Results from the 1st 1 hour XC race at Colson Road

There was some great results that happened over the weekend:

All the XC tracks at Mangamahoe have been cleared of the tree pruning/thinning debris left by the NPDC contractors. This has been a monumental effort by Craig and the track crew and those who have put in the time over the past weeks clearing the existing tracks for all now to ride.

27 riders turned up for the one hour race at Colson Road on Sunday morning. The race results are below:

Race #	Name	Class	LAPS	Finish time	Class Place	Overall Place
36	Scott Valintine	JM	7	01:00:49	1	16
1	Nathan Whittleston	JM	5	01:02:54	2	26
8	Darry Stevens	OM	10	01:05:51	1	1
18	Tony Brownrigg	OM	9	01:01:27	2	2
5	Chris Wischnowsky	OM	9	01:05:27	3	4
14	Lawson Freeman	OM	9	01:07:06	4	6
30	Mark Gordon	OM	9	01:07:30	5	7
2	Matt Goodsell	OM	9	01:07:59	6	9
35	Ross Valintine	OM	8	01:03:33	7	11
38	Mark Duynhoven	OM	8	01:05:02	8	14
32	Paul Muter	OM	8	01:06:55	9	15
28	Wayne Harrison	OM	7	01:06:39	10	20
37	Jenn O'Conner	OW	8	00:00:42	1	10
24	Emma Coplestone	OW	3
27	Graeme McBeth	VM	9	01:04:25	1	3
26	Shane Wilson	VM	9	01:05:41	2	5
17	Alan De Lautour	VM	9	01:07:47	3	8
6	Paul Plumtree	VM	8	01:03:47	4	12
16	Ron Parkes	VM	8	01:03:55	5	13
31	Adrian Lobb	VM	7	01:01:52	6	17
33	Sean Froude	VM	7	01:03:22	7	18
23	Graeme Lindup	VM	7	01:03:51	8	19
3	Brett Tanner	VM	6	01:01:46	9	22
12	Darren Mason	VM	6	01:04:39	10	24
7	Fiona Plumtree	VW	7	01:09:30	1	21
34	Colleen Froude	VW	6	01:03:37	2	23
19	Karen O'Brien	VW	6	01:06:22	3	25

A downloadable PDF file with all the lap times:

Detailed race results here.

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MTB skills clinics and the Race School in New Plymouth Winter/Spring 2010

Club members Andrew Patterson and Jenn O'Connor are running some MTB technique and skills training sessions at Mangamahoe in the coming weeks.

Dates are:

Saturday 31st July

Sunday 8th August

Sunday 15th August

This is a great chance for you to improve your off-road riding skills through being with two local riders who have a lot of experience working with XC riders internationally. Sessions limited to 15 participants so be in quick!

More details on their website at the link below:

MTB Skills Sessions

They have a reduced price for club members which is another incentive for those whose membership has lapsed to join up ASAP. Details on how to do so are on the right of the website in the area labelled "Contact + Membership".

Andy and Jenn are aiming to build up the MTB literacy within the region which they then can follow up on with a Race School academy which they will deliver in the Spring. With this they hope to educate and support the MTB racers within the community to both enjoy XC racing and progress to a high national level and more long term, an international level.

There is a link in their website (here) for you to let them know you are interested in going along.

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Upcoming Events - Updated

Upcoming events!

Racing - yes time to tune up your racing bike - NOTE venue swap from what was previously advertised!:

Sunday 1st August: Mangamahoe

Registration from: 9:30 am Start time: 10:00 am

XC race will be for one hour. There will be grades for the juniors similar to the TSSSA XC race as well as the usual ones for the Senior women and men. All welcome;

Entry fees:

Club members: Juniors $3 Senior $5

Non members: Juniors $5 Senior $10

Other events being planned:

• A couple of night races during the week, most likely a couple of Wednesdays in August and early September before the Taupo Day Night Thriller event.
• Some short course races also during the week after daylight saving kicks in late September.
• Some handicap XC races, timing yet to be determined.
• Another DH event when the weather is a bit drier!

Taupo Day Night Thriller trip

It's nearly that time again for the Taupo Day Night Thriller.

So if your keen to go let us know, we want as many mountain bikers from the Naki as we can get. Last year was great, so let's make this year even better. If you need a ride let us know, so we can help you find a ride.

Ride co-ordination, contact Shane, phone 06 753 7389 - evenings

The club has reserved some accommodation at the Taupo Top10 Holiday Park which next door to the race venue, Spa Park. But we need to pay a deposit early next week; 2 units, one sleeping 4 and one sleeping 6 have been reserved. Cost per head for a bed = $116 for the two nights.

Another cheaper option is at the Blackcurrant Backpackers where it is $50 for two nights in a 7 person dorm. This is closer to town.

If you would like to take a bed(s) at either of these, you need to contact Sandra ASAP and at the latest by Sunday 4th July:

Contact details: phone: 021 102 2047