Play, Active Recreation and Sport at Alert Level 2

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.

At Alert Level 2, you can do your usual sport and recreation activities if you can do them safely.

But if you are sick, stay home.

There is also now a legal requirement to keep a record of those who attend certain facilities such as indoor public facilities through the COVID Tracer App or an alternative means. It is also recommended that QR code scanning and record keeping is undertaken in other places where people gather such as non-ticketed outdoor events involving more than 30 people.

Gatherings must be limited to a maximum of 50 people indoors and 100 people outdoors.

Stay 2 metres away from people you don’t know and that wouldn’t be able to be easily traced.

What does this mean for Sunday Rides

The BikeManawatu Board is working through how to comply with the record keeping recommendations for Sunday rides where non-members are likely to join in.
So there will be no organised Sunday rides this weekend and we expect them resume on Sunday the 19th Sept.