by Bike Manawatu | Nov 11, 2026 | News, Road Results
A small but committed group of riders lined up for the 2026 Sutton Cup, held in warm conditions with a blustery westerly making things interesting!
Hats off to our A Grade riders, who pushed hard from start to finish and came tantalisingly close to catching B Grade. The handicapping worked pretty well for most, and we’ll continue refining our results database to get those time gaps even closer in future events.
A big thank you to Andy Richardson for being our sag wagon today, Sam Richardson for timing, and Tim Lloyd for his usual excellent work setting up and packing down the course. Your support is much appreciated!
The 2026 Sutton Cup winner is…
CHRIS GRANT
Chris produced a fantastic solo ride, leaving the rest of B Grade in his wake to claim this longstanding event and have his name engraved on the cup. Congratulations Chris – a well-deserved win!
Fastest time of the day goes to Blair Christian. Well done, Blair!
Next up: Manfeild Circuit Race on Tuesday 17th November
This is a great opportunity to race on the Manfeild racing circuit, but venue hire comes at a significant cost. We need at least 30 registrations to make this event viable, so please get your entries in!
Thanks again to everyone who raced and helped out today. See you at the next one!
by Bike Manawatu | Oct 29, 2026 | News, Road Results
What a morning of racing! The wind certainly tested our riders on the Glen Oroua course today, making for a challenging day out on the road. A huge well done to everyone who lined up and raced hard!
THANK YOU to our amazing volunteers who made today possible:
Ross O’Dea, Esther Hutchinson and Richard Long for marshalling
Sam and Andy Richardson for registration and timing
Tim Lloyd for course set-up and pack-down
Rachel O’Dea for the sag wagon
The highlight of the day was the incredible sportsmanship shown across all grades. Following an unfortunate crash, the men neutralised their race and only resumed once the fallen rider had been attended to. Our young female riders also showed fantastic care and camaraderie, looking out for one another and making sure nobody was alone out on the course. These moments are a great reminder that our club is about so much more than racing, it’s about being part of a fantastic cycling community.
Your 2026 Club Road Champions are:
U15 Girls — HANNAH PEEL
U15 Boys — BROOKLYN ARMSTRONG
U17 Girls — JULIA HUTCHINSON
U17 Boys — JOSEPH STEER
U19 Women — AYLISH UNDERWOOD
U19 Men — FLYNN BALFOUR
Senior Men — NICK HANLY
Masters 2 Men — BLAIR CHRISTIAN
Masters 4 Men — LEYTON GAPPER
Congratulations to all our winners, and well done to everyone who took part.
by Bike Manawatu | Oct 21, 2026 | Kairanga ITT Results, News
We were treated to amazing conditions, a beautiful evening, and some fast times out on the course!
A massive thank you to our volunteers: Marty Baker, Ross and Rachel O’Dea, Sam Richardson, and Tim Lloyd. We really appreciate your time! 🙌
It was also great to see Brendan Clarke making the trip all the way up from Wellington and Chris Grant travelling from Levin to take on the 24km course. Great to have you both out there!
Huge congratulations to our rising stars who absolutely smashed the records today:
🎉 Ada Morrison (11 years) — 22:40.6! Breaking Olivia Calder-Kerr’s previous record by more than 3 minutes.
🎉 Rory Hutchinson (10 years) — 23:14.4! Taking a massive 1.5 minutes off his own record set earlier this year.
Wow! Huge congratulations to both Ada and Rory on these outstanding performances.
Up next: Club Road Champs this Sunday, 25 October, in Glen Oroua!
Thanks again to everyone who came along and helped make it such a great evening. See you all on Sunday!
by Bike Manawatu | Oct 11, 2026 | News, Road Results
Great morning for the Colyton-Hiwinui Handicap race today! We managed to avoid the rain.
Congratulations to Liam O’Dea for winning the Essex Cup race!
Huge thanks to today’s volunteers: Sam Richardson for registration and timing, Tim Lloyd for set-up and pack down, Rachel O’Dea and Richard Long as well as Tim Hutchinson and Nick Hanly for mentoring our youngest competitors.
Special mention to Lucas Briggs and Jess Johnstone who travelled from Whanganui to join us.
Club racing and handicap racing are a key focus for us through to the end of the year. We’re working on a smarter, more efficient way to improve handicapping, using digital tools and technology to help make racing fairer and more competitive for everyone.
No one wants to be a Handicapper, it’s not an easy job, but we’re looking at better ways to get it right! Stay tuned for more updates.
See our comprehensive calendar of local races and events of clubs within our extended region on our website.
by Bike Manawatu | Sep 13, 2026 | News, Road Results
A beautiful spring day welcomed riders to the Sealed Handicap race on challenging out and back courses. The course is a ripper and there was great feedback from riders across all three distances.
Thanks to today’s amazing volunteers: Sam Richardson for Registration and Timing, Axel Malecki, Richard Long, Cath Cheatley and Andy Richardson for marshalling, and Tim Lloyd for setting up and packing down the race.
It was great to see some new faces too. Big shout out to Cath Cheatley and the Huntley School parents for bringing a great group of year 6-8 riders to get some training in. Manawatu Triathlon Club competitors were a very welcome addition to numbers at the event too.
Line honours were……..
🏅 Long course EDWARD DABINETT
🏅 Medium course BROOKLYN ARMSTRONG
🏅 Short course HANNAH PEEL
Full line results ⏱️ https://www.webscorer.com/race?pid=1&raceid=447315
Sealed Handicap winners….
🏅 Long course JOSEPH STEER
🏅 Medium course BROOKLYN ARMSTRONG
🏅 Short course ELLIOT HANLY
Full handicap results see below.
Great work by everyone today on tougher than usual courses.
Next up …..
Sun 20th September WRCC Handicap Series Race 1
https://events.barefootsport.co.nz/event/2593
26th – 28th September National School Road Championships (Manawatu)
https://www.schoolscycling.nz/national-school-road-championships/
If you are available to help out at this event please let us know!
Sun 11th October “Sutton Cup” in Halcombe – Registrations opening soon
by Bike Manawatu | May 31, 2026 | News, Road Results
Another glorious day made for great racing at Halcombe on the last day of Autumn.
We have been so fortunate with the weather so far this year, fingers crossed for the winter months.
Great job by all riders today.
Bike Manawatu’s ongoing push to give riders of all ages the opportunity to race was at the forefront today with E grade doing the 13km distance.
Mum’s and Dads joining their kids in what is sometimes a new racing experience for them. This year at the Novice Tour we will give the opportunity for year 5 and 6 riders to do the Hillclimb and the ITT.
Big thanks the our BM crew, headed by Janina. Sam and Andy Richardson on Registration and Timing. Andy did a great job as the Sag Wagon. The ever present Ross and Rachel O’Dea for marshalling. Thanks to Tim as always for setting everything up and packing it down. Huge thanks also to our amazing sponsors – we couldn’t have done today’s event without you!
Full results: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=434203
Probably an error racing on a long weekend, will address that going forward. We have a weekend off next week.
The following week Sunday 14th June we have WCNI sealed handicap graded Road race at Colyton.
A grade 45 kms 450mtrs elevation. B grade 33kms 283 mtrs elevation . C-E grade 21kms with 150mtrs elevation. Registrations will open in the next couple of days.
Kairanga ITT/TTT on the 21st June, then Halcombe again for Mass start (A&B together then C&D together), Sealed Handicap. E grade will start at the Stanway hall again.
Working on the calendar to fit around Mountain bike and Kapiti for term two leading into Novice Tour August 1st and 2nd!
Register here: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=450016