Mid North Island Championships 2008 - Round 1, Taupo

The entry fee for this round is a low $25, and you will get a well run event, heaps of MTB riding fun on purpose built all-weather forest tracks, and lots of great spot prizes thanks to our major sponsor the Avanti Plus Corner Shop Taupo.

(Discounted entry fee of $20 for Taupo MTB Club members)

The Wairakei Forest venue will be sign-posted off SH1, between Taupo and Wairakei, near Helistar.

Registration opens at 9.00 am, and racing begins at 10.00 am.  Enter on-the-day only. 

Entry categories for the MNIC Series are as follows:

Junior 14-15 Male (U16),  Junior 16-18 Male (U19), Junior 14-15 Female (U16), Junior 16-18 Female (U19), Open Male, Open Female, Veteran 30-39 Male, Veteran 40+ Male, Veteran 30+ Female.

The Fun Ride is all in, Male or Female.

Course Details

For those of you who are familiar with the MTB tracks in Wairakei Forest, here is the full detail of the courses.

17 km Fun Course (Loop 1)

Start on gravel road, through car park, and then part of Corkscrew, Squirt, part of Q-Line Road, Paintball (including Carwyn's New Extension), Fast Eddie, part of Bumble Bee, last parts of Ferret and Tourist Trap, through car park again (just for the spectators!), Lake Hire Link 1, part of Tankstand, Ground Effect Grinder, Mr & Mrs, Better than P, part of Young Pines, Corral, Walters Wiggles, Lake Hire Link 2, and back to car park to finish.

We didn't say its an easy course, but we do guarantee it will be fun!  Mr & Mrs is a new track, with great bermed corners and flow, and it goes on and on (just like my Mrs).  You just have to do it!

30 km Championship Course (Loop 2)

Do Loop 1 as above, but split off at the end of Walters Wiggles.  Up Tankstand (again, but doing all of it this time, with those nice "sweepers" on the downhill side),  Drone loop, Outback, uphill part of Retro (just to boost the heart rate), Luge (but not the see saw), bottom end of Slaylom, Corral, Incline, Coaster, Lake Hire Link 2, and back to car park to finish.

Its only 30 km, but your legs will know they've been working!

 MNIC Series Information

Competitors can choose to enter one or more events, but to be eligible for series points and trophies you must enter at least 3 rounds including a start in the Napier final.  The scoring system is 12 points for 1st place, 9 points for 2nd, 8 points for 3rd, 6 points for 4th, 5 points for 5th, 4 points for 6th, and 1 point for 7th on down for all finishers.  Your total series score is your best 3 rounds, but should there be a tie, best place in the Napier Final decides.  The rounds after Taupo are as follows:

Round 2, Tokoroa, on Sunday 23 November 2008

Round 3 , Rotorua, on Sunday 7 December 2008

Round 4 (Final), Napier, on Saturday 13 December 2008

Thanks also to associate sponsor Matt Jensen Insurance Brokers Ltd, for all Taupo MTB Club insurance covers.