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Ohope Ordeal

FOR UP TO THE MINUTE INFORMATION VISIT THE OFFICIAL EVENT WEBSITE: www.ohopeordeal.org.nz

SPOKES CYCLES proud sponsors of the new improved and infinitely harder 50 kilometre event!

The 2008 Ohope Ordeal thanks Gu for sposoring the 25 kilometre event! great nutrition for an ordeal such as this!

Make sure you are in to win an early bird entry prize of a trip to White Island, free accommodation, free passes to the amazing maze.....

Click on entry to view or print an ENTRY form

Organisation is underway for the third running of the Ohope Ordeal. Mark 19th April 2008 on your calendar. The event is on the first Saturday of the April Scool Holidays and may well be a prime opprtunity to combine the event with a stay in the beautiful Ohope beach. Bring the kids as there will be lots of entertainment for them on the day with plenty of opportunities for the whole family during the week.

The course set by the hard working Whakatane Mountain Bike Club(http://whakatane.mtbclub.org.nz) offers long (40km) and short course (20km) options, both very hilly. The long course includes a mid-race main climb that soars to over 450 metres. On a clear day there are spectacular views over Ohiwa Harbour and out to White Island (Whaakari) and Whale Island (Moutohora).The mix of riding terrain is diverse, with lengthy stretches of single-track and meandering farmland cattle trails, as well as swooping pine needle and shingle covered forestry roads. The ride finishes off with a 50-metre dash across Ohope Beach School playing field.

As well as being – almost - 100 percent ridable, the event is 100 percent mellow. “It’s a really good race. It’s a really interesting course,” said Whakatane rider Carl Jones, who won the Ordeal last year, and recently set a new under-19 record in the Karapoti Classic. “The hills are hard, there’s some pretty cool single-track,” Jones said.

The BBQs will be hot and the drinks will be cold at the Ohope Beach School Finish Line. Finishers will be able to enjoy a complimentary hot meal and cold drink as they finish this year. Competitors and their supporters will also be able to purchase extra food, drinks and cold beers!

Add this page to your favourites as I'll keep you up to date with whats happening. If you have any questions email me mikev@whakatane.govt.nz

In the mean time get on your bike and ride, be sure to include some hills in your rides.

Happy riding,

Mike van der Boom

Events Manager

Whakatane District Council

07 3086726

Results (available as PDF)

Course Map: Download PDF

Kindly sponsored by:

Ultimate: tbc

Prime: Spokes Cycles, Eastern Bay of Plenty Development Board/Whakatane District Council, Ground Effect, Opus, Environment Bay of Plenty

Key: Paper Plus, Pak n Save, Quay Accountants, Pacific Adventures, Ohope Wines and Spirits, Asset Forestry

Contacts:
Principal Simon Ackroyd, Ohope Beach School,170 Pohutukawa Avenue, Ohope
Email: principal@ohopebeach.school.nz

The official tourism information website for the Whakatane District, including Ohope and Murupara, in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. Whakatane is a coastal town, situated in the North Island of New Zealand, just one hour drive from Tauranga and Rotorua.