This Sunday saw a very good turn out of school riders in Ashhurst ready to take part in an ITT. The riders rode against a strong head wind on the way out but as one new Intermediate rider was heard saying they got to “fly” home.
It was very pleasing to see as many Intermediate aged riders as High School riders who when they had finished had big smiles on their faces and were already talking about the next school ride.
Results for ITT as follows:
Friday again saw flocks of Bike Manawatu juniors and their families migrating north across the Desert Road. This time to Rotorua for the CRI Junior Tour – four stages over two days in the rolling countryside just north of the town.
In the U15 Boys Dylan Simpson, Thomas Stannard and Harrison Kinghorn were up against “the beasts” (otherwise known as “second year U15 riders”), often a foot taller and sometimes a foot wider across the shoulders as well. Our boys acquitted themselves well, Dylan managing to hold onto the second bunch in every stage to finish 13th on GC and Thomas and Harry riding determinedly throughout.
Once again Bike Manawatu riders attended what is arguably the most important and popular tour on the Junior calendar. Past winners of the various age groups have gone onto bigger and better things and include Olympians Peter Latham, Westley Gough, and Rushlee Buchanan, and Tour winners such as Hayden McCormack, Josh Atkins, Gemma Dudley and Serena Sheridan. Doing well, it seems, is a prerequisite to future honours. Past Manawatu winners include Luke McCarthy (U19), James Dobson (U17), and Campbell Stewart (U15).
It’s not surprising therefore that much of the prize money was won by our current crop of Bike Manawatu juniors.
Once again Bike Manawatu riders attended what is arguably the most important and popular tour on the Junior calendar. Past winners of the various age groups have gone onto bigger and better things and include Olympians Peter Latham, Westley Gough, and Rushlee Buchanan, and Tour winners such as Hayden McCormack, Josh Atkins, Gemma Dudley and Serena Sheridan. Doing well, it seems, is a prerequisite to future honours. Past Manawatu winners include Luke McCarthy (U19), James Dobson (U17), and Campbell Stewart (U15).
It’s not surprising therefore that much of the prize money was won by our current crop of Bike Manawatu juniors.
It was hot calm conditions on Saturday for the club road champs.
With the distances for Club nationals in Queenstown as a deciding factor for the distances to be raced for club champs it was a chance for the junior riders who were not competing for champs but planning on going to Queenstown to test their legs over the distances required.
Thanks to the helpers on the day Colin Huston as marshal on the tricky Watershed Corner assisted partly by Cameron Howell and Britteny Baker and Dileep Rajapakse on the Colyton corner.
Our finish line recorders and judges did a marvellous job of keeping track of just how many laps each person had completed. Thanks to Rebecca Denholm, Alison Kinghorn and Rebecca Ransom who sat in the sun and waited for the very last rider to come through.
Thanks also to Harison King horn who helped pack up the signs at the end of the day.
Click here for results.
Age grouping results will be calculated at a later point in time for end of year prizegiving.
Prizegiving for the WEdnesday night events will be held on Wednesday night at Linton Army Camp.
Anyone who competed in the first 4 weeks of time trials at Kairanga and was able to obtain 6 or more points will received prizemoney if they are a financial club member.
For the points races that were held at Linton this prizemoney will also be awarded to financial members.
Crit prizes can be awarded to anyone who participated. But you have to be at prizegiving to receive prizes or prizemoney. Anything no collected on the night will be returned to the prizepool.