Mount Gravatt Mountain Race

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Premium Member Comment by Connor Ferguson on April 14, 2011 at 10:36

did the people that organised this die?

Premium Member Comment by Skittles on April 11, 2011 at 7:53

Update on progress?

Premium Member Comment by Connor Ferguson on April 10, 2011 at 21:39

and... everyones quiet

Premium Member Comment by Skittles on April 7, 2011 at 9:56

It would  be great to do  the hill without worring about cars, but a race would be 10 times better.

 

Even if we just make a free ride happen  this time, then later in the year have a race.  If all goes well if could be a yearly event and downhill gets a better name and more popular in Brisbane!

Premium Member Comment by Matthys on April 7, 2011 at 9:22

just chillin down the run with ya mates is good fun jack,

but yea, racing it would be just a bit better...

Comment by Laurence Lombardi on April 6, 2011 at 18:32

race!

Comment by sammy T on April 5, 2011 at 22:47

haggy is 100% correct, id listen to him if i were yourself.

Comment by Jack on April 5, 2011 at 17:32

the track is not nearly tech enough for a freeride event to be fun. I'm personally loving the idea of racing mt gravatt, we just have to get involved and make it happen

Premium Member Comment by Matthys on April 5, 2011 at 17:14

mabey change it from a race into a freeride

that way there would be less pressure on the safety issues, and less time spent on the formatting.

 

Premium Member Comment by haggy on April 5, 2011 at 16:46

Alister,

 

I applaud your initiative.  Great start on getting an event up and running.  Sounds like you have made the important initial contacts - police, council and local stakeholders (the kiosk). 

There are a few steps you should take immediately if you want this event to be a success.

1.  Get an event team together - get three or four or five willing and serious people together to work on the event with you.  This is pretty much the only way it's gonna come together in a proper fashion. 

2.  Make lists of everything you will need on race day, then think about how you are going to get all those things (eg, radios, hay bales, brooms, volunteers, sponsors, banners, trophies, shade tents, water)

3.  Divide up responsibilities amongst your team members - ie, (a) sponsor contact, (b) community contact, eg police, council, etc, (c) volunteer contact, etc.

4.  First Aid - do you need a St Johns ambo on site?  For one day you can probably get this for a $500 or less donation.

5. Do you need a risk management plan?  ASRA has one you can use if you need to. 

6. Think about your race format.  Think seriously about this, as it needs to be done properly.  ASRA can provide you with excel spreadsheets for virtually every format you can think of.  Eg., do you want to run an elimination tree or a round-robin format?  Both have their pros and cons.  If you run an elimination tree how will you seed riders?  You can either (a) seed based on ASRA rankings, (b) random, or (c) use a timer.

 

A lot to think about?  No worries, there are people here like myself who have done it all before.  While I'm located in Sydney I'm happy to help as much as possible.  If you'd like to talk just pm me and i'll shoot you my phone number.

 

Haggy

ASRA President

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