Rocky Riders - Ride Calendar
Victorian Mountain Bike Club Event Calendar
Rocky Riders 6-Hour Enduro
Lock in August 23 & 24 in your diaries.
The big screen will be back this year to televise the Mens XC race from the Beijing Olympics!
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Victorian State XC Series Round 5
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What
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Round 5 of the Victorian State Mountain Bike XC Series
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Where
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Fingerpost Road Pine forest (Near Wombat Track).
A map can be found here
Signs will be up from the intersection of the Old Calder Highway and Fingerpost Road.
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When
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Sunday 13 April 2008 |
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Entry
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Entry on the Day
Opens 8am - Close 10 am to allow for prompt start
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Racing
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All categories from 10.30
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Cost
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$30 ($10 to series prize) per rider for MTBA members. Non-members add $15 for a compulsory day license.
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Contact
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Jason Tolland on 5470 5868 or info@rockyriders.com
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Notes
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There is no water at the race site, so please BYO.
Series details including age classes can be found here
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Categories and Start Order
Course length approx. 7km. Estimated elite male lap time 20 minutes.
Start
Order
Laps
1 Male Elite 6
2 Expert M 5
3 U19 M 5
4
Female
Elite
5
5
Veteran
M 4
6 Sport A M 4
7 Masters M 4
8
Expert F 4
9 Super Masters M 3
10 U17 M 3
11 Sport B M 3
12 Veteran/Master F 3
13
U19 F
3
14
U15 M 2
15 Sport F 2
16 Fun Mixed 1
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Victorian State XC Series Round 4
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What
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Round 4 of the Victorian State Mountain Bike XC Series
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Where
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A hand built race track at “Jubber Land”, about 8 km from Castlemaine.
Motor Vehicle directions to Course:
Signs will be up from the traffic lights in Castlemaine.
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When
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Sunday 2 March 2008 |
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Registration
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Opens 8am - Close 9.45am to allow for prompt start
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Racing
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All categories from 10.30
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Cost
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$30 ($10 to series prize) per rider for MTBA members. Non-members add $15 for a compulsory day license.
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Course Details
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Click here for course profile.
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Contact
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Jason Tolland on 5470 5868 or info@rockyriders.com
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Notes
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There is no water at the race site, so please BYO.
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Categories and Start Order
Start
Order
Laps
1
Male
Elite
6
2
Expert M
5
3
U19 M
5
4
Female
Elite
5
5
Veteran
M
4
6
Sport A
M 4
7
Masters
M
4
8
Expert F
4
9
Super Masters
M
3
10
U17 M
3
11
Sport B
M
3
12
Veteran/U19
F
3
13
U15 M 2
14 Sport F/Fun Mixed 2
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Christmas Social Ride
Rocky Riders Christmas Social Ride
Rocky
Riders Christmas
Social Ride will be
held on Sunday
23rd
December -
Mount Franklin to
Castlemaine along
the dry diggings
trail. Moderate
fitness and skills
required. Initial
plans are to meet
at the Theatre
Royal at 10am to
grab a coffee. BBQ
Lunch at Vaughan
Springs along the
way. Due to the
need for a car
shuffle and permit
conditions in the
National Park,
this ride is
limited to 20
people
and
RSVP IS ESSENTIAL – Email info@rockyriders.com - AS OF SATURDAY 15th THERE ARE 9 PLACES LEFT - ALL WELCOME.
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Social Ride And AGM
SOCIAL MOUNTAIN
BIKE
RIDE
This Sunday
(21st
October) –
meet at 10am at
Castlemaine
Cycles/Theatre
Royal for coffee
and a 10.30
departure out
toward the Pineys.
All abilities
welcome and
encouraged to
attend.
AGM
The Rocky
Riders are holding
their Annual
General Meeting on
Sunday 21 October
at the Theatre
Royal
“brickyard”
following the social
ride (approx. 1 pm).
All existing and
prospective members
are encouraged to
attend. Free BBQ
and Drinks! RSVP to
info@rockyriders.com
to help with
catering.
We are
also seeking
nominations for
committee
positions, as the
committee is sadly
a little depleted
with the loss
of Evan, Justine
and Lowndsey.
Nominations should
be forwarded to
info@rockyriders.com, or
on the day.
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Castlemaine 6 Hour
For all the
details and entry
forms, please visit
enduro.rockyriders.com
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Social Ride At 6-hour Course
SOCIAL
RIDE –
1st July
2007
The Rocky Riders are hosting a social ride around the Jubber Land track this Sunday, 1 July 2007. For the youngsters (under 13s) there will be a come‘n’try session from 9.30 – 10.30 am (must have own serviceable mountain bike, helmet and a parent/guardian to sign insurance form). Departing at 11am the big kids can have a play, with a social ride around Jubber Land and maybe a few of the nearby trails for those who want more. Fast and Slow groups. Directions available from www.enduro.rockyriders.com.
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Social Ride
We will be
holding a social
mountain bike ride
from 2pm
Saturday 10 March
2007,
departing
from “the
brickyard”
between the theatre
Royal and
Castlemaine Cycles,
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Christmas Social Ride & BBQ Has Been Postponed
The Rocky
Riders wont hold
their annual
Christmas Mountain
Bike Ride and BBQ
at the Vaughan
Springs Reserve on
10 December 2006.
It has been
postponed, due to
the filthy hot
weather
forecast. If
you turn up and
nobody is about
then you should
have checked this
message.
Merry
Chirstmas.
Please lay blame on
climate change and
rampaging bushfires
for the cancellation
of our fun.....Next
social ride will be
a awesome
singletrack
extraganza in
January..if its not
too hot
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Victorain Enduro Series
Round 6 of the
Victorian Enduro
Series.
Visit enduro.rockyriders.com
for more
details.
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Enduro Course Social Ride
Come and do a few laps of the Castlemaine Enduro 6-hour Course.
Option 1 - Meet at the carpark behind the information centre at 10am and ride (via mountain bike trails) out to the course (approx 40 minutes) do a few laps and ride back to castlemaine
Option 2 - Meet at the enduro course at 10.45.
Motor
Vehicle directions
to Enduro Course:
Proceed into
Castlemaine via
Chewton. Turn left
at the traffic
lights (sign posted
to Daylesford).
Continue on
MTBA license or day license required.
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Queens Birthday Social Ride
The rocky riders are celebrating the birthday of the Queen in style, with a tour of all 25km of single track in the Moonlight Flat Pine Plantation.Come and learn your way around the infamous "Pineys Singletrack", voted best winter riding destination in Victoria (albeit by us!)
There will be two groups - fast and medium - but all riders need to possess a reasonable suite of mountain bike skills.
10am departure from the carpark opposite the gun club on Colles road, Castlemaine. MTBA members $3; Non-members $8 (including day license).
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Wednesday Night Rides
Weds night rides start from Castlemaine Cycles at 5.45 pm. 28 Hargraves street Castlemaine.
Rides generally last from 2-21/2 hours. Skill level and fitness is medium to high.
Riders have to be self supporting and have access to good quality lights. Untill the return of daylight saving returns.
For more info contact Jake @ Castlemaine Cycles www.castlemainecycles.com
or ph 03 54 705 868
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Victorian State XC Series Round 4
Round 4 of
the Victorian MTBA
XC series. Start
time is 10.30
Start and
registration is
located opposite
the 'Castlemaine
Gun Club' in
Colles
Rd.
Where all the races have been in the past.
Follow
the
MTB
arrows from the
highway or
Castlemaine town
centre.
For more
information please
contcact Evan or
Jason (Jake) via
the links below.
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Castlemaine Fat Tyre Festival
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| Friday 25/11/2005 | |||
| 06:00-08:00 PM | Registration @ Theatre Royal www.theatreroyal.info | ||
8.30pm | Movies: Classic Cycling Movies with a twist (BMX Bandits???) | ||
| Saturday 26/11/2005 | Rego opens from opens 9am at the Theatre Royal till 6.00pm. Please have your MTBA licence. Or you will be charged $15.00 for a day licence for the weekend. You have been warned!! | ||
10:30 AM | Treasure Hunt: rego @ 10am at the theatre royal. The treasure hunt requires you and your bike to follow a set of clues and with the map provided of Castlemaine www.maldoncastlemaine.com you answer as many/little questions in the time provided. Prizes up for grabs include the official Fat Tyre Fest Wine, Dinner @ local eatery and more!!! Oh yeah and the BIG ONE!!!!! A CANNONDALE FRAME SET!!! www.cannondale.com The treasure hunt will run for 2 hours you need to be back at the Theatre Royal by 12.30pm. For every minute you are late you loose 5 points. Arrive 15 minutes late and you are disqualifed you miss out on the chance to win a Cannondale Frame and other great prizes. | ||
02:00PM | Trials Demo http://www.ftf.com.au/index.php?part=demo | ||
| 03:00 PM till 6.00pm |
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6.30pm 8.30
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Presentations for all arvo's/evenings events!!! | ||
| 09:00 PM |
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| http://www.heineken.com/australia/WOH/SplashPage/AgeCheck.aspx?ReturnURL= | |||
| Sunday 27/11/2005 | |||
| 10:00 AM | Trail
ride ending at next
event Aust Single
Speed Nats | ||
11.00am 12:00 PM | Rego opens for Aust Single Speed Nats 2005 Australin Single Speed Nationals www.deluxebicycleclub.com Follow the MTB arrows for directions to the event. The SS will start opposite the gun club. Same spot as other years just different start/finish. The Muckleford Land Care Group will be providing a BBQ. Yes there will be a BEER TENT on course for all you thirsty SS!!! | ||
Download and complete your Fat Tyre Festival Entry Form here.
Map Ref: Castlemaine - Central Victoria
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Ride Essentials
Essential items required for each ride.
- Tire pump
- extra tube/s
- patches
- Tools (usually a mini tool)
- plenty of fluid
- small food snack/s