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Entires open for the Firecrest MTB – Aston Hill Downhills – Ricochet 12.03.17

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Entries are now live for the first of the Firecrest MTB – Aston Hill Downhills which takes place on Aston Hill’s Ricochet Downhill on Sunday 12th March 2017.

Firecrest Mountain Biking is working in Partnership with the Forestry Commission and Aston Hill Bike Park to run two Downhill Races on Aston Hill in 2017. The first takes place on the popular Ricochet Downhill (DH3) on Sunday 12th March 2017.

Last raced back in 2006 Ricochet is one of the faster, flowing Downhill Trails on Aston Hill and the perfect way to open the race season if you haven’t been to any of the winter races and a great Trail for first time racers to give Downhill racing a go.

Firecrest Mountain Biking will be getting Ricochet race ready over the next few weeks with a few tweaks and a bit of race tuning to ensure it’s ready to race. The race run also be using the new bottom section of the Trail to the finish that the Aston Hill Bike Park Committee Volunteers have built. So it’s guaranteed to be a roller coaster run from top to bottom.

All riders will complete at least 1 Practice Run and get 2 Race Runs with the fastest time counting for their final category position.

Event Program: 

Saturday 11th March 2017

Aston Hill is open as normal and all riders must follow the local rules and fees.

The Race Course will be marked out on Saturday.

Saturday is not part of the Event. There are no Race Marshals or Medics on the track.

Registration – You can collect your Race Number Board on Saturday afternoon to save time on Sunday morning.

Please Note: You are responsible for your own safety and wellbeing on Saturday. 

Sunday 12th March 2017

8.15am to 10.00am – Registration Open

You must sign on and collect your number board before 10am on Sunday. All riders must sign on and collect their number boards before Race Practice on Sunday.

Please Note: Full Face Helmets must be worn and done up for Practice and the Race.

Race Practice and the Race Marshals will be positioned along the Course for your safety. They will have red and yellow flags, radio communications and be briefed the morning of the race.

8.45am – 10.45am – Race Practice all riders must complete a minimum of 1 full run in Practice.

11.00am – 3.30pm approx. – The Race Runs (2 Race Runs per rider, weather and light permitting)

4.00pm – Prize Presentations – Product prizes for the top three in each age category

Race Categories – No license is required to race.

Categories

Categories in Mountain Bike Racing are age and ability based.

Hardtail age – 13+

Ripper Age 10-12 – Riders in the years of their 10th, 11th and 12th birthday.

Juvenile Age 13-14 – Riders in the years of their 13th or 14th birthday.

Youth – Age 15-16 – Riders in the years of their 15th or 16th birthdays.

Junior – Age 17-18 – Riders in the years of their 17th and 18th birthdays.

Senior – Age 19-29 – Riders in the years of their 19th to 29th birthdays.

Master – Age 30-39 – Riders in the years of their 30th to 39th birthdays.

Veteran – Age 40+ – Riders in the years of their 40th birthday onwards.

Ladies – All ages

Expert/Elite – Open to Expert and Elite Competitors only.

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Firecrest Mountain Biking to organise the Races on Aston Hill in 2017

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It’s hard to believe that it has been 10 years since I last organised the Downhill Races on Aston Hill, signing off on 10 years of Race Organisation (DH,4X and XC) on Aston Hill back in 2007. The Aston Hill Bike Park Committee have done a fantastic job in running events on Aston Hill over the past few years. However, it’s tough putting together events of the calibre they have been for a group of Volunteers in their spare time so in agreement with the Committee and the Forestry Commission I’m pleased to announce I’m back and I’ll be running Mountain Bike Races on Aston Hill in 2017.

Aston Hill Black Run 10.08.17 #Blackrun20I can’t wait to get started. 2017 is a pretty significant year for Mountain Bike Racing on Aston Hill as it marks the 20th Anniversary of Racing on the Black Run.

With that in mind I’d been speaking to Gary the Chair and the Committee about organising ‘Black Run 20’ for the past couple of years and when the opportunity arose to organise all of the races on Aston Hill in 2017 came up it was too good an offer to turn down.

I have three events planned for 2017 – two Downhill Races and a Pedalhounds Mulit-Stage Enduro Race.

Dates for your diaries: –

Firecrest MTB – Aston Hill Downhills

DH Race 1 – Ricochet – Sunday 12th March 2017
DH Race 2 – Black Run 20 – Sunday 10th September 2017 #BlackRun20

Pedalhounds Multi-Stage Enduro

Round 3 – Multi Stage Enduro – Sunday 25th June
www.pedalhounds.co.uk

Find out more and Enter Here>>>

For those of you that were there at the first Black Run Race you’ll know what a milestone 20 years is. The bikes, the riders, the trails, they’ve all changed and of course the Black Run has got gnarlier as have we all, but it’s essentially the same Race Track that riders took on 20 years ago.

A few ‘tweaks’ will be added, taking you back to the original Black Run and celebrating 20 years of action on Aston Hill’s infamous ‘Black Run’. Catching up with the riders that have tamed the Black Run and a few that didn’t. It’s going to be a real celebration of all things Aston Hill and the Black Run. Don’t miss it!