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Mudgee 3 Hour - part of the NSW Central West XC Mountain Bike Inter-club Race Series

Mudgee Region Mountain Bike Club is pleased to be hosting Round 1 of the 2024 NSW Central West XC Mountain Bike Inter-club Race Series at the Mudgee Common Mountain Bike Trails,

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Venue

The event take place at the Mudgee Common Mountain Bike Trails.

Important information about Mudgee Common and the Swainsona recta

While racing in the common you’ll be sharing the area with an endangered plant Swainsona recta, commonly known as the Small Purple-pea. The pea may be flowering during this year’s event. MRMTB have made every effort to keep the tracks used away from the pea sensitive areas and to demarcate any pea areas found around the course.

We need competitors to stick to the trails as much as possible. As this is our first event there’ll be a lot of eyes on us. Any course cutting or corner straightening will make it much more difficult for us to hold events in the future. Please just stick to the tracks.

Competitors will be required to sign an acknowledgement that MRMTB has made them aware of the ecological significance of the Mudgee Common.

Parking and Event Centre

We are unable to park cars inside the common so this makes running the traditional pit situation you’re used to at XC inter-clubs impossible. To run the event in a sustainable way we’ll set up a pit area just outside the common gate. Access to this pit area will be controlled to allow residents to come and go as freely as possible. We’ll open the pit area at 7am. There’ll be no parking except for approved vehicles on the common road. Competitors and spectators are asked to park on Bellevue Road (after dropping off gear to pits) and take a short ride/walk to the pit area. To smooth out this process we ask that competitors arrive a bit earlier than usual, and be patient, and to please, where possible, load more than one competitors gear into the cars coming up the common rd to drop off equipment to the pits.

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Camping

There are 100 camping sites available at Mudgee Showground. Bookings are not accepted - simply choose a site when you arrive.

Powered sites are available at both upper and lower sections of the showground. Daily cash and EFTPOS payments are taken each afternoon - there is no weekly fee for campsites. All basic facilities are available.

PRICING Powered sites - $25 per day Unpowered sites - $15.50 per day

CLOSURES On rare occasions, camping at Mudgee Showground may be unavailable or closed due to major events, such as the Mudgee Show. All closure dates will be listed via this website.

There are currently no planned closure dates.

For further enquiries, please contact the Caretaker on 0447 111 329.

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Food and BBQ

A bbq will be running on the day selling plenty of tasty treats to keep you going.

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Registration

Registration is ONLINE ONLY and you must have a valid AusCycling or One Day Event Licence. No late entries will be accepted. For AusCycling licence information please visit https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership.

For Terms and Conditions please visit https://assets.auscycling.org.au/s3fs-public/2021-04/auscycling-event-terms-and-conditions.pdf?hLVjg_cHO6zFER9cEiPsB1g_khYrg853=

By entering the E-bike category you agree that your e-Bike used at our events to complies with Australian Standards and understand that it may be scrutinised by the race Commissaires.

One Day Event Licence

If you are not a current member, then you may include the purchase of a temporary membership in your entry. AusCycling's One Day Event Licence is a great option for people who like to race occasionally and would prefer not to commit for a full year. The cost for a One Day Event Licence is $44 + the entry fee and is fully refunded if the event is cancelled or you scratch prior to the event.

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Race Fees

Age Group (age as of 31 December)	Cost	Licence Requirements
U13s	$5	You must have a valid AusCycling or One Day Event Licence
U17s	$25	You must have a valid AusCycling or One Day Event Licence
Senior	$25	You must have a valid AusCycling or One Day Event Licence
Teams	$15 per rider	You must have a valid AusCycling or One Day Event Licence

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Refunds: If we need to cancel for any reason, all riders will be given a 100% refund. We'll make every effort to notify riders the event is cancelled. If in doubt, please check this race listing for a notice.

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Race Categories

Category	Course	Duration
Solo Men	Full	3 Hours
Solo Women	Full	3 Hours
Single Speed Men	Full	3 Hours
Single Speed Women	Full	3 Hours
Mens Team (2 riders)	Full	3 Hours
Women's Team (2 riders)	Full	3 Hours
Mixed Team (2 riders)	Full	3 Hours
Juniors U17 Men	Full	3 Hours
Juniors U17 Women	Full	3 Hours
Junior Team U13 (2 Riders)	Full	3 Hours
Junior U13 (Short Course)	Short	1 hour max
E-bike	Full	3 Hours

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Schedule

Registration open for number plate collection	09:00am
Track open for practice	09.00am
Racing Starts	10.00am
Track Closed - last competitors of the course	2.00pm

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Race Format

Individuals and teams are completing to see who can complete the most amount of laps in 3 hours.

Juniors (U13) can race the full course and time in pairs teams or a modified short course for a maximum of 1 hour.

1st, 2nd and 3rd Podium Places are awarded for all grades

A presentation will be held following the event.

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This will be the first event MRMTB has run so bear with us. We hope to run many more. To achieve this we’ll need all competitors to keep to the tracks. Deliberate course cutting, aka Strava lines, will make it much harder for us to run events in the future. There’ll be a lot of eyes on this race.

With your cooperation we think you’ll have a blast racing the Mudgee common. Hopefully with a bit of work we’ll be able to bring both Mudgee and Clandulla events to inter-clubs next year.

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Series Dates

Round	Date	Location	Hosted by
Round 1	14 April 2024	Mudgee	Mudgee Region Mountain Bike Club
Round 2	28 April 2024	Orange	Orange Mountain Bike Club
Round 3	2 June 2024	Dubbo	Dubbo Mountain Bike Club
Round 4	16 June 2024	Rydal	Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club
Round 5	4 August 2024	Clandulla	Clandulla & Mudgee Mountain Bike Club
Round 6	8 September 2024	Yellomundee	Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club
Round 7	3 November 2024	Bathurst	Bathurst Mountain Bike Club

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Contact

Event Organiser	Mudgee Region Mountain Bike Club
Contact Name	Hamish Oatley
Contact Phone Number	0448811113
Contact Email	hamish.oatley84@gmail.com
Event Website	https://
Series Facebook Page	https://www.facebook.com/NSWcentralwestmountainbike

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