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More Schedule Revisions

Posted by on January 29, 2015 Comments Off on More Schedule Revisions

The dates for Rounds 3 & 4 have been moved back 1 week to March 7 – 8. Here’s the updated Texas State series Intro Letter with all of the changes incorporated! Please note that this is the 2nd revision; the first was a venue swap for the first and last rounds.

SWVTA – Rider Clinic

Posted by on January 24, 2015 Comments Off on SWVTA – Rider Clinic

Yes, it’s that time again. Time to get those old bikes out of hibernation, top off the fluids and change out the plugs. Our inaugural 2014 SWVTA Championship series went out with a bang. We had great ridership over the coarse of the year, and a few of us competed in enough events to qualify for year end trophies, not to mention the really cool jackets for those who won their respective class.

We plan on kicking off the 2015 SWVTA Championship Series with a rider clinic Saturday, February 21st at Huffman Farms outside of Donie, Tx. This will be a loosely organized fun day with advanced riders helping out the beginners with tips on bike set-up, riding and falling. We will gather around 9:30am, with a lunch break around noonish with a club meeting to hammer out dates for the 2015 championship series. No charge for entry fee, feel free to come camp out. It will also be Jay’s birthday! Help him celebrate.

Oh, and see the pdf of the final tally from last years series. Points were awarded as the following: 1st=30, 2nd=25, 3rd=21, 4th=18, 5th=16, 6th=16 7th=15 and so on.

See you the 21st,
Stephen Hetzel

2105 Texas State Series – REVISED Schedule

Posted by on January 21, 2015 Comments Off on 2105 Texas State Series – REVISED Schedule

The schedule has been revised, please see the updated TSS Intro Letter. All dates remain the same, but due to a loss of usable land at City Park, Smithville will open the Series and CTTA will close the Series at Salado, TX.

UPDATE: there is another schedule revision, the dates for Rounds 3 & 4 have been postponed 1 week. Here’s the twice updated TTS Intro Letter.

Tom

2015 Texas State Series T

Posted by on January 18, 2015 Comments Off on 2015 Texas State Series T

Hey All,

Get your 2015 T-shirt from Tom before they are gone! Long & short sleeve versions available, click the image below for front and back views.

TSS-Tee-2015

2014 CTTA Summer Series Wrap-Up

Posted by on December 23, 2014 Comments Off on 2014 CTTA Summer Series Wrap-Up

The CTTA hosted the 6th and Final Round of the 2014 “Summer” Series on December 13th with the Annual Toy Drive Trial; a special thanks to Ben Dalgeish for organizing this charity event. About 33 riders enjoyed an event set by TrialsMaster Neil King and you can check out the section-by-section results here, results courtesy of Mitch Ely.

The Summer series enjoyed a great turnout tis year, with more than 80 riders participating in an event! Thanks to everyone that participated. So many people helped make this series a success – to the landowners that graciously hosted an event, to the trialsmasters and organizers of an event, to the volunteers that helped clear or build sections and to those that ran sign up and scoring – THANK YOU! This series wouldn’t happen without your support. The overall series results can be found here.

Results – CTTA Summer Series #5 @ Cow Creek

Posted by on November 15, 2014 Comments Off on Results – CTTA Summer Series #5 @ Cow Creek

Thanks to everyone for coming out to the event. We couldn’t have asked for better weather. Two inches of rain earlier in the week helped a lot with the traction.

We enjoyed a BBQ brisket lunch afterwards, awards, and then worked on trying to clean the sections in the “after” loops.
 
A few of us camped Saturday night and we enjoyed a good campfire cooked dinner and s’mores. Ben rolled in at dark, as usual. We were also treated to a great view of a bright meteor that flew across the sky.

Many thanks to Bobby, Ron, John, BJ, Tomas and all who helped me create the sections. 
Thanks to all of the other Cow Creek riders for all of the work they did throughout the year to open up new riding areas for all to enjoy. Four of the five sections this year were in new areas.
Thanks to Driskill for coming out and taking pictures. Check them out on the CTTA Facebook page.
Thanks to Mitch for scoring (without the help of a computer)!
 
Mike, the gracious landowner, stopped by for lunch and we’ve already been talking about next year’s event. What a great friend!

-Jon

Section-by-section results.

Video of the event.

CTTA 2014 Annual Meeting

Posted by on September 6, 2014 Comments Off on CTTA 2014 Annual Meeting

Hey everybody,

Sorry for the short notice. The CTTA quarterly meeting will be this Sunday (September 7) at Cow Creek.  The gates will open up for riding at 9:30am for all to ride.  We will gather at the pit area where we have in the past at 1:00pm for a pitch-in lunch and discuss business.  Bring a side or dessert, CTTA will provide sausages, hot dogs, tortillas, condiments, and eating utensils.  Bring your own beverages.  Tomas has donated a couple of picnic tables for us to eat on (Thank You Tomas!!) but bring yourself a chair in case you get bullied out of a table seat.  If you haven’t been to Cow Creek in a while, new riding areas are always being discovered and developed by the folks riding out there.  I always bring brush clearing equipment (loppers, pruning saw, and gloves) to Cow Creek because there are always great spots that need work if you so desire.  Remember riding this property is an privilege provided to us by Jen Penner’s relationship with the land owner.  Please don’t do anything there that could diminish relations with the land owner.  (Don’t speed down gravel road, Ride only areas where Jon has OK’d for us to ride, Be courteous to others at ranch and neighbors, etc)

Our meeting agenda schedule for this meeting has changed up from past meetings due to recent issues with City Park.  The Meeting Agenda outline is:

  • Elect CTTA officials for 2014/2015.
  • Discuss/ prepare for Harvest Classic event.
  • Membership Drive!  Bring your purse (cash or check).  Annual dues are $15 per individual or $25 per family.
  • (NEW) Update riders of recent City Park closure developments.
  • (NEW) Start discussion regarding CTTA State Series event scheduled for February 2015.

The CTTA membership form and our CTTA constitution and by-laws are here.

Address: 27032 Fm 1431, Marble Falls, TX 78654  GPS: 30.5232,-­‐98.0545 Google maps: http://goo.gl/maps/dstso

Directions. From Hwy 183 in Cedar Park, take FM 1431 18.5 Miles West. If you know where Joe Miller’s turnoff is (“B” on the google map), it’s 12 miles past that. After passing through Jonestown and Lago Vista, you will pass Singleton Bend Road (a left), then Cow Creek Road (a right). You will then pass over Cow Creek. Go 1 mile further (still on FM 1431). Look for the sign and tape on the right.  Follow the driveway about 1000′ and take the Right fork/gate. Go 3/4 mile UP to the parking area. Please park as far into the parking area (either side of road) that you can so everyone will fit. The road is ROUGH and low clearance vehicles may drag. Be sure to CLOSE THE GATE behind you to keep the cows in!

Hope to see everyone there.
Ben Dalgleish
CTTA, Pres.