Final notices for the WCNI ‘Rainbow’ Track Carnival

Despite the current ‘cost of living challenges’ facing all community events, Bike Manawatu is 100% committed to ensuring the 51st year of the Novice Tour – once again provides a safe, fun, competitive cycle racing event.

We will adopt a high-quality assured approach in implementing the Local Roading Authority’s/Cycling New Zealand’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) standards which ensure best practices and rider and spectator safety.

If the level of community funding secured is not sufficient to contract in external road management service providers with the ability to stop/go traffic, the Novice Tour will proceed on a ‘local club racing’ model, whereby our team of trained/experienced road marshals will, where necessary, pause racing in order to give way to traffic and ensure rider safety.

Although funding external road management services with the ability to stop/go traffic is ideal, if this is not feasible – we are confident that the event’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) will provide a competitive, fair, enjoyable and importantly safe racing environment.

Irrespective of which model of traffic management/racing is finalised, as with all CNZ/Bike Manawatu events, normal road rules will apply and a full rider briefing confirming the event rules will be provided to all riders prior to the start of each race.

Sunday 29^th November. Johnston Park, Feilding.

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Times

10:45am – Registration opens UPSTAIRS IN THE CLUB ROOMS

11:00am – Track open for warm up

11:45am – Registration Closes

11:50 – Officials briefing in track centre

11:55 – Riders clear track

12:00 – Race briefing, racing starts, sausages for sale

After racing – Prizegiving , cash and spot prizes awarded here

Location – Johnston Park, Feilding.

Parking – The top Rugby ground beside the track will be open for you to park on. This is the closest parking.

Registration – Is in the club rooms. These are upstairs behind the big grandstand. Come see the team at registration between 10:45 and 11:45am to receive your number, sign the wavier form (if you haven’t already), pay $5.00 and get a spot prize number. BikeManawatu Intermediate riders will have to check that Kate has their points right for the Y7/8 competition.

Racing Programme can be viewed here.

LIVE Results, click here to see the results come up as they happen, or afterwards.

Prizegiving will be held straight after the last race. Make sure you are there to receive your prize money and spot prizes.

Food & Drink see the ladies in the matching aprons at our SAUSAGE SIZZLE. We will have sausages in bread ($2) and drinks for sale so bring some coins to full your belly and support our local riders.

Rules UCI and CyclingNZ track racing rules and apply and will be enforced by our Commissaries. Riders are to ride in their 2016 LICENCE CATEGORY to assist WCNI selectors thinking towards nationals.

Maximum Rollout – U15 6.00m, U17 7.00m.

Sponsors – We are very fortunate to have a team of people backing track cycling in our region. Please take your time to take note of our supporters on the sponsors board at the track on Sunday.

Notable riders – It is no secret that BikeManawatu has some of the top track riders in NZ. Come and find out how they do it and ride within the rainbow colours of Campbell Stewart and Michaela Drummond and amongst Oceania Champions including Emily Shearman.

Volunteers – We have many people helping out on Sunday, we are very grateful to these people so please give them the upmost respect.

Cancellation – If the weather restricts us from racing on Sunday a call will be made and posted on the ‘Bike Manawatu Track Nights’ Facebook group and this BikeManawatu website.

Questions – Contact Kate Stewart, 0278139922, k8.stewart@hotmail.com.