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Cyclying Waitaki - Calect Ride Strong
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Cyclying Waitaki - Calect Ride Strong

Sunday 26 March 11AM — Sunday 7 May 11AM 2023 - various Otago locations

Written by: Kirsten Stevenson from Farmstrong


In keeping with Farmstrong’s key messages about staying connected and keeping active, Cycling Waitaki has organised Ride Strong – a semi-serious, non-competitive community ride for the farming community. This is a great chance to get off farm, ‘recharge your batteries’ and catch up with mates.

Race details are:

26th Of March – Middlemarch. Held in association with the Gravel Muster.
Starting and finishing at the Strath Taieri Railway Station, Snow Avenue. The course is 54km.
Entries close on 19th March

16th of April – Elderslie Estate, Oamaru. Held in conjunction with the White Rocks Gravel Adventure.
Elderslie is 15km inland from Oamaru on the Weston-Ngapara Rd. The course is 46km with a climb total of 557 metres.
Entries close on 9th April.

7th of May – Palmerston. Held in conjunction with the Gravel & Tar.
Meet at the D.G. Murray Hall. The event is 48km being 3 x laps of a circuit.
Entries close on 30th April.

This event is part of a series. To register for an entire series click the series name below.
Gravel in Paradise Series March,April and May 2023

For further information go to here.

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