This is to let you all know about a local MTB event on our doorstep in the fabulous Pentland Hills on Sunday the 10th April, with registration and event start at Currie rugby club in Balerno. This is an orienteering / adventure type race, where you have to read a map, plan a strategy and choose your route to visit control locations and collect as many points as you can in the 3hr time limit available.

This event has been designed to cater for everyone from novices, to families, to those of you who want to challenge yourselves with plenty of hills and technical trails. You choose where and how far you want to go and how hard you want to ride. I have planned the map and control locations for this event and can guarantee some fun!

You can compete on your own or with a friend and it costs just £17 for individuals or £29 for pairs - less if you have full BMBO (British Mountain Bike Orienteering) membership. It’s even cheaper if you want to enter as a ‘generation’ team (i.e. one of you is a junior!). For this you get:

•   Entry to the event
•   Free parking
•   A map of the area with many extra biking paths and all controls marked
•   Post-race food
•   Showers
•   The chance to win prizes from sponsor Alpine Bikes
•   A great time!

You will need at least associate membership of BMBO – but this is free and you can join online here:
http://www.bmbo.org.uk/join-tca/
Once you have signed up with BMBO then it’s easy to enter in the normal way via EntryCentral:
http://www.entrycentral.com/index.php?raceID=100713

This is the first event in a series of races taking place once a month over the summer, with the second event based in Peebles on the 1st May and covering trails you may never have known were there!