Downhill racing returns to Hobart

The Dirt Devils have booked in a winter short course downhill series to keep the punters happy through the colder period. Races will not have shuttles as courses will be only around 2 minutes in length. Prizes will be up for grabs at all rounds. Dates and details are as follows:

Round 1- Clarence Mountain Bike Park June 20th
Round 2- Glenorchy Mountain Bike Park June 27th
Round 3- Clarence Mountain Bike Park July 4th

All races practice starts at 9am with racing from 11am.

Normal licensing rules apply. Entry fee $5

More info call Simon 0438 310 984

Tasmanian Mountain Bike Strategy underway

The Tasmanian mountain bike strategy is well underway and will offer the blue print for mountain biking development and promotion for the near future. Dirt Art is working with Recreational consultants Inspiring Place on the strategy which is due for completion around August this year. The following information was recently posted by Keith Ryan from Sport and Recreation Tasmania:

There has been some chat on the forums about the development of a State Mountain Bike Plan - well it is official now. Sport and Recreation Tasmania have engaged Inspiring Place and DirtArt to develop the plan. The plan will provide the framework for developing and marketing mountain bike opportunities in Tasmania.

Mountain bike riders and other stakeholders will have the opportunity to provide input into the plan through a series of community and stakeholder forums to be held towards the end of June 2009.

I will post forum details when they are confirmed (hopefully very soon), but until then the best spot for project updates and more information will be the website for the project: http://www.development.tas.gov.au/sportrec/mtbplan.

Any questions shoot me an e-mail: Keith.Ryan@development.tas.gov.au