UCI Festival of Speed Tier 1 track event and the 2014 Oceania Track Championships
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.
Details regarding the upcoming UCI Festival of Speed Tier 1 track event and the 2014 Oceania Track Championships to be held in Invercargill, New Zealand in November.
Full event and entry information can be found at the following links:
– UCI Festival of Speed November 16-17 www.cyclingsouth.org.nz/festivalofspeed
– 2014 Oceania Championships November 19-22 www.cyclingsouth.org.nz/oceanias
For those riders that want to enter the 2014 Oceania Track Championships down in Invercargill riding for WCNI Centre.
Please first let Noeline Elden know what individual events you wish to enter and which team events you want to enter
A 2014 licence is required for this event.
Our WCNI selectors need to know first before you enter and pay individually on line at www.cyclingsouth.org.nz
Closing date for WCNI riders is Tuesday 29th October Please email noeline_elden@xtra.co.nz by this date.
WCNI need to advise Southland our numbers and riders for team events.
