TMB Spring 2015 Newsletter

 Spring Edition 2015
The Mountain Trail
Official Newsletter of Team Mount Beauty Inc
PO Box 295
Mt Beauty
Victoria
3699
www.tmb.org.au info@tmb.org.au Dan VDP in action -­‐ Mount Beauty Rambo. Pic. Courtesy of Mountainside – Charlie Brown The Team Mount Beauty Committee 2015
President: Liam Panozzo – president@tmb.org.au
Vice P resident: Ian Franzke
Treasurer: Kim McKeown
Secretary: Turi Berg
Membership/N ewsletter: Michelle Forrer
General committee members: Sam Catt, Tina Cook, Mat
Shreiber,
Matt Spencer, Daniel Van der Ploeg, Michael Whipps
Mount Beauty CX action Mount Beauty RAMBO 2 Ebony Tanzen competing in Sport Women. Pic. Charlie Brown -­‐ Mountainside Upcoming TMB
Events
Team Mount Beauty AGM Saturday September 19th
5pm onwards
Mount Beauty Cricket Club
Election of the new TMB committee
Wrap up of the past year
Nibbles provided
First drink is free for current members
HOPE TO SEE YOU
3 THERE!
Victorian Downhill Series Round 1 -­‐ Mt Beauty 10th October Please contact Liam (0411377863) president@tmb.org.au if you are able to help marshal or drive. 4 34th Mitta to Mount Beauty Sunday 25th October 10am race start Adults $50 Juniors $30 New for 2015 is a 40km Junior race (12-­‐15 year olds). Juniors will be transported to Scrubby Creek with their bikes after collecting their race plate in Mitta. Enter via TMB website or https://regonline.activeglobal.com/mitta2mtbeauty2015 Women’s mtb skills course for TMB members, held over four Saturdays -­‐ 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st October. Beginners will be in the mornings; intermediate riders will be in the afternoons. Each session will run for 3hrs and the 4-­‐week course costs $180pp (beginners) or $240pp (intermediates). Sessions are also limited to six riders so get in quick! No extra insurance is required and there will be a 25% subsidy for early birds who register by 13th September. Please email 5 info@tmb.org.au for more info. New Big Hill Trail Signs You may have noticed the new super sweet trail signs that have been popping up in the park A huge thanks to Greg Badior for his innovative art work and printing and the team who have been helping Greg to gradually put the signs out – Fran, Charlie, Turi and Gerry. If YOU can spare a few hours in the upcoming weeks to help put out the remaining signs please contact Turi via info@tmb.org.au 6 What bikes/s do you currently ride?
Road :Willier grand Tourismo with Shram Red . CX :Pinarello CX carbon with Dura Ace/Ultegra and Canti Brakes . Time trial : Kestrel Talon Aero carbon with 80mm carbon wheels and carbon TT bars etc. MTB : an old Kona . +one or two other bikes at various levels of disrepair. OUT OF THE
SADDLE
Funniest biking memory......
Riding home with a group of us from the club after doing a 25 mile TT also at the age of 15. I was sat bolt upright on my bike due to a sore back after not being used to TT ing for that long. The guy running the club was with us and he Said “ Darn Norm you're riding that thing like A Harley Davidson” I didn know what a Harley was and thinking this Harley must be a cycling legend and I thought that he must be complimenting me on my riding .so I replied “ So does he ride like that then?…they guy just looked at me and sighed and my mates had a huge chuckle 5 minutes with……
Norm Gray
Most memorable bike ride ever……. Was a club ride with my original club in England GS Europa at the age of 15. we rode for some 6 hours on rolling hills around Hampshire southern England at sort of a false tempo .It made me realize that I could ride a bike.. Favourite bike trails?
I don’t do trails that much except to try and get up things, but enjoy riding up the Pole track or to Trappers gap and beyond or up to the TV towers via the Red gate in the tree trail. Favourite reading material?
Always looking for more jokes Who would you most like to go for a ride
with?
To go for a ride with Kieth Mernicle or Eric Stone [a couple of English Cx legends of the 70s) and show them around our CX course 7 Junior News
Team Mount Beauty had two junior pairs teams compete in the June VES 3 hour in Albury. ‘Ebs and Josh’ (2nd) and ‘TommAshi’ (4th) Junior ride time will replace
kids clinics for Term 4. These
sessions will occur on
Wednesday afternoons and will
cater for intermediate to
advanced riders (not beginner
riders). There will also be some
weekend meetings at various
mtb parks. Talk to Cath or
Mish and check the TMB
Facebook site for more
8 information.
NEWS
Congratulations go to Paul Van Der Ploeg on his recent National Cyclocross title (the TMB Committee wish Paul a speedy recovery from his XCE crash in Andorra) If you are interested in ordering some of the shiny new kit, please get in touch with Kim ASAP -­‐ kmckeown2@gmail.com. Three colours – black/pink, red/black and blue/black -­‐ will be available if the 10-­‐piece minimum is reached.