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2021-2022 Club Captain's Yearly Roundup.
Good evening and welcome to:
The 2022 HVMBC Annual General Meeting
The HVMBC offers regular rides every week for any that enjoy the same cross-country riding as we do, membership has really morphed into a collection of mountain bikers that enjoy a good ride on some great trails around the region with good company; and the ‘after match function’ mainly in curry houses has become an integral part of the social aspect of these rides.
Financially the club is in good shape; we have very low overheads with minimal outgoings, the club funds generally remain on an even par year on year, Andrew will expand on our financial status during the meeting.
The HVMBC offers regular organised rides; Sunday rides every second weekend and weekly evening rides every Wednesday of the year, we ride tracks in the sunshine, wind and rain, plus ride them all in the dark and have a great time doing it!
This past year’s highlights include:
August: 2021. Hillary Outdoors: Get2Go …
GET2GO secondary school’s challenge. For the 14th year HVMBC have organised and run the MTB component of this challenge where the schools also take on rock climbing, orienteering and kayaking. This year the event was held in Petone under Covid19 ‘bubble’ guidelines again! We could have done with a warm ‘bubble’ as it was a very cold, wet and windy day…
October: 2021. CLUB 30 YEAR CELEBRATIONS
2021 was the year HVMBC turned 30 years old and we celebrated by having a get together MTB ride, banquette and sleepover at Battle Hill, the weather turned pretty damp in the evening but the party continued into the night with the aid of lubrication and a good fire
November: 2021. Taupo.
Club away trip to Taupo; continuing a theme of damp riding we managed to miss the worst of the forecasted rain and have a good ride around the Lake Taupo trails and out to Waihaha Hut.
December 23rd 2021 Longest Day Ride: Many Hills of Wellington.
A few hardy souls took on the challenge of riding every big hill (peak) around Wellington and depending on what you count that number is increasing each year. (Talk of 18 in 2022!) The usual excellent after match feast at Dave’s after a 9-hour ride.
December HVMBC Xmas BBQ:
We had our Xmas ride and feast in the woolshed in Belmont for a change this year with a side of ham instead of the traditional barbeque.
February 2022: Away Trip to Castle Hill and Hanmer Springs.
We had an extended 6 day away trip down south with some great riding around Craigieburn (with only the one trip to the medical centre) Cool mornings were followed by bright sunny days. After 3 days in Castle Hill we moved on to Hanmer Springs for a big ride through the St James Station, over Fowler Pass and down the Stanley River, great high country riding.
So finally, as always, a big thanks to the committee for all their efforts in keeping The Hutt Valley MTB Club ‘operational’ and still turning those wheels even if some of them are now electrically assisted…
Steve Meeres
Club Captain
HVMBC
2019-2020 Club Captain's Yearly Roundup.
Good evening and welcome to:
The 2020 HVMBC Annual General Meeting
The HVMBC membership has really morphed into a collection of mountain bikers that enjoy a good ride on some great trails around the region with good company; and the ‘after match functions’ has become an integral part of the social aspect of these rides.
The club offers regular rides every week for any that enjoy the same cross-country riding as we do; discussions around the table at our monthly committee meeting suggest that the committee is generally happy with the status quo.
Financially the club is fine; we have very low overheads with minimal outgoings, the club funds generally remain on an even par, Andrew will expand on our financial status during the meeting.
The HVMBC is all about cross country mountain bike riding and that is what we do; Sunday rides every 2nd weekend and evening rides every Wednesday of the year, we ride tracks in the sunshine,
wind, rain plus ride them all in the dark and have a great time doing it! We have away trips from time to time and help organise events like the Get2Go challenge for younger folk coming up again in August this year in Wellington.
This past year’s highlights include:
May: 2019
The club had an away trip to Golden Bay and enjoyed some great weather and great riding. A highlight would have been the trip on the Kill Devil Track which has a killer climb but is then followed by some great wild riding across the tops.
There was also some great riding from Flora Saddle to one of the lesser visited parts of that area,
beautiful beech trail riding, ask Graeme he got a much closer look at the trail before a trip to A&E!
August: Hillary Outdoors: Get2Go …
GET2GO secondary schools challenge. For the 12th year HVMBC have organised and run the MTB component of this challenge where the schools also take on rock climbing, orienteering and kayaking. This year the event was held on in the Hutt Valley.
November: Club away trip to Taupo.
Picked good weather for this trip as well and ventured out to Te Iringa to see if this ‘bike-n-hike’ had become more rideable, well yes but there were still plenty of options for off trail excursions.
December:
HVMBC Xmas BBQ:
We were back at the Paekakariki Holiday Park again this year for a ride around the local hills and the usual expansive barbeque (hurriedly prepared before THE STORM), beers and a sleep-over; one hell of an electrical storm made it more a ‘stay-over’ than a sleep-over!
So finally, a big thanks to the committee for all their efforts in keeping The Hutt Valley MTB Club ‘operational’ now in its 29th year and making preparations for a 30th celebration…
Steve Meeres
Club Captain
Nelson Trip
A report on the recent Nelson club away trip (courtesy of Ellen) is now up at:
https://sites.google.com/view/hvmbc/awaytripreports
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