Girls on Dirt
May
3
to May 5

Girls on Dirt

The iconic Christchurch female-only Gravity Canterbury, Girls on Dirt weekend is always a fun event! Known for its supportive vibes, meeting new friends and just having a blast, these races ensure everyone is welcome - all ages and all stages. 

So whether you enter one, or both races, be a volunteer marshal, or a spectator to cheer the ladies on, or just buy the T-shirt - get involved and feel the joy!   You do NOT want to miss out. After all, girls love dirt too!

The Social - Friday 3rd May 5.30pm

Join us at Mons Royale Cashel Street and the Girls on Dirt Team will be ready to greet you with a drink from our event partners Renaissance Brewing and b.effect Brewing Co. Wānaka.  There will be mtb films, mtb speakers, some sweet deals, nibbles and a chance to mingle. This event is FREE.

The Down Hill - Saturday 4th May

Race Down Hill on Saturday 9th March at the fabulous Christchurch Adventure Park on some of its iconic trails.  There will be an Intermediate and an Advanced trail that you can choose from. (Don’t worry you can change on the day if you need to)  Price includes all uplifts on the longest chair lift in New Zealand. Full face helmets and knee pads are compulsory.

The Enduro - Sunday 5th May

The MTB race with cruisy uphills and thrilling descents is at the Crocodile MTB Park, Halswell Quarry. Four stages for the Intermediate course with an additional stage for those doing the Advanced course. Full face helmets and knee pads are strongly recommended.

The Membership

You must be a mountain bike club member to enter (Gravity Canterbury, CMBC or other). However if this is your first time MTB racing you can purchase the once-only weekend membership for $15. This is only for first-timers!

The T-Shirt

This must be our coolest T-shirt yet! Designed with our event partner Mons Royale, Cashel Street. This ultra-lite Merino Air-Con fabric shirt uses nature's climate control - it keeps you cool when you're hot, warm when it's not. Pack less. Do more. You do not have to be a member of Gravity Canterbury or have entered the race to purchase one of these gorgeous Ts.

The Categories

Intermediate and Advanced for the following:

  • Under 15

  • Under 19

  • 19-29

  • 30-39

  • 40-49

  • 50+

  • Other categories may be added on demand

    Keep up to Date and Pre Rides

    You can discover lots more about Girls on Dirt events including the free pre-ride sessions through our Facebook page GC Girls on Dirt. 

    Food

    Food and Drink will be available for Christchurch Adventure Park Cafe and Coffee Vice.  Look out for details of some special race deals!

    Volunteers

    We need you! No, we really do! If you can volunteer, please sign up below! All volunteers for either Saturday or Sunday will receive a lunch and earn rewards in the Mons Royale Volunteer Scheme.

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Girls On Dirt Pre-Ride (beginner/intermediate)
Apr
21
10:00 AM10:00

Girls On Dirt Pre-Ride (beginner/intermediate)

Beginner/Intermediate - for those wanting to do the Intermediate course, focusing on the four stages, intro to racing and building confidence on the trails. Halswell Quarry. This event is FREE and you do not need to sign up in advance.

Your coach will be Audrey from Be-spoke MTB coaching and fitness, find her website here: https://www.be-spoke.co.nz/

Meet at the top of Kennedy’s Bush Road, a little further on past the Quarry Cafe - ready to ride at 10AM.

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Girls On Dirt Pre-Ride (intermediate/advanced)
Apr
20
10:00 AM10:00

Girls On Dirt Pre-Ride (intermediate/advanced)

Intermediate/Advanced Stages 2-5- for those who are keen to build confidence to work towards riding the Advanced more technical stage 5 in the Enduro. Full face and Knee pads are strongly encouraged.

Meet Robin from Southern MTB Coaching at the toilets car park, a little further on past the Quarry Cafe - ready to ride at 6 pm. No need to sign up in advance!

Learn more about Robin and Southern MTB coaching HERE

A huge thank you to our Girls on Dirt pre-ride coaches and volunteers for enabling these free sessions.

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Girls On Dirt Pre-Ride (beginner/intermediate)
Apr
13
2:00 PM14:00

Girls On Dirt Pre-Ride (beginner/intermediate)

Beginner/Intermediate - for those wanting to do the Intermediate course, focusing on the four stages, intro to racing and building confidence on the trails. Halswell Quarry. This event is FREE and you do not need to sign up in advance.

Your coach will be Audrey from Be-spoke MTB coaching and fitness, find her website here: https://www.be-spoke.co.nz/

Meet at the top of Kennedy’s Bush Road, a little further on past the Quarry Cafe - ready to ride at 2pm.

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Girls On Dirt Pre-Ride (Gung-Ho)
Apr
10
6:00 PM18:00

Girls On Dirt Pre-Ride (Gung-Ho)

Beginner/Intermediate - for those who are keen to build confidence. Full face and Knee pads are required.

Meet Rose green at the pump track, you will need you own lift pass. No need to sign up in advance!

A huge thank you to our Girls on Dirt pre-ride coaches and volunteers for enabling these free sessions.

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Crankworx Summer Series NZ
Mar
1
to Mar 3

Crankworx Summer Series NZ

  • Christchurch Adventure Park (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The highly anticipated Crankworx Summer Series is set to return to New Zealand once again in 2024. The

festival will visit a brand-new location of Christchurch Adventure Park, Canterbury on March 1st – 3rd 2024. 

Local up-and-coming riders will get the chance to race against national and international heroes, with two

brand news courses built for the Downhill and Pump Track events, all on the grounds of the Christchurch

Adventure Park. This festival is not just for the Pros! It’s a chance for locals to have a crack at racing in their

hometown, a way to enhance their progression on world-class courses and maybe even break into the

spotlight on a regional, national or global level. If you are a rider who competes in National, Regional or Local

races in either of the below disciplines, male or female, this festival is for you too!

Categories:

DH and Pump Track

 U15 Male and Female

 U17 Male and Female

 U19 Male and Female

 Open 19+ Male and Female

 Elite Male and Female (invitation only for Pump Track in these categories)

Schedule Information

Spectator Information:

o Festival Passes will be required to access part of this event.

 March 1 st 2024 – No ticket required to access the event venue at Christchurch

Adventure Park

 March 2nd -3rd – Ticket required to access the event venue at Christchurch Adventure Park

Buy Tickets

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Girls On Dirt Pre-Ride (intermediate/advanced)
Feb
20
10:00 AM10:00

Girls On Dirt Pre-Ride (intermediate/advanced)

Intermediate/Advanced - for those who are keen to build confidence to work towards riding the Advanced more technical stage 5 in the Enduro. Full face and Knee pads are strongly encouraged.

Meet Robin from Southern MTB Coaching at the toilets near the car park, a little further on past the Quarry Cafe - ready to ride at 10 AM. No need to sign up in advance!

Learn more about Robin and Southern MTB coaching HERE

A huge thank you to our Girls on Dirt pre-ride coaches and volunteers for enabling these free sessions.

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Girls On Dirt Pre-Ride (beginner/intermediate)
Feb
13
10:00 AM10:00

Girls On Dirt Pre-Ride (beginner/intermediate)

Beginner/Intermediate - for those wanting to do the Intermediate course, focusing on the four stages, intro to racing and building confidence on the trails. Halswell Quarry. This event is FREE and you do not need to sign up in advance.

Your coach will be Audrey from Be-spoke MTB coaching and fitness, find her website here: https://www.be-spoke.co.nz/

Meet at the top of Kennedy’s Bush Road

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Craigieburn Enduro
Jan
20
9:00 AM09:00

Craigieburn Enduro

The South Island's most iconic enduro race set in the beautiful Southern Alps

Categories

Male and Female for the following:

  • U17

  • U21

  • Open 21-29

  • Masters 30-39

  • Vet 40+

  • ewwBike

  • Other categories on demand.

You must be a member of an MTBNZ affiliated mountain bike club to enter, e.g. Gravity Canterbury or other).

Stages

S1: Cuckoo Creek

S2: Dicksons DH

S3: The Luge

S4: Dracophyllum Flat DH

S5: Cheesy DH (Cockayne Alley)

Event partners:

Mons Royale

Lees Construction

Marleeens

Smith, Traeger, Sound Boks

Specialized

Schedule

Friday 19 January

Camping at Texas flat, this is the race base (toilets will be provided)

Saturday 20 January

7.45am - Volunteers meet up

8.15am - Registration opens at Texas flat (race base)

9.00am - Briefing

9.15am - Stage 1 opens, riders will start staggered to spread everyone out a bit!

5.30pm (approx) - Prizegiving

6.30pm onwards - Dinner (see below for detials)

Food:

Dinner will be provided Saturday night. This is the first time we have tried catering this event so please let us know if you will be there so we can get the right amount of food! Entries for dinner will sell out on Wednesday BEFORE the event...it’s cheap so get amongst it.

Entertainment provided on-site, have a few brews, share some stories and relax in the Craigieburn wilderness

Sunday 21st:

There will be a few Traeger BBQs/smokers cranking from 7.00am if you want to fry something up. If there’s any leftovers, we can hook into those.

Group rides all-round to check out all that Craigieburn and surrounding area has to offer. Hotdog, Mint Lyndon etc if you know, you know, if you don’t, hang around and find out!

Camping:

This will be at Texas flat, if you’ve stayed there you know what it’s like.

There’s plenty of flat ground, there’s a river not too far away if you want to wash off after biking, or need water! Portaloos will be provided.

Please take all your rubbish away with you, we are just a bunch of volunteers so don’t have the capacity to deal with your rubbish.

Entry Transfer/Withdrawal:

Up until Tuesday 16th you can transfer your entry to a mate or withdraw if you’ve got a really good reason (injury etc).

Volunteers:

We need you! Many hands make light work... If you want to volunteer, please sign up!

Volunteers get a free dinner on Saturday night, and it adds to the Mons Royale Volunteer Reward Program running through Gravity Canterbury.

Volunteers tasks (let us know if you have a preference):

  • Marshal

  • Registration and timing

  • Tail end Charlie (perfect if you have an e-bike)

  • BBQ preparation expert (salads, snags, etc)

  • Event set-up (friday arvo) and break down (Sunday morning)

  • General dogsbody

Event cancel/postponement:

If for any reason we have to postpone the event, fire/wind/water, then the postponement date will be announced.

If we have to cancel, we will refund as much of the entry as we can at that point.

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GC Summer Series: Dave's Race
Dec
10
9:00 AM09:00

GC Summer Series: Dave's Race

The second race in the Summer Series and named after Dave Balderstone, a talented young club rider who passed away in 2011. Every year the track raced in Dave's memory is Dave's favourite track, 'Tilted Sally’

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GC Summer Series: NZ OPEN
Nov
26
9:00 AM09:00

GC Summer Series: NZ OPEN

A race famous worldwide and attracting the best talent from across the nation and internationally. It is rumored that every year the GOAT himself, Greg Minaar, narrowly misses out on an entry due to visa irregularities. The winner takes the coveted and iconic NZ Open Blazer; a garment so revered it gets its own seat on all international flights between New Zealand and the Chathams.

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Nov
15
6:00 PM18:00

GC SUPER D #1

Since 2020 Gravity Canterbury has been running the weeknight SUPER D race series on the tracks in the Port Hills. Our ethos is "keep it simple, have fun". While times are recorded, it's more about having fun on your bike with your mates and maybe making some new friends along the way.

Every race includes a unique challenge designed to get your brain spinning and your heart racing before you drop in to the trail. Tracks are usually no harder than a blue, and we aim to wrap up with a quick prizegiving once everyone has finished.

Everyone is welcome - all ages and all stages - but you must be a GC member to race.

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GC Summer Series: Enduro
Nov
5
9:00 AM09:00

GC Summer Series: Enduro

A ripper of a local enduro on local tracks. Impossible to be upstaged, but a slight chance for liaisons on the liaisons...


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GC Summer Series: DH1
Oct
29
9:00 AM09:00

GC Summer Series: DH1

A loosener after the winter hiatus, the Summer Series opener is a great opportunity to bed in those new pads, debut that new whip and find out where you're at, and what might need some improvement.

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