AMBCDetails of Adelaide Mountain Bike Club races. Refer to Gravity Enduro SA (GESA) category for GESA events.
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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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:
Starting at 9:00am on Saturday 01st Aug 2015 – email racedirector@ambc.asn.au
to register your interest/attendance.
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!
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*:
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*Some of these links may not be useful to everyone
Results are up on the website – click here to go to the results page
If you spot any errors or stray emus, let timing@ambc.asn.au know. They’ll be finalised at 6:00pm, Wednesday 24th June 2015.
The Elite points table has also been updated – make sure you check this – I’m prone to crunching numbers funny sometimes. If you spot an error email timing@ambc.asn.au.
Non-qualifiers for the series have been removed – Remember, you need to race in at least 2 x Hammer Nutrition 4 hour enduros and 2 x Giant XCOs to qualify.
Massive thanks to everyone who helped out today.
If you were wondering what that buzzing noise was, here’s a sneak of what was captured by Brett Caston and his drone –
AMBC would like to thank Hammer Nutrition for their ongoing support of the Enduro series. Check out their website for information pertaining to their product. Remember that AMBC members are entitled to 15% off all orders – check out the sponsor page for info.
The next race is the first round of the Giant Adelaide XCO series. Heading into the quarry of a place, Eagle MTB Park, you can be sure the next race will be fast and furious with a touch of lung busting fun!
The calendar page has links to the rest of this years races.
If you can’t wait until August to get your race on, the SRAM Gravity Enduro SA round 1, also sponsored by Giant Adelaide, is on 28th June. Entries closing on 24th June @ 9:00pm – click here for rego. Click here for the GESA Website.
Port Adelaide Cycling Club also have 2 cyclocross events in July – 5th and 19th. They have an open grade that allows for MTBs and grades to suit everyone else. Check out the website for details – PACC Cyclocross page.
See you on the trails!
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THIS WEEKEND!
The final round of the Hammer Nutrition 4 Hour Enduros is on this Sunday 21st June 2015.
The venue is Craigburn Farm. The gate will be open, so parking is available track side. Make sure you park West (further down the road than the) of the first trail head – this avoids disturbing local residents.
Race starts at 9am with sign-on opening at 8am.
Online registration only, closes at 10:00am on Saturday 20th June 2015
click here to register!
Volunteers required for this round:
If you can help out in any capacity send an email to info@ambc.asn.au (our Volunteers coordinator is on leave for this race).
Course map is:
and course marking will be happening at some point on Saturday.
Sadly, the next episode of FatChat will not be available until after this race – the author is away for the next two weeks. I’m sure they’ll make something up to give this round some coverage though!
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Preliminary results are up for the second round of the Hammer Nutrition 4 hour enduros.
We had some issues with the transponders this time around, so make sure you check your results and make sure they’re accurate and represent your effort in these pristine MTB conditions. If you spot an error, email timing@ambc.asn.au. If you have a GPS file, send that through as well.
Next race is at Craigburn Farm is now 3 weeks away – 21st June 2015. Entries are open – check out the links below for more information!
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