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Updated Race Day Timings for Round 7 Please note that for Round 7 all adult race start times have been moved back by 20 minutes to allow time for the U7, U9 and U12 prize presentation. After the U12 race finishes, there will be time for riders to complete their practice lap. Once everyone has returned, we will hold the U7, U9 and U12 prize presentation. As soon as the presentation has finished, Female Elite and Sport riders should make their way to the start line. We will do our best to keep to the published schedule throughout the day. The adult prize presentation will take place as soon as possible after the Men’s Elite and Sport race has finished and the final overall league standings have been calculated. Rider Prize DrawThe rider prize draw is open to all riders, helpers, marshals and medical staff. To be eligible to receive a prize, you must be present when the draw takes place. 
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 We’ve had a few questions about the S2/U16/14 race timing, so here’s a quick explanation—which applies to all adult races (aside from the total race duration).
The format is 45 minutes + 1 lap. In practice, this means the race leader—regardless of category—gets the bell on the lap closest to the 45-minute mark. Because of things like course length, rider speed, and weather, it’s never going to land exactly on 45 minutes. What that means in reality is that only the leader will ride something very close to 45 minutes + 1 lap. Everyone else finishes based on their position relative to the leader—so if you’re nearly a lap down when the winner finishes, your total race time will naturally be longer. We’ve explored a range of alternatives to tighten this up—fixed lap counts, stopping riders exactly on time, staggered starts, even running separate races—but each option either adds a lot of complexity or doesn’t really solve the issue. We also looked at stopping U14 riders earlier, but trying to identify and finish just that group mid-race would be extremely difficult to manage in practice. So, here’s what we’re sticking with: We’ll continue with the same system, but with a bit of flexibility. The bell can be rung within a 10-minute window—up to 5 minutes either side of the 45-minute mark. This is essentially what we’ve been doing already. If it’s a close call, we’ll typically let the race run a little longer when conditions are good and things are on schedule, and keep it slightly shorter if not. In the recent race, the leader came through at around 39 minutes. That meant we let the race run for another lap before ringing the bell, which resulted in a longer race overall—especially for riders finishing almost a lap behind the winner. Hopefully that clears things up. We’re always open to improving things where it genuinely benefits the racing, so if you’ve got ideas, we’re happy to hear them.  Race day timings for round 10 of the MTB east League. It remains similar to normal, just with the addition of the U7/9/12 prize presentation at 10:30, all races are pushed back 30 mins, this gives us time to work out the final overall results and to allow riders to do a sighting lap before the presentation starts.
The U14/16 and Adult prize presentation and prize draw (open to everyone) will be done as soon as possible after the Male S1/Elite race has finished.       MTB East Round 3 – Betteshanger, Kent – Race Day Information
Entries are now closed. This is our first event away from Potash Woods since Hadleigh Park, and we’re excited to bring the MTB East League to Betteshanger for Round 3. A big welcome to all the new riders joining us — if this is your first time racing with MTB East, we’ve outlined how the day will run below. Venue Access & Facilities
We’ll be working on the start lists and gridding tonight. These will be sent to you by email either later this evening or tomorrow morning, along with the full Rider Information Pack. MTB east 2025 race day timings. these timings will be the same across all rounds except for round 5 at Garon Park. As this will be a sprint race we will need to adjust timings slightly to allow for heats. These timings will be announced at least 1 month before the event. U7, 9 and 12 races will follow the same timings across all 10 rounds.  Round 6 Race day timings. I have added 5 minutes between each of the U7/9/12 races, so hopefully we can get them away on time and not have a knock-on effect during the day. The prize presentation for the U7/9/12 is at 10:30, this is to allow us time to work out the overall standing and allow Youth/Juv and adult riders to get a lap in and still see the prize presentation. Youth, Juvenile and Adult prize presentation will be around 15:45 or as close to the end of the final L2/Fun race as we can once we have worked out all the results.  |
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