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About

We are the Main club for the Cairns Region, host races in the Smtihfield MTB park and our volunteer base of club members maintain the trails

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Entry Categories & Pricing

Entry Categories	Regular Entry
Juniors 10-12 Male/Female. 13-15 Male Female 16-19 Male female	$20

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Welcome to Round #3 of the FNQ Inter-School MTB series

Event: Inter-school MTB series - Enduro Format

Venue: Smithfield MTB Park ( Crankworx Site)

Date: Sunday 22nd October

Time : 8am

Format: Enduro/stage race

Commissaire  Race Director: Craig Nissen

Organiser: Cairns MTB Club

GENERAL INFORMATION

Categories: As Follows

3 x categories- As per AUS CYCLING guidelines all categories are male or female 10-12yr 13-15yr 16-19yr

RACE SCHEDULE

8am Plate collection

8:15-8:30 bike and gear safety check

8:45 rider /parent briefing

9am - race start

Event Registration will be open from 1-2 weeks before the event and each category will be capped at 20 competitors, so we will not have more than 60 total competitors and there will be no allowance for on the day registration. 

Race Stage Layout: As follows

Riders have 3 hours to complete their 3 stages as noted below

Rider in 10-12yr group will do stages 1-3

Riders in 13-15yr + 16-19yr will do stages 2-4

Riders will have to complete all 3 required stages to finish the race, riders can do re runs of each stage up to 3 times on each stages if time allows, you need to be back to event site buy cut off time

STAGE 1 - BLACK SNAKE

STAGE 2 - LOWER PIPELINE

STAGE 3 - CENTEPIEDE

STAGE 4- ROCKY DINGO

Riders 13-15yr + 16-19yr must have Australian standard full face helmet, full long sleeves /elbow pads, full pants and knee pads, and full finger gloves.

Bike suitability -Juniors will need a mountain bike with functioning, and quality brakes (preferably disc) which need to be recently serviced to ensure race readiness. We will do be doing safety assessments on bikes in the morning prior to race start again. If a bike is unsafe, the competitor will be scratched and refunded.

Course inspection: A course inspection will be completed by the event organisers 1-2 weeks prior to the event. During this inspection the organisers will have to identify any issues or improvements that require attention and then with the Cairns MTB Clubs’ approval have them rectified before the start of the event, if necessary to do so.  

Signage and course marking - Start Finish signs will be out 2 weeks prior to event and course will be bunted in the days prior to the event.

RACE DAY

Plate number will be handed out on the day and race seeding will be self seeded by the riders at the start of each stage We will not be accepting any on-the-day nominations

Race timing will be done using start and finish elect timing units Once the times are collated the results will be announced during a podium ceremony for each of the three categories All race results will be deemed as final by the race director.

If you are unsure of what age group or ability of your child contact Chad on celliott1@cns.catholic.edu.au

Scratching:

Entered & can't make it? An automated refund is available using the EntryBoss' Scratching mechanism. Please note the scratching cut-off because non-attendance refunds after this time are at the discretion of the event organisers and may require a medical certificate.

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Event Cancellations

• Riders will receive 100% refunds if the event is cancelled.
• We will do our best to communicate our intentions early if the event is at risk of not proceeding.

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More Info

Need to talk to someone?

e: celliott1@cns.catholic.edu.au or president@cairnsmtb.com

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