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mark88 · 2022-09-26T12:11:12Z

A new race series has been the first to announce their 2023 dates: Valleys Enduro Series I like they have given a bit of a run down on the events, I feel this is a simple gesture most organisers ignore. Anyone know any of these locations? BNES 2022 was a bit of a let down (in my opinion) with two rounds canceled and not replaced, and National Champs clashing with an EWS round. Next year looks more hopeful; Graythwaite should be back and looks like PMBA are running a round at Ae. Scottish Enduro Series returned this year with 3 rounds. They declined to have one as a BNES round. Will be interesting to see what they do next year. Despite losing the love for riding a little (mainly due to loss of local trails), I really enjoyed racing this year. Hopefully I'll get a couple of events in the calendar early to give me something to work towards. How did everyone elses races go this year? Any highlights? Racing plans for '23?

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Northwind

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stumpy120
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There’s definitely something wrong with enduro in Scotland.

No SES this year. Fair City, Ballo & Dunkeld enduro’s all now stopped.

Mostly what you're seeing there is us losing organisers rather than events- Aaron Muckmedden is doing the pump track stuff instead of races, No Fuss broke up a mix of reasons, Ballo I don't know about though, Dunkeld was a small team.

Race organisers are a scarcer resource than diamonds, you've got to be a) really good at a bunch of different things, and b) crazy. There's nobody organising succesful events that wouldn't do better to pack up and use the same skills on something that pays better without the personal risk and stress and stupid long hours and politics and dependence on external providers and internet experts and bad weather and fashion trends.

(I try to keep this in mind when dealing with race organisers and thinking, occasionally, you are an arsehole/crazy/making bad decisions, it's almost a prerequisite of the job)

Posted : 24/05/2023 6:34 pm

Simon reacted

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The main man behind Ballo left the Cupar Angus Cycling Hub, and nobody took over organising the Enduro. I think he's involved with the SDA now, and the Cupar Angus Cycling Hub is now a different organisation.

Posted : 24/05/2023 11:24 pm

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