Novice Tour 2020 – Postponed
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.
Novice Tour 2020 – Postponed
Bike Manawatu has been closely monitoring the COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation.
Our Novice Tour of Manawatu organising committee got together to discuss our event last night. Based on the information that we have at hand and the pace as which this situation is escalating we have made an early decision to postpone our event until later in the year.
We assessed our event and the impact it may have on the welfare and health of our members, riders, event organisers, volunteers, officials, spectators and the New Zealand public.
We realise this is a period of uncertainty and appreciate our cycling community’s support.
We apologise for the inconvenience that may cause however please understand the decision has not been an easy one for us.
We will work on reimbursing all entry fees and notifying riders, officials, vendors,volunteers and sponsors etc in due course.
