Port Hills Hillclimb Series

These low-key events on Wednesday evenings are open to anyone and are free to enter. Simply turn up and ride and we'll provide the timing. The courses in the series are mostly well known tracks so there will be no course markings to follow. If you are not familiar with any of the other tracks being used please use the maps below and pre-ride the track. While many ride this series socially or use it as an excuse to get out for a regular hill ride, the competition for the title of Canterbury's best hillclimber is very much there at the pointy end of the field! There will be no prizegiving at any of the individual events (once you've finished your timed run you are free to go). A donation can be made at each ride to go to the Port Hills Trailbuilding Fund.

Series Summary (see below for more details and maps)
Wednesday 28 January 09 - Rapaki Track
Wednesday 4 February 09 - Worsleys Track
Wednesday 11 February 09 - Crocodile and Kennedys Tracks
Wednesday 18 February 09 - Victoria Park sprint course

Hopefully we'll see you there...
Craig and Rebekah

procedure

Riders can start between 6 and 7pm

All events will be time trial format with riders starting at 30 second intervals

Where possible faster riders will start before slower riders to minimise congestion on the singletrack

Riders enter at their own risk - we are only providing timing

We'll grab your name and category details the first time you participate

Categories are: juniors (<19), twenties, thirties, forties, fifty or more

Age is taken as at 1 January 2009

You will be allocated a race number which you will keep for the series

There will be no course markings... it is up to you to know where the course goes

Please refer to the maps below for courses

All tracks will remain open to the public... please respect all other track users

Gates and track conditions will be how you find them

Once you reach the top timekeeper you are free to head off

Points will be given at each event (based on your time in relation to the winner's time)

Your best 3 points go towards your series total

Times will be available on our noticeboard page within a day or so of each hillclimb

If the tracks are very wet or it is raining, events will be postponed till Thursday night, ...check our noticeboard page or phone us (322 7886 or 027 3134 908) if any doubt

Although these events are free to enter, you are welcome to make a donation to go to the Port Hills Trailbuilding Fund.

event details

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1 - Rapaki Track
Wednesday 28 January 2009
Same course as the last two years - starts at the bottom of Rapaki Track (at the gate) and finishes at the Summit Rd gate.

Suggested parking: Centaurus Rd

Men's record:
Neil Sutherland & Dayle McLauchlan, 13:37 (2008)

Women's record:
Megan Hooper, 18:43 (2008)

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2 - Worsleys Track
Wednesday 4 February 2009
Same course as the last two years - starts just up from the end of the tarseal (on the flat area) and finishes 10m below the Worsleys Track top gate. A classic dirt 4WD course that has numerous fairly smooth lines in between massive ruts and provides a different riding experience every year. This year the top few hundred meters is considerably smoother, having been bulldozed late 2008.

Suggested parking: top of Worsleys Rd (just near the start)

Men's record:
Dayle McLauchlan, 11:13 (2008)

Women's record:
Christine Wright, 15:38 (2008)

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3 - Crocodile & Kennedys Tracks
Wednesday 11 February 2009
Same course as the last two years - starts near the Halswell Quarry Cashmere Rd carpark, heads around the foot of the hill through the Quarry Park, up the Crocodile Singletrack, left onto the 4WD Kennedys Track and finishes at the Summit Rd stile at the top of Kennedys Track.

Suggested parking: Cashmere Rd Quarry carpark

Men's record:
Andy Reid, 25:30 (2007)

Women's record:
Christine Wright, 35:09 (2007)

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4 - Sprint course at Victoria Park
Wednesday 18 February 2009

The course starts beside the 40 foot jump (near exit of Dazza's Track and entrance to Brent's Track), heads up the gentler of the two 4WD track options for about 180m before turning around a right hand switchback and up to the main skidder site a further 180m or so away, finishing just at the entrance of Dazzas Track. Being a short sprint course of just a few minutes you will have the opportunity to have 2-3 attempts at it if you want (taking your best time). Access to the start, from the skidder site, is down the steep 4WD track or Dazza's. If riding backwards down the course please be considerate to riders doing timed climbs and give them plenty of space to negotiate any ruts and rocks. The course is all 4WD track and has a mix of gentle and steeper grade and smooth to rutty surface.

Suggested parking: Any of the Victoria Park carparking areas (closest is 19th Memorial, then the one next to the Rangers station, then the main carpark near the playground).

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Craig & Rebekah Tregurtha
Backyard Events
www.mountainbike.orcon.net.nz
Canterbury cross-country mountainbike events
03 322 7886 ... 027 313 4908 ... XC@paradise.net.nz