Auckland Mtb Club

Evening all,

I realise you are all eagerly anticipating seeing the full series results but I’m waiting for the final list to come through from Stephen and some photos from Richard and then I’ll get a full write up posted. Won’t be long….

The final results from Round 3 are attached to this post. Well done to all winners on the day and thanks again to all the volunteers that helped marshal, rego and race timing and course set up/removal. A great effort overall.

A few housekeeping things:

- if you paid by cheque and have noticed that it has not been banked don’t panic, all cheques will be banked this week.

- a number of you joined as members at one of the races and I have your email addresses and will be in touch shortly.

Will have series results up online soon. 

09xc03_rnd_3_final_results

Evening all, I’m just heading out to Woodhill for what looks to be a cracking Christmas party but wanted to remind you about our final race this Sunday.

We’ll be out at Woodhill based down in the overflow car park off the main carpark and we’ll use a course similar to the Wednesday night race course. We’ll have Horleys on hand with pre and post ride drinks, loads of spotties from Horleys, Jungle coffee, R&R Sport (who’ll also be there to help with any last minute servicing requirements) and MZ Mountain Biker mag.

The Auckland champions will be decided this Sunday and it’s taking place in your favourite playground! Rego from 9am, race start at 11am.

Also, below is a link to a PDF showing the series standings to date based on the results of the first two rounds. Note that not all DNFs have been included so it may change a wee bit between now and the end of Racing on Sunday.

Points after TWO

What a superb day! After hours and hours of hard work by Rob, Stephen and some dedicated helpers, the private playground at Slater Round hosted an excellent race that would have been perfect as a final (as it was originally intended).

The racing in all categories was fast and furious with the reduced number of laps being offset by the unrelenting course that offered few places to recover and take on board fuel. Most riders managed the full race distance but today the winners in each category really were the strongest.

The weather was also a bit of a challenge – cool temperatures, light rain and mist and a strong wind in places although much of the course was sheltered in the trees. The spectators did well to hang around in the cold for 2 1/2 hours!

Preliminary results are available at the link below and there are some changes still required as I have not got all the DNFs in there. Check through the results and let me know if there are any issues. Particularly well done to Brad Tilby (Expert Open men winner), Raewyn Morrison (Expert Open female winner) and Mike May (Singlespeed winner).

Huge thanks to all the volunteers on the day, particularly the first timers on rego and race timing  and to our series sponsors for the spotties and RnR for the technical support as well. Thanks too to the JAFAKIDS for their intended ride up there this Wednesday to help with course clearing.

I’d also like to add that it was great to see very little litter on the trail (other than lost water bottles!) and riders taking their empty gel sachets back home. Thanks.

Finally, a big thanks to Rob and Marquita for letting us use their property; it’s a course that challenges everyone and I hope we can come back next year too.

09xc02_prelim_results

We’re working on the series points and those will be posted soon and we have loads of pictures from Richard Hooper and we’ll get them loaded up to our Flickr account asap as well.

This is going to be a cracker of an event. Set on the stunning Gt Barrier Island and with a choice of course lengths to suit all fitness levels there is something for everyone and the party on Saturday night is going to go off!

Take a look at those pictures. There’s some pretty sweet riding waiting for you so sign up quick as entries close on December 5th.

Check out the event website here and don’t forget to clean your bike and shoes thoroughly to protect the kauri from disease.

Welcome to Round 1 of the 2009 R&R Sport – Auckland MTB Club XC Spring Race Series

Hopefully this post will answer all quesitons you may have on the race, but if not, please feel free to email me here if you have any further questions

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