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Sherwood Pines returns to the series after being the busiest XC race in Britain in 2009. This year it is a busy curtain raiser with Britain's biggest demo series on both days, round 1 of the team relay on the Saturday and some fast and exciting racing on Sunday. The course is being designed by James Hampshire (Midlands Series organiser) and will be around 8k, utilising the massive amount of trails on offer. Please remember this is a Sunday XC race.

On the day entry availability-
Race 1- Fine.
Race 2 - 52 places across sport/junior/elite/expert.
Race 3 - Masters/Veterans Full. Open/Grand Vet/Super Vet, 18 places in total, we expect these to all go on Saturday.

DONT FORGET THE CLOCKS GO FORWARD ON SUNDAY MORNING!

''An evolution of the popular 2009 course, using some new trails and retaining the arena return for multiple spectator heckling opportunities. This is Sherwood Pines at it's best, condensed into a modern, XC-short, 8km lap: flat out fast racing, lots of warp speed singletrack, jay-boy jumps, big ring climbs and two wheel drifts round the sandy, pine needle covered trails. There's a few short sharp up's to attack on when you're feeling fresh and a spiders web of tree roots to send you tumbling when you start flagging. I'm sure there'll still be lots of sprint finishes though!"

Check out the British Cycling race preview here

Schedule:

Saturday March 27
1000 Demo Track Open
1100 Registration Opens
1200-1700 XC Race Practice Open
1500 Last demo rides begin
1600 Demo track closed
1700-1800 Team Relay XC Race Day

Sunday March 28
0900 XC Practice
1000 Demo Course Open
1000 Race 1.  All Female categories and Juvenile/Youth Boys
1200 Practice
1230 Race 2. Elite/Expert/Sport/Junior Men
1500 Race 3. Master/Veteran/Grand Veteran/Super Veteran Men/Open
1500 Last demo rides begin
1600 Demo course closed.
Registration closes 30 minutes before each race.
 
Facilities:
Don't forget that this year we have added 8 of the UK's finest bike brands who will be offering free demo bikes all weekend (bring two forms of ID) Trek, Specialized, Giant, Genesis, Gary Fisher, Santa Cruz, Merida and Yeti. There will be camping on site for Friday and Saturday evening and this is free to riders and their party - no campfires please. The venue has a cafe, bike shop www.sherwoodpinescycles.co.uk, permanent toilet block, water, kids playground and one of the excellent Go Ape High ropes courses www.goape.co.uk. In addition Swinnertons Cycles will be on site as our retail partner and event caterers Quaver Catering will be supporting the whole series. There are shops nearby in Edwinstowe and Clipstone with a large shopping centre a few miles away in Mansfield. Please remember main gates will be locked from 10pm each night for security.

Exhibitors:
Swinnerton's will have their well stocked shop, Quaver Catering will be keeping you fed with a varied menu. Exhibitors for the arena include Specialized, Giant, Trek, Yeti, Santa Cruz, Accelerade, Merida, Genesis, Gary Fisher, Osprey Backpacks, Torq, Weldtite, XCracer.com, Mini Adventure, Shred Magazine, MSC, Elite Tech, WXC Team, British Cycling...with more to be confirmed.
 
Getting there by train
Mansfield is the most useful station, at around 4.38 miles away in a straight line, but Mansfield Woodhouse is also feasible.  From Mansfield, go north east on the B6033 and look for the B6030.  Once on the B6030 (Mansfield Road), head north east of Mansfield, signed Forest Town or New Clipstone.  Go past the shut-down colliery on the right in New Clipstone/Clipstone Village, over a series of roundabouts.   After a descent down to the railway, and a shallow road climb, Sherwood Pines is on your right.
 
Getting there by car NG21 9JL
Follow these directions as supplied by Sherwood Pines Cycles http://www.sherwoodpinescycles.co.uk/location.html there will be event signage as you draw nearer.
 
Where to stay:
Free camping is on site. If it's B&B you're after then the nearest are in Edwinstowe which has a few pubs and restaurants too. The nearest hotels will be in Mansfield and after that Nottingham.
 
Please remember for security the main event gates are locked at night and you will not be able to leave/enter the site after 2200 or before 0630.

2009 action pics from Joolze