The Marist Club has amended its Health and Safety Policy with respect to vaccination status of all persons over the age of 12 years accessing the premises of the Club to include that;
ALL persons on our premises for any reason, must be fully vaccinated and fulfil the Club requirement for a Vaccine pass verification for all members & visitors over the age of 12 years.
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Bike Manawatu Open Track Club Carnival
Bike Manawatu Delta Level 2 Road & Track Guidelines
Bike Manawatu Recreational Rides Delta Level 2 Guidelines
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 28th November
BikeManawatu Sunday Recreational Ride
BM Track Racing (Local meet) ā Special āCombined Clubsā Race Meeting
Thursday 2nd December
BM Track ā Training Night
Sunday 5th December
BikeManawatu Sunday Recreational Ride
Trust House Series #5
BM Track ā Track Racing
Tuesday 7th December
Akers Road Race & BBQ
Sunday 12th December
BM Track ā Carnival (New Date)
Sunday 18th December
BM Track ā Christmas Track Meeting
Thank you to all of our Bike Manawatu Sponsors, Grant Funders and Volunteers ā We appreciate you all
Together Everyone Achieves More
In Category 2Ā there were 5 riders from Manawatu in the top 10.Ā Winston Briggs and Caleb Bottcher riding for WCNI were 4th and 5th, Wilson Hannan riding for Total Sheetmetals Bike Manawatu Cat 2 team was 6th, with no Category 1 race this round, Mathew Jamieson riding as an individual was 9th, and Cameron Jones from WCNI was 10th.Ā Caleb Botcher had had a firm hold on the Leaders jersey since race 1 and with 77 points, has a lead of 23 points over his nearest rival.Ā The WCNI team has been leading the teams points for Cat 2 and has a lead of 34 points, so is guaranteed to win Category 2, Total Sheetmetals Bike Manawatu is 2nd with Green Performance Coaching who have some local riders in their team are 3rd
In Category 3 Dave Jackson from Madison Cycle Clothing finished 4th, with team mate Jackson Fellowes 5th, and Andy Richardson 6th – Andy completed the Gentle Annie Cycle race the day before in a cracking time of 4 hours 34 minutes and 53 seconds.Ā Jackson and Dave have been taking turn about with the Leaders Jersey in Cat 3 – Jackson had it after race 1, then Dave after race 2, with the jersey retuning to Jackson after race 3 and now they are both tied for first place while Andy Richardson is 5th.Ā Both Jackson and Andy are under 17 riders – so this is a fantastic result and they will definitely be 2 riders to keep an eye on.Ā The Madison Cycle Clothing team established and managed by Kevin Laskey is tied for first place in the teams points for Cat 3
In the Category 4 race, Mike Thompson from Storage Manawatu broke away very early on and after a few kms was joined by team mate Mike Dunne, Ross Rainham from PalmfeildsĀ Bike Manawatu and a rider each from Kapiti, Tararua Builders and Pedal Project.Ā Ross Rainham finished 4th with Mike Thompson and Mike Dunne 5th and 6th.Ā Darren Murdie, Patrick Johnstone and Georgia Simpson were 9th, 10th and 11th, and Carl Dickason and Toshi Yamauchi 13th and 14th.
This Category has seen a similar tussle for the Leaders Jersey between Chris Sharrott from Kapiti and Darren Murdie from Palmfeilds Bike Manawatu – Chris just edged out Darren in race 1 to take the jersey, then Darren took the lead in race 2, with them both tied togetherĀ after Race 3 and Darren taking the Leaders Jersey back after race 4.Ā Darren has a lead of 3 points over Chris, and after his effort in the break Mike Thompson is sitting in third place only 4 points behind Chris.
Storage Manawatu are 2nd in the team points with Palmfeilds Bike Manawatu in 3rd place.
The final race takes place on Sunday 5 December and is shaping up to be pretty exciting with challengers for the podium from local riders in categories 2, 3 and 4.
Get in early, and avoid the end of year rush and have your licence & membership all ready for next year so you can cruise through the holiday season without having to worry.
Cycling New Zealand Licences also come with a range of membership benefits ā 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!
If you have any queries about licencing, insurance, clubs or general membership, contact the membership team at membership@cyclingnewzealand.nz
We look forward to welcoming you for a great year of cycling!
If you wish to take out a Family Membership with Bike Manawatu plus a Cycling NZ licence, please renew firstly via our social membership first, then email us and 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.
Sport Manawatu has an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to be one of the main behaviour change agents for active transport including promoting the benefits of walking, cycling and other active transport modes for recreation and commuting.
We want you to work across our region to lead the development, coordination, and implementation of active transport initiatives.
We want you to bring enthusiasm, innovation and strong relationship building skills.
Employment Application and the Job Description for this role can be viewed on the Sport Manawatu website www.sportmanawatu.org.nz
If this sounds like you please send your CV, Cover Letter and employment application to Lynley Montgomery lynleym@sportmanawatu.org.nz
Click here to view the full ad and job description on the Sport Manawatu website https://www.sportmanawatu.org.nz/job/active-transport-lead/