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I caught up with Colin (Wal ) Anderson on Friday22 Feb.at the Kuratau turnoff at about 4.00pm he was on his second lap of the day and lap 15 of the 65 he will eventually complete. Colin was looking remarkably good and was in very high spirits. The heat has been his major concern and as the photos show it is very dry around the Taupo area. Wal also commented on the fact that riding so long by himself gives him too much time to think!
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This weekend we are holding the Individual time trial champs for all age groups.
Look at the calendar for distances and registration details for all of these events. The handicap system will be used to determine final overall results.
Financial members are able to compete for cups that will be presented at the end of the year including the overall club champs both male and female.
On Sunday 17th March are the 2 track event champs for recreational cyclists. These can be competed for on a road bike.
And then the road race champs, again for all age groups, will be held on Saturday 23rd March.
The final event for the overall champs is the Hill climb champs which will be held towards the end of the year.
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What a perfect day for a fun ride. 
All the ladies that participated had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the brunch at Memorial Park after they crossed the finish line and prizegiving was held.
Tables and chairs quickly filled as the croissants, muffins, yoghurt and fruit were enjoyed in the relaxed surroundings.
Winner of the 20km race received a yellow la femme jersey, bottle of wine and flowers – Yunene Bishop
Runner up received flowers, wine and a box of chocolates – Rachel Ingham
Winner of the 50km race received a yellow jersey, bottle of wine and flowers- Jessica Hamilton
Read more: Churchyard Physiotherapy la Femme fun ride results
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Three teams from Manawatu headed over to Wanganui to compete in the WCNI TTT competition on Saturday 23rd February.
This event has not been held for the past couple of years so it was good to see that Wanganui was able to host the event for 2013.
The team for the under 17 boys consisted of Jacob Sievwright, Hayden Washington-Smith, Robert Stannard and Alex West with Cameron Huston also available to ride as a replacement for Alex if needed.
As there was no other competition it was relatively easy for them to pick up the gold medal.
In the womens event 3 teams were registered, 2 from Wanganui and the Bike Manawatu ladies. With Cassie Cameron, Victoria Cate, Cherie Prince and Laurika Hazelhurst in the Wanganui A team they were able to win over the team of katherine Stannard, Jocelyn Goodwin, Sue McMaster and Kim Andersen representing Bike Manawatu.
The mens event was contested over the longer 40km distance. With 4 Wanganui teams, 1 from Stratford and 1 from Bike Manawatu this was to be the most contested prize. Our team of Steve Stannard, Luuk van Wagtendonk, George Roberts and Barry Gilliland did well to finish in second place.
Overall 2 silver and 1 gold was a good achievement but not good enough to take out the overall points trophy – more teams were required.
Congratulations to all Bike Manawatu members who participated.
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Be great IF lots of the Worlds ELITE Athletes from many sporting codes read & Followed my car rego advice !!
Hardly enough room for the driver let alone all my gear for this 10400km *challenge*
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View- www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/65xlaketaupo/ And feel free to forward to your contact list. 10,000+km Around Lake Taupo = 65 times, that is my final *challenge* for my 65th year- well of course there is the Official Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge also on the Last Saturday of November-- train-train--enjoy IF you wish to follow or join my ride txt 02102206227 Colin-Wal- Anderson |
Eleven days into this epic ride with 13 laps completed in some very hot weather, 2000+ km done, a *mere* 8000 + km to go!
Certainly my daily organisation has to improve, with 3 bikes all ready to ride as required, heading down Waihi hill on lap 1 my last remaining Camelbak podium Big Chill bottle complete with my hammer Heed supply bounced out, meaning I had to stop @ Z service Stn Turangi - oops only to find my cash was on another bike still @ Taupo. No worries, a wee plea to Flo at the front counter & out popped 20 bucks, I borrowed 10, No security just plain trust, Purchased a bottle of water & out of there, only having to stop again @ waiatahuna dairy & spend the last $4.50 on a bottle of powerade.