This is our Championships!! Open to all and welcome. It's 60 minutes duration for seniors, juniors and veterans, with youths joining in after 15 or 20 minutes. The under12s begin the evening as usual.
You've battled all season through nine rounds and there have to be prizes for series places which we will award after these Championships. This is the one opportunity to win a cherished Beastway trophy for a single race.

We will have a celebration for the season and all who took part. Last year's finale had such a good vibe we thought it would be good to make a bit more of the fun. You can have a proper race and there will be time for a proper party.

2019 RACE DATES
R1 Saturday 27 April XCO
Wednesdays
R2 1 May
R3 8 May
R4 15 May
R5 22 May
R6 29 May
R7 5 June
R8 12 June
R9 19 June
Championships & prizegiving finale Wednesday 26 June

Beastway is Britain's longest running regular weekly MTB series. We are the best midweek blast whether you want to race seriously or just for fun. Our courses change for each round as we mix in new challenges and old favourites around the trails we developed over the last six years. Hog Hill has fantastic sunsets and great views across East London into The City. Racing everyone together is a fantastic way to learn your race craft as a young rider among seniors and then to enjoy seeing others come through. - Lots of friendly rivalry and race camaraderie all round. Good cakes, coffee and showers in the purpose-built pavilion too.

The opening round offers BC ranking points - helpful for gridding at nationals - and pays 50% more series points.
u12 riders always get a shorter course which is suitable for a wide range of ages from 7 and up, but which doesn't patronise the fastest.
Youth and juveniles race in with the seniors on the full course.

Women are particularly welcome at all our races and we will ask about your gridding preference. (We shouldn't need to say this...)

With nine rounds in the series, it's your best SEVEN scores which count. Our unique and highly prized trophies are always sought after, though none more than those that were made by Turner prize-winning artist Grayson Perry one year.

Our 2019 race entry fees offer the best value, friendly and competitive races around.
We have decided to charge the same to enter the two XC rounds as for the evening one-hour events.
We want more women and juniors to take part. There is a reduced entry fee for these categories and remember there are BC points on offer for the XC opening round across all categories to give Beastway riders gridding rights at other ranking events.
We are running 10 events in total. 9 rounds in the series, plus a championships finale and awards ceremony.
The XC finale carries no BC points, but it is our one-off championships event with its own trophies and goes on to the series awards ceremony. You wouldn't want to miss that.

British Cycling ranking points:
We are advised that these are paid on the race as a whole only. This is BC's decision, based on our request to have points allocated for each category. We have to wait and see what happens with that, but the points could help anyone with a top placing in the race as a whole which should satisfy racers with realistic ambitions at the nationals.

Series points:
In each category we normally allocate series points as follows;-
Placing/points: 1/20 2/16 3/13 4/11 5/9 6/7 7/6 8/5 9/4 10/3 11/2 12/1
However, since you will be racing for 50% longer, in the opening round points are higher;-
Placing/points: 1/30 2/24 3/20 4/17 5/13 6/10 7/9 8/8 9/6 10/5 11/3 12/2

Results will always be posted on our server at www.beastwayresults.co.uk first.
It will be your best SEVEN points scores out of NINE that count towards the series placings.
The Championships on Wednesday 26 June is a stand alone event with its own prizes and this will be the time we make our series awards with cash and trophies. Awards in cash made at this event must be collected on this day or we will deem them to have been donated to the promotion, thanks!

And when we're done for this series, look out for our other events such as Tour of the Cornfields on 1 Sept at Wimpole. It's 100km off-road around S Cambs, N Herts, Huntingdonshire and Bedfordshire. We're also organising the Summer Cyclocross series in London and more.
Full details at www.beastwaymtb.com

Info for Riders

Wednesday evening event with a full race for the 2019 Championships followed by the series awards. Please be sure to arrive on time for your starts as it's a busy night and we need to start on time.