PHOTOS NICK WAYGOOD AND MIKE BLEWITT
to Margaret River and, being new to town, joined the local mountain bike club to make some friends. At the first club meeting I put my hand up to join the committee and became the de-facto organiser for the upcoming club race which was part of Western Australia’s XCO State Series run in conjunction with Perth MTB Club. I’d been to plenty of big marathon (XCM) events when I lived on the east coast but had only been to smaller club races a handful of times. Whether they were run by for-profit companies or volunteer-led clubs, I just paid my entry fee, turned up, raced, went home, checked the results, and;
