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Details: Written by Richard Sheehan; Created: 19 July 2012

Friday the 13^th May be considered unlucky by some people but for two Bike Manawatu members Richard Sheehan and Jaycob Humpreys it was their lucky day.

Early Friday morning the call came from Chris Moody pilot of the local Rescue helicopter to arrange a flight for that day. This chance for a flight had been won some weeks earlier at the Manfeild 6 hour event and was keenly anticipated.

We met Chris at the Feildair hanger where the helicopter is kept and after a safety briefing we were in the chopper and underway.

Details: Written by Glenys Taylor; Created: 16 July 2012

The first stage for all age groups was a time trial followed by a road race in the afternoon. The next day started with stage 3, another road race and ended with the final stage a criterium in the afternoon.

At the end of stage 4 Campbell Stewart who was racing in the under 15 boys was second on General Classification just 55 seconds down on the leader. He also was 2nd on KOM after stage 3 with 12 points, the same points as tour leader Cameron Scott. A credible effort from Campbell and he should be congratulated for this fabulous result. He will know now what he has to look forward to in years to come.

Kate Stewart who was racing in the under 17 women, was placed 10th on GC 5 mins 40 secs behind the leader at the end of the tour. Her time trial stage 1 time was recorded as 16 mins 12 secs less than a minute down on the tour leader. Stage 2 Kate finished in 14th place and stage 3 she finished in 8th place in the peloton 1min 37 secs behind the lead bunch of 3 riders.

Jordan Castle was placed 32nd at 13 mins 6 secs behind the leader in the under 17 men. Seventy three riders started in this age group. Jordan was placed 41st after the opening time trial, so made a concerted effort to climb back up the general classification placings.

Mark Findlay was placed 29th after the opening time trial stage which was held on the Friday before all other age groups had their time trials. His time was recorded as 35 mins 36 secs for the stage. No results were shown for Mark for stage 2 however he was placed 7th in stage 3 in the peloton just 12 seconds behind the stage winner. Mark was recorded as finishing in 30th place in stage 4, the criterium however Mark did not appear in the official GC results so until we receive the reports from the riders we will not be able to report where he was placed overall for the tour.

Congratulations to all of these riders for representing Bike Manawatu and New Zealand so well.

Details: Written by Glenys Taylor; Created: 13 July 2012

Bike Manawatu in conjunction with Marist Sports 
2012 ERG Night Invitation
When: Sat Jul 21 4:30pm - 6pm
Where: Marist Clubrooms
Why:    promotion to showcase the sport of cycling
What:   You will be able to try yourself out on an erg (ie. a competition bike with gauges to record the rider’s performance eg. power output & distance over a set time) AND maybe engage in an individual challenge or a team “bike off” eg. Soccer v Rugby or Netball v Hockey

Read more: 2012 ERG Night Invitation

Details: Written by Glenys Taylor; Created: 15 July 2012

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Your name and contact details will be recorded and each week you will be sent an email giving you details if the race to be held on Saturday.

If you are on this email list you will be able to click on the email to preregister for the race which will save you having to go to the calendar and then registering.

Open day will be held on Saturday 28th July. This will be a mass start from Ashhurst. The results from this event will be used to determine grades and handicaps for the rest of the series.

“The Bone Collector” was run for the first time last year and was a hit for all of those that participated. It is a lap race where the first rider in the team completes one circuit of the course and when passing the start line after completing one lap will collect the second person (bone) in the team. The 2 riders then complete another lap together. When they pass the start line they collect the third rider (bone) and complete another lap. The fourth rider is collected after another lap and all four riders complete the final lap and cross the finish line together. Teams are to consist of at least 1 under 17 rider, at least 1 female rider and at least one rider over 35.

A series of 3 handicap races will be held starting with the Essex Cup on 25th August. Points will be awarded over the 3 races and prizemoney allocated according to points received over the 3 weeks.

So as you can see there is an exciting calendar of races planned from now until Christmas so if you don’t want to miss out on any of the action click here for your weekly email reminder.