Category: News
Trail Incidents At Blores Hill – Share The Trails
Over the past couple of years there have been several incidents of user conflict on the trails at Blores Hill. Gippsland MTB is consulting with Parks Victoria and the Australian Trail Horse Riders Association with a view to minimising future conflict. This may involve including designated trails for equestrian and mountain bike riding. Would you…
Volunteers Needed – 6 Hour Enduro: 22-Jul-2012
As you should have now heard, the 6 Hour Enduro is coming up on 22 July at Blores Hill. What you may not know is that it takes a lot of hands to pull off this event. We need people for: Course marshaling (Sunday) Driving shuttles to the Trig for spectators (Sunday) Directing cars in…
Colquhoun 4 Hour Enduro Report 2: 24-Jun-2012
Race day for round 5 of the Gippsland MTB championship dawned sunny but cool but things soon heated up in the 40 person field once racing got under way. A dedicated and hard working band of volunteers had the mammoth task of clearing 55 trees from the tracks after recent wild weather. Their efforts were…
Colquhoun 4 Hour Enduro Report 1: 24-Jun-2012
Amazing trails, keen mountain bikers and some amazingly good weather all came together at the Colquhoun 4 hour enduro. With previous floods and heavy rainfall throughout Gippsland, we were lucky enough to be blessed with the good weather to make way for some serious racing. Although the four hours did seem a bit long for…
Blores Hill Trail Maintenance: 08-Jul-2012
In the lead up to the Gippsland MTB VES round, the Blores Hill 6 Hour Enduro on July 22nd, there will be a working bee held on Sunday July 8th to complete any outstanding work on the course. We will meet at the Blores Hill Caravan Park at 9:00 and head out from there. This…
Eamonn Flahavin – ‘Ride In Peace’
Yesterday, we were deeply saddened and shocked to learn of the death of one of our Gippsland MTB members, Eamonn Flahavin, in a motor vehicle accident.To Eamonn’s mum Liz, and his sister Dana, we extend our heartfelt sympathies.His presence at downhill events and working bee weekends will be missed deeply by all who knew him…
Commissaire Course: 03-Jul-2012
Due to the implementation of a new MTBA policy, all Club events are required to have a Level 1 Commissaire as of July 1, 2012. To become a level 1 commissaire, you simply need to complete an online training course. So to try to assist in this process and ensure that the club has a…
Colquhuon Trail Maintenance: 17-Jun-2012
MTB trail maintenance in the Colquhuon Forest Sunday 17th at 9am, meet at Bruce’s Rd carpark. All trees that came down in the storm have been cleared, now it is just track maintenance, raking lots of debris off tracks and some track improvements. Bring a rake, bring a friend and help out. There will be…
Colquhuon 4 Hour Enduro: 24-Jun-2012
Round 5 of the Gippsland MTB championship sees riders return to East Gippsland for the first race of the year within Colquhuon Regional Park. The 4 hour Enduro, starting at 10.00am, should give westies enough time to get all the way down to ‘Moe-by-the-Sea’. The track is made up of the ‘SCALECTRIX’ loop. Featuring all…
Petes Track Sprint Report
Petes Track looked like it might come to a rainy start, but come race day the weather cleared up and revealed an awesome track and a great day of riding, especially because my sponsors, Chilli Cycles, had organized the brand new 2012 Specialized Camber Pro which would allow me to ride at my full potential!…
Peel Goes Back To Back!
Last years winner, Karl Peel overcame all challengers to his title, to take out consecutive Pete’s Track sprint events. Race day dawned sunny and cool, however recent heavy rains led to slippery conditions in some areas of the track with times slightly down on last years race. Peel needed to use all his skill and…
Pete’s Track Sprint Is On!
We have reviewed the course and everyone is in total shock. This area is know as a rain shadow and it has more than lived up to the reputation. The track is in excellent condition and can only be called Super Grippy! The creeks are dry and most of the puddles have been drained. So…