661 Mini DH at PORC – Kent
Mini Downhill, Mini Downhill Dates, Mini Downhill News — By Chris Roberts on July 6, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Chris Roberts welcome’s you to PORC for the 661 Mini Downhill.
Saturday 24th July 2010
NEW 10 & 11 Year old and want to race downhill?
The minimum age for DH in the UK is 12 years old but we are always getting asked by parents “their son is 11 year’s old and really wants to start racing.
Great news is Mini Downhill’s are the only races approved by British Cycling to have 10&11 year old kids racing downhill. we made the “Rippers” age category just for them, so tell you’re little brother to get his bike out and he can start racing.
The PORC has a long list of famous riders who started riding here back in the day.
Its now a breeding ground for local new talent that will surprise quite a few with their race times.
This makes the racing really intense where every single second counts.
Riders will be competing against the clock to get the fastest time.
Two timed runs the winner is the rider with fastest time.
Prizes
Prizes from MMA
for top 3 in each age categories & our custom Helmet Trophies.
Cash Prize for the Pro-Am’s
Photos from 2009
Take a look at Photos by Dave Franciosy from last years 661 Mini DH at PORC
Race Entry:
Entries are going to fill up quick so get yourself signed up before your to late
Check who’s racing here
Registration:
You can collect your number board on Friday to save time on Saturday morning.
Saturday 8.30am to 10.00am
You must sign on and collect your number board before 10am
Full Face Helmets must be worn for racing.
Event Programme:
Practice 9.00am – 10.45am
Race Starts (2 x runs) 11.00am – 3.30pm
Prize Presentations 3.45pm
Race categories – No licence required to race
Product prizes to top three in each age category
New
Ripper Age 10-11
Juvenile Age 12-14
Youth – Age 15-16
Junior – Age 17-18
Senior – Age 18-29
Master – Age 30-39
Veteran – Age 40+
Pro-Open – Age 17+ for any experienced racers, Pro, semi pro or any one who wants the challenge of this intense type of racing. – No license required to race
The idea for mini downhill is to have cheap to enter fun racing, because the courses we use are only short there is no need for any uplift for these races to keep the costs low.
Location: PORC – Kent
Directions for PORC:
Penshurst Off Road Cycling
Grove Road, Penshurst
Kent TN11 8DU
Tel: (01892) 870136
To get to PORC from the M25,
Turn off at J5 (A21 Sevenoaks/Hastings)
Take the A26 (Southborough/Tunbridge Wells) Follow this uphill.
Take the B2176 (Penshurst) On the Right.
Follow into Penshurst. Pub on your left
Leave Penshurst on the B2188.
Past a small garage on the left, over a narrow bridge.
Take the next right (GROVE ROAD)
PORC is up the hill on the left.
From Tunbridge Wells,
Take the A264 (East Grinstead)
Turn Right on to the B2188 (Fordcombe / Penshurst )
Follow downhill through Fordcombe and continue for approx 3 miles.
Take the left turn signed VINYARDS (this is Grove Road). This is just before a narrow bridge. If you get to Penshurst Village from this direction, you’ve gone too far!
PORC is about 1 mile up Grove Road on the left.
From Penshurst station,
Simply follow the signs to Penshurst from the station, as you enter the village, turn right. You will go passed a garage on your left. Shortly after, you will go round a sharp left hand turn and over a narrow bridge. We are the next right turn (signed Grove Road). PORC is up the hill on the left.
Medical Cover
Extreme Medics are there to take care of anyone who tries just a little bit to hard!
Rules
WARNING TO THE PUBLIC
CYCLE SPORT CAN BE DANGEROUS
Despite the organizers taking all reasonable precautions, unavoidable accidents can happen.
Stand in sensible places, pay attention to the Marshals at all times and never cross the course.
Please comply with all instructions of marshals and notices and remain in permitted areas only.
Good Luck & Enjoy your days racing
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37 Comments
the 26th is a monday
yeah, im guessing it will be on the 24th then.
It’s a long way to travel to race on the Saturday….. if racing is on a Sunday, we can make a weekend of it and spend the day before catching up with the locals knowledge to even it out a bit!????
How do we enter…? I can’t find anywhere to click on…?
We have a whole weekend of racing with the Mini DH on Saturday, Dirt Wars on Saturday Night and then National 4x series on Sunday.
There are loads of diffrent tracks at Porc & The actual course will not be tapped out untill Friday to try & keep it the same for everyone.
When are race entries going to open?
Will there be a link from this page?
Thanks
Yes entry form will link from this page.
I will email everyone who has raced a mini Dh before, then a few days later open them up to everyone.
This will be around 1st week of June.
Hi Chris
It will be Jack’s first time at entering 4x. Is he old enough (Rippers Category at MiniDH). We are new to racing, apart from the 2 MiniDH’s he did at FoD, so is there anything else we need to do? What is Dirt Wars?
Cheers, Andy
Hi,
When is the entry for this race going to open.
Thanks, Ben
The min & max birth dates are wrong for the rippers category, as it won’t let us enter. It reads:
Date of Birth
Min: 01/01/2000
Max: 31/12/1999
Not a lot of time between one day and the next
I managed to enter Jack Tennyson by putting his birth date as 31/12/1999 to enter the Rippers category. His DOB is 5/3/99.
Cheers
Hi When and where will race entry be open? Thanks
They are open now just click the enter online button
Hi guys, entry booked, now then…. is there a campsite nearby as i’ve never been to PORC and would prefer to travel down friday.
cheers
You camp on site right next to track.
£5 per person for Friday & Saturday night or just £3 for Saturday night.
Hi, I am hoping to come over on Friday to get in some practice and camp over that evening before race day. Will there be facilities for food etc availiable?
Cheers
Hi, there only seems to be 33 entrants out of a possible 300, is this the case and if so will the event still take place? can you tell me how many Rippers have entered too please?
Wot time does it shut on friday and can we practice on the course/
just wondeirn is it possable to enter on the day or do you have to book before?
Hi, does anyone know if the event is still taking place with such little numbers being signed up?
Hi, i was just wondewring if you can signup on friday night or saturday morning as the online registartion closes soon and im still not sure if i can enter. also what time does the dirt wars comp start on saturday?
There will some on the day entries now but it’s extra £5 on the day
You can sign up on Saturday morning
Hi, we are still trying to find out how many Rippers have entered. Please can someone let me know as we have a long way to travel and are trying to find out if there are enough entries to make the trip worth while.
Regards
Entry list is now up.
Thanks Chris.
Ian
Thanks for an awesome day, i thoroughly enjoyed my first race!!
When will the times & pics be online please?
Hi
Does anyone know the websites for any photographers from Saturdays race?
Cheers
some here http://www.englishbayphotography.co.uk/group9559.html
Where can I see results?
thanks,
http://naked-racing.co.uk/sso/recovery/b8cf62eee3fa8a4ac76e41a20a750826?jumpto=%2Fpodium-photos
Cheers Chris.
We had a great days racing. Just glad to have beaten my 11 year old Son! I have to thank my sponsors on the day, without them I couldn’t have done it…… Thanks to Ibuprofen and Paracetamol!
Just a thought…. whilst having 4 runs was brilliant, due to a low turn-out, could it have been due to the camping on-site not being advertised? I had tried to book in to local campsites and they were all full…. just a thought?
Thanks again for another great miniDH. Andy and Jack
does anyone know how to find out when the upcoming races are for 2011 cos iv been wanting to start racing for like a year now but i keep missing them cos it doesnt tell you when they r, if someone could give me dates for 2011 that would be great =)
Date of first once is Sunday 5th December 2010
do u mean 2011 cos isnt there one at the forest of dean in bout a month, how much is it to enter for a 15 year old with a full suspension bike???
thanks
james
Hi James,
there are two races at the forest of dean in January & February 2011.
details are on this website,
race entry is £25
k thanks for the help appreciate it