Go Glenys Go

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.

The blogs we are getting from Glenys on her intrepid journey across the vast Nullarbor Plain make for fascinating reading. It is hard to imagine the distances involved and the determination she is showing. I blame Colin Anderson! The Christie 250 also did not help. Colin has started a trend in our club and the bar keeps getting higher!

I have been mulling over the roads and pathways that cycling has taken our club members in recent times.

It makes for impressive reading. Here is a list of what I can recall.

Glenys on her Perth to Adelaide odyssey…lady Lala
Colin Anderson 65 times around Lake Taupo…wow and how.
Taupo to Palmy for the Christie 250 ladies…awesome teamwork and cause.
Luke Mudgeway to Australia with U19 road team….a great result for hard work.
Jesse Sergent in the snow on the Italian Alps racing the Giro and then on to Akers Road with the schools cycling last Sunday…outstanding.
Simon van Velthooven sprinting his way through Minsk, Feilding, Invercargill, Tokyo, Valencia, Paris, Berlin…where next?
Dave Fryer and Vaughan Hunt in France for the ITU World Championships Long Course Triathalon….a tough day in the office.
A number of our juniors and masters to Taranaki for the QB Tour….flying the flag high.
A great turnout for Manfeild 6 hour relay….90 laps for winners.
A big contingent to Queenstown for road nationals…..amazing results for our club.
Steve Stannard racing from Wellington to Auckland…..tough bugger.

….and there are lots more…

This sport has it all….our members are maximizing their opportunities, there is no doubt about that.

See you at the quiz night on 5^th July.

Come prepared for Aussie facts off Glenys’s blog page.