Southern XC 2012

• 18th March - Checkendon
• 15th April - Pippingford
• 13th May - Wasing (Southern Champs)
• 3rd June - Crow Hill
• 1st July - Frith Hill

Rampage 2012 (All rounds at Checkendon)

• 24th June - Round 1
• 8th July - Round 2
• 29th July - Round 3
• 19th August - Round 4

In an attempt to save everyone time, our complete calendar is available to download as an ICS file. You can import the file in to Outlook, Google Calendar and others.

(We use Outlook 2007. To import the downloaded file, go to the File menu, then Open, Import, Import an iCalendar, select the Calendar2012 file and then press the Import button. Simples!)

Conditions were either perfect or treacherous on Sunday, due to the not insignificant lump of rain that arrived at midday. There were a lot of grinning mud-covered Vets at the end of their four lap slog!

Thanks to all who participated in the series this year and our sponsors, Pedal On and Fitness Performance Resources. Trophies will be in the post as previously mentioned.

For the moment, check out Paul's excellent videos or Antony's photos (see right).

The final round of the season, at Pippingford Park, is nearly upon us. We hope you all enjoyed your summer break!

Pippingford is all set to be a fantastic finale to our 2011 season. New sections have been cut and a new arena field is planned, to keep everyone on their toes. We will be busy this bank holiday weekend putting the final touches to an already excellent course - book now on www.xcracer.com to guarantee your place.

This year series prizes will be personalised to the winning riders. We expect to hand a lot of them out at the Newnham Park BMBRS round in September. Alternatively they will be posted out. If you're a series winner and won't be at Newnham then let us know.

Remember, online entry for round 4 will close at 5pm on Wednesday 6th July. We're all looking forward to our new venue at Perham Down and hope to see you all there on Sunday.

Update: video reviews of the races have now posted!

Series points updated!

We're back at Checkendon for the third in the series of the 1st Gear Cycles Rampage. Pre-entry is open on xcracer.com until 6pm Thursday. Hope to see you there!

Results are now live for all today's races, click here to view.

Paul's latest video reports of the elite race and other races are now up on our video page, together with all the other video reports for this year.

Series points will be updated shortly, we're just waiting for Timelaps to resume normal service on their website. We'll be sending out an email notification when it's all done and dusted - sign up to our email alerts if you haven't done so already.

The SMBC team were back at Checkendon today, promoting the 1st Gear Cycles Rampage. Visit www.ratmbc.co.uk to see the results and series points.

The Southern XC series points are now ready, hopefully we'll get them sorted much quicker for you after round 3 at Crow Hill, only a fortnight away now!

Results are now live for all today's races, click here to view.

Series standings will be coming shortly, please bear with us.

Our hands are blistered, our ears are ringing and our backs are sore but on the plus side we've uncovered some stunning trails for you to ride this weekend at round 2 of the Southern XC, which is also the Southern Champs.

The venue is Wasing Estate, if you haven't been there before it's a fantastic 4000 acre private estate, just south of Reading - more details on the Round 2 Event page. The same course will be used for round 3 of the nationals in June - this Sunday is a great chance for a sneaky pre-ride!

Three videos from our first round of the Southern XC season at Checkendon.

The elite men's race, expert masters, veteran and junior races and finally, the fastest recorded lap of the day!

RESULTS are now posted, visit the event page to view them now.

Here we are again, at the start of what we're sure will be a fantastic season of XC racing in the south.

The superb Checkendon singletrack has been nicely bedded in by our February Rampage event and extended to provide suitable distance and elevation change! We hope you like it.

Online entry for this first round has closed. Entry on the day will be provided at a £3 premium (no OTD fee for under 13s). Numbers on the day will be strictly limited to 500.

Mothering Sunday

Mums get free chocolate at race registration this Sunday. Southern XC loves mums!