Manawatu Trust House Riders Prize Giving

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.

Manawatu Trust House Riders Prize Giving

This Sunday is the final race in the Trust house North Island Series – and we are all hoping that our local riders have continued success and finish the series retaining their leaders jerseys.

Bike Manawatu is leading the teams points in category 2 with WCNI coming 2nd, Bike Manawatu is also leading Category 3, and is in 2nd place in Category 4 with Luxury Cycle Tours in 3rd place.

Max Ferguson from Bike Manawatu is leading Category 2, with Jeremy Rowe from WCNI sitting in 3rd place with other local riders featuring in the top 10. Dale Nicholls and Riley Tunnicluffe from Bike Manawatu are 1st and 4th in Category 3, while Mike Thompson from Luxury Cycle Tours is leading Category 4 while Lochlan Foote is 4th.

Bike Manawatu is extremely proud of all of the local riders in the series and is holding a prize giving and get together for all teams on Friday 11 December at the Marist Clubrooms from 5.30-8.30. There will be light refreshments provided, and the bar will be open to purchase drinks – we’d love to see you there – please rsvp to secretary@bikemanawatu.co.nz by Thursday 10 December