Dirty Nocker 3/6hr MTB Event 2022

After the success of the very 1st Dirty Nocka the team behind Exposure Lights 24/12, Cannock Classic MTB Events and Dirty Dozen present to you The Dirty Nocker. A 3hr or 6hr Endurance XC mountain bike event on Cannock Chase for all abilities. Ride solo or as part of a 2 rider team with the aim of completing as many laps as possible within 3hrs or 6hrs of riding.



Based at the much loved venue of Cannock Chase, you'll compete either as a solo rider or as a team of 2 over a 10km XC mountain bike course. You'll complete as many laps as you can within the designated time. So do you think you're up for the challenge on your own or fancy joining up with a friend or family member?

Categories

3hr: Start Time 10am / Finish 1pm

Solo - Male / Female
Pairs - Male / Female / Mixed

6hr: Start Time 10am / Finish 4pm

Solo - Male / Female
Pairs - Male / Female / Mixed

Minimum Age - 14yrs

Under 14's - 9am
Under 12's - 9am



Venue:

Cannock Chase is a "Hot Spot" for mountain biking in the UK. A venue famous for it's Follow The Dog / Monkey Trail mountain bike routes. Multiple National MTB events as well as regular grass root level events under the "Cannock Chase Classic" title have been held at the venue over the past few years.. It's an area of outstanding natural beauty and blessed with miles and miles of tracks and trails perfect for a number of outdoor sports. The Tackeroo site which we use is ideal for MTB events. Hardstanding flat base for the arena with parking and camping within a few hundred meters from the arena. The trails are challenging without being dangerous. Technical to test the fast rider but safe enough for the beginner riding at a slower pace. This makes our courses suitable for experienced and new riders alike.

Facilites:
Toilets

• Camping – FREE on the Friday / Saturday night

• Parking – Free, there’s lots of hard standing parking at the venue

Photography - Free downloads to pictures after the event

• Food & Drink – we’ve managed to secure ‘real’ coffee car vendor, Per-Cup, to attend the event. For the true coffee lovers they’ll be offering proper coffee. We’ll also be offering a wide selection of home baked cakes & savoury treats

• Onsite drink water – there are a number of taps around the parking area with fresh drinking water.

• Massage Therapy will be set up early Sunday morning offering pre-race treatment and post race treatments. The effects on the legs of a good massage cannot be under estimated.

• Run & Ride Store will be offering the essentials should you forget something and dare we say something breaks. Of course all will be at a reduce “special offer” rate

Course Profile:
As for the course, expect a real mountain bike course. What do we mean by that? Well plenty of nice techy, but fast flowing single track. and some lung busting climbs mixed up with a few fire road sections. As with all our events we try to create a few new sections with the backing from the Forestry Commission ready for the event. If you are a newcomer then please don’t be put off by the “real mountain bike” talk. Our courses are 100% ride-able by all levels and we don’t put anything too dangerous in the course, plus anywhere that has a difficult section in will have a ‘easy route’ alternative. The course will be around 10km in length and take an average of 30mins (Top riders) 45mins (first timers) to complete.
How Things Work:
The event starts with a mass start. That means regardless of category or duration (3hr or 6hr) the Solo riders and 1 member of the team will all start at once. The idea is to complete as many laps as possible within the time. Only laps completed within the 3hr or 6hr mark will count so you need to time your final laps to perfection. If you cross the line after your time is up then that lap won't count.
Solos - It just you. Well you and a number of helpers no doubt. You'll start and ride as many laps as you can in the 3hrs or 6hrs. You can leave the course at the designated point at any time for supplies or a rest and then rejoin again if you wish. To register a result you must complete as least 1 lap. The winner is the person that completes as many laps as possible within the 3hrs or 6hrs.
Teams - So you're going to share the riding. 1 member of the team will start the race at the beginning. You will then hand over the baton to your team mate at the designated point (at the end of a lap) so they can continue. Only 1 member of the team can be on the course at 1 time. They can complete just 1 lap or as many as they wish before they hand over the baton to the team mate. Like the solo's the idea is to complete as many laps as possible within the 3hr or 6hr time. To register a result each team must complete at least 1 lap.
Under 14's
3 Laps of a slightly shortened version of the main course. We'll be aiming for a race time of around 35/45 minutes. Slightly less for the winner and a little more for those at the tail end.
Under 12's
2 Laps of a slightly shortened version of the main course. We'll be aiming for a race time of around 35/45 minutes. Slightly less for the winner and a little more for those at the tail end.
Venue:
Tackeroo Camp Site
Penkridge Bank
Nr Rugeley
WS15 2UA
The venue at Tackeroo is ideal for holding events at. Easily accessible from the north or the south Tackeroo is around 15 minutes from the M6 motorway junctions at Cannock (South) or Stafford (North).
Camping:
*Camping will be available on site on the Friday and Saturday evening. No need to book just turn up. There is no charge for camping
*Please note that reserve the right to cancel the camping should we get extreme high winds
Spectating:
We understand that friends and family may wish to come along and watch you suffer. Therefore we’ve done our best to keep the course as close to the start / finish arena as possible. You’ll find that riders will enter the arena at least 2 times per lap so the spectators will never get plenty of opportunities to encourage or heckle.

Cancellations / Making Changes

We will be happy to process any cancellations up until 2 weeks (13th March) before the event. You will have the option to change details, move category or transfer entries to another rider or have a refund. To do this please login to your Racespace account and follow the pointers.

Transfer of entries will carry a surcharge of £1.00

Cancellations will carry a surcharge of £5.00


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Organiser Updates (1)

Provisional Results

sent by Run & Ride on 27/03/2022 at 20:42
Evening

Thank you to everybody you came along today. We've just got home and uploaded the results. They are currently provisional and expect we may need too make the odd change as the timing system had a tiny melt down half way through the event. 

If you spot an issue with your lap numbers then please email [email protected]. We'll compare the times against the raw data tomorrow when we have a little more time. 


Pictures from todays event will be uploaded tomorrow. 

Thanks again

Run & Ride Team 

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