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X-Adventure Dunsborough 2022

27/3/2022

 
Australia's largest off-road triathlon is back, featuring ocean swimming, trail running and mountain bike riding in the pristine wilderness surrounding Dunsborough with a crystal clear water swim, stunning granite coastline run and wildflower hinterland mountain bike.

2 & 3 April - visit the event site here.

Down South MTB Festival 2021

30/5/2021

 
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The Down South MTB festival celebrates mountain biking in the South West offering two 2 days of competitive and recreational mountain bike fun. Promoting the mountain biking facilities in Dunsborough and Margaret River across 2 days, events include the XCO WAMBA 2021 State Series Rounds 5 and 6. Visit the event site here.

Trail closure notice: planned burn in Meelup Regional Park

19/9/2020

 
Meelup Regional Park has a burn planned to take place within a 2 week window beginning 15th October. Meelup trails will be closed from then, and will remain closed until we get the all-clear (and do any necessary trail repairs). Please help out by respecting all signage and directions from fireys, rangers, City staff or trail builders.

WA Gravity Enduro Round 1 & 2

27/2/2020

 
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WAGE rounds 1 and 2 are back as a combined event over the long weekend!

SATURDAY 29th Feb 2020 sees the field kick off Round 1 of the 2020 WA Gravity Enduro Series in Margaret River, taking refuge from the summer sun under towering trees, shralping beautifully sculptured berms and jumps and brushing off the cobwebs and opening the lungs from the summer break.

SUNDAY 1st March 2020, sees Round 2 in Dunsborough for some fun (and pedally) trails to really dial things in for the year ahead. Although relatively flat, we're squeezing in as many jumps and berms as possible, plus a little bit of gnarly action out back.

More info and registration here.

The South West Mountain Bike Summer Series is back!

22/11/2019

 
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Grassroots mountain bike racing at its best! Get out on your bike, meet new people, have a laugh, be stoked and then have a yarn over a burger and a refreshing beverage afterwards!

If you have never taken part in a race or a formal mountain biking event before, this is the time to get involved! It ain’t serious, no one cares how fast you are, it's all about having fun. The Summer Series takes place on Thursday afternoons over the summer school holidays with a race format of two timed runs on beginner-friendly descents, with cumulative time. ​Behind all the fun is an incredibly hard-fought-for-sheep-stations inter-club competition between Dunsborough and Margaret River (MRORCA), culminating in the fancy dress Humble Cup and post-series windup at the Brewhouse.

Round 1 - 27 December 2019 (note: actually a Friday!) - Meelup
Round 2 - 2 January 2020 - Margaret River
Round 3 - 9 January 2020 - Meelup
Round 4 - 16 January 2020 - Margaret River
Round 5 - 23 January 2020 - Lot 80 Eagle Bay
Round 6 (Humble Cup) - 30 January 2020 - Margaret River

To compete you must pre-register online before 27 December - after this hit the links in the individual events to register. More info, details and registration links are all on the event page.

On the day you simply need to check in from 5pm onwards to confirm your attendance and grab your race plate. You can then practice up until the compulsory race briefing at 5.45pm, with racing running from roughly 6pm-7pm.

Down South MTB Festival 2019

30/5/2019

 
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It's on! The Down South MTB festival celebrates mountain biking in the South West offering two 2 days of competitive and recreational mountain bike fun. Promoting the mountain biking facilities in Dunsborough and Margaret River across 2 days, events include the XCO WAMBA 2019 State Series Rounds 5 and 6. We'll also have a variety of fun and free events - 16 inch wheeled bike races, wheelie competitions, balancing challenges, dual slalom races, bunny hops, jump displays and this year for the first time the Down South MTB festival will be hosting a fun Gravity Enduro in the Dunsborough Meelup Mountain Bike Park.

There will also be some of the South West’s best mountain bike coaches on site offering some great kids and adult MTB skills coaching clinics. Find out more here and register and purchase coaching clinic tickets here.

It's back - the Interclub Summer Series 2019!

13/12/2018

 
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Back by popular demand - race for your club (or pride, or bragging rights, or just for fun) in 5 rounds of timed downhills followed by the Humble South West Championship (2 timed runs on Marg's most iconic trail, with time credits for costume).

Held on Thursday afternoons, the venue alternates between Margaret River and Dunsborough. Entry is by gold coin donation  - registration check-in closes 5:45pm, racing starts at 6pm. Post-event socialising is advised :)

Round 1 
​Dec 20 (Duns) 
Round 2 
​Jan 3 (Margs) 
​Round 3
​Jan 10 (Duns) 
​Round 4
​Jan 17 (Margs) 
​Round 5
​Jan 24 (Duns)
Humble South West Championship
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Jan 31 (Margs) followed by series presentations 

Stuff to note:
  • Please ensure you have registered for each round prior to 4pm on the day of racing - registration is available for the whole series or individual events here… https://www.webscorer.com/registerseries?seriesid=162170 (if you register and can't make a round, that's fine - preferred to not registering)
  • All participants must be a member of a MTB Club and hold MTBA insurance or sign a waiver.
  • Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult or guardian, minimum of 1 adult to every 3 children.
  • All participants must “check in” with the Race Director prior to racing and prior to 5.45pm. No check in, no ride!

Interested? Check out the Facebook event page for details. Register online at Webscorer.

New trails underway at Meelup

12/10/2018

 
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Thanks to the recent grant from the City of Busselton and Lotterywest, trail works are currently underway on the Meelup trails. Consisting of 3 new trails linking the intersection near the start of Mr Mansfield's Old School down into the DDCC's Mavericks and Firey's trails, please keep an eye out for our trail crew (Ivan from The Trail Builders, club president Andrew and volunteers), and respect any 'trail closed' signage. 

Our trail maintenance coordinator Patrick and volunteers have also undertaken a few modifications and cleanup of some existing trails (especially Happy Myles), so keep an eye out for changes and if you see something unfamiliar, check it out first before hitting it full bore :)

New grant and more trails coming!

6/9/2018

 
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We recently applied for and received a grant via the City of Busselton and Lotterywest to help fund our next trail building project - 3 new trails at Meelup linking the intersection near the start of Mr Mansfields Old School down into the DDCC's Mavericks and Firey's trails. Aside from providing more trails (always a good thing!), this will improve the integration of our Meelup trails and the DDCC trails.

Obviously a huge thanks is due to the City of Busselton and Lotterywest, as well as to all involved in organising the grant. Getting funding is just the start - the project will be a joint collaboration between volunteers from the CMB and the Trail Builders. Watch this space!
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CRC WA Gravity Enduro Series Round 5: Wrap-up

1/8/2018

 
Round 5 is done and dusted. Congratulations to all who participated, and a big thanks to all the WAGE crew, the volunteers, and the DDCC for an awesome day. Results are available here - our trails saw a massive turn-out of riders and good conditions on race day; we were especially lucky in that regard, given all the recent storms :)

The CMB fundraising gourmet sausage sizzle, kindly organised by Regina and Roman from Ride Local, was kept super busy - thanks to all who helped out (especially Regina, Michelle, Donna, Katherine, Pascal, Thorben and Luca) and thanks to everyone who dropped by for a (gourmet!) feed!
UPDATE: Our very own Andrew Spencer-Wright (CMB club president) has written an article about WAGE Round 5 in the Busselton-Dunsborough Mail, Wednesday August 01, 2018:
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