Hi. I’ll be in the club car park for the 7pm ride tonight. I’m singlespeeding it so I won’t be fast around Mugdock. Post up or ping me a text if you’ll be along/out on the trails.
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Space Available on First Aid Course
We have a few spaces left for the upcoming outdoor 1st aid course (22 & 23 April). It will be taught by a mountain rescue member and a qualified MTB guide and will cover practical outdoor emergency care. The course satisfies the requirements of a lot of outdoor qualifications like MBLA. The spaces are available to members (£30) and non-members (£60) – so it even makes sense to join GMBC just to do the course!!
The spaces are available on a first-come-first-served basis. Please pass this message on to any friends who would benefit. To reserve your space please email infoATgmbcDOTorgDOTuk or sign into Webcollect and book your space.
First Aid
Dales Cycles Demo Days
FYI, upcoming demo days being organised by our sponsors, Dales Cycles.
Dales Cycles
Trail Maintenance This Weekend
A quick reminder of the trail maintenance planned for this coming Saturday. The plan is to improve the drainage on Snakey so we’ll be meeting at the South Lodge car park at 10am. Anyone who had already volunteered has an email with the details. If you still want to help out then please contact infoATgmbcDOTorgDOTuk so we can plan the work.
http://www.gmbc.org.uk/event/trail-maintenance-6/
It’s Here: GMBC Fantasy MTBer League
Here it is – your chance to take part in a bit of fun against your clubmates to see who is the top GMBC member, based on a shonky scoring system. The idea is to encourage some participation and friendly competition and promote a few activities during the club’s 30th anniversary year.
How does it work?
- Participate in activities on the list
- Earn points
- The points are tallied and the league table is published occasionally
What could I win?
A warm feeling of self-satisfaction that you are indeed an awesome member of GMBC. Apart from that we may have some very naff prizes and use the results for some sort of competition at the 30th anniversary weekend celebration.
What are the activities then?
Some are bike related and some aren’t. You’ll get points for taking part or getting involved, you’ll get some bonus points for getting on a podium, you’ll sometimes get more points for helping to organise stuff. Here’s a few examples of where points could be earned:
Paying your subs promptly, entering an SMBO, helping at trail maintenance, riding singlespeed, bonus points for organising the Mugdock SMBO, flipping burgers at the BBQ, organising rides, pulling someone out of the canal during the 12hour GMBC pub social ride, entering an organised event like 10 Under, taking KOMs off Tom Wylie 😉
Tab 2 – Full list of the activities and the scoring
NB: events in green are the current open events
How do I log my results?
In some cases you won’t need to log results as we’ll collect them as part of the activity. However, sometimes you’ll need to log your results using this form.
Where do I see results and the League Table?
| Position | Total Points | Riders | Comments | |
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10 |
Julie Taylor-Flood | Steaming out in the lead from her Strathpuffer result and being one of the first 3 women to renew their subs | |
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6 |
Bosco Flood |
In joint 2nd, the male contingent of the Strathpuffer mixed quads champions
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| Campbell Davidson | ||||
| Steve Owens | ||||
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4 |
Dave Ashton |
And in joint 3rd place, a mix of new and returning members who all paid up sharpish to claim the 3 points available to be the first 3 male/female/new riders to pay subs plus getting the Early Bird bonus.
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| Fran Young | ||||
| Hannah Hutchison | ||||
| Iain Clow | ||||
| Myriam Solar | ||||
| Vicky Herbert | ||||
| Will Aylward | ||||
| Willie Muir | ||||
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3 |
Barry Mears |
A smattering of Strathpuffers, early birds and singlespeeders!
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| Chris Lowe | ||||
| Graham Anderton | ||||
| Iain Godber | ||||
| 5 |
2 |
Simon Haslam | Points for singlespeeding!! |
GMBC
Sunday Local Ride
COMING SOON – GMBC Fantasy MTBer League
COMING SOON – a bit of light hearted competition/fun for the 30th anniversary year. So, who’s the best* all round mountain biker and clubmate at GMBC? There’s one way to find out! Take part in club activities through the season and win points, building up to the 30th anniversary weekend away later this year. There may (or may not) be some prizes, it’s mainly for bragging rights and bit of fun/banter in the pub.
How can I get points? Get involved in club activities, represent the club at events, maybe even get the odd podium. It’s not all about riding bikes fast though – there’s points on offer for joining certain social rides, flipping burgers at the club BBQ, doing trail maintenance and “trials riding” skills.
What next? I’ll publish the table showing how you can score points and how you can log your eligible results.
* = highly subjective, Chairman’s decision is final. Unless beer is offered, in which case the decision is open to negotiation 😉
Artists Impression of GMBC Fantasy Mountain Biker Podium
First Aid Training
As requested at the AGM, we’re arranging first aid training. It’s a 2 day course over the weekend of 22/23 April.
The course will focus on outdoor first aid skills and will be delivered by an Emergency Medical Technician from the the Arrochar Mountain Rescue team who also happens to be a qualified mountain bike leader. The course is in Rescue Emergency Care (Level 2) and is enough to satisfy the requirements for various outdoor qualifications, for example the Mountain Biker Leader Awards (MBLA) for trail leadership.
Priority will be given to current, paid up club members but if you’re interested in the course or have friends/colleagues who may be interested then let them know and we can include them in the list if we’re short of GMBC folks. We’re aiming to get 10-12 people (3 people already confirmed as of 15/2). The course fee would be a maximum of £50, with the possibility of a subsidy for club members who are willing to make their first aid skills available on club rides/events. The fees include all course notes and certificate upon successful completion of the course.
A venue for the course will be advised once we have confirmation of enough interest to run the course.
If you’re interested in signing up or want to know more then please email info[AT]gmbc[DOT]org[DOT]uk
Trail Maintenance Sessions 2017
We’ve arranged 2 trail maintenance sessions with Mugdock Country Park. Dates are 11-Mar and 01-Apr. If you want to volunteer (and haven’t already received an email about it) then please contact the email address mentioned in the calendar events on the club website. It’ll be the usual mix of digging, wheel barrowing, wearing high-viz and holding clipboards. Don’t worry if you can’t come for the whole day, even part of a day is helpful.
Sunday Local Ride
There’s a 9am local ride tomorrow for anyone not going out to Arrochar. Cafe stop included.
