Everything you need to know

by SteelCityDH

Its the 10th Edition of the Biggest little race this weekend and we can’t wait to welcome everyone back to the woods for a much missed celebration of everything we love about mountain biking. We’ve missed you all! Back in 2011 we first put our heads together to fill the DH sized hole in Sheffield’s race scene and its been many of our favorite weekends of the year ever since. Its an event for the community, by the community, with the sole purpose of raising money to keep the trails in Greno great and have a bloody good time in the process. Greno woods are owned and cared for by the Sheffield and Rotherham wildlife trust who we work with to improve the woods for everyone. It takes a huge amount of work and an awful lot of goodwill to make this little event happen, so here’s everything you need to know.

This year we’re powered by Peaty’s Products and racing begins at 11:45 and final runs will be around 2:30pm. The course is open for practice at 8:30 so there will be plenty to see all day long. Prize giving and champagne spraying will be just after the final runs of the elite men at about 5:30. This year defending champ Marc Beaumont returns to fend of Peaty, Ratboy, Sam Dale, Craig Evans, Josh Lewis, Dave and a whole host of pretenders. The lasses have a world champion to take on in the shape of Manon Carpenter who will be battling an in form Nina Hoffman but can they beat current champs, local lass, Chloe Taylor?

We would like to be as sustainable as we can this year. Please make sure you sort your recycling in to the bins provided and put your used glasses in the tubes. Lets leave these woods cleaner than we found them.

Schedule

  • 7:00 – Official car park Opens – Course open for on foot inspection (no riding)
  • 8:00 – Registration opens in event car park, no registration before this time
  • 8:30 – Course open for Practice
  • 10:00 – Registration Closes
  • 11:30 – Practice Closes
  • 11:45 – First Race run begins
  • 2:30 – Second race runs begin
  • 3:00 – Car Park Entrance Closes
  • 5:30 – Podiums and Prize Givings
  • 7:00 – New Barrack Tavern for beers and cheers

Prizes
Our race sponsors provided thousands of pounds worth of prizes to reward the fastest riders and given everyone a chance to win with spot prizes.

If you’re racing and you finish in the top 3, you will receive a great prize from one of our sponsors.

Complete Start list for first runs will be here

LADS

LASSES

PRO-AM

  • Pro Lads – Leighton Vans – £500 cash in prizes for the fastest 3
  • Pro Lasses – 60 Sticks –  £500 cash in prizes for the fastest 3

Every winner will get a medal made by Sheffield Legends TADO.
This years racer good bags will be packed like never before.

Other prizes on the day will be from:  

  • 6th Element Wheels – Who will give a set of wheels to the 66th racer overall
  • Spectre Screws –  Will give £125 to the fastest lad and lass through the speed trap
  • 5:10 – £150 for the fastest lads and lasses time
  • Airdrop Bikes- Will give a DJ frame to the 150th placed rider
  • Santa Cruz – Having given us a brand new Nomad Frame to Auction off.

Exhibitors
On the day the finish line bombhole will be filled with lots of stands selling and promoting their wares. There will be opportunity to buy Steel City DH, ThisiSheffield, Bolehills and Ride Sheffield merchandise from our stand.

  • Hunt Wheels
  • Santa Cruz
  • Cotic
  • Big Bobble Hats
  • Leighton Vans
  • 6th Element Wheels
  • Stux Gloves
  • Expert Bike Repair
  • Ride Sheffield
  • Banana Industries
  • The Bike College
  • Stif
  • Trek Sheffield
  • Peatys Products
  • Burgtec
  • 50:01
  • Airdrop Bikes
  • Orange Bikes
  • Seekers Cult
  • 5:10
  • Trash Free Trails

We have several food and drink vendors to keep you fed and refreshed, so please bring some cash. They all donate to the race fund so please support them all as much as you can.

  • Sunshine Pizza Oven
  • Yamas
  • Whirlow Hall Farm
  • Bradfield Brewery
  • Forge Coffee Roasters
  • Scrumptious Foods
  • Bean Rover
  • Yorkshire Crepe Company

Parking

If you are driving to the race you must park in our official car park. Parking anywhere else, in the public Greno car park or on the road, jeopardises the running of the race on the day and in future. Please be responsible.

Parking is in Farmer Jack’s field, at Hall Head Farm on Woodhead Road, the entrance will be clearly marked. It is marked on the map below  by the car and the closest postcode is S35 7DS but dont rely on it for a Sat Nav. Do not try to come in to the exit, marked with a man, it is a one way system. Parking is £5 CASH per vehicle and offsets the loss of earnings from hay from damage to the grass in the field.
The car park opens at 7am it will close for entry at 3pm. Please remove your car as soon as possible after the race.

In the bomb hole
The race track finishes in the wall of sound and activity that is the bombhole and plays host to our race arena. Once again it will be packed full of things to peruse and choose, lots eat and drink, and people to catch up with or newly meet. Most important is the Steel City Merch stand manned by Sheffield’s own Mayor Dallow and crew. Here you can purchase a whole host of exclusive garms that will directly benefit the trails you ride.

This year the mighty TADO have produced another classic design for you to wear with pride showing everyone that you put that little bit back in. As its out tenth anniversary, this years design has 6 colours to properly pop, printed by Woven Inc. We’ll have Tees for £15, Hoodies for £40, along with amazing Beanies, socks, cow bells, water bottles and mud guards.

Never able to put there crayons down TADO have properly gone to town on this years sticker designs, again to celebrate our own, not quite Jubilee. A big thank you to Shaw print services for all the favors.

The Wildlife trust
Greno Woods is a nature reserve owned and managed by Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust. It is an ancient woodland, rich in wildlife and full of historic interest. Covering 169 hectares, it is one of the Trust’s largest reserves and offers excellent opportunities for wildlife watching, exploration and recreation.
The Trust has carried out work on the reserve to increase the proportion and quality of priority habitats on the site and maintain features of interest as well as maintain and improve recreational infrastructure such as our downhill mountain bike trails.

Help protect and enhance our local wildlife and green spaces by joining Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust. By joining Sheffield and Rotherham’s community of wildlife lovers today you can help care for the wild places you love – preserving them for years to come.
Find out more at www.wildsheffield.com or join us on Facebook and Twitter.

To keep up to date on all things Steel City you can visit Steelcitydh.com and follow us on Facebook or Twitter
 
The race is run as a not for profit event, with all funds raised from the race go directly back into the trails in Greno Woods and to support mountain bike projects around the city. The race is made possible by all the volunteers that give their time willingly to make good things happen in the city that we love for the sport that we love. The race is organised by Steve Peat, Steve Hardcastle, Henry Norman, Simon Bowns and Nick Hamilton. If you see them… give them Knucks or a Hug, the force is strong with these ones.