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- Written by Glenys Taylor
The first race for the season will be held this Saturday. It is an all comers (new riders welcome) time trial. So if you have done a time trial at Kairanga on Wednesday night last season but never done a club Saturday event this will be a great way for you to see what Saturday racing is all about.
The times set will also be used to help set grades for the rest of the season and select teams for the upcoming WCNI Team Time trials that will be held in Rongotea on Saturday 2nd August.
There is a short and a long course and at registration you will be asked which course you wish to do. 
There is no entry fee this week so there should be nothing holding you back so come and give it a go. The course starts on the corner of Pyke Rd and State Highway 56 at Rangiotu and carries on along Pyke Rd and on to Bainesse Rd and back to the start point. There is plenty of parking available.
If you want to receive an email each week reminding you what is on then click here and you will be added to the reminder list.
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- Written by Mark Ireland
As advised in the December 2013 Presidents Newsletter / Technical Update, the Maximum Roll-out Distance for Junior U17 Riders increases to 7.0 metres for both Road and Track cycling disciplines, as from 1 July 2014.
Read more: Gearing Changes for Bike NZ events from 1 July 2014
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- Written by Braden - Sport Manawatu Practicum student
Pathway to Podium is a Sport NZ initiative established to support emerging athletes within their
region in their preparation for the demands of high performance sport.
The “Pathway to Podium” programme is designed to provide high quality support and education to young athletes to help prepare them for the high performance sport system. This programme is intended to cover the gap between young athletes and those who go on to elite level in the Olympic sports.
Regional Talent Hubs will assist national sporting organisations with delivery of regionally based athlete and coach support. As a part of this support, individual performance plans will be developed specifically for young athletes to help determine if they need training regimes, strength and conditioning, diet alterations or a sport psychologist.
The Pathway to Programme for the Manawatu region is led by Kashif Shuja, and will be run between High Performance Sport New Zealand, Massey University and Sport Manawatu. Kashif Shuja is a five-time national squash champion and has a passion for helping young athletes achieve their goals in their respected sport.
The Manawatu athletes for cycling are Luke Mudgway, Kate Stewart and Jordan Castle and they are joined by fellow Bike Manawatu members Jaimee Leader and Lizzie Stannard that are included in the Pathway to Podium programme but for Triathlon.
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- Written by Simon van Velthooven
Firstly I'll apologise for my lack of updates the last few months as it's been hectic as always and every time I planned to sit down and put pen to paper to finish it off something else becomes a priority.
Since the last update I have had some good battles and results in the Japanese Keirin League racing in the cities of Omiya, Chiba, and Maebashi. It was great travelling to these tracks with the German Stefan Botticher as he is a true East German where everything has to be absolutely perfect and to the point. Living in Japan and sharing a room with Stefan has definitely made me even more OCD, which I hope is a good thing, because to be the best you really do need to make sure you account for all those 1% gains.
