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X Scenic - Centennial Park, Timaru
Sunday 31st January 2010

Provisional date for next XScenic 30 January 2011

"a true mountain bikers course that requires good skills and endurance"

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and race report in the Timaru Herald here .

2010 RESULTS HERE
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Results show all participants in the grade entered with lap times.
Photos Now loaded - mroe to come - thanks to Danielle Ashby-Coventry
Fastest laps in expert race:
Lap 1 - Logan Horn 32:12
Lap 2 - Anton Cooper 25:26
Lap 3 - Logan Horn 25:37
Accessman SC MTB Cup:
The X Scenic is the first round of the SC Mountain Bike Cup. If you want to enter the Accessman SC MTB Cup download an entry form from the SC MTB Website here or you can enter on the day at any of the races. Note that you can only accumulate SC MTB Cup Series Points once a completed SC MTB Cup Entry form has been received. So if you want to race in the SC MTB Cup and have not yet entered, bring along an extra $10 to the X Scenic tomorrow and enter!

Points for Accessman SC MTB Cup will be posted Wednesday.

X Scenic MTB Race Timetable:
Saturday 30th January - from 4.00pmthetrack will be marked out for pre-race riding/training but the park willnot be closed to the public. There will be no first aid support or marshals on course. All roads will lbe open to normal traffic. Watch for hazards including traffic, members of the public walking, cycling or exercising dogs off the lead.

Sunday 31st January 8.30am - 3.00pm thepark will be closed to the public. The road from the Lake Carpark toClaremont Road will be closed to traffic. First aid support will be oncourse from 10.45am to 3pm. Marshals will be in place prior to racestart.

8.30 - 10.30am     Registration
10.45am               Compulsory Briefing
11.00am               Race Start
2.30pm                 Prize Giving - Cashprizes for category winners (for cash prizes categories will beamalgamated if less than 5 riders in a category). Plenty of spotprizes as well (you've got to be there to win). Race headquarters andstart/finish will be in the centre of the park with great spectatorviewing opportunities.

What is the X Scenic?
Get to Timaru for one of the best single-track MTB races in the region. With a redesigned course and three races to suit all levels of rider, this is the place to put your mountain biking skills to the test or develop them to the next level. The X Scenic is a challenging course with less climbing than other events but making up for that with a variety of single track and technical sections, that make you work hard.

The event takes place entirely within Timaru's Centennial Park. If you rode the Timaru 12 Hour, it's in the same park but mostly uses different trails with more single track. Based on feedback from last year, we have made some course changes making it easier to navigate, with more passing options and if you're not technically inclined - more chicken routes. It's now a 9km circuit that links up well established MTB trails developed over the last few years with a variety of short, sharp single track challenges. It is an undulating, flowing course that makes you work but offers great rewards for effort. This year there will be three categories.

Recreational race - one lap (9k)
Sport race - two laps (18k)
Experts - three laps (27k)

All races are run concurrently with wave starts between each category. We have changed the start time so that all races start at 11:00am - this allows riders from Dunedin, Central or Christchurch to travel to the event, ride the race and still get home at a reasonable hour.

There will be an opportunity to try out the course each Monday evening at 6pm from the lake carpark (weather dependent) and from 4pm on the day before the race. Note that at these times the park is open to the public and roads are open to all traffic. Take care!

The prize giving will be held at race end at around 2.30pm and we have some great sponsors on board with a good selection of spot prizes (you must be present to win). There will be coffee, cold drinks and food available. Cash prizes for category winners (categories will be combined if less than five people in a race category).

You can enter on-line, download an entry form or pick one up from Timaru bike shops
Reiker Cycles (Cnr Old North Road and SH1)
The Cyclery (Stafford Street)
Howes Cycles (Church Street)
Or other leading cycle stores throughout the South Island

Late entries will be accepted on the day (late fee applies)

Registration opens 8.30am beside the Lake Carpark, Centennial Park

Note on race day there is no entry from Claremont Road. You must enter from Otipua/Quarry Road (BMX track end).

Access is from Otipua Road via Quarry Road or down the zig zag road at the end of Church St (intersection Church Street and Otipua Road).This will be sign posted from this point.

To get to Otipua Road, driving from the North follow State Highway 1 travelling south into Timaru, turn right at the fourth set of traffic lights into Wai-iti Road (ay Bay Viaduct Motel).Follow Wai-iti Road until a roundabout and turn left into Otipua Road. Turn right off Otipua Road at the Church Street intersection (Signposted as above).

To get to Otipua Road, driving from the South, follow State Highway 1 travelling north into Timaru. Shortly after reaching the outskirts of Timaru township go over Saltwater Creek bridge, past Caltex on the left and continue up the hill. At the top of the hill (at second gas station) turn left into Otipua Road. Turn left off Otipua Road at the Church Street intersection (Signposted as above).