MTB Racing: National Points Series #2 - Dalby Forest

Dalby Forest provides a much needed return to the North East for the British Series. This event has huge significance as it will serve as a test event for a World Cup bid for Dalby. As a class 2 UCI and World Cup test event we expect a good turnout of quality overseas riders. The event will be based from Adderstone field with a brand new purpose built track currently being put together by the Forestry team. This is a Sunday race.

XC Practice Day (Saturday May 9)
1300 Registration Opens
1400-1900 Practice Open
 
XC Race Day (Sunday May 10)
0800 Registration Opens
0900 Practice
1000 Race 1.  All Female categories and Juvenile/Youth Boys
1200 Practice
1230 Race 2. Elite/Expert/Sport/Junior Men
1500 Race 3. Master/Veteran/Grand Veteran/Super Veteran Men/Open
1700 Under 12s race
 
Registration closes 30 minutes before each race.
 
Facilities:
There is camping on site for Friday and Saturday evening and this is free to riders and their party - no campfires please. It will not be possible for tents to be next to vehicles but parking for the campsite is adjacent to the camping area, there is a separate area for caravans and campervans. The venue offers a massive array of permanent trails for you and the family to explore and down at the visitor centre there is cafe, bike shop nand Go Ape High Ropes Course www.goape.co.uk. On site at the event area there will be toilets, water, Quaver Catering, Swinnertons Bike Shop and  kids playground. The Hope Sh1t Shifter Man will be there to provide a Bike Wash facility. There are no showers.

Exhibition:
As this is a World Cup test event there will bemore going on. The Onza trials display will be in action with top rider Ben Savage putting on a show, we will have a North Shore area for you to try your balancing skills. Chris Furber will be providing race commentary. Exhibitors confirmed include Swinnerton's, Orbea, Hope, Felt, MSC, AKO Ducati, Colnago Marzocchi, XCracer.com, Orange Monkey, Torq, Weldtite, Halfords, Elite Tech...with more to be confirmed.

Race Entry Update:
As of April 26 this round is almost 60% full, Race 3 the masters/vets/grand vet/open male is over 70% full and like round 1 we do not expect on the day entries to be widely available, we will update you nearer the time on availability.
As a World Cup test event we expect a higher than normal international rider turn out, so far entries include Liam Killeen, Oli Beckingsale, Rosara Joseph, Kate Potter, Jenn O'Connor, Robin Seymour, Mel Spath, Jenny Copnall, Sharon Laws, Paul Oldham and we can reveal that UCI trade Team Torq Australia will be there with Beijing Olympian Dan McConnell and 2008 Australian NPS overall winner Katerine O'Shea confirmed.

The Course:
There is a lot of interest in this course. Clixby's have been very busy working to have a finished route in time for the May event and the plan is to stage this event entirely on the proposed World Cup course...so we have the honour of christening it. The course is 6.4km long and we will have a course description soon but we will not be pre publishing the route as we are not encoraging people to ride the route before official practice. We do ask that you do not attempt to pre ride the course at the moment as it just isn't ready yet.
 
Getting there by train
Dalby -
Malton station is 10.48 miles from the race site as the crow/osprey/bluetit flies.  Take the B1257 north, signposted A64, then the A169 (Malton Road).  Go through Pickering and continue on the A169.  The venue is near Thornton-Le-Dale, off the A170 Helmsley to Scarborough road.

Getting there by car YO18 7EL
Dalby Forest, near Pickering. Access is via the A169 Pickering to Whitby road. Look for brown tourist signs and event signage as you draw nearer. The Postcode for Sat Nav is very wide and as you get within a few miles you should turn the Sat Nav off and look for the Brown Tourist signs for Dalby -|The Great Yorkshire Forest.
 
Where to stay:
Try this link for local accomodation providershttp://www.northyorkmoors-stay.co.uk/accommodation/

Please remember for security the main event gates are locked at night and you will not be able to leave/enter the site late at night or very early in the morning.