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BC POINTS FOR OUR 2011-2012 RACES

Due to the reintroduction of priority entries controlled by points for the British Downhill Series when entries go live this year "2011-2012", it is anticipated by us that it is a possibility that the priority entry system will also be opperating next year "2012-2013". So as a result we will be offering BC ranking points for ALL Rounds of the Woodlands Winter Series being held in 2012, Thus enabling riders to start collecting points for the 2013 British Downhill Series early.

2011-2012 WOODLANDS WINTER SERIES All dates are now confirmed

Round one is Done n Dusted! Thankyou to all who came out and raced watched and most of all assisted with the running of the day!

The Postcode for Woodlands is: PL19 8PB

Good news!!!!! Round 4 of the series might just get held at a surprise venue on a track never raced before. The track is however suitable for racers/riders of all abilities so watch this space, the SDH forum and facebook for further updates

Winter 2012 will see the usual Woodlands Winter Series. Confirmed dates for the remaining three rounds are Feb 26th 2012, March 25th and April 22nd.

Entries are now LIVE and all online entries will close on the Wednesday night before each round. There will be entry on the day but it will cost £25.00 as we have to add you to the timming system on the day and it all takes time which we don't have, So PLEASE book up online.

All rounds of the Winter series will cost £23.50 to enter and will include a free race number too :)

This year will see the addition of an on site shop provided by Dartmoor Cycles and ran by it's owner Mr Andy Boyle who understands all aspects of DH racing as he races too. So if you break it or need it before the race weekend just drop Andy a line on 01822 618178 and I am sure he will be able to assist you.

Confirmed sponsors so far:

SILVERFISH UK, courtesy of Pete Drew, will be supplying the usual Intense tryes for first or second podium place's.

KOO-BIKES, courtesy of AJ Bishop, will also be providing prizes for one of the podium places.

SUPER SATURATED CLOTHING, courtesy of Mark Glendinning, will also be providing prizes for one of the podium places.

The track on the video below would be nice for the South West Champs 2012 haha. It is by far the most technical track at Woodlands and will NOT be used for any of the Winter Series rounds.

Woodland Riders RD4 from Carl Billinghurst on Vimeo.

The track for Round 2 will be the Man Track, with a few extras put in here and there! So if you have never ridden it before then get down to tavi woods and have a blast. Remember though you need to be a full member or hold a daypass to be able to ride either of our sites outside of race days. Go to www.woodlandriders.com to get sorted first!

We will be running all of the usual categories, including a Rippers cat for the younger riders aged between 9-11 based on your 2012 birthday.

Click HERE to go to the Online Entry System and follow all instructions at the top of the page.

A massive thanks must go out to Silverfish UK who have supported us with all of our racing endeavours so far over the past 2-3 years!

2012 SOUTH WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS @ GAWTON DH

Yes thats right if we have the privaledge of hosting the event again it will be at Gawton DH again. The uplift for this one is likely to be tractor and trailer with rider/bike segregation, or maybe our very own uplift service once it is up and running again propperly. Which ever way things go the track to be used will be HSD which is fast and very flowy, making it a suitable track for riders of all abilities. All details still to be finalized.

Below is a video of the 2011 South West Championships ran on Super-Tavi the infamous Dirt 1.04 track filmed and edited by Fez Bennetts.

 

South West Champs 2011 20-21.08 from fezbennett on Vimeo.

 

2012 WOODLANDS SUMMER SERIES

The possible summer series at Woodlands will only be open to full members and will be ran on the same format as cake races/timed sessions. Each timed session will carry a small levy of £2.50 for all riders, unless you attend dig days at Woodlands or Gawton on a regular basis. Dates to be confirmed.

MARSHALS

Marshals for both of the 2011-2012 race series will be paid £25.00 and a £5.00 food voucher. Unless you are paying for someones entry, and if this is the case please contact me so the payment system can be adjusted. Click HERE to register your interest in being a marshal for 2011-2012 and to be given your password for the Marshals page when it is completed. For now though I would like to say a very big thankyou to all of you who have volunteered and helped at all of our past events as without you it wouldn't have happened at all.

TRACK GRADINGS FOR ALL FUTURE RACES

All race tracks will be graded in the future to give all riders a better idea of what to expect and a better idea of wether you are going to be capable of riding/racing the tracks. All track gradings will be placed after the track names in brackets on the WR race callendar. Click HERE for a full guide to track gradings.

THE CAKE RACES ARE COMING BACK

Supported by the "OUTLAW RIDERS"

The Cake races are only open to FULL MEMBERS, so if your not a member then get on and join as it will be checked at the session. The cake races are a chance to get a little maintainence done on one or two features and then have a timed session down a short section of track normally about 250metres. If you turn up at 10:00 and dig then you automatically get to enter the timed session for free, but if you don't dig then it will cost you a donation of £2.00 to the cake fund. The top 3 times will be rewarded with a cake of course :) We will be running timed sessions at Gawton too next year. All cake races will be timed with our Tag heur timing system kindly supplied by the "Tavistock Round Table". Check out the race calender for details on dates and to register your interest.

XC AT GAWTON DH

Yes thats right 2012 might actually see the arrival of XC at Gawton. So watch this space as ideas are flying arround already.

JUNE 2012 SUMMER JAM AND CLUB CHAMPS WEEKEND

2012 SUMMER JAM and CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS, we have some possible dates which will be confirmed soon. But in the meantime pencil these into your diaries Boys n Girls. Possibilty number one will be Saturday 16th June for the Summer Jam / Sunday 17th June for the Club Champs. Possibility number 2 will be Saturday 23rd June for the Summer Jam / Sunday 24th June for the Club Champs. The final choice of date will be confirmed in the next month or so, so watch this space and the home page gang.

BRITISH CYCLING FEDERATION MEMBERSHIP

Wether you race or just ride for the fun of it the benefits of joining the BCF are good. It does'nt matter wether you want to collect points or race for fun there is a membership package that will suit your requirements from Bronze with the bare minimum of benefits right up to Gold with a vast amount of benefits. For more information and to possibly join the BCF click HERE.

A full face helmet must be worn at all times whilst competing in any of our races or timed sessions.