Date 30th June 2024
Registration 8.15am – Please meet at Kairanga School
Race briefing 8.45am – all riders must attend
Start Time / First Rider off at 9am – Manual Time, please line up slowest to fastest at the start line. Teams start before individuals

***Please Pre Register, Its much easier to delete or DNS you from our start list if something comes up and you can’t make it than to add you in while everyone is trying to register****
Entry Fee: $5 for members, $10 non members. All Registered School Cyclists (year 7-13) will have their entry fee covered as part of their school cycling fee.
All payments must be made online, please no payments on the day Bike Manawatu ANZ 01-0745-0284925-00 please use your name, race number & race name as reference*

Click here to register

****You can enter as a team or as an individual for this Time Trial*****

DISTANCES
We are offering 2 distances at this event – 12km and 16km
School year 5-6 – recommended 12km (with an adult rider with you)
School year 7-8 – recommended for North Islands, 12km distance
School Junior under 16 – recommended for North Islands,16km distance
School Senior under 20 – recommended for North Islands, 16km distance
Open Grade road bike, TT bike or E-bike can choose either distance.

Number of Riders for Teams
Senior U20: 5 riders with time taken on the 4th rider (4 to finish)
Junior U16: 4 riders with time taken on 3rd rider (3 to finish)
Year 5-6 and 7 -8: 4 riders with time taken on 3rd rider (3 to finish)
Open Teams: 4-5 riders with time taken on 3rd rider (3 to finish)

COURSE SPECIFIC NOTES CAN BE FOUND BELOW
ARRIVAL

• All parking is to be well off the road, Parking will be available outside Kairanga School on Bunnythorpe Road – please respect the Kairanga residence and their nature strips I.e please don’t park on the soggy verge
• A toilet will be available within the back entrance of Kairanga School

REGISTRATION

• Please take care at the cross roads while crossing to registration
• Registration will be located in Kairanga School
• Payment should be made online prior to the event
• Ensure you give yourself plenty of time to register, if bib number is required, pin your number, grab your transponder if they are being used, and go to the start area awaiting the race managers briefing. (Please note Time Trials will more than likely be manual timed, therefore transponders will not be required)
• If bib Numbers are used, they are to be placed on the left hand side, rear quarter of your race top.
• If you have been issued a Bike Manawatu race number please remember to bring this to all events.

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

• Traffic management will be in place, but this is to warn other road uses that we are there.
• Roads are open and all normal road rules apply (riders must obey NZ road rules at ALL times)
• Marshals are provided for direction and in some places to stop cyclists due to traffic
• Riders must give way at all junctions as required.
• Please be courteous to other road users

RIDER BRIEFING

• There are 2 course options. one is 6km out and back, the other is 8km out and back.
• The turn for each course will be marked by a cone in the road.
• The finish line is approx 100m before the start line
• Obey the priority on the 1 way bridge and be prepared to give way to oncoming traffic
• Do not cross the centre line unless safe to do so.
• We are on quite narrow roads when often there is no white line. Stay left
• Riders should not draft or exceed 2 abreast when passing
• Beware of tankers and agricultural machinery
• Be courteous to other road users
• We RECOMMEND the use of a rear light at all times
• Roads are open and all normal road rules apply
• Marshals are provided for direction only
• Riders must give way at all junctions as required.
• This is an Individual Time Trial. If you are passed by another rider you must not draft that rider. It is the rider that has been passed to drop back from the other rider.
• It is your responsibility to be at the start line on time.

12km Course Notes Below
https://onthegomap.com/s/nj62nf76


0.00 Starting outside the Horizons Yard on 1117 Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road
3.52 km Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road turns into Lockwood Road *There is also a one way bridge here – Cyclists to Give Way and follow road rules at all times*

6.1km – Turn Around Cone (marshal present) just after 892 Lockwood Road
8.5km Lockwood Road turns into Kairanga Bunnythorpe road *There is also a one way bridge here – Cyclists to follow road rules at all times*
12km  Finish on Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road at the Finish Line

16km Course Notes Below
https://onthegomap.com/s/mfjjin5n


0.00 Starting outside the Horizons Yard on 1117 Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road
3.52 km Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road turns into Lockwood Road *There is also a one way bridge here – Cyclists to Give Way and follow road rules at all times*

6.1km – Bridge
6.81km Turn Left from Lockwood Road into Hoihere Road (There will be a marshal here)

8.1kmTurn Around Cone (marshal present) outside 129 Hoihere Road

9.38km Turn Right from Hoihere Road to Lockwood Road
10.1km – Bridge
12.6km  Lockwood Road turns into Kairanga Bunnythorpe road *There is also a one way bridge here – Cyclists to follow road rules at all times*
16.11 Finish on Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road at the Finish Line