Manawatu Schools Cycling

manawatuschoolscycling@gmail.com

School Contacts:
Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School: Jos Calder (parent) and Liam McRae
Palmerston North Boys High School: David Barwick
Palmerston North Girls High School: Valerie Sampson and Tim Lloyd (coach)
FAHS Feilding High School
St Peters
Cornerstone
Huntley – Gareth Wood
Carncot
Ross Intermediate
Monrad Intermediate
Westmere pimary school
Whanganui Girls High School
Horowhenua College

More Info to come..

Manawatu Cycling Calendar 2024

Schools Affiliation is now open for 2024

Schools must be Affiliated with Cycling New Zealand before they can enter an event. 

Entries for all Cycling New Zealand Schools events must be completed by the School through Enter Now.

Registration Process – please arrived with plenty of time to register before an event.
Race Numbers and Transponders – These are given out at each event registration, depending on what is required for the event. Please make sure they are returned to the timing trailer at the end of the event.
DNF – if you do not finish a race, please make you sure inform  those running the event before you go home.

Manawatu Schools Cycling Closed Facebook Group Link

This page has been set up with a pure focus on Schools Cycling, it’s events, activities and it’s members.
We respectfully request all posts keep with this theme and remember the audience it is focused on.

I ……………………………………………………………………………………agree to abide by the below Code of Conduct:

• Inform the coach of any specific health requirements or medical conditions of your child in
  advance of the coaching session verbally or by completion of a Parental Consent form.
• If your child has to leave early or is being collected by someone other than a parent/carer, the
  parent/carer must advise the coach of the details of the arrangement including who will be
  collecting your child and when.
• Encourage your child to learn the rules and play within them.
• Discourage unfair play and arguing with officials.
• Help your child to recognise good performance, not just results.
• Set a good example by recognising fair play and applauding the good performances of all.
• Never punish or belittle a child for losing or making mistakes.
• Publicly accept officials’ judgments and teach children to do likewise.
• Support your child’s involvement and help them to enjoy their cycling.
• Use correct and proper language at all times.
• Remember that children participate in sport for their enjoyment, not yours.
• Support all efforts to remove verbal and physical abuse from sporting activities.
• Respect the rights, dignity and worth of every young person regardless of their gender, ability,
  cultural background or religion.
• Show appreciation and respect for coaches, officials and administrators. Without them, your
  child could not participate.
• Do not undermine the child’s coach/instructor/ride leader. They are professionals who will have
  a plan and a reason for delivering coaching appropriately.
• Make yourself familiar and understand the current guidelines on age appropriate training &
  development. Asking children to perform outside of these guidelines can fall outside of the legal
  aspects of Child Safety legislation.Signature:………………………………………………………………………………
  Date:………………………………………………………………………………………

Schools Cycling in New Zealand is governed by Cycling New Zealand Schools (New Zealand School Cycling Association Incorporated). Cycling New Zealand Schools was
created in part to promote the enjoyment, participation and competition on bicycles for all school-age children (Y7 – Y13) in New Zealand and to create and govern competitive cycling opportunities for school-aged participants.
Cycling New Zealand Schools aims to connect schools cycling more closely with the wider national cycling landscape, and acknowledges the important role of schools’ cycling as one of the first steps in the cycling development and competition pathway.
Cycling New Zealand Schools currently oversees:

• the delivery, administration and governance of the New Zealand schools’ cycling
  programme
• the delivery of its endorsed events,
• the membership of the students and schools and
• acts as the official organisation reporting to School Sport New Zealand (formerly
  NZSSSC)

Cycling New Zealand Schools is a member organisation of Cycling New Zealand. Its elected Council represents the interests of schools’ cycling. Both organisations have a shared
ambition of maximising the growth in participation of competitive cycling in schools (intermediate and secondary schools), and intend to use the knowledge, skills, expertise and resources collectively across their organisations to achieve this outcome. Through this partnership, it will be possible to further connect the competition pathways, enhance best practice event delivery, and increase and build stronger relationships with schools and their riders. Current codes under the Cycling New Zealand School umbrella are Road, Track and MTB

Getting a team together
Often the hardest part of setting up a school cycling team is knowing where to start. This section is designed to give you some ideas on how to promote cycling at your school, to get a gauge on / understand the level of student interest and how to build a solid support team (e.g. coach, parent helpers, etc.)… All this is designed to get the team to their first race.
There is no single ‘best way’ to achieve this but below is an outline of the steps that have been used in the past to support schools in establishing a team.
If there is a core group of keen riders already at your school, then the process is much easier. If your interested group of students is new to cycling then there will most likely need to be a skill development component incorporated into that timeline of getting them to their first event. So this will need to be factored in and realistic time targets set e.g. will this take 6 weeks or 2 terms to have the students ready for their first event?

Team and Individual Racing
Most schools events include team and individual options. Even if you are the only cyclist at your school you can still compete in schools cycling events. Composite teams made up of riders from different schools are permitted to participate in team events however are not eligible for medals. Refer to the Schools Cycling Rules (Appendix 3) for more information on Composite teams.
Team events on offer are the road cycling team time trial event, a team’s pursuit or team sprint event on the track and the MTB team relay. These all work different. Refer to each Event Manual for specific event rules. For example, in the team sprint (on the track), at the end of the first lap, the leading rider in each team rides up the banking leaving the second rider to lead for the second lap; at the end of the second lap, the second rider does the same, leaving the third rider to complete the last lap on their own.
One of the best benefits of Schools Cycling is racing with and against your class mates and making new friends from other schools

What if I’m the only rider at my school?
If you are currently the only rider at your school, it is best to speak to your school’s Sports Coordinator. This way the Sports Coordinator can help to facilitate getting a team together or just help you with event entries and uniforms etc. You can still compete if you are the only rider at your school, but you will need to communicate with the Sports Coordinator as all entries to School Cycling events must come through your school. Many of the larger school teams welcome single school riders when travelling to events or for training sessions.

• Support Roles
  Teacher in Charge/Sports Coordinator – it is helpful to have a representative from
  your school who is interested in helping with the cycling team. A lot of the information
  regarding entries and event details will be sent to the school and entries also need to
  be done by the school contact.
• Parents can also be great to get on board to help with the team. A parent may put
  their ‘hand up’ to manage the team or to come on training rides for support.

Race rules
There are differing rules in cycling depending on what cycling discipline you are competing in. These rules will detail the ‘Dos and Don’ts ‘for each discipline around such things as gearings, equipment, and rules specific to the particular race you are competing in. It is important that all riders familiarise themselves with complete rules prior to racing. Click here for the current Cycling New Zealand Schools Rules and links to wider Cycling New Zealand, MTBNZ and UCI rules. Rules can be daunting so remember, if you have any questions you can always ask! Email schools@cyclingnewzealand.nz for your first port of call.

School Racing Uniforms
A school racing uniform must be in the respective school’s colours and the logo or name of the school must be prominently displayed. In the event that a school does not have a school racing uniform riders shall race in plain cycling top and shorts which should, as much as possible, reflect the colours of that school. More information around uniforms can be found under Section 2 and Appendix 2 in the Cycling New Zealand Schools Rules here.

Events
The Cycling New Zealand Schools Events Calendar can be found on the website here – dates and locations change each year. The Cycling New Zealand Schools calendar includes
North Island, South Island and National Championships for Road, Track and MTB, and North and South Island Championships for Cyclo-cross. These events are sanctioned by Cycling New Zealand Schools, Cycling New Zealand and School Sport New Zealand. Other Cycling New Zealand sanctioned events can be found on the Cycling New Zealand
events calendar here.

Joining a Club
Joining a club will help a rider to get the most out of their cycling.
Clubs are important for both serious riders and those just getting started. Clubs will help riders to connect with like-minded riders to train with, coaches, regional club events and other cycling support.
Riders will need to be a member of an affiliated club to race at any club, regional or national races that are not Schools specific events. For a list of Cycling New Zealand affiliated clubs.
Bike Manawatu is your friendly local Road, Track & Recreational Cycling Club 

You can read more fron the cycling nz toolkit here https://schools.cyclingnewzealand.nz/school-resources/school-toolkit/