August 22, 2010
I know you’re watching the website ’cause I can see the visitor counter tick over so here is what your looking for. I sorted the issues i was having with the software while you lot were collecting the spot prizes and I think everything is now correct. Plase check it out though and let me know if there are any issues.
Thanks to everyone that turned up to race today – i think the conditions were a surprise to many and it seems that Woodhill can really do slippery and muddy. The smiles and many ‘great course’ comments at the end showed you enjoyed it so a big thanks to Mark Topliss and Haydz at Bikeparks for helping to lay the course out and the volunteers the day before for helping to mark it.
A very big thank you to all of our volunteers that have been involved with this race series and to the marshalls that volunteered on the day. Many (in fact, most) were new to the race series and the club and I can’t thank you all enough. I won’t name each of you as I’d inevitably leave someone out but you know who you are and I’m really grateful.
Finaly, a huge thanks to our sponsors today. R&R Sport for supplying a mechanic and some top spotties as well as Jungle, NZ MTBer magazine and Horleys and Bikeparks sponsoring this round and throwing in hundreds of $$ of goodies. Awesome.
Round 2 is Slater Rd on the 19th Sept; the weekend after the day nighter. Slater Road is a stunning private venue with some pristine trails and the race is a good chance to ride somewhere new. However, we need to get in there and mark the course and groom the trails and Rob has asked that we send a crew in on Sunday 5th Sept. Please can you drop me an email to let me know if you can make it – it would be great to see some of you racers along to help as this is for you afterall and you’ll also get chance to do some hard laps of the course which you can’t really do when we mark the course the day before. Please drop me an email if you can make it.
If anyone wants to write up a brief race report and fire it over to me I’d happily post it up on the website.
Thanks again and the results are here…..
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Marke
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Posted by markejt
August 21, 2010
Tomorrow (Sunday 22nd August) is Round 1 of the Auckland MTB Club XC Series.
Again sponsored by R&R, we also have Horleys, Jungle Coffee and NZ MTBRider mag on board too contributing to the spotties. We have $2000 of spotties per round and every race entrant will be in with a shot.
Rego is from 8.30 to 9.30 tomorrow with the event village based in the overflow car park off the main car park out at Woodhill.
Full race details on this page.
Google map for Woodhill newbies here.
See you there!!
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Posted by markejt
August 8, 2010
Hi folks,
In readiness for the club AGM on 17th August I have prepared a ‘State of the Nation’ paper (updated slightly from the one posted on Sunday) to detail how the club operates and what we need to survive. The reality is that unless we get some more people prepared to step onto the committee to help out, the future viability of the club is in question. Yes we are having a discussion and vote on a whether to pursue a merging with another club (see below) but the reality is that we still need a sufficient number of people around the table to get things done, irrespective of whether we merge or not.
So, a number of things are attached:
1. the ‘State of the Nation’ paper
2. a 2010 nomination form for those looking to make their involvement a little more formal
3. The Agenda
4. SGM notice of constitutional changes to come shortly
5. Current Auckland Mtb Club constitution
As mentioned above, the idea of merging (in some way, shape or form) has been floated within the committee for a short while but given the workload of those involved, we were not really sure how to deal with it, preferring instead to focus on the AGM and attracting new mmbers onto the committee. However, the reality is that a merger is something that needs to be discussed with members and thats what we will do on Tuesday. We have placed in the agenda a 45 minute slot for discussing the future direction of the club at the end of which a vote shall be taken on whether it is appropriate to pursue. If it is, we shall move that the incoming committee puts the nuts and bolts of a merger together and presents it back to members at an SGM at a later date. If you wish to vote on this, make sure you some along on Tuesday.
We are meeting at The Drake, on Drake St near Victoria Park. Map link here
Meeting start time is 7 pm with food and an open bar from 6.30.
After the SGM there will be more food and drink available briefly before we get into the AGM.
Hopefully we’ll be wrapped up by 9.30 or so.
This year, the AGM will be vitally important to the future of the club. Please come along and show your support.
Thanks,
Marke
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Current AMC constitution
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Posted by markejt
August 8, 2010
Afternoon folks,
As you all should know by now, Round 2 of the 2010 R&R Sport – Auckland MTB Club race series is based at Slater Road and prior to the race, Rob has asked if a group of us can get up there, groom the trails to be used for the race (he’ll mark it out with temporary markers) and we can mark it properly for the race too.
It’ll also be a good opportunity for anyone racing there to get a fast few laps in as you won’t be racing the next day. Given that this is private land opened up us especially for this race it would be nice to see some of you racers turn up and help out.
Please email me (marke@aucklandmtb.co.nz) and let me know if you are keen to help out. Thanks.
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Posted by markejt
August 3, 2010
Evening folks,
Just thought you’d like to know that entry for the Woodhill Singlespeed champs on September 25th is open. It promises to be a cracker with the Auckland MTB club showing its support by offering race timing and providing the online entry facilities. Click the logo to go through to the online entry page.
Aso, don’t forget that entries for our race series are open too with the racing kicking off in just a few weeks time. Click here to go to our Race Series page for more details and online entry.
Cheers
Marke
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Posted by markejt
July 26, 2010
Evening all,
so the big news is that with a whisker under four weeks to go our race series is almost good to go and the online entries are open.
Check out the Race Series page for all up-to-date info and a link to online rego.
You can also download the entry form to send it in to us and there’ll be entry form hitting the shops as soon as we get them back from the printers.
Come and join us for the four races and see what you’re made of!
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Posted by markejt
July 26, 2010
We’ve been harping on about this one for a while but it is an important one. We are going to have a brief SGM prior to the AGM to make some changes to our rather out-of-date constitution and then we’ll jump into the AGM proper.
I shall be circulating a notice of the constitution changes to all members and also a brief statement on the state of the club and what we need moving forward. I shall also post the documents online.
Everyone is welcome to attend the AGM and SGM. There’ll be an open bar and some nibbles provided too.
Tuesday 17th August, The Drake bar (next to Vic Park) in the upstairs function room. SGM kicks off at 7pm prompt. Look forward to seeing you there.
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Posted by markejt
July 26, 2010
Quick reminder folks – don’t forget that Megan’s Arch Hill hot lap series is on again tonight.
Good chance to get out on a Monday night, the trails are in the city and some good prizes are up for grabs. Get down there and support her efforts to raise money for her international racing campaign.
Full details on her blog.
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Posted by markejt
July 21, 2010
Here’s a report from Simon on yesterday’s Karioi Classic:
The Waikato fog finally lifted in the Raglan foothills, revealing Raglan harbour and Mt Karioi in full sunshine. This beautiful maunga is the centre of the inaugural 45k gravel backroad race, with about 15 km of seal and grass. Clockwise around, just don’t turn left.
No single track, so it is not really a mountain bike race. I tricked out my commuter with CX tyres and it proved a fast enough combination. There were still a lot of soft 26′s on knobblies which would have taken a bit of grunt to move fast.
Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by markejt
July 18, 2010
Looking to start your tune up as we inch closer to the first big races of the year? fancy a good social night on a Monday in the heart of the city? Megan is once again raising funds for her overseas campaign and will be holding a ‘hot lap’ series out at Arch Hill for the next four weeks starting tomorrow.
Racing kicks off on Monday 19th July and you can get all the details off Megan’s blog here.
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