Results for the Cheltenham Handicap held on Saturday 13th August 2011

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 D grade riders started first heading up Kimbolton Rd from The Cheltenham Hotel until they reached Kiwitea where they turned left on to Perry Line. The C graders started 5 minutes after the D’s. By the time the D’s were on to McBeth Rd, the C graders had caught them. Fortunately for most of the D graders they were only completing the short distance so when they reached the end of Bryce Rd they turned right and headed back down Kimbolton Rd to Cheltenham.

The B grade headed out from Cheltenham 14 minutes after the D grade with the A grade starting a further 6 minutes behind them. As the C grade headed back from the turn point at Kimbolton, the B grade and A grade bunches were able to see how much of a lead they had on them. They were not able to catch them by the time the first rider crossed the finish line.

The first over the line was Ross Castle, followed by Oiroa Kaihau, Campbell Stewart, Jon Clarke Darcy Ross and Michaela Drummond.

The fastest times of the day went to the A grade bunch of Angus Findlay, Luuk van Wagtendonk, Steve Stannard and Matiu Kaihau.

Race no	Name	Grade	Start time	Finish Time	Total Time
36	Ross Castle	C	5	66.35	1hr	1.35
9	Oiroa Kaihau	C	5	66.35	1hr	1.35
61	Campbell Stewart	C	5	66.35	1hr	1.35
40	Jon Clarke	C	5	66.35	1hr	1.35
60	Darcy Ross	C	5	66.35	1hr	1.35
32	Michaela Drummond	C	5	66.35	1hr	1.35
38	Ruby Perry	C	5	69.46	1hr	4.46
4	Brent Ellery	C	5	69.46	1hr	4.46
62	John Arbuckle	C	5	69.46	1hr	4.46
15	Bryce Marshall	C	5	70.49	1hr	5.49
145	Neville Weir	B	14	71.49		57.49
27	John Stewart	B	14	72.13		58.13
20	Andrew Bengston	B	14	72.13		58.13
29	Ross Rainham	B	14	72.13		58.13
3	Steve Stannard	A	20	73.42		53.42
11	Luuk van Wagtendonk	A	20	73.42		53.42
10	Angus Findlay	A	20	73.42		53.42
14	Matiu Kaihau	A	20	73.42		53.42
53	Dave Drummond	D	0	74.35	1hr	14.35
28	Brad Johnson	D	0	74.35	1hr	14.35
34	Jordan Castle	B	14	78.33	1hr	4.33
50	Glenys Taylor	D	0	78.33	1hr	18.33
33	Graeme Bull	C	5	82.05	1hr	17.05
12	Jonty Hapeta	A	20	86.31	1hr	6.31
13	George Roberts	A	20	86.31	1hr	6.31
23	Matt Elliott	A	20	dnf
	Shorter distance
57	Cody Simpson	D	0	52.35		52.35
54	Hayden Winterburn	D	0	55.1		55.1
56	Grace Castle	D	0	55.1		55.1
51	Kate Arbuckle	D	0	57.56		57.56
59	Rhys Maurer	D	0	58.21		58.21
58	Kate Lewis	D	0	58.21		58.21