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JAMES WILLIAMSON ENDURO CHALLENGE
A joint initiative of Southern Highlands Cycling Club and Canberra Off-Road Cyclists. Limited edition Willo T-shirt with every registration before December 31st 2010
Date: 13 March 2011Time: 9am startLocation: Wingello State Forest, Southern Highlands. NSW Registrations: Enter here (http://www.registernow.com.au/mtba/ERegister.aspx?E=472)
Categories Under 19 years 50km or 25km loopUnder 17 years 25km or 16km loopUnder 15 years 16km loop only
No separate category for masters, but prize will be given to first masters male and female to finish
Costs
75KM $8050 KM $70 25 KM $6513 KM $45
Wingello State Forest
Wingello State Forest is a planted forest, located in the Southern Highlands between Sydney and Goulburn. The forest is owned by the New South Wales Government and contains several thousand hectares of forest including pine plantation and hardwood forest. The race/ride will be based at the airfield at Wingello Forest (5 minutes from Wingello Forest Park).
There is plenty of camping at the forest park, and on site food, toilets, coffee vans, water, and first aid at the race. Plenty of accommodation in the Southern Highlands www.southern-highlands.com.au (http://www.southern-highlands.com.au)
Trail Descriptions
The 13 KM loop is predominantly single track. The 25 KM loop is predominantly single track, with some fire road as well. The 50KM and 75KM loops combine single track with fire road. Single track winds through banksias, trees, ferned gullies, soft eucalypt forests, up steep climbs, over water bars, around tight rocky areas and back again onto perfect flowing single track, providing an awesome circuit with plenty of space for passing as well as going hard.
Number of riders
There is a limit of 600 riders - registration will close when this number has been reached.
Proceeds from Event
Money (after costs) to be placed into the James Williamson Fund. The fund will be used to finance a range of activities in support of developing young mountain bike riders in Australia; including: an annual training camp, assistance packages and other forms of assistance to be determined by the administrators of the James Williamson Fund.
James Williamson
This inaugural MTB event to be held in memory of James Williamson, the 2008 World and 2006 Australian MTB 24 Hour champion, who passed away on March 23rd 2010. James came from the Southern Highlands of NSW before moving to Canberra, and knew the trails of both areas well.
www.southernhighlandscc.com.au (http://www.southernhighlandscc.com.au)
