la femme fun ride has a new sponsor
Churchyard Physiotherapy is proud to sponsor the inaugural Bike Manawatu ‘la femme fun ride’.
In this event you will ride on the elite course – so get the same service we give to our elite athletes – quality one on one sessions, with experienced therapists committed to remaining up to date with current best practice to help you achieve your goals.
At Churchyard Physiotherapy we pride ourselves on not just being great at treating injuries but we also take a proactive approach to sporting performance and well-being for good quality of life. In addition to injury management we offer musculoskeletal screening examinations for muscle balance and motor patterning issues – issues that often prevent you achieving your sporting and life activity goals and even predisposing you to injury. We have developed a musculoskeletal assessment for this purpose, at the end of which we will advise you on an appropriate stretching and strengthening regime individualised just for you.
Fiona O’Connor has developed this assessment based on her work and experience as High Performance Sport NZ’s Key Physiotherapy provider in Palmerston North and current BlackSticks Womens Hockey Team Physiotherapist. One lucky participant will receive a Musculoskeletal Screening Package as a spot prize so keep that race number handy!
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Angus Findlay, Kathryn Young and Campbell Stewart were the three major prize winners from Sunday’s Bike Manawatu School’s prize giving ceremony held in Feilding. Angus received the Best Result by Team or Individual Award. Angus’ meteoric rise has been nothing but outstanding. Having come from golf, and only having recently taken up competitive cycling late in 2010, he quickly became a force to be reckoned with at local and regional level. His performances were that consistent that he was selected for the NZ U19 Development Squad this year where he competed in Canberra. 
When looking at the number of events around that target groups i.e. “Weetbix Kids Triathlon”, Bike Manawatu realised that there are a lot of women that cycle but have to compete against men at events. Manawatu is in the fortunate position next year to not only be the sole region in NZ to host a UCI mens cycling event but it will also host the NZCT Womens tour. 
Some exciting news is happening for Manawatu at the Invercargill Velodrome for the Oceania Track Champs 2012 being held this week.