Mud Sweat and Gears: Eastern MTB XC Series

Mud Sweat and Gears: Eastern MTB XC Series
Sunday 7th June 2015, Round 5, Thetford Forest, Norfolk
• Start times
• The event village
• Getting to the venue
• Podiums and Prizes
• Additional notes
• Contact details
Supporting Club
Start Times
Under 9’s and U12’s Coaching and Race
1.5hr coaching session (+ breaks) with 20 min race
08:00 Signing on opens
09:45 Signing on closes
09:45 Be ready in event arena to meet coaches
10:00 Coaching begins
11:30 Coaching ends – Under 12’s leave coach session and
return to arena to join other U12’s
12:00 U9 Race session starts
12:30 U9 Race session ends
Under 12’s Race Only
08:00 Signing on opens
12:00 Signing on closes
12:10 Practice lap with coaches
12:25 approx. Race starts
12:50 Race ends
Juvenile & Youth
Race duration 45 mins to 1hr
08:00 Signing on opens
09:40 Signing on closes
09.40 Start line briefing/gridding
10:00 Start
Quantity of laps will be determined on the day by
Race Director and British Cycling
All Female categories and Open Male
Race duration
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Open = 1hr
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All other races 1.25 to 1.5hrs
08:00 Signing on opens
09:40 Signing on closes
09:40 Start line briefing/gridding
10:00 Start
Elite/Expert/Junior/Master/Sport/Vet/G.
Vet Male
Race duration 1.5hrs
09:00 Signing on opens
13:40 Signing on closes
13:40 Start line briefing/gridding
14:00 Start
Practice Time
Start
Finish
Morning
8.00
9.40
Afternoon
13.00
13.40
Look for the flags!!
• Green flag = full course open
• Red flag = course closed!
The Event Village
The event village will provide you and your supporters a place to relax and soak up the event atmosphere.
• Registration tent
• Start and finish line
• Catering
• First aid
• Time Laps
• Sponsors tents with loads of great kit
• Tunes
• Toilets
Getting to the venue
A12/Chelmsford
Norwich
Post Code:
IP27 0AF
A11 from M11
Use the postcode above and follow the directions to Thetford Forest High Lodge Forest Centre. Use the
normal access road to approach High Lodge, access from the B1107. Before you reach the entry barriers
(DO NOT GO THROUGH THE BARRIERS ON ARRIVAL) the MSG car park entrance will be on the left.
Please follow all MSG signage. This road is entry only.
Getting to the venue
Entry
Post Code:
IP27 0AF
Exit
When you come to leave the event please exit the car park from the adjacent corner in the field this
takes you back into the High Lodge car park. IF YOU HAVE A CAR PLEASE COLLECT A CAR PARK
TOKEN FROM REGISTRATION WHEN YOU SIGN ON THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO LEAVE FOC.
ONE TOKEN PER VEHICLE.
Podiums and Prizes
Estimated time for podiums:
•Morning races @ 1pm onwards (as soon as the U12 race finishes)
•Afternoon races @ 4pm onwards (ASAP once the last rider is finished)
Event Podium Prizes:
Each category will receive a prize from one of our sponsors. The specific
prizes will rotate around the categories at each event so to avoid anyone
getting the same prize twice.
Prizes include goodie bags from Chelmer Cycles, Torq, Grips Bikes, Sussed
Out Cycles fork service vouchers plus tyres from Rubena!
Series Points:
NEW FOR 2015: Category Winners Will have the chance to race off for our Champion of
Champions Prize at the Series Finale….. A brand spanking new Mondraker Podium
Race bike!!!!
All riders will be automatically entered into the Mud Sweat and
Gears: Eastern Region MTB Series (top 100 in each category). All riders
who’s category qualifies and are British Cycling members, will also
automatically receive regional ranking points.
Additional Notes
• If this is your first MSG: Eastern Region event for 2015 you will be supplied with a new number board
on the day. Please report to registration when your arrive.
•Retain your number board for future MSG events a replacement will cost you £10.
• To find out who else has pre-registered log onto the website @ Hadleigh Entries
• There is no free water available on the course / event village. Please bring your own supply of water.
• All riders must be wearing an appropriate helmet, be riding a MTB and have bar end plugs.
• The format of the day has changed from previous years so please double check start times.
• Timing is being managed by Time Laps. There will be an interactive screen displaying real time results on the day,
but for a full break down log onto www.timelaps.co.uk on the Monday after the event.
• Please respect the other races and not practice when others are racing. Green flag = course open Red flag =
course closed!
Rule Changes
New Rules For Old
Rule 6.11.5 states Ignorance of the regulations is not admitted as an excuse. This year that’s especially important as the MTB rules have been rewritten, so you
might want to run your eye over them before you race. If so you can find them here:http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/rulebook/2015/C8_-_Mountain_Bike_Specific_Regulations.pdf
There are three sets of rules which apply, which are the Commissaire is always right, the General Cross-Discipline Regs, and the Mountain Biking Rulebook. For those
who can’t be faddled to read the latter two, we’ve selected a few points that you might or might not know not necessarily where they have changed.
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3.1.1 ……………….. bar end plugs are compulsory.
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7.5 Feed/Technical Assistance Zones
7.5.1 For Olympic and marathon format cross-country events, feeding is permitted only in the zones designated for that purpose, which are also used as technical
assistance zones. Eye wear exchange may also be permitted in these areas.
7.5.2 Each feed/technical assistance zone must be located on flat or uphill sections which are slow and wide enough for the purpose.
7.5.3 For Olympic format events one double or two single zones shall be employed. Additional zones may be required for Marathon format, dependent upon the
distance of the course or lap.
7.5.4 The Chief Commissaire or Technical Delegate, in collaboration with the event organiser shall decide on the distribution and location of feed/ technical
assistance zones.
7.5.5 The feed/technical assistance zones must be wide and long enough so as not to impede the passage of riders not stopping in the zone.
7.5.6 Physical contact between feeders/mechanics and riders is permitted only in feed/technical assistance zones. Water bottles and food must be passed up to the
rider by hand by the feeder or the mechanic. The feeder or mechanic is not permitted to run alongside the rider or place water bottles on to the bike.
7.5.7 The spraying of water on riders or bicycles by the feeders is forbidden.
7.5.8 No rider may turn back on the course to reach a feed/technical assistance zone. Any rider doing so is disqualified. Only within the feed/technical assistance
zone itself may a rider turn back without obstructing other competitors.
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7.6 Authorised Technical Assistance
7.6.1 Technical assistance during a race is permitted subject to the conditions below.
7.6.2 Authorised Technical Assistance during a race consists of repairs to or the replacement of any part of the bicycle other than the frame. Bike changes are not
permitted and the rider must cross the finish line with the same handlebar number plate that he had at the start.
7.6.3 Technical assistance can only be given in the feed/technical assistance zones.
7.6.4 Spare equipment and tools for repairs must be kept in these zones. Repairs and equipment changes can be carried out by the rider himself or with the help of a
teammate, team mechanic or neutral technical assistance. Small items such as an inner tube or a small tool may be handed up from the feed/technical assistance
zones.
7.6.5 Riders may carry tools and spare parts provided that these do not involve any danger to themselves or other competitors.
Contact us
If you have any questions or problems
please do not hesitate to contact:
Matt Ewings
Mud Sweat and Gears
[email protected]
www.sussedoutcycles.co.uk
Look forward
to
seeing you
soon!