Hi everyone,

Thanks to all the crew that helped with marshaling at the Moon Ride and also to Murray Fleming from Event Promotions for his continued support of Bike Taupo.

The donation we receive goes into maintaining the track system and without this extra income we would have a funding short fall.
If anybody can help with marshalling can you let us know and I will put your name down.
It’s about the best working bee you can ever do, biking for 6 or 12 hrs is much better than cutting blackberries....

We have started work on the Bungy track - been a lot of head scratching to get around some rock formations but will be a great track when it’s finished.

All the other tracks are riding well just watch out for the odd tree down at this time of year. We had trouble with one horse learning how to walk up the ramps, thus the grating being put in. If you see horse’s in any of our areas let us now ASAP please!

On a very sad note we were informed that, John Taylor, has passed away on Friday night at home.

John was not only the treasurer but spent many hours per week working on the tracks.

He did a huge amount of work on the Rotary Ride right from the beginning when we started building. He went through the track taking out the tree roots and getting all the water tables working. He then did the deviations above the ladder bridge to make the grades easier.

He rode the track most days and even had an article in the Dominion Paper on the work he did for us.

I am sure that all bikers will join me in passing on our condolences to his family

Cheers
Pete. M