Real Insurance has announced its sponsorship of a new Mountain Bike Series in 2011 (March – September).
The Real Insurance Cross Country Marathon Mountain Bike Series, powered by CycleNation, will include the following events:
Capital Punishment organised by Aroc Sport – Saturday 19th March (Canberra)
Dirtworks 100km organised by Maximum Adventures – Sunday 1st May (St. Albans, Wisemans Ferry) Husky 100km organised by Blackheart Events – Sunday 19th June (Huskinson, Callala Beach) Angry Doctor organised by AROC Sport – Saturday 24th September – Sunday 25th September (Mogo)
Each event comprises a 100km Marathon and 50km Half Marathon. The Marathon caters for the serious and very fit riders with the Half Marathon catering for the less serious riders.
The aim of the series is to tie the best Enduro/Marathon type mountain bike events across New South Wales into a high profile series. A total cash prize purse of $15,000 will be awarded to the overall winners of the different Series categories.
This cycling sponsorship is not the first for Real Insurance. The company currently sponsors the Real Insurance Point Score Series which runs weekly from January 11 to March 29 at Heffron Park, Maroubra, Sydney.
Each week the Series Leader and Most Aggressive Rider are awarded jerseys with the highest point scorer awarded in the final race on March 29.
The series attracts many visiting international teams, National Champions, Olympic medalists and individual competitors.
The series is conducted in handicap format with grades A, B and C over fifteen laps of the Heffron Bike Track circuit (approx 2km). Cash prizes are awarded each week to the first five over the line plus two grade prizes.
Theo Grobler from Real Bike Insurance said: “We are excited and proud to be sponsoring these major cycling events and to be supporting development and participation in this great sport.”
“Our Real Bike insurance package is designed for people who are passionate about cycling. It not only covers bicycles, but also income protection, personal accidents, which extends across Australia and New Zealand.
“The standalone bike insurance package includes all sorts of real-riding-life situations, including theft, accidental/crash damage whilst in use, including cycling events.”
For more information about the Real Insurance Point Score Series visit www.cyclenation.com.au