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Mangamhoe Working Bees: 2010

A lot of digging action will be going down at Mangamahoe in 2010, initially on the trails at the front of the forest, and then moving out the back when the weather cools down a bit.

• Saturday 23rd January 2010, 10am – 3pm.
• Saturday 20th February 2010, 10am – 3pm.
• Saturday 20th March 2010, 10am – 3pm.

We're also running a number of Trail Maintenance Nights to do a bit of trimming and tidy up work on the existing trails:

• Thursday 28th January 2010, 6pm – 7.30pm.
• Thursday 11th February 2010, 6pm – 7.30pm.
• Thursday 25th February 2010, 6pm – 7.30pm.
• Thursday 11th March 2010, 6pm – 7.30pm.

Generally it's a good idea to wear suitable footwear, bring along some gloves and food and water.
No tools supplied, so please bring something useful for trail maintenance or new development.

New Taranaki Event: Te Kiri, Opunake 7 Feb

The Opunake Lions have just announced a new summer ride, taking place near Opunake on 7 February 2010. Two courses are on offer: a gentle short course that will be used for South Taranaki's Mayoral Bike Ride Challenge effort, and a "rather more strenuous" 20km off-road route (liking the sound of that one!).

South Taranaki District Council is sponsoring the short course, and the Opunake Lions the longer course. There will be prizes for both routes and some decent food etc available post-event.

Both courses will start and finish at the Te Kiri Hall which has good showers and changing rooms.

Event Details
Start: 10.00am, Sunday 7 February 2010
Location: Te Kiri Hall, Eltham Road 10 km out of Opunake.
Entry: Short course: FREE, long course: $10/adult, $5/U13, $15/family.

It's great to see more grass-roots events like this springing up around Taranaki - get out there and support it!

6 Hours of Hurt: Results

The results are in from Sunday's 6-Hours of Hurt event. Last-minute deviant new additions to the course, a healthy dose of rain, and some relatively fresh trails combined for some pretty testing conditions for the field of 29 riders. Top effort to all those that took part.

SOLO MEN

1. Thomas Lindup 
   
   33:39, 57:16, 1:21:53, 1:46:39, 2:12:31, 2:38:40, 3:05:41, 3:32:41, 4:00:58, 4:31:05, 5:02:10, 5:34:18.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Greg Simpson 
   
   38:55, 1:06:30, 1:35:14, 2:03:26, 2:32:45, 3:01:46, 3:33:45, 4:05:50, 4:39:11, 5:10:32, 5:45:18
   
   
   
   
   
3. Brent Simpson 
   
   39:40, 1:07:23, 1:35:10, 2:05:14, 2:34:55, 3:05:15, 3:35:54, 4:08:16, 4:41:45, 5:13:04, 5:48:24
   
   
   
   
   
4. Carl Whittleston 
   
   42:34, 1:11:10, 1:41:11, 2:15:07, 2:49:37, 3:25:06, 4:00:24, 4:39:07, 5:16:48, 5:51:20
   
   
   
   
   
5. Merv Hunger
   41:33, 1:11:15, 1:41:26, 2:15:06, 2:49:24, 3:25:04, 4:00:37, 4:39:04, 5:21:12
   
6. Ed Whiting
   44:34, 1:15:54, 1:49:51, 2:24:42, 3:00:35, 3:47:16, 4:32:04, 5:08:16, 5:45:48
   
7. Matt Goodsell 42:17, 1:12:22, 1:44:05, 2:20:27

SOLO VETERAN

1. Clive Telford 42:33, 1:13:54, 1:55:05, 3:13:36, 3:44:23, 4:14:57, 4:50:12
   
2. Dennis Gibson 58:27, 1:40:02, 2:36:14, 3:32:26, 5:37:45

SOLO JUNIOR

1. Josh Gibson 1:22:59, 2:30:02, 3:32:29, 4:35:46, 5:37:42

2 PERSON MEN

1. Triclops: Shane Wilson and Lawson Freeman
   39:10, 1:04:30, 1:31:56, 1:58:45, 2:27:05, 2:53:28, 3:22:25, 3:53:44, 4:23:54, 4:53:43, 5:25:36, 5:59:15
   
2. The Lobbyists: Dixon Lobb and Hasely Lobb
   41:12, 1:15:52, 1:43:07, 2:19:10, 2:46:34, 3:22:21, 3:49:22, 4:26:15, 4:53:16, 5:31:29
   
3. Are we there yet: Scott Siffleet and Nick Siffleet
   52:28, 1:29:15, 2:04:10, 2:40:48, 3:18:03, 3:56:23, 4:32:52, 5:10:03, 5:49:39

2 PERSON VETERAN

1. 1. 100+: Ron Parkes and Wayne Howarth
   36:36, 1:01:54, 1:27:29, 1:57:11, 2:27:32, 2:52:53, 3:19:22, 3:50:19, 4:17:19, 4:45:12, 5:18:14, 5:47:47

2 PERSON JUNIOR

1. Chocolate Fish: Scott Valintine and Cody Macdonald
   
   43:52, 1:18:32, 1:46:36, 2:18:11, 2:52:58, 3:20:39, 3:58:45, 4:29:09, 5:04:03, 5:38:52,
   
   
   

3 PERSON MEN

1. Ground Tank: Ross Valintine, Paul Muter and Liam O'Neill
   
   40:31, 1:06:32, 1:37:25, 2:04:05, 2:34:51, 3:02:23, 3:33:22, 4:04:20, 4:32:20, 5:04:35, 5:36:44,
   
   
   
   
   
2. Mitchell Cycles: Dave Morgan, Roger Nightingale, Sean Patterson
   
   40:22, 1:09:43, 1:37:31, 2:06:30, 2:40:09, 3:16:50, 3:45:44, 4:15:18, 4:42:22, 5:10:15, 5:40:01,
   
   
   

3 PERSON MIXED

1. Pegasus: Graeme Lindup, Grant Pease and Emma Coplestone
   
   52.02, 1.26.32, 2.05.31, 2.41.34, 3.16.01, 3.55.44, 4.31.54, 5.08.29, 5.54.13
   
   
   

6 Hours of Hurt: in glorious technicolour

In Auckland people pay hundreds of dollars for a mud facial. Suckers.

6 Hours of racing at Mangamahoe - December 6th

Results in detail posted above.

News article in the local paper with winners mentioned:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/3131303/Sore-but-successful

Feature on Craig:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/3136119/Craig-enjoys-making-testing-courses

Track for 6-Hour race announced

The New Plymouth Mountain Bikers are stoked to announce the trail for the upcoming 6-Hour Teams cross-country race, 6 December at the Lake Mangamahoe Trails:

1. Start at gravel car park
2. Start loop down gravel towards river before turning left into Kiwi Trail (this short section is for the start lap only, and is to spread the riders out going into the singletrack).
3. Follow Kiwi Trail to the main gravel road (Shane and Craig have created a special treat at this point), before rejoining the Kiwi Trail and following back to Kea Trail.
4. Turn left off the Kea Trail into Hudson’s Alley.
5. Exit of Hudson’s onto the gravel road and turn right into the first 4wd track.
6. Turn right into Blue Duck and into the Hihi Trail.
7. Near the end of the Hihi, turn right into the Club Link Trail which joins back into the Kea Trail.
8. Follow the rest of the Kea Trail and cross the gravel road back into the end of the Kiwi Trail.
9. Change riders and repeat.

The course is approx 6.5km long.

6-Hour Race: Entry Form

Entry forms for the NPMTB 6-Hour race on Sunday 6 December are now available. Click on the image below to download and print or pick up from any of Taranaki's bike shops. Entry can be completed and paid for on the day. Huge thanks to race sponsors and supporters AvantiPlus Mitchell cycles, Cycle Inn, Fuji Zerox, 02 Project and Raceway Cycles.

It's a Sign!

With all the new trailbuilding going down at Mangamahoe in recent months, some signage to get people to all the new trails was long overdue.

Fortunately that's been rectified with some flash new temporary signage created by Craig with printing support from Fuji Xerox NP.

Signs indicate the trail names, directional info and trail grading. Read signs backwards for hidden message (like the course for the 6-hour race, perhaps)...

Yes. Oh yes.

It's fair to say that any work party where guys turn up with a chainsaw and a nail gun is a good work party. As you'll see from the pics yesterday's one was particularly good. Huge thanks to all those that turned up and pitched in, and the trails are looking super-sweet for both the 6-Hour race on 6 December, and a solid summer of riding. Bring it on...

Great Turn Out for Working Bee

Lunch break at Mangamahoe for those at the trail making working bee. Thanks to all those who came to help get the new track through from end to end.

Bridge to Somewhere

More digging action took place at Mangamahoe over the weekend, and we now have some very very sweet looking trail feeding the new bridge.

To find out just where the bridge is, take a ride and see if you can find it...

As usual, top work Craig and Shane.

Building Bridges

The results of Saturday's work party at Mangamahoe. Looking forward to testing this out in summer...

The return of the 3-HOUR RACE

New Plymouth Mountain Bikers announce the second in their XC Teams Race series: 3-Hours Part 2, at Colson Road on 18 October.

The format is similar to the recent Mangamahoe Race, with the added bonus of proper toilets from the good folks at the New Plymouth SPCA, more fresh singletrack hand-crafted by trail pixies, and more great spot prizes from O2 Project.

Access is down the SPCA drive (please bring a donation or some puppy or kitty food), with parking there if fine or at the road if wet.

Download a poster as a PDF file: Race poster

Club now a registered charitable entity under Charities Act

The club has received notification it has been recognised as a Charitable Entity under the Charities Act of 2005. This enables the club to apply for funding from charitable trusts etc.

Club Events: November - December 2009

Join the New Plymouth Mountain Bikers Club on the following events over the coming months:

• Saturday 21 November, 10.00 am: Working Bee for new tracks at Mangamahoe.

• Saturday 21 November, 7.30 pm: Club Christmas Party, The Pub, Devon St.
  
  
• Sunday 6 December, 10.00 am: 6 Hour Teams XC race at Mangamahoe. More info/flyer out soon.
  

Useful info:
Rides happen rain, shine or snow.

Kiwi Outdoors Urban Rogaine Series is on again

For mountain bikers, runners and walkers here in New Plymouth; for teams of 2 to 5:

Event schedule:

4th November and every subsequent Wednesday evening up to and including 9th December.

Rego 5.30 pm to 5.45 pm. Events start at 6 pm and finish by 9 pm. Prepay tickets available at Kiwi Outdoors.

More details here:

Orienteering Taranaki

3-Hrs: Filty Dirty Photos*

*They're muddy mountain bike race photos, but we've just got 2,000 Google hits.
All pics Craig Treanor.

Race Results: 3-Hours of Colson Road

The second of the NPMTB 3-hour races drew a solid field of 46 riders - not bad considering the crap weather and unnamed mountain bike guide book calling it the worst ride in the country. But recent digging efforts by Shane and Axle have built a mighty fine XC circuit round the outside of the forest that's going to ride very nicely when (if?) things dry out a bit.

Big thanks to Craig, for pulling everything together for another good race, and the SPCA for helping with access, use of toilet and entertaining spectators with really cute animals. Incriminating photographs will be posted shortly...

The next race on the calendar is the epic 6 Hours of Hurt: Mangamahoe, Sunday 6 December, but there's a bunch happening in mountain biking in Taranaki before then. Stay tuned.

Results: 3-Hours Teams Race at Colson Road, 18 October 2009

Female 1 Cristi G 49.42 104.33 167.20

Junior 1 Mitchell H 26.56 58.39 95.18 135.19 172.27
Junior 2 Cody McD 30.02 65.38 102.18 139.30 175.34
Junior 3 Scott V 32.24 84.42 129.26 174.20
Junior 4 Josh G 52.04 106.54 166.07

Open 1 Thomas L 20.56 44.04 68.02 93.16 118.31 144.31 169.42
Open 2 Greg S 26.41 55.15 85.11 115.28 145.47 176.22
Open 3 Dave M 33.31 64.17 94.28 125.27 155.30
Open 4 Matt G 29.49 66.00
Open 5 Lawson F 31.38 66.02

Vet 1 James M 29.54 62.33 97.15 136.41 171.33
Vet 2 Paul P 31.55 67.18 103.00 142.25 179.32
Vet 3 Sean 34.45 75.32 119.07 159.40
Vet 4 Alan C 50.36 97.46 147.03
Vet 5 Eddie H 50.56 98.22 148.04
Vet 6 Dennis J 49.38 104.32 167.15

Team-2 1 100+ 28.24 54.42 85.57 112.59 142.40 173.08
Team-2 2 Halfast 26.44 58.01 85.30 117.54 145.29 177.50
Team-2 3 KONIS 27.33 57.45 87.11 117.16 147.06 178.23
Team-2 4 Old School 30.14 58.13 90.16 119.42 151.55 179.52
Team-2 5 Road Kill 27.11 61.15 90.37 127.21 165.21
Team-2 6 Nathan + Si 40.44 76.59 119.12 156.55 171.49
Team-2 7 Lobbyists 31.40 75.14 105.54 146.56 177.05
Team-2 8 Puffing like Porn Stars 46.29 80.22 130.26 163.45
Team-2 9 Hopeless Harrys 40.40 98.12 142.20

Team-3 1 Cycle Inn 30.08 55.49 90.35 122.27 150.02
Team-3 2 G+B+N 40.21 73.56 102.09 143.28 170.02
Team-3 3 Young Ones 34.48 69.20 106.16 139.40

Updated Mangamahoe Trail Map

Following the addition of new trails at Mangamahoe, here's an updated trail map with trail names and locations. Trail signage is currently in development and will be put in place by summer. Click the image to download A4 sized map.

New tracks at Mangamahoe

New tracks are appearing in the southern end of Mangamahoe down by the river:

Check them out! Trail map updated see above.





Photo of exit to Piwakawaka Trail:

Results from the 3 hours of Mangamahoe

Download the results file from here: 3 Hours of Mangamahoe Results

Open Teams:
Name	Laps	Time
Useless	13	3:07:10
Extreme	11	3:06:10
Beaurcrats	10	3:06:05
Whittleston Boys	10	3:06:35
Team Dave	9	3:07:10
Si & Nath	8	2:51:00
O2 Project	8	3:04:50
Open Vets Teams:
Team Name	Laps	Time
Never Get Lost	11	3:03:30
Team Mitchell Cycles	11	3:06:50
Grant Peters/ John Eagles	10	2:53:00
Corry Andrews/ Tony Parish	8	2:56:00
Mixed Teams:
Name	Laps	Time
Scruff 'n'Tuff	9	3:16:30
Flaming Mullets	9	3:18:05
Cobra	8	3:15:10
Huff 'n' Puff	7	3:03:35
Solo Men:
Name	Laps	Time
Darry Stevens	13	3:0815
Thomas Lindup	12	2:53:00
O2 Solo	11	3:05:25
Nose 1	10	2:58:40
Sean Froude	10	3:06:30
Lawson Freeman	10	3:09:20
Andy Greenhill	8	3:12:35
Matthew Vale	7	2:42:00
Darren Mason	7	2:53:00
Allan Swenson	7	3:01:35
Eddie Hamilton	6	2:58:00
Garan Sinclair	5	1:31:00
Derek McGreal	5	2:33:00
Alan Chapman	5	2:52:00
Solo Vet Men:
Name	Laps	Time
Gregg Simpson	12	3:14:30
Brent Simpson	11	3:11:10
Alan deLatour	10	3:01:20
Graeme Lindup	7	3:06:50
Solo Vet Women:
Name	Laps	Time
Karen O'Brien	7	3:20:40
Solo Juniors:
Name	Laps	Time
Nick Sutton	11	2:59:10
Mitchell Holyoak	10	3:03:10
Cody Macdonald	8	3:03:55
Caine Osborn	6	3:12:50