Achievements Oct 2014 – Sept 2015

Goals Oct 2015 – Sept 2016

Craters Mountain Bike Park – Wairakei  Forest (CMTBP)

&

Upper Waikato River Trails (UWR)

• A1 rigid map produced & displayed at all bike shops, CMTBP, iSite & Hub Kitchen & Café
• Published revised paper map
• Buddha rebuild
• Kinda Grinder (alternative to Grinder) built
• Coles Killer realigned – connection off Buzzard
• Obstacle course being built on Scragg’s
• Kids track built at the Hub
• Hub Kitchen Café opened
• Blue markers installed:

R) bank from town to Aratiatia                            

L) bank Aratiatia to Huka Falls

• Received funding to install counter
• Pines removed along Waikato River, done in consultation with Greening Taupo
• Build extension to Sugar Daddy (Steamfields Downhill)
• Build Contact Loop off Steamfields to look over steam pipes/fields
• Dream of linking the Huka Falls trails to the Waikato River Trails (Whakamaru) and potentially Te Ara Ahi trail (Rotorua

• Build extension to Sugar Daddy (Steamfields Downhill)
• Build Contact Loop off Steamfields to look over steam pipes/fields
• Dream of linking the Huka Falls trails to the Waikato River Trails (Whakamaru) and potentially Te Ara Ahi trail (Rotorua

Advocacy

• 2470 Annual BT Members 1^st Jan – 15^th Sept 2015
• Bike Taupo facebook page has 1428 likes
• Bike Taupo website had 26 124 visitors year Sept 2014 – Aug 2015
• TDC long term submission (including asking for cycling and walking strategy to be bought forward) submitted
• TDC annual report presented
• Proactively working with TDC, DGLT and DoC on the value of biking and working more effectively together
• Submission to TDC supporting establishment of kiosk on Kinloch domain
• Getting involved in the development of the Whakaipo Bay Management Plan
• Communicate better with our members, partners & the community

• Communicate better with our members, partners & the community

Road

• In consultation with TDC planning has started on a cycle/pedestrian bridge from the Countdown side of road to river side
• Build easy link from town to Hub Cafe

• Build easy link from town to Hub Cafe

Financial

• 2470 members (individuals & family members) 1^st Jan – 15^th Sept 2015
• Wednesday PD crew worked 45 days per year x 8 persons = 360 man days. Even if they only have half output it’s still 180 man days x $216 =  $38 880 savings per year.
• Agency boys worked 2 days per week x 45 weeks x 2 men per day   = 180 man days. Even if they only have half output it’s still 90 man days x $216 =  $19 440 savings per year.
• Convert 10% of visitors to annual members

• Convert 10% of visitors to annual members

Great Lake Trail (GLT)

• GLT Facebook page has 1366 likes
• GLT website had 12 095 visitors year Sept 2014 – Aug 2015
• 40 000 single link riders counted in one year
• Group of independent businesses pursuing setting up bike hire/shuttle/boat transfer near shelter on Kinloch Domain
• Pest control actively undertaken
• Willows and pines removed in Orakau link wetland
• Acacia Bay to Whakaipo Bay link initial look
• Build a trail from Whangamata Rd (Orakau link) to Otaki stream (K2K link) creating a loop and to get cyclists off the road
• Dream of linking the Great Lake Trail to the Timber Trail

• Build a trail from Whangamata Rd (Orakau link) to Otaki stream (K2K link) creating a loop and to get cyclists off the road
• Dream of linking the Great Lake Trail to the Timber Trail

Events

• 34 events run in last 12 months on the BT track network and includes:

a) Contact Huka MTB events (Contact Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge)

b) Oxfam Trailwalker 2015

c) Hoka One One Taupo Marathon

d) Hoka One One Kinloch Off Road Challenge

• BT helped out at the DGLT stand at Crankworx 2015
• Host Huka MTB events (Contact Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge)
• Crankworx, the world’s largest MTB festival is in Rotorua March 2016. We are working with DGLT to create awareness in the MTB community of the close proximity of Taupo to Rotorua so that attendees may consider Taupo as an add on.

• Host Huka MTB events (Contact Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge)
• Crankworx, the world’s largest MTB festival is in Rotorua March 2016. We are working with DGLT to create awareness in the MTB community of the close proximity of Taupo to Rotorua so that attendees may consider Taupo as an add on.

Misc

• Te Iringa track upgraded collaboratively with Taupo MTB Club & Hawkes Bay MTB Club
• Track damage cleared within 48 hours of reporting
• Presence at DoC Poronui expedition
• Bikewise NZ’s favorite place to ride:

NZCT section GLT voted 2nd

Off road or Adventure section UWRT voted 4th and

 CMTBP 5th

• Representative attended Trail Fund NZ seminar in Rotorua in September
• Initial look at a opportunity for down hill tracks at Whakaipo Bay
• Dream to link all urban cycle ways into cohesive network
• Two events in the next DOC summer program GLT ride and Poronui ride

• Dream to link all urban cycle ways into cohesive network
• Two events in the next DOC summer program GLT ride and Poronui ride

Kids Bike Taupo:

• 5379 ‘Rides’ on KBT bikes
• 208 first time riders on 2 wheels
• 232 sessions which is on average just over 1 session every weekday of the year
• Average number of riders each session       was 23
• Focused on those who cannot ride competently on two wheels 
• Targeted early childhood centres and the junior syndicates at primary schools
• Raised awareness at Whakaipo Bay Lodge concert
• Featured in Moe Show
• Secure significant funding to enable the programme to grow
• Educate the community about the programme

• Secure significant funding to enable the programme to grow
• Educate the community about the programme