On the weekend we had a lowkey shuttle day for some of the people who have been regular helpers at dig days. I put my helmet camera on a couple of them to record some runs. It was a bit of a bugger about the weather, but everyone seemed to enjoy themselves in the mud.
Now's your chance to show off your creative flair. We are looking for designs for Wellington Mountain Bike Club Clothing.
The aim is to create a jersey design for the club that's both appealing and easily identifiable, particularly at race events. The design may also be transferrable to casual tshirts and hoodys.
The winning design will incorporate colours, shapes, symbols and imagery that you see best represents Wellington, WMTBC and its members.
Designs must include the club logo which you can take from our website, or if you would like to request high resolution artwork, you can email Vee:
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Artwork is to be original and not be classified as Copyright.
Entries close Tuesday 31st August.
You can find our more information on how you can submit your design by downloading the competition 'Brief'. This also includes a template of the jersey you can use on page 2.
Submitted designs will be put up on our website, visitors will be able to vote for their favourite design and the Committee will make the decision on the final design and contact the winner.
The Prize!
The winner will take away a piece of their own clothing, with their design, in their size. Also, a pair of Smith Fuel goggles valued at $100!
Thanks to Bike Barn, Wakefield Street, Wellington for supporting this competition!
The Committee is still working through the administration for the Wellington Winter Series events, so there will be a little while before entries for these events are being taken. For now, mark these dates on your calendar and hang tight, these races are going to be a huge step forward for Wellington downhill events so make sure to get amongst it! Maidstone Sunday 19 September
Karori 98 DH Sunday 3 October
FINAL Long Gully (This is a part of the North Island DH Series) 6/7 November
AKDH North Island Series
Tauranga 25/26 September Rotorua 9/10 October Hawkes Bay 30/31 October Wellington 6/7 November Auckland 4/5 December
For more info on entries, visit www.akdh.co.nz
National Cup / National Championships
National Cup Rounds:
Round 1 - January 7/8, Tauranga
Round 2 - January 14/15, Napier
Round 3 - January 22/23, Rotorua
Round 4 - February 5/6, Nelson
Round 5 - February 11/12, Nelson
Round 6 - February 18/19, Christchurch
National Championships
February 24–27, Dunedin
For more info on entries, keep an eye on www.mtbnz.org
Volunteers urgently required
If you can lend a hand in the leadup to these events and during these events, we would love to hear from you. You are still able to volunteer and race, depending on the task we can assign you to. Parents / Caregivers / Family / Friends all welcome to come along and give us a hand if you are available. We need volunteer truck/van drivers, marshalls, registration, bbq operator, general awesomeness. Please email your details (name, email address and mobile number) to
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And thank you. Your support does not go unnoticed!
Mountainbike NZ are pleased to announce the NZ MTB Cup and National MTB Championship schedule for the summer of 2011.
NZ MTB Cup, Cross Country Round 1 Jan 9th Tauranga Round 2 Jan 16th Napier Round 3 Feb 13th Nelson Round 4 Feb 20th Christchurch NZ MTB Cup, Downhill Round 1 Jan 7/8 Tauranga Round 2 Jan 14/15 Napier Round 3 Jan 22/23 Rotorua Round 4 Feb 5/6 Nelson Round 5 Feb 11/12 Nelson Round 6 Feb 18/19 Christchurch
National Mountainbike Championships Feb 24-27 Dunedin
Members of the Wellington MTB Club get many benefits:
Reduced entry fees at Club organised events
Receive our regular newsletters
Affiliation to BikeNZ (required for race licence)
Access to Freelap timing system
In addition to this, Long Gully Supporters (extra fee) get:
Access to Long Gully trails
Permit to privately shuttle in Long Gully (4WD Required)
Click here to register your 2010–2011 Membership and/or Car Pass. Download the '10/11 Membership Form.pdf' all instructions should be on this form, if you have any questions regarding Memberships and/or Car Passes, you can contact us by emailing:
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We are currently developing a series of new lines to increase the difficulty of the current race track. Existing lines will still be maintained.
If you would like to be involved with the development, contact the club email
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and we will let you know when we are doing work on it.
The Wellington MTB Club will be hosting the NZ Downhill and 4X/Dual Slalom Championships on the weekend of the 26-28th of February.
Friday will see the first runs on the new track with downhill practice running from 9am till 12. Riders will be getting a feel of the new track which we have been hard at work designing and building. The new track features more airtime, and we have tried to increase the technical aspects of the track. Friday afternoon sees the 4X and Dual slalom over in MT Albert - Newtown. Riders will be practicing, then competing in both disciplines early in the afternoon, and into the evening. Plans are also afoot to show a MTB movie after the racing at the venue.
Saturday sees the riders move back to Long Gully, where practicing takes a step up. The morning will be spent with riders testing out lines, and getting more of a feel for the new aspects. The afternoon should see the pace pickup, with riders getting racelines sorted, and starting to ride at full speed.
Sunday is race day. Race runs will be starting around midday.
Come along and enjoy NZ's best riders tackling one of the best tracks in the country (honestly - we are not biased......) to try and gain the title of New Zealand champion.
Thanks to everyone for making the North Island Downhill Seris at Long Gully such a fantastic event. The track Jawbone proved popular for its first official event as a completed track, showcasing a new ladder drop, Rock Garden, Wallride and bridge jump.
The event managed to attract over 120 riders on each day from all corners of the North Island and was one of the best run events the club has put on to date. Thank again to all that helped in any way ,we couldnt have done it without your help.
The weather came together pretty good in the end which meant we got a good turn out of happy snappers on all sections of track. The final number of entries was around 160 photo's which can be seen Here.
After much deliberation Caleab managed to narrow his favouites down to this one by Andrew King.
Congratulations Andrew! nice work .
(if you could email the club mailbox with your details please
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Thanks once again to Colin Kirk Photo Graphics on Lambton Quay for showing overwhelming support and being the only Photo retailer in wellington to show any interest supporting local mountain biking photography.
The Wellington MTB Club is hosting the first round of the NI Series run by AKDH. Entries forms will be available within the next week.
There will also be a Dual Slalom event run at our 4X track in Newtown. This is proudly sponsored by Bicycle in Lower Hutt. This will be held on the Saturday evening, after the DH practice.
We will also be running the ever popular Photo competition with a cash prize and hope to run a jump comp after racing while we are waiting for the times to be sorted, it’ll be free entry and we will see if we can find some sponsors to throw in a couple of prizes.
