by Bike Manawatu | Jan 27, 2022 | Notices
Up & Coming Events for week ending 28th January 2022
Please note all of our Bike Manawatu races / gatherings are My Vaccine Passport Compliant
As at 4 February masks are REQUIRED for all those who are attending events or gatherings. This includes riders, workers, contractors, spectators, volunteers etc. You can take your mask off to eat, drink or exercise only.
Bike Manawatu Covid Road & Track Guidelines
Bike Manawatu Recreational Rides Covid Guidelines
Sport NZ How Sport and Recreation will operate under the CPF
Sport NZ play active recreation and sport at red full guidance Or at a glance guidance
At Red, action is needed to protect at-risk people and protect our health system from an unsustainable number of hospitalisations.
Contact tracing, good hygiene and sanitation, and home isolation will continue as key tools to minimise the spread of the virus.
Localised lockdowns may be considered if there is a rapid growth in cases.
Sport NZ play active recreation and sport at orange full guidance OR at a glance guidance
At Orange, there will be community transmission, with pressure on our health system. The whole of health system is focusing its resources on managing Covid-19 demands, but can still deliver primary care, public health, and hospitals. There may also be an increasing risk for at-risk people.
Contact tracing, good hygiene and sanitation, and home isolation will continue to be key tools to minimise the spread of the virus.
Localised lockdowns may be considered if there is a rapid growth in cases.
Please note Bike Manawatu requires all riders wishing to attend any of our road races or attend our track season to pre register accordingly
No late entries on the day will be accepted
2022 Memberships & Cycling NZ licences – Renew your Membership today
Sunday 30th January 2022
BM Track Meeting
Tuesday 1st February 2022
Palmfeild Motors Series – A1 Loops
Thursday 3rd February 2022
BM Track Training Session
Sunday 6th February 2022
BM Track Club Champs Rnd 1 – & WCNI Champs – 500m TT
Tuesday 8th February 2022
Palmfeild Motors Series – Akers Road
Friday 11th February 2022
Elite & U23 Road Nationals – Cambridge
Saturday 12th February 2022
Elite & U23 Road Nationals – Cambridge
BM Track Meeting
Sunday 13th February 2022
Elite & U23 Road Nationals – Cambridge
Tuesday 15th February 2022
Palmfeild Motors Series – A1 Loops
Thursday 17th February 2022
BM Track Training Session
Saturday 19th February 2022
Taupo Cycle Race
Sunday 20th February 2022
Special WCNI & Wellington Combined Clubs Track Meeting in Levin
Tuesday 22nd February 2022
Palmfeild Motors Series – Akers Road & BBQ
Thursday 24th February 2022
BM Track Training Session
Sunday 27th February 2022
BM Track Club Champs Rnd 2 – 2000 IP
Thursday 3rd March 2022
Masters Track Nationals – Invercargill
BM Track Training Session
Friday 4th March 2022
Masters Track Nationals – Invercargill
Saturday 5th March 2022
Masters Track Nationals – Invercargill
Sunday 6th March 2022
BM Track Meeting
Tuesday 8th March 2022
Woolworths Cup
Thursday 10th March 2022
BM Track Training Session
Saturday 12th March 2022
BM Hill Climb Champs
Sunday 13th March 2022
Bike Manawatu Track Carnival 11am – 3pm – Save the date – Registrations will be open soon
Tuesday 15th March
Kairanga ITT
Track National Championships – Cambridge
Wednesday 16th March 2022
Track National Championships – Cambridge
Thursday 17th March 2022
Track National Championships – Cambridge
BM Track Training Session
Friday 18th March 2022
Track National Championships – Cambridge
Saturday 19th March 2022
Track National Championships – Cambridge
Sunday 20th March 2022
BM Track 30 Min Challenge Group 1 (am TBC) & Track Meeting 1-3.30pm
Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Kairanga ITT
Thursday 24th March 2022
BM Track Club Champs Rnd 3 – Scratch Race
Saturday 26th March 2022
BM Track 30 Min Challenge Group 2
Sunday 27th March 2022
BM Track Meeting / reserve Club Champs Day
Tuesday 29th March 2022
Kairanga ITT
Sunday 3rd April 2022
BM Club Champs Rnd 4 Flying 200m / End of Season Meeting
Saturday 9th April 2022
BM & WCNI ITT Champs – Rongotea
Sunday 10th April 2022
BM & WCNI Road Race Champs – Halcombe
Friday 22nd April 2022
Age Group Road Nationals – Hokitika
Saturday 23rd April 2022
Age Group Road Nationals – Hokitika
Sunday 24th April 2022
Age Group Road Nationals – Hokitika
Sunday 8th May 2022
Cheltenham Classic
Sunday 15th May 2022
Manfeild 6 Hour Cycle Challenge
Saturday 29th October 2022
Novice Tour of Manawatu
Sunday 30th October 2022
Novice Tour of Manawatu
by Bike Manawatu | Jan 19, 2022 | Notices
Up & Coming Events for week ending 21st January 2022
Bike Manawatu Delta Level 2 Road & Track Guidelines
Bike Manawatu Recreational Rides Delta Level 2 Guidelines
Sport NZ How Sport and Recreation will operate under the CPF
Sport NZ play active recreation and sport at orange full guidance
Please note Bike Manawatu requires all riders wishing to attend any of our road races or attend our track season to pre register accordingly
No late entries on the day will be accepted
2022 Memberships & Cycling NZ licences – Renew your Membership today
Sunday 23rd January 2022
BM Track Meeting
Thursday 27th January 2022
BM Track Training
Sunday 30th January 2022
BM Track Meeting
Tuesday 1st February 2022
Palmfeild Motors Series – A1 Loops
Tuesday 8th February 2022
Palmfeild Motors Series – Akers Road
Friday 11th February 2022
Elite & U23 Road Nationals – Cambridge
Saturday 12th February 2022
Elite & U23 Road Nationals – Cambridge
Sunday 13th February 2022
Elite & U23 Road Nationals – Cambridge
Tuesday 15th February 2022
Palmfeild Motors Series – A1 Loops
Saturday 19th February 2022
Taupo Cycle Race
Sunday 20th February 2022
Special Combined Clubs Track Meeting
Tuesday 22nd January 2022
Palmfeild Motors Series – Akers Road & BBQ
Thursday 3rd March 2022
Masters Track Nationals – Invercargill
Friday 4th March 2022
Masters Track Nationals – Invercargill
Saturday 5th March 2022
Masters Track Nationals – Invercargill
Tuesday 8th March 2022
Woolworths Cup
Sunday 13th March 2022
BM Hill Climb Champs
Tuesday 15th March
Kairanga ITT
Track National Championships – Cambridge
Wednesday 16th March 2022
Track National Championships – Cambridge
Thursday 17th March 2022
Track National Championships – Cambridge
Friday 18th March 2022
Track National Championships – Cambridge
Saturday 19th March 2022
Track National Championships – Cambridge
Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Kairanga ITT
Tuesday 29th March 2022
Kairanga ITT
Saturday 9th April 2022
BM & WCNI ITT Champs – Rongotea
Sunday 10th April 2022
BM & WCNI Road Race Champs – Halcombe
Friday 22nd April 2022
Age Group Road Nationals – Hokitika
Saturday 23rd April 2022
Age Group Road Nationals – Hokitika
Sunday 24th April 2022
Age Group Road Nationals – Hokitika
Sunday 8th May 2022
Cheltenham Classic
Sunday 15th May 2022
Manfeild 6 Hour Cycle Challenge
Saturday 29th October 2022
Novice Tour of Manawatu
Sunday 30th October 2022
Novice Tour of Manawatu
*Please note our BM Track Calendar will be updated in due course
by Bike Manawatu | Jan 12, 2022 | Notices
2022 Memberships & Cycling NZ licences – Renew your Membership today
On behalf of Bike Manawatu, we hope you have had a fantastic festive season and spent some great time with your friends and whanau.
We are excited about what 2022 is going to bring to our club.
We are now issuing 2022 memberships and with the holiday season coming to an end, we’d like to make it nice and easy to allow you to renew your membership with us and support your local cycling club.
Bike Manawatu Club Memberships run from 1 January – 31 December.
Its nice and easy.
If you wish to be a social member of Bike Manawatu and do not wish to race formally
Click Here to Renew today
If you wish to race formally at any level including our club races please Click Hereand follow this link to join via Cycling NZ.
Membership via Cycling NZ comes with a range of membership benefits check out their partner discounts and more info on our website here as well as invaluable public liability insurance. The policy provides licensed riders cover for any damage to a third party property or persons that they are found legally liable for by their actions whilst riding, this is extended to cover whilst competing in races. How great is that!
Your full membership can be done via this portal and at the end of the month cycling nz will transfer your club membership through to us here at Bike Manawatu.
If you wish to take out a Family Membership with Bike Manawatu plus a Cycling NZ licence, please do so via this link first, then email secretary@bikemanawatu.co.nz we will give you a Promo Code to enter at the check out to waive your Club Membership fee when applying for your Cycling NZ Licence.
It’s that easy.
We look forward to a fantastic year of cycling.
Click HERE to find the link to Cycling New Zealand Membership Portal & click “Become a Member”
Click Here to find our 2022 Bike Manawatu Social Membership Portal
Click Here to read information on membership on our website
If you are a Schools Cycling Member and want to learn more about how that system works, please click here
If you have any queries about licencing, insurance, clubs or general membership, contact the membership team at membership@cyclingnewzealand.nz
by Bike Manawatu | Dec 13, 2021 | Notices
Notice to all trackies…….
Whether you’re a current trackie, a past trackie or even a junior rider that doesn’t yet know they’re a trackie – here is some info for the 2022 season.
· Vantage Cambridge 3 Day Event 17th – 19th Dec 2021. Cambridge https://www.cyclingnewzealand.nz/events-and-results/national-events/cambridge-3-day/
· Masters Track Nationals 3rd – 5th Mar 2022. Invercargill https://www.cyclingnewzealand.nz/events-and-results/national-events/vantage-age-group-track-national-championships/
· Track National Champs 15th – 19th Mar 2022. Cambridge https://www.cyclingnewzealand.nz/events-and-results/national-events/vantage-elite-and-u19-track-national-championships/
From 2022, U15 and U17 riders will be competing at the Track Nationals Championships. This event is the pinnacle of the domestic calendar for New Zealand’s top U15, U17, U19, Elite and Para Cyclists. Olympic medallists, World Champion riders and World Cup riders will be lining up against emerging future champions to race on the boards for national titles.
The separation of the Masters event provides the opportunity to include an individual sprint competition which has been advocated for several years since its demonstrated popularity at the World Masters Games in 2017.
To be entered in the NZ Track Nationals you must be a member of a Cycling Club that has an affiliation with the West Coast North Island Cycling Centre and meet some qualifying criteria. You will be riding for the WCNI centre. Selectors for our centre are
· Grant Wilson Taranaki grantw@taranakieng.co.nz
· Mike Simpson Manawatu mikesimpson30@gmail.com
· Nick Spark Horowhenua (Convenor) nickspark@xtra.co.nz
Selectors will be present at most Club and Centre events to observe riders but more importantly, be available to answer questions, and generally assist with the process. The table below displays the qualifying times for each event and describes the limitations we have in numbers attending etc. This may seem a little confusing right now, but it will become clear as the season progresses. I have listed below bullets points of some important facts/requests.
· It would be helpful if each Club could appoint a single person to be their point of contact for communications etc. (Advise the selectors).
· Club reps should be someone who can actively encourage participation in track riding and selection for Nationals.
· All riders must register their interest as a national’s contender with the convenor of selectors.
· All track carnivals and training should be done on your gearing for your 2022 grade. Even if an event is run in 2021, we are targeting selection for 2022 but be sure to study the fine print of events run outside WCNI.
· Selectors will be present at all Club carnivals, so it is important that you, as riders, attend these events to get noticed.
· Qualifying time from outside events can be submitting but please let the selectors know where and when you achieved such times. Selectors can only use correctly recorded times from 3 stop watches and which have been signed off by a commissaire or published at events using electronic timing equipment.
It is a little frustrating for all of us that qualifying times are based on riding indoors, so riders are encouraged to attend events at the Cambridge Avantidrome. Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Auckland Centre Champs etc are good opportunities to hit your times and get some good racing.
Please be reminded that the selectors are motivated to get as many riders as possible to Nationals, not chop riders or make it difficult to achieve selection. Any queries, please ask.
Selection Criteria/ Qualification Times
Listed below are the maximum number of riders the Centre can enter per event, together with Time Qualification standards where appropriate.
Selections for the Scratch and Points Race across the Age Groups are not limited but riders will need to demonstrate at the Centre championships that they are at a level of ability to be competitive at the National Championships. Other contested events eg; Keirin, where there are limited spots available will be selected by rider placing at the Centre Track Championships, with the top riders gaining entry sequentially up to the permitted number of places. Qualifying times that are recorded outside of the Centre Championships should be posted within the previous six months and signed off by a Cycling New Zealand official, eg; Commissaire Timed Events – All riders who match the Time Qualification (TQ’s) are permitted entry if selected by their Centre (no limit). If the number of TQ’s exceed the noted number, then no Non-TQ’s are permitted. If the number of TQ’s are less than the noted number, then the remaining places can be filled by non-TQ’s. (more…)
by Bike Manawatu | Dec 9, 2021 | Notices
We are very proud of Ian Gray for releasing his new book Wheels Against The Wind
The Tour of Manawatu 1962 – 1981
You can purchase a copy directly from Ian Gray himself by emailing grayian1941@gmail.com OR pop into Bruce Mckenzie Booksellers on George Street
Pictured below: Ian Gray with Garry Buys at the book launch event last week.
Great work Ian 
by Bike Manawatu | Dec 9, 2021 | Notices
Up & Coming Events for week ending 10th December 2021
Bike Manawatu Delta Level 2 Road & Track Guidelines
Bike Manawatu Recreational Rides Delta Level 2 Guidelines
Sport NZ How Sport and Recreation will operate under the CPF
Sport NZ play active recreation and sport at orange full guidance
Please note Bike Manawatu requires all riders wishing to attend any of our road races or attend our track season to pre register accordingly
No late entries on the day will be accepted
Sunday 12th December
BM Track – Carnival (New Date)
Tuesday 14th December
Akers Road Race & BBQ
Sunday 18th December
BM Track – Christmas Track Meeting
Thank you to all of our Bike Manawatu Sponsors, Grant Funders and Volunteers – We appreciate you all
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