat 2
Tamara Ross – Scratch, TT, IP
Tonia Nesbitt – TT, IP

Masters Women Cat 4
Megan Blatchford – TT

Masters Women Cat 7
Janice O’Brien – TT, IP

Elite Men Omnium
Joel Yates
Campbell Stewart

Elite Women Omnium
Michaela Drummond

U19 Men Omnium
Dylan Simpson
Jakob Lester

U19 Women Omnium
Emily Shearman
Libby Arbuckle
Megan Gardner
Samara Fenn

Support Team
Lisa Horn – Manager
Nick Spark – Assistant Manager
Grant Wilson
Mike McRedmond
Dave Hoskin
Martin Baker
Amy Jade Horn
John Arbuckle