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WSMTB XC Round 5 Yellomundee
There's a car park (click for foggy picture) on Springwood Road - just down the way from Hawkesbury Heights if you're looking for a suburb name.
All riders are welcome ay the WSMTB Club XC Round 5 at Yellomundee on Sunday 7 July. Rego from 8am to 8.50am sharp please. U10s from 8.30am, U13s at 9am, and U15s and Seniors at 9.30am.
BBQ from Yarraumundi RFS.
Keep an eye on the WSMTB Facebook page for last minute weather updates.
CareFlight Woodford to Glenbrook Classic 2013
Glenbrook station carpark.
Rescheduled - Additional registration will be taken from Monday 1st July through to Monday 2nd September
This year's CareFlight Woodford to Glenbrook Classic will attract over 1000 entrants! Participants will run or ride the Oaks Fire Trail through the beautiful Blue Mountains National Park from the town of Woodford down to the Euroka Clearing near Glenbrook.
Rydal working bee
The main rd in has been dusty as all get up so in an effort to keep on the good side of the locals it might be best to come in via the showground.
From the highway come into Rydal, cross the train tracks and take a left before the Pub (Showground signposted.)
Go around the top side of the show ground and follow the road around to the left. This will take you around towards the top side of the cemetery. from there a couple of cross rd will bring you back tot he bicentennial trail and thus the car park
Kinda late notice but I'm heading out the track tomorrow to do a bit of work on the trail.
I'll be doing a bit of trail armouring and if I get time some drainage work on those couple of corners that have been holding water lately.
I'm heading out around 10 and will be starting on the steep bit near where the dump run comes out and crosses the road.
If people have time to help out it would be appreciated.
I know some can't make Saturdays and there was talk about guys heading out Sunday just to rake the trail before the 3hr next weekend.
2013 CTMBC Winter series
Rydal Show Ground
From the highway come into Rydal, cross the train tracks and take a left before the Pub (Showground signposted.)
Go around the top side of the show ground and follow the road around to the left. This will take you around towards the top side of the cemetery. from there a couple of cross rd will bring you back tot he bicentennial trail and thus the car park
It's back, Tuesday Night Racing at Rydal.
Ladies and Kids under 16 get free race entry (License fees apply)
Winter will be an open ended series... if enough people keep turning up we'll keep running races. If not those hardy sole who do will just go for a ride.
If you could click the star to show your intention of coming so we get an idea of numbers that would be great.
Kick off is 6:30 so 5:30pm rego opens, if you are new or need to renew your license please turn up earlier rather than later.
2013 CTMBC Winter series
Rydal Show Ground
From the highway come into Rydal, cross the train tracks and take a left before the Pub (Showground signposted.)
Go around the top side of the show ground and follow the road around to the left. This will take you around towards the top side of the cemetery. from there a couple of cross rd will bring you back tot he bicentennial trail and thus the car park
It's back, Tuesday Night Racing at Rydal.
Ladies and Kids under 16 get free race entry (License fees apply)
If you could click the star to show your intention of coming so we get an idea of numbers that would be great.
Kick off is 6:30 so 5:30pm rego opens, if you are new or need to renew your license please turn up earlier rather than later.
We are fairly relaxed, A grade just means you do more laps and we encourage every one to have a go, we don't have podiums or prizes so it's about getting out there and competing against your own time and your mates.
2013 Back Yamma Bigfoot - Parkes/Eugowra
Corner of Back Yamma Road and Parkes Eugowra Road, Eugowra NSW 2806. This is around 25km South of Parkes.
A unique fun marathon XC race near Parkes/Eugowra.
Some info on Facebook
Wednesday Social
Glenbrook Dirt car park opposite the shops.
We ask visitors to please park here to not affect the residents. Plenty of parking plus amenities.
Chilly spin around knapsack for those who wish to brave the cold.
Kinross - Mini Gravity Enduro
The city of Orange is around 4 hrs from Sydney and 3 hrs from Canberra. Kinross State Forest is situated on the northeast edge of town, a 10 minute drive or 20 minute ride from the Orange town centre.
Meet at the Bulgas Road carpark, Western edge of the forest.
Drive out from Orange on the Ophir Rd, before you reach the rubbish tip, turn right onto Bulgas Rd. Follow this about 2km to the forest (the road turns to gravel).
Note that the 'Directions there' google maps link below may not give the best route/destination. It seems that google maps ignores Bulgas Rd when selecting a route and gives the next closest spot. The 'Meeting point' link should be correct.
I wasn't sure what to call this but I think a 'Mini Gravity Enduro' is an apt description. We wanted to give this event a go to see what all the hype is about.
The general idea:
- all trails are XC trails (DH bike not required but possible with hard work, a XC hard tail would also be fine)
- there will be un-timed mainly uphill sections and timed mainly downhill sections
- the timed sections will include some uphill, but not much
- there will be about 4 timed sections that will be maximum of 1-3km each
The idea is you can ride the un-timed sections with your mates and brag about how good your run just was.
*update*:
Cost: $10 (+ $20 day license for non-MTBA members)
Categories: - Mens/Womens/Juniors. There'll be a separate hard tail category.
- Also there's a B category that will only do stages 1 and 2 (same as juniors). This would be suitable for those that are newer to MTBing or don't want to climb the big hill.
Starting: Standing start, self seeding, with 30s gaps between riders.
Overtaking: If you are caught by a rider get out of the way as soon as safely possible.
Timing: this will be different to other events because of the spread out timing points required. It's based on synced watches/clocks at the start/finish. The raw start/finish times will be put onto a card that you carry then collated at the end. Depending on the number of helpers we get you may be timing yourselves or each other.
For those that know the forest and track names:
Stage 1: North Shore - the last downhill we use for many races (~1km, 65m elevation drop)
Stage 2: Highest point in goat track, down the steeper section then across the road down Owen's Rest and to the car park (1.4km (~80m elevation drop), my time is about 3:20mins)
Stage 3: Head South East from the highest point in forest down to start of John Doe, Down John Doe (there's an uphill pinch here) then down the old 'race track' to the dam (~3km, ~160m elevation drop)
Stage 4: North Shore again, same as stage 1.
**update again**
Start Time: Sign on from 9:30am, we start up the hill at 10am.
Category B and Juniors will do stages 1 and 2 (and not do stages 3/4).
Note that we've changed the order of stages 2 and 3 (the big stage is now stage 3). This is to better cater for B grade and Juniors, their two stages will be done first, then the rest of us can complete the next two stages.
Un-timed link sections: To make life easier for marking out we will do the un-timed uphill transport stages as a group. This will make the event take a little longer but will make for a more social time, be more welcoming for beginners and make it safer with everyone together, especially for juniors and beginners.
Yellomundee RP track maintenance
There's a car park (click for foggy picture) on Springwood Road - just down the way from Hawkesbury Heights if you're looking for a suburb name.
Have you ever helped maintain the tracks you ride on? Here's a chance to help improve the tracks at Yellomundee Regional Park in conjunction with WSMTB Club. Saturday 25 May from 8.30am, followed by a BBQ lunch (by WSMTB).
We will be doing erosion control work to make the tacks more sustainable - so bring shovels, wheelbarrows, etc - and a ute or two would be great! Wear trousers and boots.
All welcome. Keep an eye on the WSMTB Facebook page for any last minute updates.
Dirty Duathlon - Off road run/ride race
The city of Orange is around 4 hrs from Sydney and 3 hrs from Canberra. Kinross State Forest is situated on the northeast edge of town, a 10 minute drive or 20 minute ride from the Orange town centre.
Meet at the Bulgas Road carpark, Western edge of the forest.
In June we are combining with the Orange Triathlon club to put on a 'Dirty Duathlon'. This will combine off road running with off road riding.
We tried this last year but got washed out.
I have a feeling that us mountain bikers will be catching people during the bike leg so take it easy and be nice as you pass. Especially as the tri-athletes will be catching us again on the run
Have a think about what shoes and pedals to use and as you will switch. These tri-athletes are used to swapping shoes quick and we have to try and not be humiliated too much
Duathlon Details
We will hold the following races starting at 10:00am:
. Juniors 400m run 1km bike 400m run
. Mid 1.5km run, 6km bike, 1.5km run
. Long 3km run, 12km bike, 3km run
Register between 9:00 and 9:45
We have to pay State Forests for use of their facilities and day
licences for those non members who have not joined either club yet so
costs will be:
$5 for members of Orange Tri Club and or CWORBC
$15 for non members. If you want to join CWORBC see the membership page under 'club info'.
Details of the course closer to the date.