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2011 ACT MTBO Championships Enjoyed by All

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

A total of 50 riders, ranging in age from 10 to over 70 (10 were under 18) enjoyed a very successful day at the 2011 ACT MTBO Championships on Sunday. They were held at the beautiful Kowen Forest just north east of Queanbeyan.  The weather and tracks were perfect and competitors couldn’t have asked for better conditions for an MTBO event.   There were six challenging courses in this Long Distance event, all of which were designed to test riders’ endurance and navigation.  Towards the end of each course, just when riders were fatiguing and ready to coast home, the final few controls were quite technically challenging and required riders to focus on their map reading whilst maintaining their endurance.

Thanks to Kathy Liley and Jim Russell who both made the trek up from Melbourne and subsequently won their respective courses.

I would also like to thank Kathy Liley who assisted with the results and Pat Miethke who not only assisted at the start, came third on her course and then collected controls afterwards.  Many thanks Pat and Kathy.

The results of the 2011 ACT MTBO Championships are here and the splits are here.  

Julie Sunley
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2011 ACT MTBO Championships Enjoyed by All Tuesday, 15 November 2011 A very successful day at the 2011 ACT MTBO Championships