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It's Race-Ready February girls
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Check out the Women's pages for Race-Ready February to kick start your year, including the inaugural Dirt de Femme.
Working B, Gungahlin dirt jumps, Sat 04 Feb
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Bring a shovel (some tools will be provided) to help with the final preparation of the Gungahlin Dirt Jumps. This week's work will feature some berm sculpting and polishing. Drew needs you! Contact him at trailsdrew@gmail.com, call him on 0409 226 343, or simply rock up at the start at 10:30.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Up coming National Series Rounds
Thursday, January 19, 2012
CORC is hosting two rounds of the MTBA
National Series at Stromlo Forest Park on the weekends of February 3-5
Gravity Cup (Downhill and Four Cross) and February 10-12 All Mountain Cup
(Cross Country, Point to Point and Super D) and we need the help of our
members to run these great events. We need marshals and event volunteers
for both weekends, if you can spare a couple of hours please contact Phil
for the Gravity Cup (Feb 3-5) at pammcc@bigpond.net.au,
or Brad for All Mountain Cup (Feb 10-12) at brd006@hotmail.com
CORC and MTBA will make sure you are fed and watered for your shift and
all volunteers will go into a prize draw at the end of the weekends.
Even if you only have a few hours free
on the weekend it would be great to see you out there.
Bec Henderson Duo Classic - Results
Saturday, January 14, 2012
A fantastic turnout today at Kowen for the Duo Classic, with 328 riders entered and proceeds going to help CORC member, Australian and Oceania Champion, Bec Henderson's 2012 international campaign. A great course and perfect riding conditions. Results available below. Photos from Greg Long are available.
Download:
Overall 25K and 50K Results (PDF | 338 Kb)
Download: Category Summary Results (PDF | 320 Kb)
Download: Lap Splits by Category (PDF | 310 Kb)
Dates for Scott and Worlds 24 Hr Races for Next 3 Years
Monday, January 9, 2012
OK, for those of you who have been asking a lot of questions, and have a long-term view of a calendar:
WEMBO World Solo 24Hr MTB Championships
2012 - 19/20 May, Finale Ligure, Italy
2013 - 12/13 October, Canberra, Australia
2014 - 11/12 October, Fort William, Scotland
Scott Australian 24 Hour MTB Championships
2012 - 13/14 October
2013 - 5/6 October
2014 - 4/5 October
Practice XC 'race' for the AMC Round #3 at Stromlo
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
CORC is running a test race on 29 January for all riders intending to race the upcoming Stromlo round of the MTBA National Series 10-12 February 2012. See the events listing for more details
WEMBO Italy World Solo 24 Champs - Entries Open
Saturday, December 24, 2011
WEMBO is the new initiative from CORC (well - September 2011), and promoters in Italy and Scotland to bring riders a true world solo 24Hr championships, with a planned set of delivered events. We're aiming for a 3 year rolling plan of annual World Solo 24Hr Championship events (and we have it). If you're interested in this CORC initiative, or even interested in riding, then you can check out the WEMBO website, or go direct to the info section on Italy.
Mt Taylor Hill Climb + BBQ + Xmas Party - RESULTS
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Download:
Course Map Mt Taylor Hill Climb (IMAGE/JPEG | 253 Kb)
Download: Category Results (PDF | 84 Kb)
Download: Sex Results (PDF | 77 Kb)
3hr Enduro - Majura Pines Results
Sunday, December 11, 2011
How lucky were we with the weather, had we finished any later and we would have needed the pedal bikes from the lake to get around the course.
Dirt Crits Cumulative Scores
Thursday, December 8, 2011
See how you're going against your competition. Contact Gareth for any corrections. Go HERE for the details.
CORC Goes West
Thursday, December 1, 2011
The CORC gang headed west for the first round of the MTBA 2011/12
National Series in Perth on the weekend of 19 and 20 November. This was the new All-Mountain Cup
format for XC, with XCO XC Eliminator and Super D results all contributing to
the overall weekend.
It turned out pretty well for the club – with three 1st place results from the weekend – Andy Blair won Elite Men, John Henderson won Super Masters Men and Hamish Prosser won Under 17 Men. Ben Henderson came in 4th in Elite Men – the same place that Rosie Barnes got in Elite Women, while Andrew Remely came 5th in Masters Men.
Being on the other side of the continent did not stop a strong and enthusiastic group of CORC juniors from making the trip. With the aid of cheap flights, and some relatives and friends to stay with eight juniors made trip, easily the largest group of interstate juniors.
The weekend had perfect weather, some fun courses and a whole weekend of riding with the new format of three events over the two days all contributing as stages to the overall result. The XC course was fun, not too challenging, and kept the heart pumping fast the whole way. The XC Eliminator started with doubles and berms and finished with a lung busting leg screaming climb to hold your position. By Sunday afternoon everyone was hot, tired and subdued but a fast super D soon had everyone pumped up and buzzing again.
So how did our Juniors go? In U19 men, Ben Comfort was super strong all weekend and got a well deserved 3rd place. Watch out for him this series. Cameron Prosser powered through the last lap of the XC to get 5th and then held that position through the weekend. Tony Stewart was a solid 6th finishing with a hot Super D time for 2nd on that stage. Jordan Butler had a big smile on his face all weekend and was not intimidated by his first U19 national round finishing in 10th place overall. But where was Jack Lavis? He got all his bad luck out of the way in the first round, falling ill on Saturday and then crashing while practicing on Sunday, but only after a good showing in the eliminator. Kyna Millan showed great courage to finish all races despite being sick and secured 3rd in U19 women while sister Gabi was 2nd behind the local girl un U15 women. Finally Hamish Prosser won a tight U17 men tussle with a couple of strong local boys. This was the closest race of the whole weekend, and would have kept the crowd on the edge of their seats - if there had been any seats...
The juniors were very grateful for the support shown by the other CORC members Andy Blair, Rosie Barnes, Andrew Remely and the Hendersons. Russ Baker was there as MTBA President and resident snaparazzi. You can check out half a dozen albums of photos from the weekend here. Can’t believe it’s almost two months until the next round at Mt Buller. From what I have heard there will be an even stronger group of juniors there.
Full results are on the MTBA National Series website.
XC 5 Orchard Road Kowen Results
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Huge thanks to Paul & Sherie Cole for putting on a spectacular course for our return to Sunday morning racing. It didn't look like it was going to happen with the rain we'd had in the days and morning leading up to the start, yet the riders coming through timing had very little mud on them and only big smiles.
Results are now available at http://new.corc.asn.au/cms/uploads/events/xc5_orchard_rd_27nov11.pdf
Thanks also to the volunteers who turned up to assist, always much appreciated by everyone.
Any queries with these, please contact me at xc@corc.asn.au
Download: orchard rd kids race (PDF | 96 Kb)
Sunny Thredbo DH Results
Monday, November 28, 2011
Ahh Thredbo, bloody miserable one day, perfect the next.
There were some very wet and muddy people after practice on Saturday.
And when it was still raining on Sunday morning it wasn't looking good. But Sunday's rain was
short lived, the sun shone, the track dried out and every one had a good time. Just like all fairy trails.
Of course the event was a great success - thanks to our dependable band of helpers. Steve Bullard was the
standout. Rumour has it an admirer suggested he looked "really hot" in his jeans as he strutted his stuff on the mountain:)
A big thanks for South East MTB Co for enabling the event but an extra special thanks for Matt, who put his best foot forward and provided the entertainment for the weekend. They wont be easy shoes to fill at the next event.
And it is with great sorrow that we farewell Ricky Lee from Down Hill. Apparently Thredbo was his last race - and it's all Timmy's fault.
A great event, thanks to those who helped out and we will see you all at the next one.
Trek Bikes Demo Day at Stromlo This Sunday!
Friday, November 25, 2011
Trek Bikes are holding a demo day this weekend!
Location: Stromlo Forest Park
Date: Sunday 27th November
Time: 9am to 3pm
Bikes: MTB: Fuel EX, Remedy, SuperFly Elite, SuperFly 100 Elite Road: Madone 6 & 5 Series, Speed Concept
Bring: Your riding gear, including shoes, pedals and helmet, and drivers license. We’ll supply the bikes!
For more details, check their website
Online: http://www.trekbikes.com/au/en/trek_life/events/
Rebecca Henderson named as Elite Female Mountain Bike Cyclist of the Year
Monday, November 14, 2011
Congratulation to Rebecca Henderson for being named Elite Female Mountain Bike Cyclist of the Year for 2011 at the recent Cycling Australia Awards. Rebecca has been an active member of CORC and has contributed significantly to the local mountain biking community.
Well done!
3hr Enduro Majura Pines - online entry & junior racing
Sunday, November 13, 2011
On line entries are now available at:
FYI the race is on the 11 of Dec. Check the events area for more details!
Dirt Crit Race Cancelled
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Unfortunately due to inclement weather the crit race tonight has had to be cancelled.
2012 CORC GRAVITY RACE CALENDAR
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Here it is folks, the 2012 Gravity Race Calendar!
You’ll notice a few initiatives in this calendar which have been introduced by CORC with the objective of increasing participation in and introducing new riders to gravity events without riders necessarily having to have all the downhill equipment. Where possible we’ve scheduled events so that they do not conflict with other CORC, NSW and National events.
Under the CORC “Gravity” banner in 2012 we will have:
- A Gravity XC Series of 4 races,
- A Downhill Series of 6 rounds including a Dual Slalom, and
- An ACT Championships consisting of Downhill, Dual Slalom & Gravity XC over a weekend.
| Date | Event | Location |
| 11 March | Gravity XC Round 1 | Kowen |
| 31 March - 1 April | ACT Gravity Championships (Down Hill, Dual Slalom & Gravity XC) | Stromlo |
| 20 May | Down Hill Round 1 | Blue Range (TBC) |
| 17 June | Gravity XC Round 2 | Stromlo |
| 15 July | Down Hill Round 2 | Kowen |
| 12 August | Down Hill Round 3 | Isaacs |
| September | ACT Schools Championships | Stromlo |
| 16 September | Gravity XC Round 3 | Kowen |
| 28 October | Down Hill Round 4 | Majura |
| 24 November | Down Hill Round 5 | Thredbo |
| 2 December | Gravity XC Round 4 | Majura |
| 16 December | Down Hill Round 6 (Dual Slalom) | Stromlo |
You’ll notice the inclusion of Blue Range as a location for a couple of Downhill rounds. Holding these rounds at Blue Range is dependent on gaining approval and building a safe track out there. We will be working with ACT Parks & Conservation over the summer to achieve this. Once we have approval, be prepared for a number of build days!
Dave & Dan's cancer cruise
Thursday, October 27, 2011
It is an 'old school bike emporium and picnic', 19th of November at Stromolo.
Racing, cruising, music, awesome outfits...
See the events area for more details.
RIDE 365 Gravity XC results are up
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Another great race!
A big thanks to Ryan and Ride 365 for all the prizes that were handed out. Next time though we might ask Ryan not to take out the event. It's not a good look when the sponsor wins the event :)
The posted results are for all runs, I will post overall results in the next day or so.
We were intending to run full categories for this event but the info wasn't captured at rego time so we are unable to reliably present category winners - next time.
Of course a big thanks to all the helpers and especialy those XC people who were first on deck to make sure it all went smoothly.
Just a quick note about next years planned series...
The series will be based around 3 tracks at Kowen (Sparrows) and 3 at Stromlo, we will be running full categories and points will be awarded for each race as per other race series. The Caroline McKinlay Gravity XC will continue and the winners of this event will have their names etched on the Huge perpetual trophy.