The new venue of Mt Hutt provided an exciting addition to the NZ MTB Cup national series this weekend. Holding a top level downhill event for the first time proved a very popular attraction for the 175 competitors and a vocal, partisan Ashburton district crowd. Read More
The second round of the NZ MTB Downhill Cup presented by Nature Valley was raced today in a damp and soggy, constantly changing Dunedin. Tough conditions have been the order of the two days of practice and competition for the 124 competitors on Signal Hill, with a broad range of weather and race course variables to add to the racing mix. Read More
Entries are flooding in fast for these events, with the first NZ MTB Cup Downhill round ready to go next Sunday/Monday Jan 9th and 10th on the Remarkables in Queenstown. Its an easy process to enter and be part of competitive mountainbike racing at a national level. Or even if you just want to test yourself and have some fun against NZ’s best on some fantastic courses in some pretty amazing locations, MTBNZ encourages you to take the step and get racing!
On line entry available here for all events, and postal entry forms here. Or simply enter on the day if you want to leave a decision as late as possible. MTBNZ also encourages clubs and teams to register for all events, which gives a reserved spot in the event village.
Check out the event pages on this website for more information.
VitalMTB news site have an interesting article on Martin Whitley today. Martin has quite the history with the UCI and with taking 3 DH teams to success at World Cups.
