Doug Wisor Memorial 'mini' ENDURO
Sunday 30th Oct - Pan Pac Eskdale MTB Park, Hawkes Bay

The annual Doug Wisor Memorial mini Enduro, will be staged within the Mill & Replanted Blocks @ Pan Pac Eskdale MTB Park with 5 set courses, averaging approx 3km in length each.

Cruise-up (untimed) and race-down against the clock.
"The sport of Enduro encapsulates everything people love about the sport of mountain-biking – adventure, challenge, adrenaline fix, combined with fun social riding: and at the same time teases out the little bit of competitiveness and thrill-seeker we all have inside of us."

Riders will race individually against the clock down each course (electronic timing by ActiveTiming), then making their own way (untimed) to the next, with the order of trails set in a fixed order (all intermediate or advanced level trails).

Which courses / trails will be used?? you will find out at event briefing on-the-day.

$45 online entry, ($60 OTD) - ENTER ONLINE via the below link
Categories : Men / Women / U19 Men (age on the day)

$50 cash prize to each category winner + $50 to overall winner

Find all DW-Enduro event information at http://www.hawkesbaymtb.co.nz/events/enduro/

Tell your mates, spread the word, and enter for fun

UPDATE:
As the total event distance, including commuting between stages comes in at 30km, with approx 870m of climbing, we've now incorporated some shuttles into 4 of the 5 stages.

Enter online and for more info, at http://www.hawkesbaymtb.co.nz/events/enduro/

Anyone entering this? The wife is away so may run up, drop the kids at Grannies and ride it!

Hawkesbaymtb wrote:UPDATE:
As the total event distance, including commuting between stages comes in at 30km, with approx 870m of climbing, we've now incorporated some shuttles into 4 of the 5 stages.

30km/900m sounds normal for an enduro. What you have now is a Dh race

dwgknz wrote:Anyone entering this? The wife is away so may run up, drop the kids at Grannies and ride it!

Yep I'm planning on doing it.

How about U19 Women??

Just batting for my offspring I'll be entering.

Up until this year, we never had any categories for this event, with everyone all in together and just one overall winner.

So for this year, due to introducing the expensive electronic timing system, we've decided to try a couple of common categories (Men, Women, U19Men) also with $50 cash prize for each category winner, and will see how it goes for if we need to create more categories in future events.

(We have been running this event since 2007, which was just a single Super-D until 2014 when we relocated into the new Mill Block and added multiple "stages", hence becoming an Enduro. This year, with more new trails created, we've extended the stages to include nearby roads and parts of other tracks to get some more length into them, totalling approx 14km of timed racing - still generally descending overall).

For a brief teaser on what trails will be used, below is a list of 9 potential trails.
5 of these will be used in this years event, with parts of nearby roads and nearby trails added in, to create the 5 stages, that all predominantly descend, but easily achievable for an intermediate level XC rider.
For an added hint, only 1 stage will be held within the Replanted Block!

We will also have shuttles running partway between 4 of the 5 stages - so no excuses! CRUISE-UP (untimed) and RACE-DOWN - which is what most riders do on a normal ride ?!?!

• Sweeper
• Cannonbal Lector
• Grand Traverse
• Mint
• Tinker
• Smooth Operator
• Oliver’s Twist
• Stingray
• Spoon

(Links above are to videos of the trail)

DW-Enduro this Sunday @ Pan Pac Eskdale MTB Park (Hawkes Bay)

5 electronically timed stages, in a set order, with shuttles between 4 of the 5 stages.
Located just 10 minutes drive north of Napier, or 90 minutes from Taupo, or 2 hours from Rotorua.

Online entries close tomorrow, now at 6pm = $45
Or enter on the day = $60 (cash or chq only)

Rego: 9am-10am @ Pan Pac carpark (within main entrance to the Mill)
Briefing: 9.50am
Start: 10am riders head off to stage 1
Start: 10.30am estimated first rider will start stage 1
Prize-giving: 1pm (approx), or about when last rider returns to base

$50 cash prize to each category winner + $50 to overall winner

Enter online and for more info, at http://www.hawkesbaymtb.co.nz/events/enduro/

Facebook event page - https://www.facebook.com/events/1131886240186920/

How's the head Beater, still entering?

Back to Napier so may just enter, the tracks I've ridden of these are fine on the Anthem!!

dwgknz wrote:How's the head Beater, still entering?

Back to Napier so may just enter, the tracks I've ridden of these are fine on the Anthem!!

No I'm out unfortunately. Was back in hospital Thursday. Made a right mess if myself.

Fun little event and didn't come last!

Doug Wisor Memorial Enduro
We had 64 entries in todays Enduro at Pan Pac Eskdale MTB Park.

With over 31 minutes of timed racing over 5 stages in greasy conditions after last nights rain, just 8 seconds split the top 3 riders, with Josh Reilly from Auckland taking the win, just 4 seconds ahead of local rider Mike Newall (who keeps the trophy for another year) and Carl Jones from Rotorua came in 3rd.

In the womens field, there was only 90 seconds between the top 2 riders, with Janine Kavanagh taking the win over Katie O'Neill.

In U19 Men, Daniel Self from Rotorua was 1 minute clear of the pack to take the win.

Full Results here - HERE
To view stage times, click on the individual rider, then click on "show splits"

Photos will be available via facebook later in the week.

I believe greasy is an understatement, especially stage 1!

Photos are now up online from Sunday's event, thanks to Wayne from PhotoGraphic
https://www.facebook.com/pg/PhotoGraphi ... 0000508436