Hawkins Hill Climb Challenge 2009
Sunday 7 June 2009.
Results available here.
Some photos courtesy of Peter Mora, thanks Pete.
The PNP Cycling Club are running their annual Hawkins Hill Climb Challenge on Sunday 7th June 2009, in association with our sponsors:
This is a 480m human elevation challenge that you can enter as a Runner, Road Rider or Mountain Biker. There is no handicap for any class.
Printable Entry form [pdf 39k].
Gold Sponsor
R & R SPORT are giving away $500 of spot prizes for the event, thank you very much Stacie. http://www.rrsport.co.nz
125 Victoria, Wellington.
Starts
At 10:00am there will be a mass start from Owhiro Bay for all runners, road riders and MTB riders. Slip streaming in a bunch is allowed.
Sign-in
Sign-in will be “on the day” from 8:30am to 9:30am at the Happy Valley Park on Happy Valley Rd, which is 1km up from the Owhiro Bay beach.
Entry Fee
Entry fee will be a $20. 50% of the entry fees will be donated to Makara Peak Supporters and 50% allocated to the PNP High Performance Fund, which we use to grant our riders funding at major events.
Course
The start for everyone will be at Owhiro Bay, at the bottom end of Happy Valley Rd.
Road riders will ride up Happy Valley Rd, turn left at the Todman St traffic lights, climb past the Windmill and go on to the Airways Corp UHF building.
Mountain Bikers will ride 1km up Happy Valley Rd, turn left up the Tip Track, then right on to the tarseal at the top of Tip Track, and go on to the Airways Corp UHF building.
Runners will run 1km up Happy Valley Rd, turn left up the Tip Track, then right on to the tarseal at the top of Tip Track, and go on to the Airways Corp UHF building. They can take the short cut track up Bata Place if they wish.
We will send a vehicle to the top, leaving at 10:05am from the start, which you can put your spare clothing/food/drink in.
Prize Giving
Will be held at about 11:30am at sign-in location, Happy Valley Park.
The Perpetual Cup for the first Man & Woman overall will be presented
The winner of each of the 10 classes (see below) will be able to pick from the R&R Sport prize pool, so a good mix of runners, roadies and mountain bikers will collect.
Io-Altitude Simulation will also add to the prize pool with 2 x $100 vouchers.
Remaining prizes will be called as random spots.
Points System
Like last year, the most important thing is the Teams event between MTB, Roadies and Runners. The MTB’s won it last by sheer weight of numbers, but it's wide open this year with the prediction that the Runners will be out in force and the Roadies as always want to look good. All starters get points for their team. The winning team gets bragging rights for the rest of the year.
The points system will allocate 50 points for each of the 11 class winners, then 40, 32, 26, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 then 5 for all starters, so you need to encourage your friends along on your favourite mode of transport.
Classes are Men Junior (Under 15), Men Junior (Under 17), Men Junior (Under 19), Men Senior (19+), Men Master 1 (30+), Men Master 2 (40+), Men Master 3 (50+), Women Junior (Under 15), Women Senior (19+) and Women Master (30+).
WARNING: ALL ROADS ARE OPEN TO PUBLIC VEHICLES – KEEP LEFT.
So get out there and round up your mates. This is going to be a great event.
We hope you can support us on Sunday 7th June.
Marco Renall
PNP Cycling Club and Makara Peak Supporters.
Last updated: 9 June 2009 19:00.
