PRICELESS AUTUMN EDITION FIFTEEN FRIDAY 25TH MAY 2018 Take The Plunge! • Top: XC Team members, Finlay Clarke and Phil Bellingham Ice Plunge with gusto!!! Pic – Chris Hocking •Left: Congrats to Mr & Mrs Matt and Erica Zagorski. Pic – Shane Morris • Right: Chris Wilson enjoying the 21km on Mountain Creek Road. Pic – Ken Bell TOURISM REPORT Peaks Challenge Report from TNE in the Adelaide Hills with his peloton from 99 Bikes in Prospect. Together with his two he Seven Peaks Challenge was Wow... what an incredible season we’ve sons, Sam (14 - left) and Will (16 - right) mentioned elsewhere in this had! 7 Peaks 2017-18 was without a doubt and supported by wife Rebecca, they made 2017publication GRAVITY with Norm Gray ENDURO riding our biggest season NATIONAL so far. A big thank you SERIESthe trip to the High Country over the New Tit to raise money for the Albury Wodonga to each and every one of you who registered Year’s period climbing Mt Buller, Mount Round One of the GE National Series RoundRegional Cancer One Centre. - Falls The SevenCreek Peaks for the 7 Peaks and took on your own Buffalo (their favourite!), Hotham and Falls will be staged this weekend, beginning challenge. Here’s a quick snapshot: Creek. Challengehe Nationalhas proven Gravity to be aEnduro bonus forSeries with practice sessions from 11am Friday. healthyacts tourism as the in qualifying this area and series some for the During• More thanthe course 9,000 ofPeaks the climbed!weekend, several To say that Terry was blown away at figures Endurobelow willWorld give Series. an insight See mentioninto just winning the prize is an understatement! Tin the article with Ben McIlroy. •of 321 the cycliststrails will conquered be closed all to 7 general Peaks riders how important the initiative is for the area. although Blue Dirt will have shuttles running He’s taking his son Will, a budding MountainSeven Peaks Bike has Australia been running in conjunction for 10 years with on• Participants Friday from from 11am all to Australian 6pm and statesagain andon professional cyclist with him, on this trip of Falls Creek Resort Management are pleased now. The concept originated as a way to Saturdayfrom as far from away 9am as Irelandto 5pm. Cost is $50 per a lifetime! Congratulations Terry!!! to present Round One of the 2017 Gravity day or $90 for 2 days. Go to www.bluedirt. encourage visitors (cyclists) to visit the • The most popular climb was Mt Buffalo, Deadline For 7 Peaks Kit Enduro National Series. The series is Australia com.au to book. On Sunday the trails will wideAlpine with Resorts Round and Two surrounding being held attowns Stromlo followed by Falls Creek and Hotham in the green season. It is now a personal be closed to the general public, but will AllNo timethe toitems be smelling in the the 7 roses Peaks during cycling this weekend’s kit Forest ACT in May. Round Three will be at Gravity Enduro. Pic - Jiri Cech. challenge for thousands of cyclists. Some •progressively Most ascents open were as on the November different 19thsections line from Seight Sports, including the Balingup WA in June; Round Four will go to withof the Peakers event are taking completed. advantage Pretty of early Valley Rockhamptonwho ride only inone July peak; and othersthe final who round ride will all Point‘Champions on the Frying Jersey’ Pan for Spur. those The of youaim whoof the seasonRoad will form also and have ideal closures weather and conditions, be subject to beseven! held on Woodford Island, on the Clarence gamefinished is to allride 7 eachPeaks, section will nobe fasteravailable than for the closelydelays should followed anyone by Australia be travelling Day back from River in northern NSW in August. fastestorder untiltime allowed,the 30th and of noJune slower 2018. than Visit the theset Your Ed does some work in the Falls Creek the horse yards or Pretty Valley Pondage. shopslowest to time. place Then your they order do here.the competitive Who knows, bit, The popularity of mountain biking continues Drum Roll Please Visitor Information Centre during summer Now this Gravity Enduro is a different sort before riding to the start of the next competitive to grow. From the great efforts of some Mount maybe a new set of kit will give you all and a gentleman came in one day (in his Andof mountain the winner bike of racing the Major to what Prize, we knowa trip bit without beating or exceeding the times Beauty locals in the 90’s - to hosting the the motivation you need for some winter riding kit) to get his Seven Peaks Passport foras Downhill two to this or year’sCross Tour Country. de France The Gravitywith permitted. At the time of going to print, the Nationals in Feb 2000 - to the point where training... stamped. “Hi Ken, I’m Ken from the WideEnduro Open is both. Road The Tours athletes is... Terrywill start Golding with final course had not been set, but they look like we have some of the best tracks in the country Macedon Ranges Cycling Club. This is my a warm up ride from Slalom Plaza, out the takingLantern in HighRouge Voltage and Wishing Well, then - both in Mount Beauty and in Falls Creek. from Vale Park in South Australia. fourth time of doing the Seven Peaks and Bogong High Plains Road, up the Pretty heading to Flowtown, completing that before The growth and the success means we can From all of us here at Ride High Country I’ve just turned 77 years of age!!!” “How ValleyTerry is Road an avid and road then and across mountain-biker to the Trig heading to Thunderbolt and then to Generator continue to host fabulous events. from Adelaide who trained for the 7 Peaks HQ, thanks again for your support of the good is that? 7and Peaks. Vortex We’ve before been finishing inspired in Slalom over the Plaza. past Sound like a pretty easy day!! six months by your efforts, images and stories...The weekend’s so you program can bet sortthat of7 Peaksgoes like will this. 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