Track results Tuesday 15th November

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.

A record 50 riders took part in racing on Tuesday night providing further evidence of the growth of cycling in the region. With the number of riders the number of races and the available daylight it was a challenge to complete the programme without the aid of artificial light.

The race of the night also had the largest field made up of under 17 girls and up plus masters men. The handicapper was tested with 17 riders covering a wide range of ages and gearing, the field was disbursed around the track for the 8 lap handicap race. The race had a talented hard working scratch bunch made up of Megan Blatchford, Marcel Hollenstein and Brent Zimmerman. The limit markers had a lap and 60 metre start, so it was always going to be a true test. The scratchies made short work of the 60 metres but the next 400 metres was to take a little longer. While the spectators were enthralled watching the scratchies eat into the limit markers lead they could be forgiven for not noticing Kelsi Eccles and John Clarke working well together to keep an even and competitive pace. With two laps to go the scratch bunch had collected some heplers and caught the limit riders but they had not caught Kelsi and John. At the last turn Kelsi rolled John and beat the chasing bunch by the length of the home straight. The chasing bunch sprint was taken out by Marcel over Kate Stewart and Megan then Garry Buys came in for 6^th to cap off a good night which included a win it the Masters 3 lap handicap.

The under 17 rider of the night was awarded to Emily Shearman for a gutsy effort to win both evenly contested under 15 girl handicap races. The over 17 rider of the night was awarded to Kelsi Eccles for determined effort to not waste her handicap and hold off a classy scratch bunch.

Results:

U19 Men and Senior Men 7 lap points race

1^st Mark Finlay 10 points

2^nd Matiu Kaihau 8 points

3^rd Josh Chard 6 points

4^th Steve Stannard 3 points

Under 17, under 19, Senior Women 5 laps race on whistle

1^stKate Stewart

2^ndKelsi Eccles

3^rdCatherine Young

4^th Tegan Roffe

Under 17 Boys 6 laps race on whistle

1^stCameron Howell

2^ndGeorge Roberts

3^rdJordan Castle

4^th Matt Elliot

Under 15 Boys 5 laps race on the whistle

1^st Josh Kendall

2^nd Chris Denholm

3^rd Robert Stannard

4^th Cody Simpson

Under 15 girls 4 lap race on the whistle

1^st Michaela Drummond

2^nd Britteny Baker

3^rd Emily Shearman

4th Grace Castle

Masters 5 lap race on whistle

1^st Megan Blatchford

2^nd Shaun Matena

3^rd Ross Castle

4^th Brent Zimmerman

Under 19 and Senior men 3 lap handicap race

1^st Cameron Gibbons

2^nd Steve Stannard

3^rd Mark Finlay

4^th Josh Chard

Under 17 and 19 women 3 lap handicap race

1^st Kate Stewart

2^nd Kelsi Eccles

3^rd Renee Wadsworth

4^th Catherine Young

Under 17 boys 3 lap handicap race

1^st Takumi Clarke

2^nd Jordan Castle

3^rd Campbell Stewart

Under 15 boys 3 lap handicap race

1^st James Cuff

2^nd Michaela Drummond

3^rd Cody Simpson

4^th Hayden Washington-Smith

Under 15 girls 2 lap handicap race

1^st Emily Shearman

2^nd Brittany Ingram

3^rd Libby Arbuckle

4^th Corrie Keedle

Masters men 3 lap handicap race

1^st Garry Buys

2^nd John Clarke

3^rd Shaun Matena

4^th Peter Wenborn

Under 17 boys 7 lap handicap race

1^st Jordan Castles

2^nd Campbell Stewart

3^rd Cameron Howell

4^th George Roberts

Under 15 boys 5 lap handicap

1^st Cody Simpson

2^nd Robert Stannard

3^rd Owen Ratcliffe

4^th Hayden Washington-Smith

Under 15 girls 5 lap handicap race

1^st Emily Shearman

2^nd Grace Castle

3^rd Britteny Baker

4^th Brittany Ingram

Under19 and Men 10 lap handicap race

1^st Matiu Kaihau

2^nd Luuk van Wantendonk

3^rd Josh Chard

Under 15 1 lap scratch race

1^st Campbell Stewart

2^nd Alex West

3^rd Owen Ratcliffe

Under 17 and 19 women and masters men and women 8 lap handicap race

1^st Kelsi Eccles

2^nd John Clarke

3^rd Marcel Hollenstein

4^th Kate Stewart

Under 19 men and Senior men

1^st Damien Lardner

2^nd Mark Finlay

3^rd Josh Chard

4^th Steve Stannard