The Masters Women’s & Men’s Overall Championship 2020 – 2021

Bike Manawatu Proudly Presents

The Masters Women’s & Men’s Overall Championship

It is with great anticipation & excitement that we announce the re-establishment of one of the most coveted cycling prizes for Masters Women & Men riders, in the Manawatu.

Donated by Mr. Ian Gray, these beautifully created, & maintained trophies were first presented in 1999. Past winners such as, Nicola Wallace, Deb Cuff, Catriona Pirie, & Glenys Taylor in the women’s, & Roger Nevatt, Marcel Hollenstein & “The Racing Grandad From Rangiwahia” Bob Wakelin in the men’s.

The championship consists of four different disciplines, 2 Road Events, & 2 Track Events. A specific & detailed handicap system will be administered in relation to each riders age category. This is to allow for all competitors to have a fair chance of racing. It is also designed to encourage masters riders of all abilities & ages to “Have a Go”

Our “Master Riders” are a group of incredibly talented, supportive & greatly appreciated members of the Bike Manawatu community & beyond. Resurrecting the Overall Women’s & Men’s Masters Championship, is a special way of saying “Thank You” to our masters, who give so much to cycling in the Manawatu.

EVENT
Register for the OVERALL MASTERS Championship HERE (This is just registering yourself in the series, then you must register for each individual event accordingly)
18 October 2020 – Hill Climb – Register Here
21 October 2020 – ITT – Register Here
14 November 2020 Dates TBC – Both Track Events – Registration to follow

Bike Manawatu – Masters Age Grade Championship
Rules & Guidelines

GIVE IT A GO
What is it & Who is it for?

MASTERS AGE GROUPS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

Non-competitive Bike Manawatu Masters age cyclists are targeted and invited to enter Masters age events over the 2020 – 2021 season.
The events are open to all Club members, female and male, 35 years of age to 90 plus, there is no age limit and no experience in racing is necessary.
No upper age limit applies and no experience in racing is necessary.

Planning is taking place to run 4 x events over 3 separate days, these events are:

Hill Climb 3.3km Forest Hill Road, Aokautere. – 18/10/20
Track Sprint, 200 metres Feilding Velodrome.- 14/11/20
Track Individual Pursuit, 2000 metres Feilding Velodrome (5 x laps). 14/11/20
Individual Time Trial, 12km Kairanga ITT 21/10/20, rain date 28/10/20

Please do not feel hesitant as these events are all ridden individually, previous experience in riding with other cyclists or racing is not necessary, you only need to ride to your own standard.

The Time Trial and Hill Climb will be held in conjunction with other Bike Manawatu competitive events on separate days.
Both track events will be held on the during our track season on Saturday 14th November, involving 2 – 3 hours.
Road bikes will be acceptable for these track events.
Each event has rules and entry fees which are applicable.

For entering these events you will be eligible to contest the Bike Manawatu Overall Masters Championships, female and male separate, which use a handicap system according to a cyclists age.

Age Group Categories
35 – 39 years (Masters 1 / Category 1)
40 – 44 years (Masters 2 / Category 2)
45 – 49 years (Masters 3 / Category 3)
50 – 54 years (Masters 4 / Category 4)
55 – 59 years (Masters 5 / Category 5)
60 – 64 years (Masters 6 / Category 6)
65 – 69 years (Masters 7 / Category 7)
70 – 74 years (Masters 8 / Category8)
75 – 79 years (Masters 9 / Category 9)
80 – 84 years (Masters 10 / Category 10) etc.

Age for Championship
Competitors age for racing is applicable for the calendar year and is the age the competitor becomes on her/his birthday in that year, e.g. if she/he turns 45 on 20^th July for competition purpose she/he will be entered in 45 – 49 (Cat 3).

Events (all events are individual and raced against the clock)

Track Sprint Time Trial 200m (TS)
Track Individual Pursuit 2000m (IP)
Hill Climb Forrest Hill Road (Historically Saddle Road 5km) (HC)
Individual Time Trial 12km ITT (Historically 20 km*)

Championship Determination
In each contested age group the champion plus 2nd and 3^rd positions will be recognised, results will available for all competitors. Points are awarded based on the fastest time for each age group in each event. Each age group champion and other positions are determined by the accumulation of points over the 4 events, the champion will have the most points.

Points for Age Championships

Maximum points awarded to the fastest time in each age category –

Track Sprint 50 points
Individual Pursuit 50 points
Hill Climb 200 points
ITT 300 points

Calculation of Points

Points are calculated for every competitor in age groups for women and men. Points awarded are directly proportional to the fastest competitor in the same age category.

The mechanism of points calculation is simple and explained as follows:

The fastest competitor in each age group and event will be awarded maximum points.
Slower competitors points in the same event will be calculated using:

Fastest Competitor Time x maximum points for event = Points (for slower competitor)

Slower Competitor Time

For each event points will be rounded to the nearest whole point. Calculated decimal points : 0.00 to 0.50 will be rounded down to the whole number before the decimal point; above 0.50 to 0.99 will be rounded up to the next whole number above the whole number prior to the decimal point.

E.g. ITT calculation:

Fastest Time 30mins.00secs. x 300 points = 285.71. Rounded to 286 points.

Slower Time 31mins.30 secs

Handicapping

AGE	2000m Pursuit	200m Sprint	20km ITT – Men	20km ITT – Women	6km HC
	Seconds	Seconds	Minutes	Minutes	Minutes
35	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
36	0.6	0.04	0.01	0.01	0.03
37	1.2	0.08	0.02	0.02	0.06
38	1.8	0.12	0.04	0.04	0.09
39	2.4	0.16	0.06	0.06	0.12
40	3.0	0.20	0.08	0.08	0.17
41	3.6	0.26	0.13	0.13	0.22
42	4.2	0.32	0.18	0.19	0.27
43	4.8	0.38	0.24	0.25	0.32
44	5.4	0.44	0.30	0.31	0.37
45	6.0	0.50	0.36	0.39	0.44
46	6.8	0.58	0.43	0.47	0.51
47	7.6	0.66	0.50	0.55	0.58
48	8.4	0.74	0.58	1.04	1.05
49	9.2	0.82	1.06	1.12	1.12
50	10.0	0.90	1.15	1.21	1.22
51	11.0	0.98	1.24	1.31	1.32
52	12.0	1.06	1.33	1.42	1.42
53	13.0	1.14	1.43	1.53	1.52
54	14.0	1.22	1.53	2.04	2.02
55	15.0	1.30	2.03	2.15	2.15
56	16.4	1.38	2.14	2.27	2.28
57	17.8	1.46	2.25	2.39	2.41
58	19.2	1.54	2.37	2.51	2.54
59	20.6	1.62	2.49	3.05	3.07
60	22.0	1.70	3.02	3.19	3.23
61	23.4	1.80	3.15	3.34	3.39
62	24.8	1.90	3.29	3.49	3.55
63	26.2	2.00	3.43	4.04	4.11
64	27.6	2.10	3.58	4.20	4.27
65	29.0	2.20	4.13	4.38	4.47
66	30.6	2.32	4.29		5.07
67	32.2	2.44	4.45		5.27
68	33.8	2.56	5.02		5.47
69	35.4	2.68	5.19		6.07
70	37.0	2.80	5.36		6.31
71	38.6	2.96	5.54		6.55
72	40.2	3.12	6.12		7.19
73	41.8	3.28	6.33		7.43
74	43.4	3.44	7.04		8.07
75	45.0	3.60	7.45		8.31
76	47.0	3.76	8.56		8.55
77	49.0	3.92			9.19
78	51.0	4.08			9.33
79	53.0	4.24			9.57
80	55.0	4.40			10.01
81		4.56			10.25
82		4.72			10.49
83		4.88			11.13
84		5.04			11.37

Click Here to view Points spreadsheet

EVENTS – BIKE MANAWATU – MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS Register Here

ROAD EVENTS

Hill Climb
Forest Hill Road, Aokautere 3 kilometres (HC), maximum 200 points

DATE Sunday 18th October
START TIME 9:00.
COURSE Start in Forest Hill Road – Click Here for Course info
REGISTRATION On-line Click Here
ENTRY FEE $5.00 members $10.00 non members
ORGANISERS Bike Manawatu road team
NOTES
a) Competitors held at start, released at 30 second intervals

INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL
Start Course and Date TBC, held in conjunction with other club racing, maximum 300 points
DATE Wednesday 21st October, Rain date Wednesday 28th October 2020
START TIME 6.15pm
COURSE Kairanga – Start in 1117 Kairanga Bunnythorpe Road – Click Here for Course info
REGISTRATION On-line Click Here
ENTRY FEE $5.00 members $10.00 non members
ORGANISERS Bike Manawatu road team
NOTES
a) Competitors held at start, released at 30 second intervals

TRACK EVENTS

Track Sprint 200 metres (TS), maximum 50 points
Due to time restraints, the 2 track events will be run for masters only, i.e younger club members will not be ale to participate on that date

DATE Saturday 14th November 2020 Date TBC apologies
START TIME TBC
COURSE Feilding Velodrome, Johnson Park.
REGISTRATION On-line Bike Manawatu website
ENTRY FEE $5.00 members $10.00 non members
ORGANISERS Stephanie Foote 027 38 1857. Ian Gray, ph 357 7953 (home)

NOTES
a) Competitors in Track Sprint 200 metres will start at finish line and be signalled 2 laps to go and be timed over the last 200 metres.
b) The Individual Pursuit 2000 metres is 5 laps of track less 6.25 metres, competitors will be held for release start, a long warning whistle at 10 seconds to go will be followed be 2^nd short whistle to start.
c) Time keeping for each event: 3 stop watches on each rider. If all watches agree this is the time, if 2 watches agree this is the time, if no watches agree middle watch is taken as time

Individual Pursuit 2000 metres (IP), maximum 50 points
Due to time restraints, the 2 track events will be run for masters only, i.e younger club members will not be ale to participate on that date

DATE . Saturday 14th November 2020 Date TBC apologies
START TIME TBC
COURSE Feilding Velodrome, Johnson Park.
REGISTRATION On-line Bike Manawatu website
ENTRY FEE $5.00 members $10.00 non members
ORGANISERS Stephanie Foote 027 38 1857. Ian Gray, ph 357 7953 (home)