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The NoBMoB 24Hr or 8Hr
A Manly Dam 24hr or 8hr race.
Camping on the rugby field next to the golf club entrance.
NoBMoB members run/organise the Event.
All profits go to a local charity.
Bring in the local rotary club or scouts for direction help ??
Mail box drop to all the locals that back onto the track advising of upcoming event.
The bowling club could stay open and serve drinks and offer the use of their toilets and showers.
Two start times 1, elite 2, average (you know who you are)
Local Council will love the non climate change impact the race will have.
As a yearly event I think it would get support. Only walkers would be the ones objecting, no doubt.
Look forward to the thoughts?
Pikey
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... and they will come. You'll have a very hard job convincing council though, but go for it!
the old boy's had far too much vino!
nice thought though pikey.
Pikey,
The biggest problem is Manly Dam is in the middle of a very populated area, so there's many locals you need to get on side and it would only take a few descenters to scuttle the whole plan.
Another option with less people to placate would be an event stage at the St Ives Showground that could include parts of the showground (maybe the XC track), the sniggle and back along Epiphany - roughly a 7k loop of mixed terrain and tempo.
how happy the residents would be with the call of 'TRACK' in the middle of the night constantly!
i think it's a brilliant idea Pikey - this could be your new calling!
Loz will probably suggest Red Hill for it...
no residents there to complain.
Tien.
I bags the brake pad and bandage franchise at the bottom and the oxygen franchise at the top.
I like this St Ives idea. Now... who is going to write to council and ask them if we can run an event through that piece of crown land?
Don't you already have such a letter lying around somewhere?
Someone already is....
I think if we wrote a letter to council asking permission to run an event through crown land their response would be "are there trails on our crown land?"
Yes Paul if it was to be in the show ground then it would need to be expanded out to the surrounding trails as the showground race track would be too boring. I still don't believe that too much noise would travel from the Manly Dam trail into the few houses on the Allambie side.
I’m now curious as to the details that Alchemist is eluding too but hopefully that venture sees the light of day.
Maybe an 8 hour would be a safer bet to get everybody used to the concept that the Dam would be an excellent venue for an event.
After all it would be for charity
Pikey
PS: Gazza, people in glass houses should wear clothes
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Mr Alchemist... it would be great to see MWMTB finally have a track on home turf. Something that took in the short course, plus the MV road sniggle and back to short course on the firetrail seems do-able. Is that your plan? Hopefully there would be options elsewhere in years to come, but this would probably be a nice distance and the facilities at the showground are clearly a plus.
Might need the buy in of the gun club though, here:
http://maps.google.com.au/?q=-33.705910,%20151.2...
As the firetrail on the topo runs almost directly into this place before veering back West (it's marked to run across the cleared, grassy area SW of the building but isn't actually there right now for those that don't know).
And a small link between short course track and firetrail to it's West. Mind you, that wouldn't go amiss either way, would it?
Go the 8hr first, use it to work out the kinks and build the event management skills with a view to a 24hr later. I think doing it on the Dam trail is the go - great publicity - but the issue is where to put transition so the noise and PA doesn't alienate residents.
Id be up for an enduro at any venue 8 or 24 hour. There are two problems with the dam though. The downhill section on the eastern side of the track it will be fine during the day but during a 24 with lights and associated noise etc at all hours of the morning i doubt wether locals would be too happy and the road sections again i doubt wether residents or council would let you shut the roads down. Hey good luck though if you get it going ill be the first to register
Manly Dam is in the middle of a very populated area - and that's the whole point!
Lets make local people like us even more and cherish the whole Manly Dam legacy for MTBikers.
How about 12 hour, 8am-8pm for start?
No one would be disturbed by this event?
A part from persuading council,...etc. all that needs to be done is to show local residents that there is something in it for them. Raising money which will be spend locally on something everyone can see. Local scouts,... is a definitely good idea.
I'm volunteering for mail box drop!
Good idea for sure and if all the logistics and promotions were done it could be a winner for MTB and the community.
Certainly with some good backing and a good pitch to the relevant bodies...
- you would have issues with local sporting fixtures and associated traffic.
- fencing off the area to prevent the inevitable social riders on the day
- transition, parking, comms (fm radio), facilities
- using the public roads
- security
- traffic management
Perhaps a small event? 100 riders or so?