Monthly Archives: March 2010

WAMOS gain new land access

You may be interested to hear about the WAMOs (Waipa MTB) latest progress on their trails. We finally got all the council permissions and stuff through to start work on the trails and had the first working bee on Sunday. I will be uploading the photos of that in a day or two when I [...]
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Sun 13th June – Coaching Development day in Auckland

The Greater Auckland Coaching unit are running a coaching development day called ‘Backyard Legends’ in June. Details When:   Sunday 13 June 2010 Time:  10.00 – 6.30pm Where:  AUT Akoranga Campus Cost:   Earlybird enrolment rate is $70 Info:  contact www.gacu.co.nz
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Pohutukawa Coast MTB Club (East Auckland)

First newsletter through from this recently formed and affiliated MTB Club in east Auckland. Firstly, after a great deal of delays and negotiation we have a formal licence agreement with the forest management for access. The major hurdle has been that essentially all the land from Whitford to Beachlands comes under something called Variation 1 [...]
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UCI Oceania Mountainbike Championships, Dunedin – Final Day Wrap

The final day of UCI Oceania Mountainbike Championship action has been completed today at the Signal Hill venue in Dunedin. The third of the feature events, the Downhill was staged today with the Short Track Cross Country race taking place between Downhill morning qualifying and afternoon racing. The first titles claimed today were in the [...]
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UCI Oceania Mountainbike Championships, Dunedin – Day Three Wrap

The second of the three feature events of the UCI Oceania Mountainbike Championships was completed yesterday with Dunedin escaping from a threatening weather front to turn on ideal racing conditions for the Cross Country event at Forrester Park. Age group racing took place at 10.30am and showcased an entry list strong on Dunedin local entries, [...]
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UCI Oceania Mountainbike Championships, Dunedin Days One and Two Wrap

The first two days of competition have been completed at the UCI Oceania Mountainbike Championships in Dunedin. The support events of Hillclimb and Dual Slalom were contested on Thursday, and relatively small but enthusiastic fields tackled both on the slopes of Signal Hill on a changeable weather day. Last night, the first of the three [...]
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Course Maps for Oceanias

The Mountain Biking Otago website has better maps of the courses for Oceania MTB Champs this weekend. MTB Otago
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UCI Oceania Mountainbike Championships, Dunedin March 18th to 21st Preview

Australian Invasion! The UCI Oceania Mountainbike Championships are on this weekend in Dunedin. Six Oceania titles are up for grabs, and a strong contingent of Australian and French Polynesian athletes will be in Dunedin trying to take these titles home. Australia’s travelling contingent of Cross Country racers will stretch New Zealands best multi-lap athletes for [...]
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Oceania MTB Champs

All info on the Oceania MTB champs is housed in the events part of this website here Venue Information with updated course maps on this page Oceanias Technical Guide Please note the following: A Team Managers/Riders meeting will be held at 7pm on Thursday March 18th at the NZ Academy of Sport Offices, 40 Logan [...]
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National Champs report

RaboPlus Mountainbike National Championships Day Three Wrap Downhill Survival at a Windy Long Gully The third day of the 2010 RaboPlus Mountainbike National Championships was completed today at the Long Gully Downhill venue at Brooklyn in Wellington. Difficult weather conditions created a huge variable for the 200 Downhill competitors racing for National titles, with hot, [...]
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