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The club wish to acknowledge the passing of Roy Anderson on the 22nd May.

Roy became a life member of the club in 1984. He was an active rider and held various club admin positions, his main contribution to club activities though was his role as race manager for approximately 40 years

Our sympathy goes out to his family.

Due to the current restrictions on Funeral Services, the family are holding a Private Service for Roy. An invitation is extended to friends to view the service online on the Dempsey & Forrest Website,  More info at the following link: http://videosystems.co.nz/dfnz/

Group ride this Saturday 23rd. May @ 9am (its getting cold at 8am now) - Start from the Yellow House. Possible Red Shed destination but the group can decide on the day depending on wind direction and who tunrs up.

If you've been wondering - We don't think we can get away with competitive riding until COVID level 1 - We do have some dates set for July and will let you know about these soon

We're back! Level 2 is here and we can all take the opportunity to get out and ride again.

There are a few people wanting to do a group ride this Saturday 16th.  at 8am. Meet at the Yellow House. The ride will head north up the river road for about 40Ks  but if there are riders wanting it shorter you can turn back early. All welcome to ride

Sunday Group rides will resume this weekend too. As usual meet at the Yellow House at 9am for a fast group and 9.15am for a slower group

REMEMBER we're still at COVID-19 level 2 Lockdown so watch your group sizes at all times - If too many show up to ride then break the group up into 2 or more smaller groups. You should be looking at group sizes of no more than 10. Obviously any other anti-COVID precautions apply too

Club Racing - Cycling NZ still aren't clear about what we can and can't do at level 2 but we will resume races as soon as we get some clarification.

We tried but the COVID-19 alert levels overtook us. Alert level 3 today and 4 in a couple of days which make running a TT impossible.

From this point on we have to CANCEL all club events until further notice.

Keep riding tho - All the info out there its still ok to get out on the bike and ride - but group rides are definately out.

Time Trial champs - Click the following link for more info and register using the form at the bottom - https://wanganuicycling.club/event/club-road-race-2/?instance_id=661 - This is our last opportunity to get in a twilight event before daylight saving ends so make the most of it and note that it will be held on Wednesday 25th March at 6pm starting at Durie Hill School

So far no COVID restrictions - Its a Time Trial - You get too close to another rider - You're in trouble anyway 🙂   If you want to know a bit mroe about riding a TT click the following link: https://wanganuicycling.club/time-trials-rules-tips/

Results are online from Yesterday's race - https://wanganuicycling.club/results/

Next club event is the Time Trial champs - Click the following link for more info and register using the form at the bottom - https://wanganuicycling.club/event/club-road-race-2/?instance_id=661 - This is our last opportunity to get in a twilight event before daylight saving ends so make the most of it and note that it will be held on Wednesday 25th March at 6pm starting at Durhi Hill School

Just a reminder - we have a road race this Saturday the 14th. but so far registrations are low. If you intend to race please pre-register now so we know whether we have sufficient numbers to run a race

Click the following link for race info then use the form at the bottom to register: https://wanganuicycling.club/event/club-road-race/?instance_id=660

Race this Saturday - No 2 Line). Click the following link to find out more then register using the form at he bottom - https://wanganuicycling.club/event/club-road-race/?instance_id=660

Remember too if you are wanting club kit -  orders  close on the 15th. Find out mroe here - https://shop.ultimoclothing.co.nz/categories/wanganui-cycling-club

We are opening up orders for club kit now. Just use the following link to place an order and pay via credit card.

https://shop.ultimoclothing.co.nz/categories/wanganui-cycling-club

Orders close on the 15th. of March so that you'll have kit before the Nationals in April. Kit will be couriered directly from Ultimo to you sometime around the end of March.

Check the sizing charts on the order page too. This clothing is more similar to standard NZ sizes as its made here. Don't be tempted to buy a couple of sizes larger like we've had to previously

You'll note from the President's message a week or so back that there is a possability that the club may vote to add an 'H' to the spelling of Whanganui in the club name at the next AGM.  Kit without the 'H" in the spelling will NOT become obsolete if the vote passes and both versions will still be official club kit for use in out of town events.

Check the following link for the latest President's Message https://wanganuicycling.club/presidents-message/ . This is a brief suimmery of the past year and some information about where we are headed in the coming year

Re club kit - we'll be taking orders for Club kit in the next few days and will send out another notification when its all set up and ready to go. Watch this space for more info

Click the following link for race results from the summer series and note we also have a points table for the series https://wanganuicycling.club/results/ - Race 7 results have now been published and we'll put the final points table online in a few days

the following received from Cycling NZ Today

Together with our host club, Cycling CHB, we invite you and your club members to join us in sunny Waipukurau for the 2020 Vantage Age Group Road National Championships!

Entries are now open and courses are online for the champs that are being held 17 – 19 April 2020.

Entries are now open with early entry fees available till 9 March.

Check out www.roadnationals.nz to enter and for more details.

Let’s make this the biggest and best one yet - See you there!

Summer Twilight Series (Road) – Race 7 in the series is Wednesday night 26th. If you’ve already registered for the 2020 series you don't need to register again but if this is your first for the season then more details and rego form can be found here https://wanganuicycling.club/summer-twilight-series/ and road Series results are always posted here https://wanganuicycling.club/results/

Afte this there will be a break of a week or so then we'll start Saturday racing again - Probably fortnightly

Track Series continues too on Thursday the 27th. – More details here https://wanganuicycling.club/track-programme/ and results are always posted here https://wanganuicycling.club/track-results/

We've published the points table for the Summer Road Twilight Series here https://wanganuicycling.club/wp-content/uploads/Summer-Series-2020-Points.pdf

2 more races to go and we'll update the points table for each race - See you tonight

Summer Twilight Series (Road) – Race 6 in the series is Wednesday night 19th. If you’ve already registered for the 2020 series you don't need to register again but if this is your first for the season then more details and rego form can be found here https://wanganuicycling.club/summer-twilight-series/ and road Series results are always posted here https://wanganuicycling.club/results/

Track Series continues too on Thursday the 20th. – More details here https://wanganuicycling.club/track-programme/ and results are always posted here https://wanganuicycling.club/track-results/

A group are going to Waipukurau on the Sunday 22nd March to recon both the Road race and the TT course - The champs are on 17th - 19th. April

If you're planning on riding or just want to support the riders then contact Ron ( ron.cheatley@cyclesportnz.co.nz ) so you can travel to Waipukurau as a group to sus out the courses. We'd like to see a good showing to the recon mission as well as the race itself

Also note the week before the Age Group champs The Australasian Masters Road Championships are being held (Wairarapa 10-13^th April ) on the Gladstone Circuit. You can find more details at the following link: http://masterscycling.co.nz/

Summer Twilight Series (Road) – Race 5 in the series is Wednesday night 12th. If you’ve already registered for the 2020 series you don't need to register again but if this is your first for the season then more details and rego form can be found here https://wanganuicycling.club/summer-twilight-series/ and road Series results are always posted here https://wanganuicycling.club/results/

The results are in for our poll for the Summer Seriues - Looks like you want another 2 races in ther series - so that's 3 more race nights 12th, 19th & 26th February

Track Series continues too on Thursday the 13th. – More details here https://wanganuicycling.club/track-programme/ and results are always posted here https://wanganuicycling.club/track-results/

Summer Twilight Series (Road) – Race 4 in the series is Wednesday night 5th. If you’ve already registered for the 2020 series you don't need to register again but if this is your first for the season then more details and rego form can be found here https://wanganuicycling.club/summer-twilight-series/ and road Series results are always posted here https://wanganuicycling.club/results/

Remember last race in the series is next week

Track Series continues too on Thursday the 30th. – More details here https://wanganuicycling.club/track-programme/ and results are always posted here https://wanganuicycling.club/track-results/

Summer Twilight Series (Road)  – Race 3 in the series is Wednesday night 29th. If you’ve already registered for the 2020 series you dont need to register again but if this is your first for the season then more details and rego form can be found here https://wanganuicycling.club/summer-twilight-series/ and road Series results are always posted here https://wanganuicycling.club/results/

Track Series continues too on Thursday the 30th. – More details here https://wanganuicycling.club/track-programme/ and results are always posted here https://wanganuicycling.club/track-results/

Summer Twilight Series (Road)  - Race 2 in the series is Wednesday night 22nd. If you've already registered for the 2020 series you dont need to register again but if this is your first for the season then more details and rego form can be found here https://wanganuicycling.club/summer-twilight-series/

Track Series continues too on Thursday the 23rd. - More details here https://wanganuicycling.club/track-programme/

The series continues - Race 1 2020 is this Wednesday 15th. January - Same course, same start location (St Oswalds Church) - Go to the following page for more info then register using the form at the bottom. https://wanganuicycling.club/summer-twilight-series/

Please register for the series this week so we can get timing set up but there's no need to register weekly after that