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Blores Hill “Bring A Friend” Pig Race Report |
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Written by Graeme Trewern
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 08:49 |
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It was a sunny day at Blores Hill on Sunday, June 28. The perfect day for a pig race with a group of unsuspecting newbies to the sport of mountain biking. The idea of the race was fairly simple, everyone who comes is to bring someone who has never really ridden a mountain bike off-road competitively. The score was to be based of the basis of at the end of each lap, each member of the team rolls a pig each from the game Pass The Pigs and the score is given based on how they land. This opened the results up to everyone so the fastest riders only are not in the clear for a good score. 48 riders turned up, with about half being new to the sport as some teams stretched the newbie rule such as Adam Downes bringing some sort of Triathlon champion while Dean and Sam did not have any other friends so they rode together as per normal. There were a few rules given by the officials at the riders briefing, you were not aloud to “drop you friend” with a 50m rule strictly enforced, points were at the mercy of the scores with penalties awarded as they felt for whatever they thought of and a strict enforcement of Rule Number 1. Rule Number 1 being anyone caught taking it too seriously will do their next lap naked. |
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Blores Hill Track Maintenance Day |
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Written by Graeme Trewern
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009 11:37 |
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On Sunday, July 12th we will be holding a trail maintenance day at Blores Hill. Blores has been getting a lot of use over the past 12 months from both race and recreational riding and is starting to show signs of wear and tear. If you have ridden Blores Hill then this is a good opportunity for you to put back in to help maintain the quality of the trails out there. Big Max has done an excellent job up to this point, but it is getting beyond the point of one person being able to fix small issues here and there. He has developed a list of jobs to be done from cleaning off fallen branches to repairing trail damage. |
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June Social Weekend Report |
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Written by Graeme Trewern
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Monday, 22 June 2009 21:54 |
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20 people turned up to Munjara camp on Saturday 13th of June for the first Blores Hill night ride. It was quite a good turn out considering that not everyone has lights as a part of their normal mountain bike gear. A few people bought lights to try out this night ride thing, so there were a few newbies to the wonders of night riding, as well as Johno giving the night riding “one last go” because he only tries it in the worst conditions. |
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GMTB Club T-Shirts Available |
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Written by Graeme Trewern
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Monday, 01 June 2009 15:15 |
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 Sick of not knowing what to wear to club events? We have the answer, club T-Shirts are now available for purchase. These are a stylish black shirt with the GMTB logo screen printed on the front in fluro green.
Sizes: S, M, L, XL Price: $25 Availabile From: GMTB Events or via Post: email us for details Club jerseys (tight and baggy options) are to come in the future. |
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Gippsland MTB Three Stage Race - 24-May-2009 |
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Written by Stuart Derham
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 20:36 |
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Before we begin, some very important observations were made during Sunday’s race. - The CROSSCO Clock is a thing of beauty.
- Some say the pen is mightier than the sword. I say the dim sim is mightier than the potato cake.
- Ben Blackman is a bit of a legend.
- The lycra boys had a win. All is right in the world again.
- If you think that a cycle computer put on with insulation tape whilst the briefing is underway might not work effectively, you’re probably right.
- When a woman gives you instructions, do you think it will be the easy, simple, short route or something a bit more gruelling & involving pain? You be the judge.
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