Welcome to Cairns Mountain Bike club for 2022- Below is a overview of all things going on in 2022
This Year the club isnt going to run a season for each disciple and award trophies and prize money at the end of the season, but each race will be stand alone, with random prizes possible to win for all riders in each race
Events – Enduro- Downhill- Cross County
Enduro
Enduro this year will have separate events for evey one to get involved
Saturday’s having the Womens only Enduro
Saturdays having the kids/new riders Enduro
Sundays having the Normal full course Enduro for Experienced riders
Format for 2022
This year we are running a more chilled approach to racing by setting riders 5 hours to complete 3 stages ,that you can do in any order ,at anytime and as many times as you want in the 5 hours,
So you can take it super chill and get a group of mates together and have a fun ride, or get serious and re do stages if you make a mistake to see if you get a better time, only the fastest time counts
There will be a extra stage for U17 – U19- Elite- Masters- Veterans, that will be announced at the riders briefing on race day, sticking to the spirit of enduro by offering a stage the rider will race without practice and only once
Race Dates
Enduro #1 Smithfield -Saturday 2nd April / Sunday 3rd April
Enduro #2 Smithfield – Saturday 4th June / Sunday 5th June
Enduro #3 Location TBA – Saturday 17th September / Sunday 18th September
Enduro #4 Smithfield – Saturday October 15th / Sunday 16th October
Downhill
This year we are running the Series on Kuranda but the final race of the season will be on Worlds
Racing this year will be on a Saturday with racing at 230pm in the afternoon,
The format will be
The course will be bunted Friday , and open for self shuttled practice from Friday afternoon all day Saturday till 1pm, riders will then collect a number plate, listen to the race briefing and organise lifts up to start racing
There will be one 12 seater buss and trailer avail to book at time of rego if riders that cant carpool for practice and racing
Final race #4 Worlds uplifts will be provided by Cairns MTB Club format TBA
Race Dates
Downhill #1 Kuranda Saturday 14th May
Downhill #2 Kuranda Saturday 18th June
Downhill #3 Kuranda Saturday 23rd July
Downhill #4 Worlds Saturday 3rd September
Cross Country
Keeping the classic program from 2022, racing will be on a Sunday Morning in the Smithfield MTB Park,
Each will be different this season including all trails in the smithfield MTB park, from green to blue and some black features used
Below is the type format or racing for each round
Race 1. Short Course Basic
Race 2. XCO intermediate
Race 3. XCO Advanced
4. 3hr XCM intermediate
Race Dates
XCO #1 Smithfield Sunday 15th May
XCO #2 Smithfield Sunday 19th June
XCO #3 Smithfield Sunday 24th July
XCO #4 Smithfield Sunday 4th September