Coastal Pursuit 2 Day Trail Ride

Event CategoryEvent Type
Offroad/Trail Trail Ride

 

When: Saturday, 17th - Sunday, 18th March 2012
Where: Tower Road Makotuku/Ormondville
District: Tararua
Classes: - Suitable for High-End Trail Riders.
- Those that seek long distance riding.
- NOT for under 18 year olds.
- NOT for quads or farm hacks (they simply don’t have the goodies when required)
Terrain: 150kms each of the 2 days covering paddocks, tracks, scrub, native bush, single tracks, cliff tops, 400m of sand, coastal views, creeks, the list goes on...
Contact:
Nigel Scrimshaw Ph: 06 326 9986
Starts at: 7:30am
Other details:

Dec 20th: Rider Update #3

The Pre-Ride provided 320kms and the times to keep too.

Riders should be part of a group --ideal group size is 3-5 but pairs are ok. This is because groups support each other at difficult times where singles drag my staff/crew. Any single riders will be formally placed in a group to work with.

Important Dates

10th January -riders that did prior event get email and Tx invites.

17th January--Then I will throw it open from

If you have mates that want to join us, get them to be in touch with me.

Closing date is March 10th- (closed one week prior to event for accounting/menu purposes)

Accommodation limits numbers- so sing-out if you can help.

Next information --Feb 17th -Accommodation, Jobs etc.

Final information --March 12th --long range forecast.


Sep 10th: Coastal Pursuit 2 Day Trail Ride- Update #2

Sign in from 6am(Camping or Motel Friday is an option some take).

Event starts 7:30, completion each day should be 5pm.

Other details:

Bikes will need to be in top condition and maintenance.

This will be the fourth Coast Event.

We will leave Makotuku and get to Porangahau Beach for day one, and return the next day using only 8-10kms of the previous day.

We will get morning tea, lunch and dinner put on by local schools.

New Enquires welcome to be included in full list of riders.

Pre-Rides will be weekends of November 20th and December 10th.

Limited to 50 riders – down from last year as it is simply too many when the going gets tough.

Hundreds of photos taken and Disc given afterwards.

Roughly 55 farms over the 2 days riding.

Nature of Event--Lead Rider shows the way and as we get to the gates the next person opens the gate to become the last person and sweep that paddock and so on and so on.

We have a lot of new terrain from last times event- I have included a lot of what was missed due to running short of time from 2010 event.

There will be about 11 hours put on the hour meter of that about half of that will be different to previous 2010 event.

New tyres or very near new are required.

Wet weather gear required.

Additional fuel required.

It rained early each day in 2011 event, but with all the planning going into this I do not want to postpone, so only a weather bomb will do so.

If you want to join this event contact me ASAP – to join the full list of riders.

Previous riders will get a sniff then I will fill it with general public.

Cost is $175, inclusive of all meals and accommodation, at this stage and can only go up.

Back up dates each following weekend if need be.

Refunds by Negotiation.

No Whimpering because it is designed to be a fair bit longer and in-turn harder than regular trail rides.

--Next Update Dec 12th--