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AGM, Final Giant XCO and Masters Games

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The final round of the Giant XCO is upon us this weekend. The race is it Craigburn and we need the usual crew of volunteers to help out on the day:

  • BBQ MasterChef – flip a sausage or two. Maybe chop some onions.
  • Course pack up – always a favourite after smashing down a Solo.
  • Registration desk – get to know people and their plates.

REGISTRATION CLOSES: 10 am Sat 10th Oct so make sure you click on THIS LINK and go through the steps. If you have any dramas, shoot an email to timing@ambc.asn.au BEFORE 10am Sat.

 

The MTB leg of the Australian Masters Games is on the Saturday before the race. If you haven’t entered, you’re basically missing the Masters Games, but feel free to come along and politely heckle the competitors.

 

A final note for this post is the announcement of the clubs Annual General Meeting. All members should have received an email with more details. If you’re not a member and are interested in helping the committee, you’re more than welcome to. We’ll sort out a MTBA membership and free race entries if that’s your thing (so long as you’re not timing). The club is particularly looking to fill the following positions:

  • Secretary
  • Registration Coordinator
  • Timing Coordinator
  • Media Coordinator
  • Sponsorship Coordinator

If you think you can help out, send a very informal “I’d like to help with (insert role)” to info@ambc.asn.au

The AGM will be held at the State Champs on 08th November 2015 at aprox. 2pm – just before presentations.

Gravity Enduro South Australia are also looking for a couple of people to step up and assist with organising the races for next year. If you’re interested in that, head over to their Facebook page and shoot them a message.

LINKS | Register Now | Race Location | XCO Series Info

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Giant XCO Round 1 results

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Results are up! Check out the results page

Let timing@ambc.asn.au know if you spot an error.

Well done to everyone who rolled out to help out and/or race.

Next race is on 13 Sep 2015 @ Mt. Torrens and entries are open.

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First round: Giant XCO

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SURPRISE! It’s this weekend!

Adelaide MTB Club and Giant Bicycles Adelaide present Round 1 of the Olympic Cross Country MTB race series (aka – lap racing). To be held at the prestigious, multi purpose, purpose built and all round good Eagle MTB Park.

Parking will be on the Mezzanine area. Enter off the old freeway. Race start will, funnily enough, be from the mezzanine area.

Remember that to qualify for the Elite winter series, you need to race in at least two Giant XCO rounds to qualify for the cold, hard cash prizes!

Some points to remember for the XCO races:

FORMAT: You get to ride around following arrows as fast you can for a set number of laps. The human form that completes the number of laps the fastest is deemed the winner.

Chocolate is known to help with getting in good with the timekeeper and race officials. Volunteering works the best.

Start times: We change to a split start time for certain grades. Make sure you know when you’re sign on and start times are for your relevant grade of racing.

In brief:

B-Female, D, E and Junior Grades:

SIGN-ON from 08:30

RACE @ 09:30

Elite Male/Female, B and C Grades:

SIGN-ON from 10:30

RACE @ 11:30

LAPS – that’s right, LAPS! Cascading 6 through to 2, we’ve got laps for everyone!

Remember that laps are subject to change on the day depending on the number of unicorns that enter, alignment of Pluto and the square root of my belly button fluff. This equation changes from race to race.

Click here! for the full, pretty grid style information.

VOLUNTEERS – as always, we’re looking for volunteers to reward with ice cold refreshing drinks (in this weather, no ice required), freshly cooked onions with a side of bread and sausage AND a free transferable race entry. If you think you’d fit these awesome rewards, hit up racevolunteers@ambc.asn.au to register.

What are we after? Glad you asked:

  • Track set up – can’t race without some well placed arrows.

Starting at 9:00am on Saturday 01st Aug 2015 – email racedirector@ambc.asn.au
 to register your interest/attendance.

 

  • BBQ cookers – flip a snag, cut some onions and try not to cry to much.
  • Track pack up – always seeking those keen MTBers to complete one final lap.
  • Registration – issue and receive the timekeepers prized possessions
  • MCing – if you can yell into a mic well and make people laugh more than cringe, you’ll be better than PT (it’s OK, I’m allowed to insult myself).

JUNIORS RIDE/SKILL SESSION: Andy “Goggles” Duncan will be hosting a juniors skills/ride session from 10:30am on Saturday 01st Aug 2015. Please shoot an email at juniors@ambc.asn.au to register your interest.

Glad you’ve mad it this far. Your reward – a race map! ENJOY!

Eagle XCO 2015

If you’ve got questions and have read through the XCO Series info page and still can’t figure out how Deep Thought got to 42, shoot an email to timing@ambc.asn.au and we’ll see if we can figure something out – as the time keeper I have access to variable constants such as belly button fluff mass.

If all else fails – click through these links, I’m sure one of them will be useful*:

Race Location | Join AMBC today | XCO Series Info | Elite Series Info | Register Now | Staggering beauty

*Some of these links may not be useful to everyone

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AMBC EOY Pony Party entry reminder

Noticed a slight hitch this morning and entries were down! Fear not! The problem has been rectified and entries are indeed open until 10am Sat (tomorrow) morning!

Don’t forget that if you’ve raced in 3 or more AMBC endorsed races this years you’re in the draw to win the Giant bike – proudly supplied by Giant Cycling World Adelaide.

Team and individual registrations are available – if you register as an individual we’ll rally some forces to help you raid the Forrest of Doom – it’s dangerous to go alone!

If you have any dramas with registration let timing@ambc.asn.au know. We can sort things out.

More info is available in the original post here.

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State Champs results are up

Preliminary results are up on the results page. They will be finalised at 6:00pm Wednesday. If you have any questions, please send an email to timing@ambc.asn.au

Thanks to David Knight and Evan James for laying out a good tough course. Apparently just over 1,000m of climbing for the 6 laps – I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge!

Thanks to all who volunteered to help out to make this race happen.

Next “race” is on the 6th Dec and will be a pony express – one junior and/or female required per team. No official timing and we will be drawing the raffle for the Giant Bike – two race entries throughout the year will get you in the draw, BUT, you have to be there to win it! More details to follow soon.