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AGM Update Get along to the AGM
Tuesday 21 July, 7.30pm, Cashmere Club (entrances off Colombo St and Hunter Tce).
Free hot savouries for the first 50!!
Just cos the tracks are muddy and it's always raining doesn't mean you can't start thinking about next summer's DH'ing.
The club needs you - so get involved and hear what we want to achieve next year.
Committee members - we need 10 enthusiastic people to help run the club, plus there's a president, secretary and treasurer...This year we want two committee members to be junior riders, plus we'd love some admin/techy skills for membership and website stuff.
Tracks sub-committee - we want 8 riders who know about how to build awesome tracks...
If you're keen on either of these, get nominated at the AGM, or if you can't get there, email committee@gravitycanterbury.org to make sure this happens in your absence.
Subs for 2009/10 - we want to be able to contribute $$$ to the Council so that more track development can happen. There will be two proposals put to members at the AGM to vote for one or other of. Option 1: Increase your sub from $20 to $40, with the extra money going directly to the Council for track development. Option 2: Pay a $5 levy with each Gravity race entry fee (i.e. $20 over the season with the three-race series plus NZ Open). Which option do you prefer?
Plans for next season - based largely on the feedback/ideas we got at the recent Riders' Night, we've got a plan lined up for what we want to achieve next year. We'll go through this at the AGM - it involves YOU, so be there!
...posted 29 Jun 2009 |
Dig Day Saturday 13th Digging on Saturday 13/6/09. Meet 9.30 rangers station. Weve got a few projects to finish off so it would be sweet to see as many as possibe there. There will be some snarlers after too. ...posted 05 Jun 2009 |
Update on NZSS The South Island Secondary Schools Mountain Champs have at last found a home for this year - it's back to Blenheim, 8-11 October 2009.
Watch the BikeNZ website for more information, which should be posted soon according to Karyn McQueen, BikeNZ Events Manager
http://www.bikenz.org.nz/
...posted 05 Jun 2009 |
Gravity Canterbury AGM The 2009 Gravity Canterbury AGM will be held on Tuesday the 21st of July at the Cashmere Club, Hunter Tce in Christchurch. We encourage our existing members, aswell as any new members to come along and have a say in what goes on with the club. We will also be looking for fresh faces to join the committee and help out with the organisation of events ...posted 20 May 2009 |
Dig Day Gravity Canterbury Dig day tomorrow (Saturday 16/5/09) 9 am til aprox 12. Meet at rangers station. Lunch provided after.
...posted 15 May 2009 |
Christchurch Tracks Closed this weekend 9/5/0 Just to let everyone know that all the tracks on the Port hills have been closed this weekend.
Cheers ...posted 08 May 2009 |
GC Riders Night Gravity Canterbury are holding a riders night at The Cashmere Club, Colombo St, Christchurch on May the 13th at 7.30pm.
The theme to the evening is for like minded people to get together and discuss what they would like to see Gravity Canterbury do for them in the future.
Topics likely to be discussed will be training days, rider mentoring, track building and maintenance, winter activities, junior riding programmes, the upcoming AGM, race dates etc.
There will be an open format to the evening and all GC memebers or prospective members are welcome.
Parents of junior riders especially welcome.
There will also be some nibbles, so come along and get involved.
Any enquiries re the evening, please email contact@gravitycanterbury.org ...posted 04 May 2009 |
Preliminary Dates for End of Year Series Gravity Canterbury has decided on preliminary dates for the end of year 3 race series. The dates are as follows:
October 18th
November 8th
December 6th
All are Sundays.
These days are only preliminary dates so they could be subject to change ...posted 20 Mar 2009 |
Thanks to everyone for the great day Gravity Canterbury would like to thank all the riders who turned up today and turned on some of the finest racing seen in Christchurch this season.
We would especially like to thank our sponsors.
Penny Sport Cycles
Bike HQ
Vorb.org.nz
Tracktion
Rockstar Racing Clothing
Pushbikes
The Mad Butcher Sydenham
Hell Pizza Sydenham
Mc Donalds
Burger Wisconsin.
Hire Quip
Without these people and organisations, this event would not have happened. Please support them.
Also a big thank you to the marshalls and volunteers that give their time selflessly so that others can enjoy themselves and to the Vic Park Rangers who help keep this great facility open to the mountain biking public.
Results up soon.
Cheers
The GC Crew
...posted 08 Mar 2009 |
NZ Open Update! Next weekend is the NZ Open. We have secured Prize money or merchandise for all the classes and its looking good!
There will be registration on the friday night from 4pm until 6pm approx aswell as rego in the morning on raceday.
Schedule for race day will be
8.30 Registration
9.00 Practice starts
12.00 Transport stops for lunch
12.30 Rider brief
1.30 Approx racing starts (1 seeding run, then 1 race run)
Prizegiving will be at the end of Bowenvale Av at around 4.00pm
Classes for the day are
Open Men
Open Women
Vets (30+)
U19
U17
U15
HT
To save time it wold be appreciated if you could bring entry froms with you.
Entry Form
Parental Consent for all U19 or younger
...posted 01 Mar 2009 |
Voulenteers Needed for NZ Open We desperatly need 20 voulenteers to help out with the running of the NZ Open in Christchurch on the 7th of March.
If you are able to help out please contact Glenn on 0274387486 or 03 3526916 ...posted 25 Feb 2009 |
NZ OPEN DATE CHANGED The NZ OPen is now on SATURDAY 7TH MARCH, Not the Sunday. ...posted 20 Feb 2009 |
Update on 2009 NZ Open Entry Forms now available here
If your under 18 Youll need a parent consent available here ...posted 24 Jan 2009 |
NZ Open Update Keep the weekend of the 7th of March clear for the NZ Open.
Entry Fee $40
Parent consent needed for all U18
Entry form up soon
Prize money up for grabs!
Entries wil be capped at 130. First in first served.
The tacks going to need a lot of work to get it up to scratch so keep an eye out for random dig days/evenings. ...posted 24 Jan 2009 |
Any Ladies out there interested in DH? Rebecca is looking at getting a chicks DH group set up. If you are interested, flick her an email; r.miles00@gmail.com ...posted 10 Jan 2009 |
Overall results! Overall results for the 2008 Bike HQ series available here ...posted 15 Dec 2008 |
Results for the final round Results for the final round of the Bike HQ series here
...posted 14 Dec 2008 |
How to prepare You and Your Bike for Racing To help some of our riders newer to the sport get into racing we have put together a information sheet about what you and your bike need to be able to do to race.
How to prepare You and Your Bike for Racing
...posted 13 Dec 2008 |
Round 2 results here Bike HQ Round 2 results available here ...posted 06 Dec 2008 |
Bike HQ Series round 1 video And race report is up here. ...posted 01 Dec 2008 |
Saturday Entry We will be taking entries at the end of Bowenvale Av for this weekends race from 10:00 am to 12:30 Saturday aswell as on Sunday morning
We will also need marshals for this round. We had a great turn out last time, so t would be cool if we could repeat this again. If your Keen to help out please get in touch. Marshals are needed from about 8:45 Sunday morning. ...posted 24 Nov 2008 |
2008 Entry Form Available! The Entry form for the Bike HQ series has been uploaded so you can print it off and bring it along with you on the day.
Please note that bringing this form with you on the day DOES NOT guarantee you entry to the race. If were over our limit you will have to be turned away
2008 Bike HQ Race Entry Form ...posted 17 Nov 2008 |
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2008 Bike HQ Downhill Series. 9th November
30th november
14th December
Registration at the end of Bowenvale Av the Saturday before and the morning of the race.
$30 entry fee
8:30 - 9:00am Registration
9:00am - 12:00 Practice
12:00 - 12:30 Lunch break
12:30 Race brief
1:00pm - 4:00pm Race runs
Prize giving afterwards
2 Timed race runs, best run counts. Track will be taped on the Saturday morning and entries will be taken at the end of Bowenvale Av for a period of time. We will also be taking entries on Sunday morning.
To enter you must be a member of Gravity Canterbury. Membership forms will be available at registration. If you haven’t joined/rejoined since June your membership will not be current. Membership $20 - Link To Membership Form
Kids note that if you are planning to race, we need your parents/caregivers signature on the entry form otherwise no race. No exceptions. Link To Parental Consent Form
We also need a heap of volunteers to help make this event go ahead. If you can help at all please contact Glen on 027 438 7486 / 352 6916 or email committee[at]gravitycanterbury.org . Parents who volunteer get their childs entry fee wavered. All volunteers also get a free lunch, a cold beer (if your old enough) and our eternal gratitude.
...posted 28 Oct 2008 |
Dates set for BikeHQ Series 2008! Races are 1st November, 29th November and 13th December.
More information to come soon.
...posted 13 Oct 2008 |
AGM Rescheduled! The AGM for 2008 is going to be held on Thursday 23rd of October, 7:30pm at The Cashmere Club.
A number of roles in the committee are going to be available and as such to insure the continued existence of the club we need motivated people who are willing to help out and put something back into the sport.
...posted 06 Oct 2008 |
AGM Postponed We're postponing the agm for a short while until we can arrange a suitable time and place. ...posted 14 Aug 2008 |
Undy Hundy Retro DH Results! Thanks heaps to everyone who turned up to ride and help out for the event, putting up with the savage weather and slippery course, it was awesome, some great retro gear as well!!
Results:
1. Nathon Sharratt
2. Dave Balderstone
3. Zane Smith
Full results here and photos here and here.
 ...posted 07 Jun 2008 |
Undy Hundy Retro DH This Saturday! This coming saturday the 7th of June, meeting 12pm at the top of Worsleys Road where it becomes dirt track for registration.
Bike must have cost under $100, no suspension, no disks etc, (unless its like a <$100 k-mart shitter fully) fancy dress compulsory, $5 entry winner takes all! Race will be run rain or shine. ...posted 04 Jun 2008 |
Chch dual slalom series #1 1st round of the Christchurch Dual slalom series is now on this weekend, May 3 from 12pm.
Course is on the airstrip at the top of Victoria park. There will be flags marking out the course on the grass to the left of the airstrip looking down the hill.
It's super low key so no entry fee, practice will run for an hour or so then elimination will begin with a random draw and we'll try to make sure all the people knocked out in the first round get a second chance.
Come along to watch or have a go at one of the most exciting disciplines of mountain bike racing!!
Race will be cancelled if it is wet, check www.vorb.org.nz for updates ...posted 28 Apr 2008 |
Latest news on upcoming events We've got a lot coming up over the next few months:
1. A brand new dual slalom series, two up elimination racing.
2. An under $100 retro DH race on Worseleys.
3. The Annual General Meeting of Gravity Canterbury.
If anyone is interesting in some DH coaching then email jeremyb[at]gravitycanterbury.org and i'll put you in touch with our club coaches who are keen to run some more training sessions. ...posted 05 Apr 2008 |
New Zealand Open 2008 Results Thanks to everyone who made this a fantastic event, special thanks to our sponsors Bike HQ, MTB NZ, Maxxis, Dakine, Disraeli Automotive, Bryndwr After School Care, Barrington Fresh Choice, and of course a big thanks to all the volunteers who put in the hard yards to make this all happen.
Results are available here and podium shots will be up soon.
Photos from the event are available here and here. ...posted 09 Mar 2008 |
NZ Open Practice Day We're running a practice shuttle day on the saturday the 8th of March for out of town and local racers wanting to practice Lava Flow, will be on a first in first served basis, limited to 50 riders, $25 a head, meeting 9:30am at the end of Bowenvale. ...posted 27 Feb 2008 |
Online entry form for the NZ Open! Online entries have now opened for the NZ Open 2008, to register for this awesome event, click here.
...posted 17 Feb 2008 |
Gravity Canterbury New Zealand Open 2008 
Gravity Canterbury in association with Bike HQ and MTB NZ are proud to present the 2008 New Zealand Open.
Date: Sunday, the 9th March, 2008
Location: Port Hills, Christchurch
Track: Lava Flow
Classes: Open Men, Open Women, Vet Men, Under 19, Under 17, Under 15 / Hardtail mixed grade.
$500 for 1st in Open Men courtesy of Disraeli Automotive, prize money and / or sponsors product for 1st, 2nd, 3rd in every category, prize money for fastest time of the day.
National series live timing system!
Perfect warm up the weekend before the Oceania Champs!
Entry: $30 pre-entry, $40 on the day, pre-entry forms will be available from this website shortly.
Schedule:
Registration 8-9:30am Bowenvale Ave
Practice 9:30-11:30am
Race Brief 11:30am
Seeding 11:30am
Race 1:30pm
More details to follow, stay tuned to www.gravitycanterbury.org
...posted 26 Jan 2008 |
