Sunday 4 January
Charles Darwin National Park
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Check regularly for ride updates.
Tuesdays & Thursdays
Training rides at Charles Darwin National Park on most Tuesday's and Thursday's. Meet just inside park's entrance.
Ride starts at 5:50PM sharp. Map.
08-12-2008
23-11-2008_DORC_Pine_Forest_Short_Course_Results.
23-11-2008_XcR_Pine_Forest_Short_Course_Results.
30-10-2008
Charles Darwin Track Closures Update
DORC committee members met with P&W on 27/10/2008.
The meeting was positive with a good level of understanding on both sides regarding MTB as a legitimate recreational use of the Park. The closed tracks (See map) remain closed for now, however re-opening in future after certain conditions are met is a possibility.
DORC members are urged to continue to respect the closures, enjoy the rest of the trail network and wait further news. If you encounter other riders in the Park urge them to show similar respect.
Jon Presswell
President, DORC
29-10-200826-10-2008_Lee_Point_Short_Course_Results.
14-10-2008
Charles Darwin Track Closures
Please note that sections of Charles Darwin single-track have been closed due to archaeological and heritage issues. DORC is currently liaising with the Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport (NRETAS) regarding the closures. In the interim if you’re riding in Charles Darwin please obey the respective closure signage. See map.
15-09-2008
Skills Course Cancelled
The Basic MTB Skills course scheduled for Sunday 21st September has been cancelled. At this stage the plan is to move the course to the 3rd or 4th Sunday in October.
08-09-2008
DORC 100k
Not quite 100k but 84k (21k loop) to be pretty exact. Apologies to those who were keen to see the "100" displayed on their odo. An over estimate on patching the kilometres together plus the time involved in selecting and making suitable sections of track to keep it interesting made the course a bit shorter then expected.
The Results - serious pace from Richard Wood and Chris Hanson pretty much made up the pointy end of the field from start to finish. Solid effort from a tired and dirty (I had fun) looking Tadek Rudz who also managed to get on the podium, no bad for a roadie that slept in. Well done to everyone else who reasoned with their limits on the day.
Special thanks the Tim, Trent and Prado for track marking.
Also Lauren (what am I doing here so early) Wood and helpers for registration and time keeping duties. If anyone has any comments or suggestions for next years event contact DORC.
See results below, apologies if any names are misspelt.
20-08-2008
Seadogs Trivia Quiz
A small bunch of quizzers turned up to test them selves mentally and physically. Competition was fierce but Team 1 (Richard Wood, Greg Heins & Callum Dolman) had the right combination of smarts and speed. Well done to all teams, see results below.
Result:
| Team Name | Checkpoints Visited | Time Penalties | Final Score |
| 1 | 9 | 4 | 155 |
| Extreme Cadence | 6 | 0 | 113 |
| THONGS + 1 | 5 | 0 | 75 |
| Kangawallabats | 6 | 12 | 74.5 |
| MARRON | 5 | 0 | 61 |
28-07-2008
Pine Forest 3 Hour
Another exciting, painful, dusty 3 hours in the Pine Forest.
Kevin Wells put in an excellent ride to post 7 laps and first place, well done Kevin. Big thanks to Tim and his helpers as always for the new track additions, track marking and timing.
26-07-2008_Pine_Forest_3_Hour_Results.
12-06-2008
Charles Darwin 1 Hour
A keen bunch turned up for Sunday's 1 hour of racing at Charles Darwin. Richard Wood made everyone feel slow after racing his single speed thing! Well done Rich. Thanks Tim Ellison and helpers for the event / timekeeping. A weary looking Tim a few hours earlier arrived back from managing the juniors at the NT Road Championships in Batchelor.
28-04-2008
Lee Point Downhill
At short notice Tim Ellison put together an excellent short downhill course near Lee Point. About twenty rides turned up to test their skills. Even after the uphill ride back to the starting gate, most riders returned with stories of near misses and thoughts on where they could improve their time on the next run. A very keen Luke Ellison posted a very slick time on his hardtail. Thanks again to Tim and helpers.
27-04-2008 Lee Point Downhill Results.
16-04-2008 DORC_April_June_2008_Ride_Calendar.
04-03-2008
Last Sunday (2nd), DORC and Juniors Pine Forest Racing.
Another excellent event organised by Tim Ellison. Not sure how many turned up but the DORCs were well out-numbered, seemed to be juniors, and Mums and Dads everywhere. Tim had everyone gasping for breath for most of the afternoon. The upset of the day was a roadie taking out the DORC long lap feature event, well done Matt Jones.
02-03-2008_DORC_MTB_XcR_Pine_Forest_LL_Handicap_Results
02-03-2008_DORC_MTB_XcR_Pine_Forest_SC_Results
02-03-2008_DORC_MTB_XcR_Pine_Forest_TT_Results
19-02-2008
Super Sprint Series - Race 1
Thanks to Tim Ellison and his merry band of helpers for an excellent afternoon of racing. For some of the DORCs it was a case of survival for the first few laps of the BMX track. The younger BMXers and DORCs showed great skills and set a cracking pace around the BMX track, some of the older DORCs were happy just to keep both wheels on the ground and stay upright. See results below.
17-02-2008 MTB BMX Short Course Results.
17-02-2008 MTB BMX TimeTrial Results.
29-01-2008
Phil's take on Wildside 2008.
16-01-2008
Last Sunday'e Enduro
Thanks to everyone that turned up for Saturday's working bee. Shame the heavens opened early Sunday morning as the track was looking excellent on Saturday afternoon (Come on dry season!). Special thanks to Andy for timing and to Adam for the BBQ. Big thanks to Kyle for organising the event and the heavy duty work of cutting up the large trees before Sunday's racing.
Well done to Chris Hanson, he kept the power on for the full 4 laps.
See Enduro Results and Jon's race report.
DORC_January_March_2008_Ride_Calendar.
02-01-2008
New Charles Darwin singletrack Maps added to site.
21-12-2007
Phil's Holiday Tour Report - Tour des Enfants.
20-12-2007
Charles Darwin Singletrack Map.
10-12-2007
Charles Darwin Track and Sunday Ride Reports.
04-12-2007
Tour De Pine Forest
With the Pine Forest yellow jersey on offer and the word around about Tim's exciting Pine Forest events, 40 plus riders turned up. Lot's of dust, slipin & slidin and a few over the bars get-off's on the new triple jumps made it a fun afternoon of racing. Thankyou to Tim and everyone that helped out on the day.
02-12-2007 Pine Forest Time Trial Results.
28-11-2007
New DORC profile.
23-11-2007 It's Official, The Bullrider (old Central Australian Bike Challenge) Mountain Bike Stage Race, Alice Springs May 2008.
22-11-200704-11-2007 Charles Darwin XC Results.
15-11-2007Ride reports from Kyle Bawden and Dave Wells.
Kyle's Holiday Ride Report
Dave's Elion Cup Series Report.
13-11-2007Central Australian Bike Challenge Gossip
For those that haven't heard, it looks like the Alice Springs Central Australian Bike Challenge (CABC) is back on in 2008. The word is the CABC event has been picked up by the adventure race management group Rapid Ascent and will be called
'The Bullroarer' - 7 stage event over 5 days, 19th - 23rd May 2008.
Links to the gossip:
05-10-2007 Million-dollar bike race plan for Centre
20-10-2007 Hopes high for big cycle race
28-10-2007 The Bullroarer - The new Alice Spring MTB event!!
UPDATE:
23-11-2007 No more gossip, it's official - The Bullrider
12-11-2007New DORC profile.
11-10-200707-10-2007 Howard Springs 100k Results.
10-10-2007DORC October - December 2007 Ride Calendar.
09-10-2007Howard Springs 100km It was all a bit hectic and hot as hell, however thanks everyone that helped out with the event and well done to everyone who participated. Planning for 100K started a couple of months ago so thanks to Organisers Bill, Aaron, Kev, and to Michael, Olsen's mum and all the other scorers. Thanks to Cycle Zone for donating ENDURA for race day and to Col for organising the esky. Congratulations to Matt Hubber who sacrificed several layers of skin to complete the 100km first. Sunday was a good hit out for Matt before he heads off in a few weeks to compete in the Crocodile Trophy.
17-07-200716-09-2007 Charles Darwin XC Results.
Thanks to everyone that turned up for Saturday afternoon's working bee to get the XC course ready for Sunday. Thanks to Kevin Wells and everyone that helped with Sundays racing at Charles Darwin. I was going to say everyone ate Matt Hubber's dust again, but he was so far in front there was no dust, well done Matt.
August Adelaide River ride photos.
11-09-2007Litchfield Pub - 2 Dams ride photos.
10-09-2007STOLEN: Some &#!@ person has taken off with Nicole's bike from outside her work on Sunday night (9th September).
More details on the DORC Noticeboard.
14-08-2007
New DORC profile.
06-08-2007
DORC Dave Wells is having far to good a time. See his latest ride report from the Frischi Challenge in Celerina Switzerland.
01-08-200721-07-2007 Howard Springs 3hr Results.
"Just like to thank Malcolm Neville, who slowed down for me on the second half of the last lap when my lights failed. Would still be lost out there if he hadn't. Was still hard staying on his tail though... smacked into a few trees and rocks that I couldn't see. Hit one tree with my handlebars and end up on my arse. Malcolm turned around. Lying on the ground with the bike on top of me, all I could see was Malcolm's lights shining through a big cloud of dust. Great race. Thanks again to Aaron." Phil Blum.
31-07-2007DORC August - September 2007 Ride Calendar.
24-07-2007Howard Springs 3hr - Thanks to Aaron for a well organised event and to everyone that helped out in anyway. Special thanks to Robbie Hantelmann for the generator and lighting. Thanks to Col Smith for drinks and backup lighting! Congratulations to Matt Hubber, everyone pretty much ate his dust for 3 hours. Official results will be out shortly. If anyone has any incidents or tall stories from the race or comments suggestions for next year's event, email them to DORC and we may be able to put together a brief race report.
03-07-200715 September 2007 - The Combined Alice Springs Cycling & MTB Clubs 12hr Day in the Dirt.
Someone said the Alice clubs would like to see a few DORCs enter the event.
19-06-2007DORC Dave Wells has put together another short ride report from an XC event and Bike Expo in Willingen Germany.
11-06-2007Travelling DORC Dave Wells has put together a short ride report on an XC style event through the damp and chilly English countryside.
23-05-2007Lambrick Ave Mitchell Creek XC photos.
DORC President Kyle will be running a Basic MTB Skills course on Sunday 3rd June at 3:30pm on the foreshore at the corner of East Pt Rd and Ross Smith Ave (opposite the big ugly house!). Course is just before the DORC group ride at the Cool Spot.
No cost to DORC members, $10.00 for non-members, 45 minutes duration.
20-05-200720-05-2007 Lambrick Ave Palmerston XC Results.
How did that race briefing go again... was it keep left to avoid the mud??
01-05-2007DORC May-June-July Ride Calendar.
30-04-200729-04-2007 Berrimah Hill XC Results.
Well, despite the blood, bandages, shredded knicks and bike damage an excellent course and event from Steve. Thanks to Steve's helpers and chief time keeper Andy. Matt Hubber made the course look easy and left the wreckage well behind as he consistently lapped under the 8 minutes. Well done to everyone for a fun afternoon of racing, hope Kev and Mark pulled up OK.
26-04-2007Mandorah 100 Training Ride photos.
23-04-2007Thanks to Kyle & Bec for another well organised rogaining event. The local knowledge and cryptic clue factors were high for this event. Teams therefore needed to combine their left brains and local knowledge. Those individuals that could also carry the biggest rock while riding a bike plus identify and return the longest palm frond in Darwin could also earn valuable points for their team. So after all protests were dismissed, late penalties issued and rocks and palm fronds cleared from the front entrance of Sea Dogs Restaurant, team Squides (matt hubbsey, nic hahn full, emma wonkerflood, aaron back-track caden) were the new DORC rogaining champs. When asked about their teams winning strategy Aaron said, "lucky we had the girls in our team because Matt and I are not that smart".
12-04-2007Easter weekend Adelaide River ride photos.
09-04-2007 A very special thankyou to retiring DORC committee members Dave Wells and Michael Burt for all their hours of work and support to the club. Dave has itchy feet and is off to see Europe (again). Michael received a job opportunity he couldn't refuse (big bucks) and has relocated to Western Australia.
27-03-2007Charles Darwin XC Race photos.
26-03-200725-03-2007 Charles Darwin XC Results.
Well done to everyone for a fun afternoon of racing. Thanks to Goose and his team of helpers for timing and to Dave for a well organised event.
21-03-2007Lee Point and Virginia Road ride photos.
13-03-2007Jon's report on the very wet Beachfront - Lee Point ride.
12-03-200711-03-2007 Howard Springs Super Sprint MTB Results.
Thanks again to Tim & Family for another well organised event. Thanks to Goose for timing, a difficult job by yourself spotting plate numbers and times when groups of riders are sprinting past.
Well done to young Kyle. Said he was a bit tired but still managed to take the number 1 spot in the sprint final and the 2-lap.
02-03-2007 March - April 2007 Ride Calendar.
Short Charles Darwin Ride Report by James Cryer from NSW.
27-02-2007 No wonder the guys at Cycle Zone are so well organised, check out the CEO's DORC profile.
26-02-200725-02-2007 Howard Spring XC Teams Race Results.
Thanks to all supporters and racers who turned up to last Sunday's Pine Forest Team Racing. The singletrack was excellent. Special thanks to Simon and Kevin for the scoring and timing.
Thanks to Dave for the new historical photos of MTBing in Darwin and beyond.
13-02-2007 Charles Darwin ride photos - about 20 riders turned up for what turn out to be a very tropical Sunday afternoon ride.
06-02-2007 Caltex Palmerston ride photos.
29-01-200728-01-2007_Howard_Spring_XC_Results.
Thanks to all race officials and the refreshments coordinator for a fun and dirty Sunday afternoon.
24-01-2007
Photos from Last Sundays's Litchfield Pub Two Dams Ride. Ride report is coming soon.
Several new DORC profiles submitted this week.
Plus the Munda Biddi Ride Report which the webmaster completely forgot about.
08-01-2007 Website navigation updates, plus a new DORC Profile.
02-01-2007 New DORC Profiles.
19-12-2006
DORC Xmas drinks at the Ski Club, Vesties Beach, after work on Friday 22 December. No riding just Xmas cheer. Looking forward to seeing you there if you can make it.
11-12-2006December Newsletter: Catch up on what the committee has been doing with the President's Report, What's happening up to Xmas, various ride reports plus part II of the Endless Summer Singletrack and more.
27-11-200626 November 2006 Holmes Jungle XC Results.
Thanks to Kyle for track making and signage and all involved for a fun afternoon of racing.
21-11-2006
Thanks to Bec and Kyle for Sunday's well organised Urban Rogaining Event. The clues were far (Holmes Jungle), high (China Town Carpark), no-where (Charles Darwin NP) and exclusive (The Adult Shop). After all was said, read, ridden, collected and answered, the current DORC Urban Rogaining Champions are Dave, Kevin and Martin.
15-11-2006Velodrome MTB and short course ranking results.
13-11-2006Velodrome MTB Event Photos. Some of the action from the McMillians Road Velodrome MTB Event / DORC Sign On day. Photos by Steve Bryan. Another excellent event organised by Tim.
01-11-2006Velodrome MTB Event Format. Racing format and the Elimination Shoot Out flow chart for the 12 November Velodrome MTB Event.
19-10-200615 October 2006 Holmes Jungle XC Results. Big thanks to Matt Ohearn for the timekeeping on the day and putting the numbers together. Also thanks to Pete who was press ganged into official duties. Great track layout, much appreciated Kyle, Tim and family for the work that went into it.
20-09-2006September Newsletter: Special Feature - Formation of the New Club. Exclusive pictures of Kyle's Adelaide River ride injury, Palmerston Ride Report, Darwin MTB history and more.
