Monthly Archives: July 2010

BikeNZ appoints new Sponsorship Manager

By Jeff | Published: July 27, 2010
BikeNZ is MTBNZ’s parent organisation (along with BMXNZ, Road and track and Secondary Schools Cycling) Sales, marketing and management executive Helen Mobberley has been appointed to the new position of Sponsorship Manager for BikeNZ. Mobberley will take up the new role immediately for BikeNZ, the national sports organisation that is the umbrella body embracing all [...]
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UCI MTB World Cup, Champery, Switzerland – Kiwis Tame the Mudfest!

By Chris | Published: July 26, 2010
Europe delivered another wet, muddy weekend to the 2010 UCI World Cup at Champery in Switzerland over the weekend. This 4th round of the World Cup is also the first this year where both Downhill and Cross Country disciplines came together at the same event – and both were affected by the weather.   Downhill [...]
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Masters World MTB Championship

By Jeff | Published: July 23, 2010
Anyone can enter this event, you don’t need MTBNZ approval or selection.  You will need an international UCI license to compete, which you can get from the BikeNZ website. This is a reminder for athletes’ registration to the UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships 2010. The event will take place from 7-12 September in Balneário [...]
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2011 NZ MTB Cup and National MTB Champs Announced

By Chris | Published: July 22, 2010
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 [...]
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NZ Performance Wrap July 7-11th

By Chris | Published: July 12, 2010
NZ mountainbikers competed at high profile events on two continents during the weekend – summaries of key performances follow:   Avalanche Cup and Mega Avalanche, France   The hugely popular Avalanche Series of events in Oz en Osains and Alp d’Heuz filled a week long period between July 5th and July 11th. Cameron Cole (Christchurch) [...]
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Pair of 8′s for Anderson and Peters, Racer Bikes Cup, Flims, Switzerland

By Chris | Published: July 5, 2010
Dirk Peters (Rotorua) and Richard Anderson (Blenheim) tackled the seventh round of the high profile Racer Bikes Cup in Flims, Switzerland yesterday. Anderson claimed an 8th in the Junior (Under 19) category, while Peters finished in outright 16th in the Elite/Under 23 race – and 8th of the Under 23 athletes competing.   The two [...]
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