2026 Rocky MTB Club XCO Round 4

Details

Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026
Course: See details
Entries open: Sun, 06 Sep 2026 4:00 PM AEST
Entries close: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 8:10 AM AEST
Pay online by: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:00 AM AEST

Outline

🚵‍♂️ The XC season Finale!

The 2026 Rockhampton & Central Queensland Cross-Country Olympic (XCO) Series wraps up with Round Four at First Turkey Mountain Bike Reserve, proudly hosted by Rockhampton Mountain Bike Club Inc.

📍Round Four Venue First Turkey Mountain Bike Reserve Hosted by Rockhampton Mountain Bike Club on our home trails.

👉 The event hub will be located at the German St Trail Head. All rider check-in, race briefing and event services will operate from this location.

~~https://www.trailforks.com/tracker/map/?ping=-23.335032,150.542620 ~~

✨ What to Expect

🤩 A fun, competitive and community-driven XCO race

🚵‍♀️ Technical, flowing cross-country racing on purpose-built trails

🎉 A supportive race-day atmosphere for riders of all ages and abilities

🏆 Points awarded to category place winners at each round — throwback series style!

📍 Series Race Locations

• First Turkey MTB Reserve – Rockhampton MTB Club

• Tolmies Trails – Central Highlands MTB Club

• Gladstone MTB Reserve – Gladstone MTB Club

🏆 Season Champions 🏆

Points from all four rounds count toward overall standings, with series champions crowned after Race Podiums — every round matters!

📍 Enter now as entries close at Midnight Friday 18 September 2026.📍

~ Course Details ~

All Categories ~ https://www.strava.com/routes/3534578186406110298

U11 & U13 short coarse - https://www.strava.com/routes/3534578186405147738

No late entries - No exceptions - No correspondence will be entered into (which means don't expect an answer if you ask)

Event Details

Where: First Turkey Mountain Bike Reserve
Host: Rockhampton Mountain Bike Club Incorporated
Sponsor: RMBC
Date: Saturday 19 September 2026
Start Time: 3pm (See Race Schedule below for detailed timings)
Finish Time: 5pm
Lap Length: 4 - 7km

Categories & Duration

Entry Category	Number of Laps	Duration
Junior U11	1 Lap	20 minutes
Junior U13	2 Laps	40 minutes
Juniors U15	1 Laps	45 minutes
Juniors U17	2 Laps	1.25 hours
Novice	2 Laps	1.25 hours
Open Male	3 Laps	1.5 hours
Open Female	3 Laps	1.5 hours
Masters Male	3 Laps	1.5 hours
Masters Female	3 Laps	1.5 hours
Grand Masters Male	3 Laps	1.5 hours
Grand Masters Female	3 Laps	1.5 hours
Great Grand Masters Male	3 Laps	1.5 hours
Great Grand Masters Female	3 Laps	1.5 hours
Elite Male	4 Laps	1.5 hours
Elite Female	4 Laps	1.5 hours
E-bike Male	3 Laps	1.5 hours
E-bike Female	3 Laps	1.5 hours

Rocky MTB Club reserves the right to add, delete, merge or split categories, depending on the number of entrants.

Ages

Age is defined as at 31 December 2026.
AusCycling Junior Policy MTB Maximum Race Duration Age Restrictions apply and cannot be waived by Rocky MTB Club, so please don't ask us to "bend" the rules!

https://assets.auscycling.org.au/s3fs-public/2023-05/auscycling-junior-policy.pdf?VersionId=j0TpmtZwjeeISLmBup4b2GuCPs7mSxjI

Entry Fees

Senior $30 per rider
Junior $15 per rider

Race Schedule

Entries close at Midnight Friday 18 September 2026.
Plate allocation commences at 2:00pm.
Rider Briefing at 2:45pm.
Start time is at 3:00pm for all categories. (Mass start, Self-seeded, Junior riders to the back)
Race Duration depends on the Entry Category (see ‘Categories & Duration’ above).
Practice is from 2:00pm to 2:30pm only for registered riders issued with a race plate.
Race Results will be published at: https://www.raceresult.com/en-au/home/index.php.

Rules

This event is conducted in accordance with AusCycling Policies and Rules.
An AusCycling Race Membership or Event Licence is mandatory.
Riders must comply with any additional rules advised during the Rider Briefing.
Attendance at the Rider Briefing is compulsory to race.
Fastest time for completing the race wins each category.

Event Cancellation

If the event has to be cancelled due to extreme weather, a notification will be posted on the Rocky MTB Club Facebook page.

Parking

All vehicles must be parked either in the German Street carpark, or on the eastern verge at the southern end of German Street, or on the adjacent Lyle Albert Dobbs Reserve if it's dry.
Do not park on Sunset Drive.

Venue Rules

Care for the natural environment.
Remove all rubbish, including Race Plate cable ties.
Respect local residents.

Prizes

Category place winners will receive a Race Certificate.
You will also have the glory of mounting the podium and being immortalised via social media.

Sponsorship

Rocky MTB Club currently has no XC event sponsor for the 2026 or 2027 season.
If you or your business would be interested in supporting our XC events in 2027, we would love to hear from you!
Sponsorship is a great opportunity to support our local mountain biking community while promoting your business to our members and event participants.
Please reach out to Rocky MTB Club to discuss sponsorship opportunities for the 2027 XC season.

Scratching

Entered & can't make it? An automated refund is available using the EntryBoss Scratch mechanism.
Please note the scratch cut-off time of 9am Saturday 18 September 2026.
DNS (Did Not Start) refunds after this time are at the discretion of Rocky MTB Club.