Kartsport Manawatu

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: As at 1 Feb 2012;

CADET; Joshua Donohue, Rianna O'Meara-Hunt, Maddy Stewart, Riley Jack, Nicholas Evans, Tayler Forbes, Jackson Rooney, Kaleb Ngatoa, Tom Greig

JUNIOR RESTRICTED; Jacob Cranston, Sebastian Bainbridge, Dylan Drysdale, Thomas Pooley, Jordan Palmer, Jai Buckley, Bailey Paterson, Ryan Yardley

JUNIOR YAMAHA; James Webb, Travis Day, Brook Reeve

YAMAHA LIGHT; Daniel Rine, Mitchell Ward, Andrew Hoare, Jaden Hardy, Samuel Sarcich,Connor Toki, Hamish Berrett, Alex Geary, Scott Blummont

YAMAHA HEAVY: Shaun Reay

CLUBSPORT 120: John Paddy, Ashley Higgins, Shaun Clark, Russell Sowden, Kevin Groves, Andrew Worth, Henri Ham, Peter Dicks

JUNIOR ROTAX; Jordan McDonnell, Josh Drysdale, Logan Rogers-Jenkins, Ashleigh Stewart, Megan Dalbeth, James Webb, Jacob Smith, Josh Adlam, Jonathan Buxeda, James Blair, James Munro, Travis Day, CJ Sinclair, Matthew Nugent, Scott Manson, Zane Goddard, Daniel Bugler, Thomas Joyes, Brook Reeve, Maddie Wise, Olivia Yardley

RM LIGHT; Michael Bird, Samuel Carpenter, Nicholas Carpenter, Mason Armstrong, Caleb Hartley, James Penrose, Rhys Tinney, Fraser Hart, Christopher Cox

RM HEAVY; Nicholas Urwin, Aarron Cunningham, Liam Lewis, Hayden Sarcich, Cooper Forbes, Zach Zaloum, Brendon Hart, Darryl Crichton, Stuart Gould

Race Officials Course

31 January 2012

Members all please take note below;

We have mentioned this at various times. Now is the time to act!!!

WE NEED YOUR NAMES, (or someone that you can nominate ) please. This will assist in club days and the running of.

As you are all aware we are currently dependant on outside assistance for race officials.

Your support would be greatly appreciated..

Thanks

Mike Ward

Club Captain

New Grade 4

Race Officials Training

Following requests from Clubs at the 2011 National Conference, good progress has been made developing postion descriptions and a training programme for the new Grade 4 Race Official position.

The Grade 4 Race Official position will be the first step on the Race Official ladder as well as being a Grade for those people who only have a desire to officiate at Club Day events. Hopefully this streamlined programme will help attract more people into officiating at local events.

A pilot Training Seminar for Grade 4 RO's will be held in Wellington on Saturday 25 February 2012. If you, or someone you know, are interested in training for this position please contact your Club ASAP. Positions at the Seminar are limited to 15 people.

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

Membership

31 August 2009

Memberships are due as of the 1st November 2011. The new Membership Form is now available to download and complete. There has been no increase in the Annual Subscription fees;

Senior - $130.00 Junior - $90.00 Family - $150.00 Social - $35.00

I will be available at the November club day for membership renewal - please remember to bring your gate key.

Regards

Lyn Hoare
Administrator
Kartsport Manawatu Inc

Click here to download membership form