So we have now reached the business end of 2017….
Thank you to all the members, competitors, sponsors, committee and volunteers who have made 2017 a great year, the club wouldn’t exist without you!
Business end means that the state champs are just around the corner and it’s time to get excited!!
The 2017 XCO Paris Creek State Championships will be hold at Fox Creek 5th November 2017 and online entries are now open. Most of the details are already covered on our champs page but read on for anything that’s not covered already.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)
The AGM will be taking place right before presentations for the State Champs. This will be at around 2:00pm. The official proceedings will take about 5-10 minutes and cover the financials of the club for the year and the committee members for 2018.
STATE CHAMPS
If you are after an on the day rundown or to see who the current state champs are visit our website. For this race AMBC reverts to Mountain Bike Australia age classification categories. Age categories are calculated based on age on 31st December 2017. We have put up a guide of the number of laps for each category on our website.
Morning racing starts at 9:30 (sign on 8:15am)
Mid-morning racing starts 11:30 (sign on 10:30am)
As a guide women, juniors and master 7/8 men race in the morning. everyone else races mid morning. Online rego is now open. Don’t forget to enter, rego closes Saturday at 10am. If you have difficulties entering please contact registration@ambc.asn.au
Presentations will take place as soon as all the racing has finished at Anderson Hill Winery, just across the road from the trails.
RACE COURSE INFO
We are always looking for vollies to help with pre-race course set up and maintenance.
If you are able to help out even if only for a short time please contact racedirector@ambc.asn.au. All help is greatly appreciated and you will be rewarded for your hard work.
The proposed lap is 6km in length and approximately 170m of climbing per lap. A GPX file is available here and we also have a lap course on our strava event (or at least we will by the end of today).
CATERING
Yes! Every entrant will receive a $10 voucher to spend at Anderson Hill winery on the day where we will be holding our presentations.
VOLLIES
We need you. These races can’t happen without the good work done by our vollies. If you are available to help set up or pack up or anything else please contact us racedirector@ambc.asn.au
MEMBERSHIP
Its cheaper to race as a club member. To join or renew visit the MTBA website and select Adelaide Mountain Bike Club as your club: https://www.mtba.asn.au/
MORE INFO
http://ambc.asn.au/event-info/state-championship-race/
https://web.facebook.com/events/351692821922416/
https://www.strava.com/clubs/118795/group_events/218046