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LOCAL WEATHER INFORMATION

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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

DONE N DUSTED!

Woodland Riders Racing R3 from SuperSaturated on Vimeo.

We would like to thank all of the Racers, Spectators, Marshalls, St John Ambulance services, RJ Catering, Eagle Plant, Supersaturated, Koo-Bikes, Silverfish UK, PRG MTB and Dartmoor Cycles for all of your support and we hope to see you at the South West champs in August.

2012 SOUTH WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS @ GAWTON DH

YES THATS RIGHT IT'S BACK! The confirmed dates are August 18th and 19th.

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.

This years race will be held on "PROPPER JOB" our new track @ Gawton Gravity Hub.

Click HERE for full details and to enter the South West Champs.

 

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"

Check out their 2011 Season review HERE!

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.

Body armour (Spine Protection), knee/shin and elbow pads are also recomended for all riders under the age of 16.