Southern Enduro Champs 2017 - Exmoor
The Southern Enduro Champs is a new race for 2017 brought to you by the same the team behind the Transition Bikes Southern Enduro series.
It's based in woodland in Exmoor national park. This race will be one of the best in the south, the trails in Exmoor are national standard.
The race is accessible and open to all. The Fun category is perfect for first time enduro racers and the PRO/Elite category is for racers that want the title of 2017 Southern Enduro Champion!
The women's category has been split out into Seniors (20-39), Vets (over 40's) & Fun (Any age). Hopefully this will help encourage ladies to get involved with this event and the sport of enduro in general.
The race stages will be a mix of steep loamy tracks and flat out fun. There will be free camping and parking close to the large race village/finish arena.
There is also lots of options for hotels as the town of Minehead is riding distances from the venue.
On Saturday evening there will be a full licensed bar and food available on site. The bar will be in a large marquee with music and seating areas.
Tickets available here: www.southernenduro.digitickets.co.uk
More info on Southern Enduro here: www.southernenduro.co.uk
Previous Southern Enduro race video:
Event Info
Price: £60
Venue: Minehead, Exmoor
450 online entries available, no entries on the day.
- Fantastic prizes for the top 3 riders in all categories.
- Free parking for all riders, spectators, friends and family. (Please car share where possible)
- Large race village with full mechanical support
- Food and drink van on site.
- Coffee/Tea Van
- Free Camping available on site.
- Race pit marquee space available (On request)
- Beer tent (CONFIRMED)
- Large Marquee (CONFIRMED)
- Saturday night #fullenduo party (CONFIRMED)
Stages: There will be 6 timed stages, which will be added together for an aggregate time to decide the winner in each category.
All stages will be over a mile long and around 100m to 150m in elevation/drop. Estimated stage times are about 2 minutes to 4 minutes long.
Categories:
- PRO age 18+
- Senior age 18-29
- Master age 30-39
- Veteran age 40+
- Supers Veteran age 50+
- FUN age 18+
- WOMEN Fun age 14+
- WOMEN Senior age 18-39
- WOMEN Veteran age 40+
- U18s age 14-17
- Hardtails age 18+
PRO: Riders that are sponsored or in PRO, Expert and Elite in other races or Top finisher in age categories in previous Enduro's
Senior, Master, Veteran, Grand Veteran: Riders that are not sponsored and with medium skill level or Top finisher in Fun in previous Enduro's
FUN: Riders 18 and over that are new to racing or new to the sport
U18: Riders under the age 18
WOMEN: Riders that are female
HARDTAILS: Riders 18 and that are racing on a Hardtail
Timings:
Saturday
Marshals briefing 9.30
Riders briefing 9.45
Practice 10.00 to 16:00
Bar 16:00 to 23:00
Sunday
Marshals briefing 9.30
Riders briefing 9.45
Start of race (first rider) 10.00
Prize giving 16.30
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