This is the 2nd ‘Super Sprint’ style event and will be similar to last year with a few variations on a theme! Lots of control points to visit but not necessarily many kilometres to travel. The furthest control is only 2500m from the start/finish as the crow flies... There will be 3 courses to choose from:
Course 1; The Maungakotukutuku MAJOR Muster; 27 controls to visit, expected win time 120 minutes.
Course 2; The Maungakotukutuku MODERATE Muster; 22 controls to visit, expected win time 100 minutes
Course 3; The Maungakotukutuku MINOR Muster; 13 controls to visit, expected win time 60 - 90 minutes
Those entered in the MTBO series and wanting to accumulate points will do their normal course 1/2/3.
Those just out for a challenge can choose any course they like.
Easy format:
Fastest person to collect all controls on their course wins.
No penalties for lateness (except perhaps missing the BBQ lunch!)
No restrictions on where you go or how you get there, staying on the tracks is recommended but not compulsory.
Only penalty that applies is 10 minutes added to your time for each control not visited. So if you can’t find the control, don’t spend more than 10 minutes looking for it, better to take the penalty and move on. If the control has ‘vanished’ or been moved then we will hear about it from more than one competitor afterwards.
The entire course will be between elevations of 150m, to 450m and only cover 8 sq km, so the controls will be at a high density with the possibility to average a control every 5 minutes! Although some of those controls may not be so easy to find!!
Final information on the day, Maps will be pre-marked with all control points, Maps handed out 5 minute before mass start, Start time is 10:30am all courses. Registration from 9:30.
START POINT: 500m past Kapiti Fourx4 Quad Bike Adventures on the Maungakotukutuku Road, Paraparaumu.
Further details: http://www.mountainbike.co.nz/clubs/hvmbc/
http://www.mapsport.co.nz/mtbo/mtbo.html