Prize Giving 2011

12 January 2012

Details from the end of year Prize giving for 2011;

MANAWATU CHAMPIONS

Cadet - Kaleb Ngatoa

Junior Restricted - Jacob Cranston

Junior Yamaha - Josh Drysdale

Clubsport 120  -  Shaun Clark

Rotax Light  -  Gareth Playle

Rotax Heavy  - No one qualified 3 Rounds

Yamaha Light  - Jaden Hardy

Yamaha Heavy  -  Brice Wundelborn

Open  -  Peter Hoare

Junior GP Champion  -  Josh Drysdale                     Senior GP Champion of Champions  -  Anthony Wanoa

Mac Cup (MacIlquham Cup)  -  Not presented

Star of Excellence Trophy - Kaleb Ngatoa

Pither Family Cup - Tom Greig

Clubsport 120 - Most Improved Driver - Andrew Managh

Dominator Trophy - Josh Drysdale

Congratulations to you all. 

Best wishes to all members of Kartsport Manawatu for a successful year in karting for 2012.

Working Bee(s)

29 December 2011

Hi All

With the upcoming 2012 Twilight Trans-Tasman Challenge & Rotax Max Challenge we have set 3 dates for working bees to really polish the presentation of the track and facilities. This is a great opportunity for you to help make your club look the best that it can for this world class event.

19 January

24 January

2 February - Thursday  (extra night added)

8 February - Wednesday

Please come prepared with weed eaters, water blasters, spades, shovels, and painting gear.

Start time will be around 5:00pm

2012 Twilight Trans-Tasman Challenge & Rotax Max Challenge

15 December 2011

Kartsport Manawatu is very pleased to announce that we have four Australian drivers confirmed for the 2012 Twilight Trans-Tasman Challenge to be held at the Manawatu Toyota Raceway, Palmerston North on Saturday 18th February.

Intrepid driver Lane Moore, the current New Zealand Rotax Max Heavy champion, will be returning to defend the 1st round title he won last year, and joining him for the first time is the exceptionally quick Tyler Greenbury in Rotax Light.  Tyler was a member of the Australian team which won the teams section of the 2012 Rotax Max Grand Finals.

Also competing in Junior Max is Lachie McHUgh who is a consistent front runner in Australia and a driver to watch out for.

Junior Restricted will be one of the biggest fields expected, and full of quick locals, but adding to the mix will be the very accomplished Reece Sidebottom who has earnt himself a reputation of being a very fast driver, and will no doubt be the one to beat.

Club President Tony Drysdale said "we are very happy with the calibre of the Australian drivers, and hope to confirm three more drivers next week including a very established Arrow driver."

The best of Australia is coming, let's make sure NZ"s best drivers are there to race them.

So get your entry in and be part of New Zealand's premier twilight meeting.

Click here to download an Entry Form

ENTRIES:  (Site is still in the process of being updated)

CADET;  Joshua Donohue, Rianna O'Meara-Hunt, Maddy Stewart

JUNIOR RESTRICTED; Jacob Cranston, Sebastian Bainbridge, Dylan Drysdale, Thomas Pooley

JUNIOR YAMAHA; James Webb

YAMAHA LIGHT;  Daniel Rine, Mitchell Ward

CLUBSPORT 120: John Paddy, Ashley Higgins

JUNIOR ROTAX; Jordan McDonnell, Josh Drysdale, Logan Rogers-Jenkins, Ashleigh Stewart, Megan Dalbeth, James Webb

RM LIGHT; Michael Bird, Samuel Carpenter, Nicholas Carpenter, Mason Armstrong

RM HEAVY; Nicholas Urwin

Clubsport 120 Club Champs 2011 Round 4

25 October 2011

So the day dawned with a decidedly dodgy looking forecast. The question on everyone’s lips for the morning was “What is the weather going to do?” Things stayed OK for scrutineering and the warm up…dry so far.

Race 1. Frantic changeovers onto a wet setup as the heavens opened! Splashing around the track resulted in Henri Ham winning from a 6^th grid position. Henri’s first win I think too, well done Henri! Peter Dicks recovered from a first lap ‘incident’ to come back from 8^th to 2^nd place. But we could have done without 3 DNFs.

Race 2. Hmmm, a wet track but it was easing and the black clouds seemed to be hanging around, so most everyone went out on wets. Excepting Peter Dicks and Jay. Well, Jay took advantage of the first few lap ‘discoveries’ and came through for a win on an X plate! Glen Evans drove a consistent race to finish second and Peter D recovered (again!) from a first lap spin to get through to third.

Race 3. A dry race…yeay! Henri got a sneaky jump on me from the start to come out with his second win, leading home an ever closing Quinn Clark who was posting some fairly impressive lap times.

Race 4. Also in the dry. Most drivers pretty well kept their starting positions with Peter D leading the way from Glen and Peter Sarjeant.

Final. Back onto the wet setup, dammit this never gets easier! Why can’t it just stay one way or the other? A few of us were testing our tyre adhesion boundaries, with somewhat limited vision through fogged up visors, etc. But Peter D kept it together to win from Quinn who came through to 2^nd from a 10^th starting spot! Well done! Al Howie followed up with a well-deserved 3^rd.

So the day ended up with Peter D winning overall, Henri 2^nd and Peter S 3^rd. Some good results from some great driving. Though it didn’t finish there…the top three were called to the Tech Shed. But everyone had been good and passed the squish test with flying colours (after also getting our fuel ‘sniffed’ earlier in the day). Phew!

The Clubsport 120 Club Championship was won by the ever consistent (don’t you hate using that term?!) Shaun Clark, who had it tied up before the final meeting. Congratulations Shaun. We will all have to wait and improve for another year to try to prise it off you!

Cheers

Brent Robinson

Unofficial Clubsport 120 Club Championship points

1^st Shaun Clark (16), 2^nd Peter Dicks (28), 3^rd Peter Sarjeant (37)