Track Bike Hire for 2017/18

by KateS | Oct 1, 2017 | Track Cycling

BikeManawatu has track bikes you can hire for the track season. If you are interested in hiring a bike please call or text Ian Gray on 021 120 5751, and book a time (from below) to meet him at the Johnston Park, Feilding Club rooms off Drake Street (click here for map).

At this time you will:

• Fill out and sign wavier form
• Be provided with a track bike
• Be correctly fitted and geared to this bike

Payment:

• Pay with Eftpos (preferred) or internet banking to BikeManawatu at one of the first two track meetings of the year
• BikeManawatu Bank account: 010745 0284925 00

Cost to hire a bike for the season will be  $100.00 Bond + $60.00 to hire all our bikes.

First two bookings will receive a free book “Beginners Guide to Road and Track Cycling” and a Rookie U15 or U17 that joins will get bike rental at half price.

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Track Chit Chat with Ian Gray – September

by KateS | Sep 5, 2017 | Track Cycling

Give it a go for the 2017/18 Track Season

I have as part of recording the history of successes of Manawatu riders in national Championship have produced a document recording all the medal winners.
It can be seen since year 2000 we have had phenomenal success of riders who all started their track cycling career on the Feilding track. This is a testament of the organization of racing at Feilding and the quality of the coaches we have here in the Manawatu. I would like to acknowledge Megan Blatchford in the processing of this word document.

Riding a “Fixy” on the track (or on the road for training) certainly makes a big improvement in riders sprinting ability and peadlling skills. Any road rider can get immense benefit by riding the track and a days race programme is great form of intense interval training.
We have track bikes for hire that have been very popular in past seasons for new under 15 and under 17 riders to try track racing. Details on hire age to follow.

The Beginning if the Changing of the Guard!

Although it is still only September and we are just starting to come out of winter we need to start thinking about the organization of the coming track season.

The annual track racing committee meeting will take place on Sunday September 24 at 4pm and is scheduled to take just one hour.
If you are interested to come along to the meeting and be prepared to take a position of responsibility to help run the track programme we would be very pleased to have you along. If you would like to be apart of the track committee, or just volunteer at events for the season please get in contact with Kate Stewart (k8.stewart@hotmail.com or 0278139922).

Kate Stewart has done a wonderful job of keeping everybody informed through Facebook, but she will be leaving us in January 2018 to take a position up at DairyNZ in TeAwamutu. So we need somebody to take that very important job now, and you will have time to learn what is required.
I have been involved in organizing track cycling for sixteen years and I would like less responsibility for the coming season.

Bike Hook Racks

There are real good bike hook racks (professionally made) available from out if the old Pedal Pushers/ Animates building.
The hooks arte attached to strong piping and ideal for hanging your bikes up in the shed if you have several bikes, and these racks are real strong.
Peter Shelton the new owner of the building has taken them all down from the mezzanine, and will sell at $5 a meter and will cut to size. He has agreed to give 50% of the money to BikeManawatu. Text or ring Ian Gray, 0211205751 if interested.

-Ian Gray

Track Chit Chat March 2017

by KateS | Mar 21, 2017 | Track Cycling

IMPORTANT NOTICE – CHANGE OF DATE

Due to our special end of season meeting date clashing with the CHB Junior Tour on Sat/Sun 25 & 26 March, we have decided to change the date of our closing meeting to 3:00PM SUNDAY 2^ND APRIL.

This is to be a special meeting to close the season and $300 of prizemoney will be put up for riders to win on 2 April. It has been a very windy and often wet for the track season, so we hope to make up for it on closing day. There will be a special race for rookie riders with prizemoney of $40 and also the scratch races for the club championships will be run, plus the 500m Time Trial Championships for U19 and senior riders.

REMEMBER ALL RIDER TO RETURN NUMBERS AND HIRE BIKES ON 2^ND APRIL.

Track Club Championships Information and Rules

by KateS | Feb 24, 2017 | Track Cycling

Club championships will be run in the following categories for track bikes.

1. U15 Boys, U15 Girls               6.00m maximum gear roll out (U15 Boys A and B grade)
2. U17 Boys, U17 Girls               7.00m maximum gear roll out
3. Senior Men, Senior Women
4. Masters Men, Masters Women

Events – Track Bikes

1. 500m Individual Time Trial, 1km for U19 & Elite Men
2. 2000m Individual Pursuit (5 laps of the track less 6.25m) except for U19 men and senior men will be run over 3000m (7.5 laps)
3. 200m Flying Time Trial
4. Scratch races
   1. U15/U17 : 2000m (5 laps)
   2. All others : 5000m (12 laps)

Points to be awarded in each event for all grades.

1^st        6 points

2^nd       4 points

3^rd        3 points

4^th        2 points

5^th        1 point

Every rider receives 2 points for each event they ride. Points are to be accumulated over all events in each grade and medals will be awarded to the first three in each category.

Notes:

1. Cycling New Zealand rules apply for all events. In 500m and individual pursuits, release start. Riders must start inside the sprinters line and not below the pole line.
2. Timekeeping. Three watches must be used. If only two watches agree, this is recorded. If three watches agree this is taken as the time, if no watches agree, middle watch is taken as the recorded time. Recorder to record all three watch times.

BikeManawatu dominates WCNI track team for AgeGroup Championships

by KateS | Feb 24, 2017 | Track Cycling

Congratulations to all athletes, especially our BikeManawatu members who will be representing WCNI at the upcoming National Age Group Champs in Cambridge.

U15 Boys
Ewan Cousins, Ben Irvine, Dr’s Caldwell, Finnegan Murphy

February Track Chit Chat with Ian Gray

by KateS | Feb 24, 2017 | Track Cycling

Chit Chat – February 2017

It has been a horrible season weather wise for track racing this season. Wind, wind and more wind!!! 

There have been some fine performances by BikeManawatu members.

Results for CyclingNZ Elite and U19 Champs

Invercargill 2-5 February 2017 

Elite Men

Carne Groube              Bronze – Scratch Race

Jordan Castle              Silver – Keirin

                                    Bronze – Kilo

Campbell Stewart       Bronze – Points Race

                                    Gold – Madison

Elite Women              

Michaela Drummond  Gold – Madison

                                    Bronze – Points Race

U19 Women

Libby Arbuckle             Silver – Points Race

                                    Bronze – Scratch Race

Emily Shearman         Silver – Individual Pursuit

                                    Bronze – 500mTT

                                    Silver – Scratch Race

 Open Team Pursuit 4000m – Bronze

Carne Groube, Campbell Stewart, Joel Yates and Thomas Garbett
(Levin) took home bronze and the WCNI record in a time of 4.08mins. Excellent time. 

Open Women’s Team Pursuit 4000m – Silver

Michaela Drummond, Emily Shearman, Libby Arbuckle and Megan Gardner.

 U19 Women Team Sprint – Gold

Emily Shearman and Sophie Bloxham (Levin)

WCNI TRACK CHAMPS WANGANUI

Libby Arbuckle (U19) was the outstanding rider at the champs winning 3 golds and also breaking 3 WCNI outdoor track records in the 200m sprint, 500m TT and in the 2000m Individual Pursuit, in which she rode an outstanding time of 2mins 35.81s to break a record held since 1994. 

Angus Claasen (U17) had a very good championship winning 3 golds and 1 silver and breaking the WCNI outdoor track record for the 200m sprint, recording 11.85s.

In the U17 Boys Kyle Hoskin won the 2000m Individual Pursuit recording an outstanding time of 2m 31.98s.

In the U15 boys Ben Irvine was dominant winning 3 gold medals and one silver medal.

Ewan Cousins continues to improve and rode well for 2 silver medals and a bronze medal in the U15 boys.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 500MTT FOR U15, U17 AND MASTERS

2 records were established.

Angus broke the U17 boys record (time 36.10s)

Grant Haggett broke the M2 record (time 37.10s)

Gabrielle Wildbore established a record for masters 2 women (time 44.59s).

The U19 and senior Kilo Champs will be run on 7 March at 6pm.