The weekend of 8-9 November 2008 sees the 4th running of the Highland Fling Mountain Bike Marathon. The race, which again doubles as the Australian MTB Marathon Championships, takes place in the beautiful Southern Highlands of NSW with the event centre in the town of Bundanoon, 2 hours south of Sydney.

The event has sold out each year and in 2008 entries will again be limited to 1300 riders. Entries for this year’s event will open on 23 June 2008 on www.wildhorizons.com.au. The event will include the Full Fling (approx 110km), Half Fling (approx 55km) and 100Mile Fling (approx 160km). New this year will be The Casual Fling, a 16km outing for those people keen to ride but not so sure of their ability to go the longer distances. Entries in the Casual Fling are additional to the 1300 rider cap.

Following on from the successful initiative last year as Australia’s first Carbon Neutral cycling event Wild Horizons, the event organizers, will again make the event Carbon Neutral, including allowing entrants to offset their travel to the event. The event will also expand upon the programmes introduced in 2007 to reduce the waste produced by the event and increase the rate of recycling at the event.

As well as the existing Major Sponsors VAUDE, Virgin Blue, Ground Effect, Specialized, GU and Forests NSW; a number of new Major and Support sponsors will be announced in the coming weeks.

The website www.wildhorizons.com.au will have fully updated details in the coming weeks.

For any further information on the event please contact the Event Director Huw Kingston on huw@wildhorizons.com.au , Tel 02 4883 6509, Mobile 0418 977609

Thanks for your interest!

Wild Horizons
www.wildhorizons.com.au

source: Huw Kingston