Nearly 60 riders rolled out on the mountain bike trails last Wednesday with all bodies returning - mostly - intact but not all bikes surviving the brutal terrain.
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The elite, A and B riders got a taste of North Hill and the junior elite, rec and C riders took on some Creekline Rollovers.
The super rec riders were led by Harrison Crowley who must have signed up for the wrong category as he whipped out two laps of the course in 37:21.
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Ethan Riley keeps amping it up every week with maximising his time on track to ride for a toasty 43:17. Susan Elms also cracked on for 38:50.
Our Gravity Groms and Dirtmasters are going from strength to strength as the tracks are dialled up as the series progresses.
The girl gang - Indie Maher, Cadence Clark and Eliza Lockwood - all cracked four Dirty B laps.
Ella Wright was all class and form in the Dirty As. As for the lads, Rory Simms is just unstoppable at seven Dirty B laps in 16 minutes while Jake Reading, Henry Crittle and Harry Arndell all claimed a podium finish.
Rob McGilvray forgot to bring his late note but still managed third in B grade with his nemesis Nick Reid in second and with a comfortable, but sweaty, lead was Harry Fairfull.
The ladies were totally on form with Laurie Willis in first and Lisa Roberts second albeit nursing some protesting legs after such a huge effort at our birthday race on the weekend.
Mixing it up, the elite had almost the largest race category this week with some sufferance lined up for those that had put in on the weekend's three-hour race.
Stevie Roberts was on form completing three laps in 51:50 while a tired Crummy still managed to smack out a 53:08 in second and Chris Shaw styling it in in third.
C graders was a family affair with dad Anthony Fairfull feeling the sting of partnering on form daughter at the birthday race. The Deasey family were also vying for line honours with dad Jeremy Deasey just keeping it one up on the lad. Jay Keam and Toby Keam came equal first in 46:35 and Jeff Benson in 3rd.
Jock Barwick's tenacity finally got him to the pointy end of the Junior Elite race with a gutsy win over teammate and pal Ben Shaw who had an early retirement. Liam Marsh was second and Angus Hobson third.
Ross Aylwin resurrected his race legs quicker than Anthony Daniels in A grade with a solid 58:45 of grit to the top spot. Daniels was second and Tristan Rutter is just flying at the moment to claim third. Alyssa Rogan started with good intentions but only managed to pull two laps before succumbing to some wicked lighting and photo opportunities.
