WCNI ‘Rainbow’ Track Carnival

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.

BikeManawatu is hosting the first OPEN West Coast North Island track carnival, and are making sure it is one not to be missed!

With the opportunity to race against, watch and meet Michaela Drummond – current Junior World Team Pursuit world champion and world record holder, and Campbell Stewart – Current Junior World Omnium and Scratch race champion, on their home track, the one and only Johnston Park Feilding Velodrome.

To make this carnival even more worth your while, thanks to our sponsors we have a lot of prize money to give away across all grades and ages. Including at least $100.00 to the Feilding Wheel race winner.

This open carnival is offered to all centres with races for U15’s, U17’s, Women, Masters, A and B grades (dependant on numbers). Everyone must hold a Cycling NZ licence with the exception to U15 riders. We encouraage riders to ride in 2016 licence categories, to help WCNI selectors as they start to think about the 2016 track nationals.

All riders must report to registration at the track between 10:45 and 11:45am and pay $5.00 (cash only) each. BikeManawatu members will use their usual race number (please remember this), whilst others will be alloacted a number that must be returned at the end of the meet.

More information (including the programme) will be posted on the BikeMananwatu website under ‘track cycling’ and on the Bike Manawatu track nights Facebook page leading up to the event. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Kate Stewart, k8.stewart@hotmail.com or 0278139922.