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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