Category: Event Reports
Charcoal Never Lies!
Roughly 50 punters showed up for the “Eaglehawk Scramble” latin for “a downhill ride with mostly climbing”. A couple of ‘private’ pre race briefings were held … one for Ash Webster ……don’t worry Ash , in your definition of ‘hills” there are none here, it’s flat….after his banquet of bulls**t served up when he said of Foster “only one 200m climb”.
And another to Black Caviar ( Brad Fisher ) “do you understand the reason we have guide tape, try not to make up your own route.”, after his pioneering trail blazing effort at the Blores Twilight race last year…..
Fisher Wins S & J Cycles Eaglehawk Scramble
The 55 strong field for the inaugural running of the S&J Cycles Eaglehawk Scramble were presented with perfect conditions on race day with mild weather and a dry track. The riders were shuttled to the top of the Eaglehawk Road and then released out on to the physically challenging top half of the course.
In the early stages, junior rider, Tom Deller set about establishing a gap ahead of riders of the calibre of Brad Fisher and Adam Wiggins. Unfortunately for Tom, after establishing a buffer over his rivals, mechanical misfortune intervened in the form of a broken chain, costing him many places and lots of time. The nature of back country point to point races means the riders need a high level of self sufficiency and in a valiant display of determination, Tom repaired his bike and battled on to finish ninth overall.
Gippsland MTB Girls ‘Dirty’ Weekend’
I signed up to attend the Gippsland MTB Girls ‘Dirty’ Weekend, and dirty is exactly what I got! The rain came thumping down the night before and just as we were heading out the door it pelted down again, leaving some very muddy trails!! Bex and I turned up to the wrong accommodation to start with, but shortly found the Munjara Camp and were made to feel right at home as we sat down in front of the fire and waited for a few of the other ladies to join us. Great night sleep in the mud brick cabins and by 10am on Saturday 16 keen girls were ready to hit the trails!
Franklin Takes Foster Mountain Bike Enduro
A large turnout of 60 riders were greeted by warm and sunny conditions for Gippsland mountain bike club’s running of the Cross Over Cycles 3 Hour Enduro at Foster on Saturday. The event was well supported by Wonthaggi’s Cross Over cycles with a range of demonstration Giant mountain bikes for riders to trial prior to…
Mt Baw Baw 4 Hour Twilight Enduro Report: 27-Jan-2013
Mt Baw Baw was the location for the opening round of the Gippsland MTB cross country / endurance series. Just the words ‘Mt Baw Baw’ put a shiver down your spine as it is set in rugged high alpine country and the only flat in the area is the bar where you rest your drink.
Mention Mt Baw Baw in mountain bike circles and downhill is the discipline we all think of. However, the crew at Mt Baw Baw are looking to the future with plans to create a new 9km flow track as well as introducing more mountain bike tracks around the resort. Mt Baw Baw is the place to be for mountain biking over the summer for many years to come. Whether it’s downhill, cross country or just getting out for a bit of an adventure, the future is looking good.
Road Riding Champ Wins Baw Baw 4 Hour Twilight Mountain Bike Enduro
It was a fast lapping bunch of endurance mountain bikers who gathered atop Victoria’s Mount Baw Baw on Australia Day weekend for the inaugural Baw Baw 4-Hour Twilight Enduro event, which also doubled as the opening round of the Gippsland Mountain Bike Club’s Championship Series.
Riders swarmed the hill to tackle an 8km circuit through the snowgum wilderness, with at least three all-new singletrack sections adding to the thrill. Tracing what had been ‘old timer’ walking tracks revived from wild overgrowth, the trails had been only marginally bedded-in with riders competing in the previous day’s Seasons of Pain off road duathlon getting first crack at the freshly groomed dirt.
Erica Point To Point Race Report: 28-Oct-2012
Round 9 of the Gippsland Mountain Bike club’s cross country series was a point to point race starting at Collins Siding just South of Erica and finishing at Caringal scout camp. The weather on the day was fine but a course designed to test the resilience, stamina and skill of the very best riders had…
Nowa Nowa MTB 4 Hour Enduro Report: 23-Sep-2012
Round 8 of the Gippsland mountain bike club’s cross country series on Sunday, 23rd of September saw riders greeted with perfect sunny conditions and a fast and flowy singletrack loop. This was only made possible by East Gippsland’s dedicated and hard working crew of volunteers who gave up countless hours to bring the tracks back up to scratch after recent wild weather . They had also spent time preparing another short loop for the ever popular ½ hour kids race to be held in conjunction with main event.
Robie Repeats At Blores Hill Checkpoint Race
Round seven of the Gippsland mountain bike club cross country series was an orienteering style race where the goal is to plan your route and locate the 11 checkpoints situated around the Blores Hill MTB complex. Though cool, as per usual the wintry weather was replaced by sunny skies nearing Blores Hill with conditions and track perfect on the day.
WORLD CHAMPS DOMINATE BLORES HILL 6 HOUR
Round 6 of the Victorian Endurance Series for mountain bikes was held at Blores Hill on Sunday 22nd of July. Over 200 riders who filed in from all over the state were greeted with somewhat cloudy skies making for great racing conditions. Blores Hill’s fast, flowy single-track was in perfect conditions impressing all and sundry, some of whom were coping with tracks in their own areas which were waterlogged and muddy or closed altogether.
Blores Hill Caravan Park’s enthusiastic managers again allowed Gippsland MTB to use their facility as a base for the event, supplying accommodation, toilets, showers and a large staging area for riders and their support crews. Catering was provided for by a hard working team from Maffra Secondary College from Saturday until Sunday evening.
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…