by Bike Manawatu | Feb 13, 2020 | Notices
Timothy’s Track Attempt to help fundraise for the Arohanui Hospice.
Heres a fundraiser loaded with TRUE GRIT & determination.
All to support the Arohanui Hospice.
On Friday 21st February (weather dependent) Timothy will be cycling from approx 9am – 11.30am around the Johnston Park velodrome, Feilding.
This is to raise funds for the Arohanui Hospice in memory of his aunty who passed away in the loving care of the hospice in the early 1980’s
Timothy Coakley will be attempting to cycle 80 laps of the Feilding velodrome. OK, some may say so what — I say jolly awesome, Timothy at 61 years of age has spent the last 20 approx years at the St Dominic’s Centre in Feilding, where staff & friends have helped him with his many life limiting conditions. About 9 months ago Timothy expressed a desire to train/prepare for what will be an inspiring & demanding cycle for him. He has been unwavering on many horrid wet & windy Manawatu Wednesdays since, to continue on learning for this ride. Whilst its on a Friday, If you are about please drop down to the Johnstone Park Feilding velodrome for a few minutes & give him some further encouragement to remain *focused* on his 80 lap attempt, I shall have a contribution bucket on hand at the track & at Columbus Broadway P.Nth over the next couple of Saturday/Sundays.
Timothy is well known by many members of the original Manawatu Masters Club & riders of the various short time trial circuits in Gillespies & Lockwood roads, where he was a regular rider. Over recent years Timothy has had his cycling legs clipped for all users safety with his riding restricted solely to supervised use at the Feilding track facility, with his bike shed keys held at the St Dominics office.These restrictions have never dampened his desire & enjoyment of riding. His decision to cycle & raise funds for the Hospice came directly from him, his target of 80 laps is perhaps not a guarantee of completion — however, I can guarantee his passion to succeed & eagerness to attend his regular weekly *training* sessions during some rather varied Manawatu weather is a definite positive of his commitment.
Any support possible during the 9am–11.30am, to keep Timothy focused on this one project would be awesome. A collection bucket will be onsite & also at Columbus (Broadway) on the next two Saturday & Sundays for any considerations. view https://www.arohanuihospice.org.nz/helping-us/make-a-donation/
Thanks heaps for any consideration support you can give to this *challenge* Timothy has before him.
Colin Anderson
by Bike Manawatu | Feb 6, 2020 | Notices
Reloaded, ready.
February already, waste of time asking where the first part of 2020 has gone when we look around the result pages of the out of town racing that has taken place in January.
Lets start with our local Trackies, both young and old(er) that have risen to greater heights under a well organised committee at Bike Manawatu Track Cycling.
Harrison Craw, Kylah Gunn have led the charge as Great Role models with both of them setting new records at the Feilding track.
Racing continues at the Feilding Track on Wednesday nights all of February.
At meetings out of town…as a group, they have dominated, simply as that. We should be, and are, very proud of them.
Most are off to Invercargill for Age Group Track Nationals in the first weekend of March so keep an eye out for some great results.
Track racing is Tough, and couldn’t happen without the amazing volunteers and parents, many thanks to them.
Recent U23 and Elite track nationals at Cambridge featured Michael Richmond, Ewen Cousins, Jordan Castle, Carne Groube, Jordan Kerby, and Campbell Stewart cementing their place in National pecking order. It’s a tough game.
On (and off) the tarmac.
One of the big reasons Bike Manawatu has a break during January with road events is because of the multitude of racing that takes place with in close proximity to our region.
While I was researching some of these it made me very aware of how active we are as BM members. With that in mind, if you are out of town and have a result in any of your events, please email the link with a few photos and an article to Keryn. Keryn will add it to our Website, and Vaughan will pick it up for the Newsletter.
Here’s some brief results, and kudos to our members who were out doin it in the January heat…and the Bl…y Wind.
Hawkes Bay Tour.10-12th Jan
B grade Kyle Hoskin 3rd, Glenn Kirk 4th in GC
C grade Chris Pinkney 14th, Philipp Vranek 15th in GC
D grade Marcus Fellowes 1st, Warren Mumby 4th, Joshua Mulcahy 5th, Tyler Mumby 8th, Jackson Fellowes 11th, Mike Dunne 13th, Mike Thompson 16th with a guts ache, Graeme Bull 18th,Andrew Richardson 21st in GC
Tour de Beautiful .19th Jan
55km…..Wayne Fage 1st, Cheryl Christie 6th, Sue Hoskin 26th.
100km….Dale Nicholls 22nd, Chris Pinkney 28th, Phil Devlin 29th, Michelle Turner 35th, Stephen Nagy 36th, Rob Ryan 37th, Carol Webb 39th, Graeme Nicholls 40th, Alan Montgomery 41st, Alex Montgomery 47th.
NZ Cycle Classic. UCI event. 17th -19th Jan.
Future looks great for NZ teams competing internationally with Black Spoke and NZ National teams 1-2 and the end of the 5 stages.
85 riders completed the 5 stages, many DNF’s (20) as you’d expect. The 85 finishers were covered by just over at the end of the event.
Campbell led the charge with a couple of sprint wins. Dylan Simpson, Carne, Luke Mudgway all made their presence felt. Current Kairanga ITT record holder Glenn Haden was the best from our region with 33rg, 3.37 off GC lead.
Hayden McCormick was 3rd in GC…setting up a big push for the next weekend which was..
Gravel and Tar. UCI Event 25th Jan.
No introduction necessary . Brain Child of Steve Stannard, assisted by Bob Seldon and a huge bunch of volunteers and helpers.
Kicking off with a Criterium around the Railway land on the Friday night when the UCI Womens race stretched the legs out before their race the next day.
Before this race our Juniors had the opportunity to race on the same circuit. Massive commitment by the PNCC council and Greasy Chain trust to get this criterium across the line.
Three events on the same day . First to leave was the Slicks and Stones, open to all riders. 118kms of hardship 32 starters . It’s tough but extremely rewarding.
Jack Pronk ran away with it , Richard Day 5th, Jamie Dennis 7th, Cliff Hughes 12th, Chris Pinkney 13th, Darren Murdie 14th, Josh Mulcahy 16th, Mike Craine 17th, James Buchanan 19th, Dale Nicholls 22nd, Mike Dunne 25th, Georgia Simpson 28th.
Special Mention has to go to Josh and Georgia, both year 10/11 at school entering possibly the toughest one day event on the calendar.
Womens UCI race. Gravel and Tar La Femme
Same length and Slicks and Stones.30 young women took the start with riders from NZ, Australia, Switzerland, GBR, but it was the NZ women’s team who came home with a 1-2.
Niamh Fisher-Black leading home Samara Sheppard with Australian Ella Bloor coming home 1.23 behind Samara.
This wasn’t quite enough for the New Zealand team to get overall teams, missing out to Green Monkey Specialized Womens Racing by 57 seconds.
Local Team Tank Guy/Bike Box was third in overall teams classification.
Lizzy Stannard was the best of the “locals” with 7th overall and Libby Arbuckle 22nd.
Mens Gravel and Tar UCI.
133kms of mayhem. 59 Riders were led away From Rosebowl Bakery with riders from NZ, Australia, Taiwan, Sweden, GBR, France, Guatemala, Singapore,
Hayden McCormack broke away early and was never headed off. Past memories of late punctures whilst in contention for overall honours probably spurred him on to making a good gap which he maintained till the end.
3.23 minutes to 2019 winner Luke Mudgeway with “local” Joel Yates coming in 4th to make it 4 kiwis in the top 5. The main peloton featured riders from 8th -15th 6.30 off the winner.
Solid performances from Max Taylor, Madi Hartley-Brown, Dylan Simpson, Sam Gardner, and Winston Briggs who showed the PNBHS courage that the staff there drill into their pupils…never , ever, give up.
Black Spoke took out the teams classification easily.
Taranaki Cycle Challenge.25th Jan
Such is the scramble to fit dates in around UCI events and regional iconic races that BDO Taranaki Cycle challenge fell on the same day as the Slicks and Stones.
Glenn Kirk and Ian Eagle combined to win the relay section of the challenge.
Seems to be an annual pilgrimage for the riders from Auckland and Waikato to compete in…shame about the date clash but that’s January for you.
Now It’s everyone’s turn.
Bike Manawatu is starting off its’ road racing calendar this Sunday 9th February with the Cheltenham Cup starting in …Cheltenham. – Click Here to register
This is a graded handicap race heading out towards Kimbolton and back. Fantastic course with the well renowned long downhill to the finish.
Then every Tuesday from 11th to 25th inclusively is the Palmfeild Motors Flat Track road series. Using the Taonui Loop, Akers Road, Then back to Taonui Loop for the final round.
Bike Manawatu members thoroughly enjoyed this form of racing last year and we are set to continue this type of racing as the year goes on.
We as a club are here to encourage all abilities, Male and Female to race competitively at their chosen level. Whatever level you see yourselves at, with more numbers we can accommodate.
Rob Ryan at Palmfeilds has witnessed this and has sponsored this series. If you do the first 2 races the last race is free.
To make it Five races in 14 days…(We must be crazy) The BM Road Racing Championships are on February 23rd using the Colyton, Hiwinui Course. – Click here to register
All details are on Facebook and the Website.
Prepaid cards for race entry are available. Our races are $5.00 entry , we can alter the prepaid card to suit you with the “Maximum” of $50 prepaid.
Just a couple of points..these events cannot happen without many volunteers, a lot of Admin and a bunch of very special sponsors.
We will be announcing our full list of Sponsors next week.
We have attracted more Sponsors at all levels, changed Kit supplier, have more events running with more specific events leading up to Age Group Nationals on April
ITT’s are back in March.
WCNI Road Race Championship end of March.
Novice Tour in it’s 47th Consecutive year on March 21 and 22nd. Register Here
Will be great to see as many as possible to Volunteer, Race, Assist, Compete…It’s important, It’s healthy, It’s fun
Tim
by Bike Manawatu | Feb 5, 2020 | Notices
BikeManawatu 2020 Membership
2020 memberships are now being issued and 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.
If you wish to be a social member of Bike Manawatu and do not wish to race
Please CLICK HERE and follow this link to renew online.
If you wish to race formally at any level including our club races please CLICK HERE an follow this link to join via Cycling NZ.
Membership via Cycling NZ gives you the reassurance of public liability insurance as well as other great discount programmes on offer from Cycling NZ.
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. It’s nice and easy.
We look forward to a fantastic year of cycling.
by Bike Manawatu | Feb 5, 2020 | Notices
WCNI Age Grade Road Race Champs Hosted by Bike Manawatu
WCNI Age Grade Road Race Champs Hosted by Bike Manawatu
Saturday 28th March 2020
Feilding – Halcombe Circuit
Pre Register Here: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=209592
Start & Meet Bike Manawatu Timing van on Makino Road near the top of Leighbridge Street
Cyclists to assemble on verge with parking towards town against railway line.
Graded start
Entry Fee: $10 each
Registration / Sign on 10.00am – 10.30am at HQ – Bike Manawatu Timing Van
Race briefing 10.45am – all riders must attend
43km Course – Graded
Race Start 11.00am
Distance
A Grade – 2 Laps turning for second lap Makino into Mangaone – approx 78kms
B, C, D Grades all – 1 Lap – 43.45km
A Grade – 2 laps (78km) U19 Men , U23 Men, Open Men, Masters Men 1- 2
B Grade – 1 laps (43.45km) U17 Boys, U19 Women, U23 Women, Open Women, Masters Women 1- 2, Masters Men 3 – 4
C grade – 1 laps (43.45km) U17 Girls, Masters Women 3-4, Masters Men 5-6
D grade – 1 laps (43.45km) U15 B & G, Masters Women 5-9, Masters Men 7-9
Traffic management will be in place, but this is to warn other road uses that we are there, the roads are open and riders must obey NZ road rules at ALL times.
Please be courteous to other road users
Course Notes:
0.00km Starting at the Bike Manawatu Timing van on Makino Road near the top of Leighbridge Street
Follow Makino Road for 4.91kms
4.91km turn LEFT onto Mangaone Road
13.80km changes to Monteith Street
13.91km turn RIGHT onto Willoughby Street – Cyclists MUST give way to traffic and obey road rules
14.35km at the round about turn RIGHT onto Stanway Road – Cyclists MUST give way to traffic and obey road rules
Continue to Stanway Road
21.61km Cyclist give way / stop to traffic, obey Marshals – Right onto Makino Road – Cyclists MUST give way to traffic and obey road rules
24.73km Left onto Short Road
28.12km Cyclists to give way / stop to traffic, obey marshals – Right onto Cheltenham Cross Road – Cyclists MUST give way to traffic and obey road rules
32.78km Cyclists to STOP, obey marshals – give way to traffic- Right onto McKays Line
35.82km Left onto Makino Road, give way to traffic – do not cross center line
40.00km A Grade ONLY – Turn LEFT into Mangaone Road to start lap 2 – All other grades continue to finish line
43.44km Finish on Makino Road at the corner of Reids Line West, at the Bike Manawatu Timing van. – for timing purposes only
Cyclists to tour back to start in Feilding
**Cyclists MUST obey NZ road rules, all roads are open to the public normal road rules apply. Cyclists must give way / stop at right turns – No crossing center lines, riding 2 abreast only – Riders who bring a volunteer / road marshal ride free.
It is extremely important all riders obey these rules**
click Here to see Mapometer
Race Manager:
Assistance Race Manager / Registration:
Timing
STMS
Traffic Set Up
Marshal – Start / Finish
Marshal – Makino Road / Stanway Road – on corner to ensure cyclists give way / stop to Makino Road traffic
Marshal – Short Road / Cheltenham Cross Road – on corner to ensure cyclists give way / stop to traffic
Marshal – Cheltenham Cross Road / McKays Line – on Corner to ensure cyclists give way stop
Marshal – Makino Road / McKays Line – on corner to ensure cyclists give way / stop to traffic
Lead Car
Service / Sag Vehicle
First Aid
Please head on over to the Volunteers Document to learn more about these positions.
If you find yourself in a position to help out please email secretary@bikemanawatu.co.nz
Every effort is very much appreciated.
