Kia ora,
 
Thanks to all the riders who took part in today’s event - round 2 of the Gloworm Lights Winter MTB Series - it was awesome to see so many people out in the forest.
 
Unfortunately, the day didn’t run as smoothly as we would have liked and we are disappointed this event didn’t meet our high standards due to deliberate course tampering, predominantly on the short course. This is very concerning as course tampering affects the safety of riders and their event experience.
 
We would like to apologise to those adversely affected - please contact us if this happened to you. Also, if anyone spotted people course tampering at all, please report this to us.
 
Our thorough Nduro Events process of pre-race course checking usually mitigates any issues, however despite our best efforts in the last 48 hours, disruption still occurred come race time as you will see in the timeline below.

• Saturday 4 August, 4pm: Course marked and checked. Course crew discover markers cut off and thrown away. Immediately replaced.
• Sunday 5 August, 5:30am: Course markers found to be removed again, Course issues rectified by the course crew
• Sunday 5 August 9:45am: Course markers found to have been manipulated or removed in 10 locations

 
The mountain biking community is amazing at coming together to discourage this type of activity, so we’d appreciate everyone keeping an eye out for and reporting this type of behaviour if possible.
 
We apologise once again, as our aim is for everyone to have the ultimate mountain bike event experience!
 
Bring on Round 3 of the series - we can’t wait to see you there.

Rotorua Winter Forest Festival announced to replace Winter MTB Series 
 
The magic of Rotorua’s forest in the colder months will be celebrated in 2019 with the launch of a new event – The Winter Forest Festival on 3-4 August.
 
Featuring a Winter Mountain Bike Classic and We Run the Forest, kids activities, an expo, food and live music (with more events to be added soon), the Festival will replace the current Winter Mountain Bike Series which is in its 17th year. 

Learn more here

Author: Tristan Haycock - tristanhaycock.co.nz
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Wow! Is it almost that time already? The 2018 Gloworm Winter Series kicks off with the first round at Waipa MTB carpark on the 1st of July.

It’s been a few months since the last Nduro Events Mountain Bike race. What does that mean? Well it means that riders can expect fresh, new and exciting. Fresh new trail combos for each race distance. New riders joining us on the start line for round #1 this year along with the exciting event village and layout we all have grown to know and love. You may have noticed some new sponsors for the 2018 series. I hope you’ll know what that means! More epic spot prizes!