Ginja Ninja 250 & Night Dash
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Ginja Ninja 250
5th February 2012
***Entries Closed***
The 2012 Ginja Ninja 250 has been run and won, thanks all for coming to make it a great success!
Results:
- FereiNightDash_Results as an MS Excel spreadsheet
- Ginja Ninja 250 final results as an MS Excel spreadsheet (updated 9/2/2012)
- Ginja Ninja 250 final results as a pdf (updated 9/2/2012)
Photos:
Stent Event Photography have lots of great photos up in their galleries and I think there’s more to come (9/2/2012). We are aiming to give everyone a free photo of themselves but there are lots of others available from their website too.
Stent Event Photography Website
Short video from the GN250 from Stent Event Photography
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Some updated info can be found here:
CWORBC are announcing a great new mountain bike XC event for early 2012 (Feb 5th 2012).
The Ginja Ninja 250 will be 250 minutes of racing on the great tracks of Kinross Forest only 6km from the centre of the beautiful metropolis of Orange NSW.
Contending ninjas will compete in the classic MTB enduro format. This means striving to complete as many laps as possible in 4 hours and 10 mins around a course designed to be fun for everyone from beginner ninjlets to wise and experienced ninjas. If you enter as a pair you compete as a relay so only 1 of you is on the course at a time.
The focus is on fun and there will be a healthy prize pool showered on everyone, not only on the place getters.
What: Ginja Ninja 250 (mins)
When: 5/2/2012
How long: 250 mins (4 hours 10 mins)
Time: 10am
Where: Kinross Forest near Orange NSW. There’s a map here.
Event Type: Multi Lap for 250 mins.
Course Google Map
Categories: Solos and pairs. Male and female, mixed pairs.
Entry Fees: $30 for Solos and $25 each rider in a pair (+$20 MTBA day license for non-MTBA members). It will be $5 per person extra if you miss the online entry deadline. If not sold out then online entries close at midnight on Thursday 2nd Feb so don’t leave it too late to enter!
Entry: The race is over so entries are obviously closed.
Course: The course is about 7-8 km long and at least 80% single track. The pine forest is densely planted so will provide plenty of shade in February. Here is a rough google maps path of the course. You can also get a printer friendly pdf of the course here (includes an elevation profile).
Here’s a recent video on Vimeo of the last downhill of the lap, the ‘North Shore’ track.
There will be more details to follow but organisation is well under way with some great sponsors helping us out.
Local Ninja
We also have the ambition that every entrant will get a free photo of themselves at the event! There’ll be some merchandise available too, including our brand spanking new club kit (jersey and nicks) and event T-shirt.
For more information post your questions on the forum (link below) or use our contact page to email the organisers.
Ginja Ninja 250 forum discussion.
Prizes & Extras
Bike To Give Away!
When you enter and compete in the Ginja Ninja 250 you will enter a lucky draw to win a complete Merida Matts TFS 300D bike with an RRP of $1199!
Demo bikes to ride!
Merida are also bringing 15 demo bikes available for anyone to ride and try out during the Ginja Ninja weekend.
Some of the bikes include, the World Cup winning O.Nine and Ninety Six. Also bikes from their new range of 29er’s and the revised for 2012 One Twenty.
All in a range of sizes!!!
For more information on any of the bikes have a look in at DG Cycles or check out www.merida.com.au.
Lots lots more
More to be announced! Stay tuned!
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Saturday Night Dash
4th February 2012
Where: Kinross Forest, Orange
When: Saturday 4th of Feb 2012. This is the night before the Ginja Ninja 250 and will be a great warm up for the race.
Time: 8:15pm – 10:15pm
What: Individual MTB Time Trial
Cost: $5 per Rider (+ $20 MTBA day license for non-MTBA members)
Entry: Enter on the day from 5pm to 8pm. Entries will be capped at 40 riders (may be more than 40 but first 40 are gauranteed a spot). Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.
Course: The night dash course is about half single track and will be about 3km long. Here is the elevation profile and route.
The Fastest Male and Female will win a Ferei light set. There’s also a lucky draw lightset to giveaway, you have to be entered (and do a lap) to win!
Each rider gets up to 3 laps inside of the race window, track opens at 8:15pm and closes at 10:15pm (approx times)
Each rider will leave at intervals to ensure a clean run. Of course head lights will be required to race, a rear light is required too to make sure that you don’t get run over by a following competitor. If you are caught by the next rider then you will be required to let them pass.
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Accommodation
Camping is available at Kinross forest.
Orange is only about 6km away and there are quite a few accommodation options there. However, make sure you book early because Orange accommodation can get quite full.
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FAQ
- An enduro in February in Australia?! Won’t it be stinking hot? Orange is known for it’s temperate climate. It is often about 10 degrees cooler than Sydney and is much less humid. Also the pine’s are quite dense so there is plenty of shade while riding. It may be hot but it won’t be stinking hot.
- When will entries open? Entries are closed, the race is over.
- Why Ginja Ninja? Why not? We liked it so we stole the idea from the BMXers in our club.
- Can I buy a club jersey? Yes! – Though it’s too late now to order it in time to get it at the race.
- Is there a flyer I can print out and display at my workplace/bike shop/community notice board to spread the word? Yes!
- How can I find another rider to be my team mate? You could try our forum discussion (Ginja Ninja 250 forum discussion.). Or maybe a forum on another website where people are talking about the race.
- Where else are people talking about the Ginja Ninja 250? I’m sure this list is not complete: Rotorburn. The Berm. Enduro Pulse.
- That’s all for now. I’m sure there will be more before the big day…
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Event T-Shirt
As well as the club’s jersey, the event T Shirt is available with a pre-order before the race (before Jan 13th).
To order use the contacts page to send a message to “Club Kit Orders” or as a part of your online entry (if you entered before we added the T Shirt option you’ll have to use the first method). Make sure you specify size and Male/Female.
Cost is $28.
The designs below may change a little but it is the basic design for the shirt you’ll get.
T-Shirt size spec’s :-
|
SIZE |
XS |
S |
M |
L |
XL |
2XL |
3XL |
5XL |
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HALF CHEST (cm) |
49 |
52 |
55 |
58 |
61 |
64 |
68 |
7 |
Front
Back
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Sponsors
As well as the other brands above these businesses are giving generous support to help make the Ginja Ninja 250 a success.
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