WHERE – Albany Heritage Park Forts Precinct, Gazebo between Forts Store and Carlyles Function Centre.

You are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Albany Mountain Bike Club (AMBC) which will be held after the Poker Run.

We invite you to join us at the above location to attend the short AGM at 5pm and is expected to take approx. 15mins or less.  This meeting will be included as part of our after the Poker Run social get together.  

The purpose of this general meeting is to inform members of the current financial and membership state of the club, ongoing tasks and to take nominations for the next year’s committee members.

All positions will be made vacant and you are welcome to nominate.

There are 10 positions –

Executive – 4 positions                   Club President

                                                            Vice President                  

                                                            Secretary

                                                            Treasurer

General Committee – 6 positions

The club would like to include in the general committee interested parties for Downhill (DH) events, Cross Country (XC) events and Social events.  

If you wish to nominate for or discuss an executive or committee role prior to the meeting, please contact the secretary Sherron White via email –  secretary@albanymtb.com.au prior to the meeting.

We encourage your attendance and to be involved with your club in these exciting times for trails development in the Great Southern.  Help us bring new ideas and enthusiasm into the coming 2021 season.

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The Albany Mountain Bike Club has engaged with the City of Albany Reserves team in order to develop a relationship whereby the club can assist in maintenance of the existing trail network. As we all know there are currently limited designated mountain bike trails in the region and the growth of the sport has seen an increase in use of the walk trails on the mounts. It is therefore important that we maintain and sustain what we currently use until further trail development is undertaken in the near future.

Our discussions with the COA indicate the best approach for the club to assist with trail maintenance at this present time is to join up to the Community Bushcare volunteer group. This group is supervised and mentored by the Reserves team and would allow us to identify specific areas of trails that we feel need attention. This will also allow members and enthusiasts the opportunity to learn about trail maintenance techniques that we can pass down to other members in the club.

Attached is a Volunteer Handbook, application form for MTB members to sign up to the City’s Bushcarers Group and the upcoming bushcare busy bees to June (don’t worry about the Police Clearance or Working with Children checks as they are not required for this type of volunteering).

We encourage all members to consider joining and assisting with trail maintenance on the mounts as this will assist in the long term sustainability of the mounts and mountain biking in the region.

Kind regards,

Nick Walls, President, Albany Mountain Bike Club.

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Welcome to Albany Mountain Bike Club’s 2019 Junior Season Opener !
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We are trialling a new format this year, with our Under 13s and Under 11s junior races run separately from the seniors, to allow a more beginner-friendly course for our younger riders.

This round will be held near Reidy Drive in Spencer Park, on a relatively flat track designed to accommodate our newer and less confident riders.  There will be no scary jumps or steep hills, so everyone can enjoy the thrill of competetive MTB racing !

Registration is open now, and can be found at: https://online.mtba.asn.au/ERegister.aspx?E=6294

Please ensure you register before the day, as there will be NO on the day registrations.  Australian standards helmets are MANDATORY, and their bike must be in safe working order with at least ONE brake.

Race fees for club members is only $10,  but non-members will also need an MTBA day license ($20 for juniors)
 however for first time riders, MTBA also offer a free 2-month trial membership, details can be found here :

Once they are hooked (and they will be !)  yearly membership for ‘Dirtmasters’ (Under 12) is only $52, which provides cover for racing and recreational riding, along with many other member benefits.

Please see the club Facebook page for more discussion, or to contact us with any questions you might have.
https://www.facebook.com/albanymtbclub/

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We will also be presenting the results of this season’s club DH and XC rounds.

Register HERE!

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Albany Trail Town Forum Flyer

The Program includes a keynote presentation on the Blue Derby Trails in Tasmania – arguably the best trail town development in Australia.

PROGRAM:

· “Establishing a world-class trail network: The Blue Derby Experience” (Chris Hughes, Community Services Manager, Break O’Day Council, Tasmania)

· “What’s a Regional Trails Masterplan and do we need one? (Lenore Lyons, Executive Director, GSCORE)

· WORKSHOP: “Blue sky thinking: What is the Great Southern’s unique trail proposition?” – Have your say on trail development. What types of trails do you want to see built in the region?

Optional Trail Building Workshops:

For those interested in learning more about best-practice trail design and construction, we are also running two optional Trail Building Workshops. The first will focus on theory and best-practice design, and the second will be a hands-on practical session. Please note that places are limited for the trail building workshop and a registration fee of $55 (GST incl) applies for the theory workshop.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The Trail Town Forum is targeted at:

· Businesses servicing the trails and tourism sector (including accommodation, tours, attractions, hospitality and retail, consulting services)

· Businesses involved in trail building and construction industries (including engineering, construction, and earthmoving businesses)

· Trail Managers and Trail Marketing organisations, including local government, state government agencies, not-for-profit organisations, and local tourism organisations

· Clubs and Associations, and members of the public that regularly use trails

WHERE AND WHEN?

Trail Town Forum

Trail Building Design

Trail Building Practical Session

31 May

9:00am – 12:30pm

31 May

1:30pm – 5:00pm

1 June

9:00am – 12:00pm

Albany Entertainment Centre

Camp Quaranup

RSVP: 25 May. Please register at: https://tickets.evnto.com.au/8BDM7X/albany-trail-town-workshop

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Nominations can be found here, including links to candidate profiles and ward boundaries.

We will do our best to update this post with any information we have about each candidate’s opinion or voting history on this project.  We encourage all candidates to contact us directly so we can let our members know where you stand.

Matt Benson-Lidholm

Matt approached the Club directly, asking for a brief on the trails project. He is very supportive of this kind of development in Albany.

Raymond Hammond

Voted AGAINST adopting the Albany Heritage Park Trails Concept Plan in December 2016

Janelle Price

Voted AGAINST adopting the Albany Heritage Park Trails Concept Plan in December 2016

Dr Peter Ratnik

I am in support of the trails and their development not only from a sporting and recreational point of view, but also from a tourism point. The natural beauty of Albany’s landscape and the associated actives have been identified by the state government, as a development and marking/tourism facilitator for Albany. I whole heartedly support the plans and if elected will champion their implementation and shall also advocate for continued funding for the trails over the years to come. This is an extremely important part of the future development and promotion of Albany, its Eco tourism and recreational tourism.

Rebecca Stephens

You have my support if elected in regard to the City of Albany Trails Hub Strategy 2015 – 2025 and the Albany Heritage Parks Trails Plan . The Southern MTB on the weekend is a spectacular event for both locals and visitors. My children and I actively patriciate in the Albany TravelSmart Walk/Ride to School Days at Great Southern Grammar and am passionate one day in that they will be able to ride to school unassisted.

Emma Doughty

If elected to the Kalgan Ward, I will continue to support the City of Albany Trails Hub Strategy and the Albany Heritage Parks Trail Plan. The community engagement is evident in these documents and the community and CoA should be proud of them. Albany is becoming a “go to” place, as seen on the weekend with Southern MTB – what an awesome event! The tourism that the trails will attract will provide immense opportunities to show case other highlights of Albany, but more importantly support our local businesses.

Tony Demarteau

I support the Trails events continuing in the Albany Region. I have no doubt proper processes are always put in place, and the events would not be possible if they were going to create harm to our environment. These events promote healthy lifestyle, draw crowds to the region, which is great for tourism – something I am very passionate about. The City needs to work with the various groups to ensure these events can be conducted and that appropriate trails are put in place. Providing the environment is considered then you have my support. If elected, I would like to personally meet with you and go through the process more thoroughly, so I have an ongoing understanding and I can make informed decisions

Graeme McBeath

You have my support for the Strategy.
I believe this is a project that will require first-class management to deliver broad community benefits and economic opportunity, along with an improvement in the trails environment and infrastructure. This will bring greater amenity to the area as it has already done on the Port to Point tracks. I also note that it is not just a mountain bike track strategy but one that must integrate broadly supported community outcomes.
My sons have grown up mountain biking in Albany with Nick (still competing in Statewide events and now working in the bicycle industry that is springing to life in the Margaret River area currently.
Albany’s Munda Biddi Trail connection and the continuing success of Mountain Biking events in recent years illustrate the opportunities that the increasingly popular cycling tourism trend can offer Albany.
This is a worldwide phenomenon and we should learn from the experiences of Scotland and Wales who have been so successful at this. We need to make sure that trails are well planned, well signposted, constructed so as to improve the trail environment and that also minimize trail use conflict. They should connect in with hospitality locations and offer a range of options to arrive at convergent destinations in diverse ways for different users.
Design will be the key to the success of the plan and a key part of that must be genuine community engagement at the start of the design process so that opportunities are explored and concerns are adequately addressed.
Developing a culture among trail users that promotes safe and respectful usage of the shared natural heritage of the Mounts around Albany will be crucial. It may be as simple as continuing the old Albany tradition of saying “G’day” to whoever you might encounter. But I also see the Cycling fraternity playing a key stakeholder role in educating and supervising correct usage so that any conflicts are minimized and resolved through community involvement rather than policing.
Door knocking clearly indicates both broad support and some specific concerns that this project be well managed and implemented with continuing consultation and information both wanted.
Developing a sustainable business case to obtain funding will be a key milestone for the project and will rely on councillor support and engagement with all stakeholders – something that I see as essential if elected.

Tracy Sleeman

You have my full support whether elected or not. Fantastic trails that my 15 year old son and mates use regularly. They come back to our house exhilarated, exhausted and happy after a good day out. My son also films and converts it onto YouTube. Love that they are all out there enjoying the moment.
In January my son and a mate did a charity ride from Albany to Denmark and return in one day. 150km on the Munda biddy trail.
Yes yes yes my full support.

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