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Welcome to the Victorian State Championships for 2026!!!

The 2026 DH State Championships represent the pinnacle of downhill racing in Victoria. Bringing together the state’s top riders across ALL categories, this event crowns the official Victorian State Champions!

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Entry Categories

Age Category *	Gender	Comment
U19	Separate Male & Female	Pro Category
ELITE	Separate Male & Female	Pro Category
EXPERT	Separate Male & Female
SPORT	Separate Male & Female
MASTERS 1-9	Separate Male & Female

Note *: Effective race ages are as at 31 Dec 2026

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Entry

Please note: you MUST have a current AusCycling (AC) RACE licence to compete at the State Championships, to ensure you are insured during the event. This can be either an annual RACE licence or a 7x day 'event licence' covering the event dates.

**Your AC Licence must be a 'Race' Licence, and the membership number must be used when entering the event.

See Race Licence | AusCycling for more info.

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Volunteer at this years' State Champs - Help us make this an even better event by joining other legends and helping us out...you can sign up and go into the draw to win amazing prizes here: https://volunteersignup.org/E4JJT

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Pricing

To support the riding community and in an endeavor to keep travelling costs down, we have elected this year to keep races as close to Melbourne as possible. However, due to ever increasing costs, we have had to slightly increase entry fees this year but have done our best to keep this to a minimum.

Regular Entry: $198 (Includes GST & Bank fees) per event

PLEASE NOTE This event is being held on land managed by ParksVic. No camping or Dogs are allowed.

Scratching: Can't make it & would like to withdraw?
You can withdraw your entry & trigger your own automated refund by scratching. Keep an eye on the organiser's scratching cut-off, because refunds are self-serve up until that time. After that cut-off, refunds are at the discretion of the organiser.

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Waitlisting

• There is a capacity constraint on our events, which may mean you receive a message to say you have been ‘waitlisted’ at entry.

• Waitlisting means the age category is full, but you have been placed on a waitlist to see whether another entrant scratches, and a spot becomes available.

• If a spot does become available and you are given a start, you will appear on the startlist and receive an email to advise your status has changed.

• If you are waitlisted but do not get to participate in the event, you will receive a full refund.

• If you no longer want to be on the waitlist, you can take yourself off & trigger your own refund by Scratching through the EntryBoss system.

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Rules

Rookie Cup and State Champs regualtions can be found here https://joyridemtb.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Joyride-Racing-Rules-and-Regulations.pdf

PLEASE WATCH SERIES INFORMATION VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdCxWIg6bGc

These cover:

• Clothing & Equipment

• Concussion Policy

• Code of Conduct

Please read and watch as the rules contain important information that you need to know.

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More Info

w: https://joyridemtb.com.au/racing/rookie-cup/

F: https://www.facebook.com/people/Joyride-Racing/100095438745483/

E: racing@joyridemtb.com.au or events@joyridemtb.com.au

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Visit some great areas across Murrindindi!!!

There are heaps of things to do all around the event, so if you have time, please visit the below website for some great ideas and let's support the local businesses!!!

w: https://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/Explore/Discover-Dindi