Halliburton Mountain Biking Challenge

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Sport:

Mountain Biking

Programme:

Aberdeen Corporate Decathlon 2012 League1

Date:

Saturday, 18 August 2012 - 10:00am

Registration Deadline:

Friday, 3 August 2012

Gender Requirements:

At least 2 men and 2 women

Squad Numbers:

No more than 6 people

Venue:

Scolty Hill

AB31 6PT

Activity Provider:

Adventure Aberdeen

Fancy a real adventure?

The Halliburton Mountain Biking Challenge is the eighth event in the Aberdeen Corporate Decathlon. Mountain Biking, Climbing and Badminton form the Individual Pursuit Sports Series. This event is also part of the Olympic Sports Pentathlon (Canoeing, Mountain Biking, Highland Games, Badminton, Basketball)

The Sport: A mountain bike (abbreviated MTB) is a bicycle created for off-road cycling. This activity at it's advanced level includes traversing of rocks and washouts, and steep declines, on dirt trails, logging roads, and other unpaved environments – although our version of events is definitely suitable for beginners!

The Challenge: You would be forgiven for thinking that Scotland was designed with mountain biking solely in mind. Whether you enjoy meandering along gentle country roads or prefer the mud splattered, berm coasting, lung busting challenge, there is sure to be a trail on Scolty Hill that suits you. Teams of 6 will take part in this new "brainy biking" challenge, will be a Mountain Bike Adventure Race lasting around 2 hours. It will include navigation, planning, briefing, delegating, and 'plan of attack'!!

Venue Location

AB31 6PT

Event Information

Format

This event is not a downhill race but a Mountain Bike Orienteering Challenge! It is an endurance event in a wilderness location designed to suit any age or ability. Teams of six will work together planning their routes before venturing into the roads, hills or mountains as either a whole team of 6 ot split into two groups of three ridders. Points are gained by reaching as many checkpoints as possible within the two hour period.

This event is a great opportunity to work as a team and demonstrate your leadership skills. Teams will learn and improve map reading and route planning skills and enhance their fitness levels.

You can be as competitive about this as you like. Some teams will bust a gut and go for glory, while others shall enjoy the challange and scenery!

Please note this event is on a SATURDAY and will take place at Scolty Hill in Banchory.

Pre-Event Information

Pre-event Information will be available closer to the event date

Parking & Getting There

Parking

There is limited parking at Scolty, therefor we recommend you park at Bellfield Car Park, Dee Street, Banchory AB31 5XS and have a warm up cylce to Scolty Hill, approximately 1km.

Travel by bus?

Take the 201 from Aberdeen to Banchory (hourly service), getting off in town centre. You'll need to walk to Scolty from there which will take about 20 minutes.

Easily reached by car or bus along the A93. Frequent bus service, No. 201 from Aberdeen.

Sponsor

Halliburton

Activity Provider

Adventure Aberdeen

Offers a fantastic range of adventurous activities around Aberdeen and Deeside.

Our activities naturally offer endless opportunities for teams to develop camaraderie, problem solving efficiency or just have a great time.

Tell us your objective for the team building event and we will create the opportunities for your team to shine!

Comfortable transport to and from location, excellent equipment, friendly professional staff are always provided.

www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/adventureaberdeen
adventureaberdeen@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Tel: 01224 270990

FAQs

Spectators

Spectators and children are welcome. Please ensure that children are supervised at all times

Emergency Contact

Event organisers can be contacted on their mobile on the day of the event;

Valerie Houston, Events Manager 07595 650383

Training

Please contact Valerie by email: Valerie.houston@activitymix.com as soon as possible to book Mountain Biking training. To ensure you receive the most from your training we are running 2 hour long sessions for this event, rather than the standard 1 hour sessions for most other events. Teams with standard training packages will therefore be able to book in for one 2 hr training session. Those with advanced training packages will be able to book in for two 2 hr training sessions.

All training sessions will take place between 6.30pm and 8.30pm on the dates listed below.

Training Venue

Kirkhill Forest

Aberdeenshire

AB21 0TU

Training Dates

Thu 19th July

Mon 23rd July - Thu 26th July

Mon 20th July - Thu 2nd August

Mon 6th August - Thu 9th August

Mon 13th August - Thu 16th August

Rules

ABDNMTBRules 2012.pdf

Fixtures

Fixtures will be available closer to the event date.

Results

Results will be available after the event

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Programmes

Aberdeen Corporate Decathlon 2013 League 1 +

Aberdeen Corporate Decathlon 2013 League 2 +

London Corporate Decathlon 2013 +

Aberdeen Corporate Decathlon 2012 League1 +

Aberdeen Corporate Decathlon 2012 League 2 +

London Corporate Decathlon 2012 +

Edinburgh Corporate Decathlon 2012 +

London Corporate Decathlon 2011 +

Edinburgh Corporate Decathlon 2011 +

Aberdeenshire Golf Tour 2012 +

Halliburton Mountain Biking Challenge

Event Logos

Sponsor

Fancy a real adventure?

Venue Location

Event Information

Pre-event Information will be available closer to the event date

Parking

Travel by bus?

Spectators

Emergency Contact

Training

Fixtures will be available closer to the event date.

Results will be available after the event

Event Page - tab

Team Name

Score

Eligibility