Australian MTBO Championships

Pro­gram

Warm-up event – Thurs­day 12th June – 2 hour Cyclo­gaine
Time: 2 pm mass start. A sec­ond mass start will occur at 3pm for those fly­ing in that day. (Sun­set is at 5.50pm that day).
The event cov­ers mostly urban areas with small parks and patches of bush­land. What a great way to explore Alice Springs and get a feel for the area before the Cham­pi­onship races.
Cost: $15 for adult, $10 juniors.
Entry now open through Even­tor and closes on Thurs­day 5th June. Very lim­ited enter on the day will be avail­able (cost $25 per person)

Sat­ur­day 14th June – 2014 Aus­tralian Mid­dle Dis­tance MTBO Cham­pi­onship
Event Cen­tre: Alice Springs (North) <5km from town CBD
Start Times: from 2:30 pm
Ter­rain: Open arid ter­rian; tech­ni­cally chal­leng­ing nav­i­ga­tion, gen­er­ally undu­lat­ing with wide open dry creek and flood plains dis­persed across the map. Com­plex web of MTB sin­gle tracks and vehi­cle tracks. Some marked routes and open ground.
Map: A3, 5m con­tours, scale 1:10,000

Sun­day 15th June – 2014 Aus­tralian Long Dis­tance MTBO Cham­pi­onship
Event Cen­tre: Alice Springs (another dif­fer­ent North) <5km from town CBD
Start Times: from 11.00 am
Ter­rain: Open arid ter­rian; tech­ni­cally chal­leng­ing nav­i­ga­tion, gen­er­ally undu­lat­ing with wide open dry creek and flood plains dis­persed across the map. Com­plex web of MTB sin­gle tracks and vehi­cle tracks. Some marked routes and open ground.
Map: A3, 5m con­tours, scale 1:15,000

Din­ner – Sun­day 15th June: in Alice Springs; will include pre­sen­ta­tions for the Mid­dle and Long Dis­tance events + slides of event pho­tos in back­ground.
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: TBA

Mon­day 16th June – 2014 Aus­tralian Sprint Dis­tance MTBO Cham­pi­onship
Event Cen­tre: Alice Springs (a 3rd north loca­tion) <5km from town CBD
Start Times: from 9.00 am
Ter­rain: Open arid ter­rian; Gen­er­ally fast flat with a few undu­la­tions. Com­plex web of MTB sin­gle tracks and vehi­cle tracks dis­persed with urban envi­ron­ment. Some marked routes and open ground.
Map: A4, 5m con­tours, scale 1:7,500
Pre­sen­ta­tions for the Sprint Dis­tance event will fol­low at 10:30am.