Hey everyone! Hope you are looking forward to a beautiful fall weekend! We have the short event update coming to you but first a couple of small things.

First of all back a couple of months ago we were awarded the IMBA HucknRoll Grant! You may have seen it in the regional trail news that IMBA sends out on occasion. Well I am happy to announce that we have received the funds! The exact time we will use the money has yet to be decided but it will go towards a kid friendly workday at some point in the future. Lets teach them how this workday thing goes young!

In addition, with the time change looming the ladies of Cape Fear SORBA will be changing up their schedule for the ladies only ride. The ride will now take place at 9:30am on the first and third Sundays of each month. It will start AFTER the Brunswick Brawl on Nov 6^th.  For questions or more info you can email the ride leaders SueMay (dirtsnaks@yahoo.com) or Natalia (natis1974@aol.com).

Weekend Events

Speaking of SueMay and Natalia, they will be holding down the fort at Two Wheeler Dealer this Saturday as our membership drive continues! They will be hanging around from 10am-2pm. Come signup or renew your membership, buy some raffle tickets, or pick up some information about the upcoming events! Of course you can also ask all sorts of questions about the ladies rides to!

On Sunday it will be another wonderful trailgating day! Kirsten will be maintaining the table, with help from friends throughout the day. Stop by and grab a Clif Bar (only a few left!) and ask about all the fun stuff we got going on!

Future Events

Don’t forget that coming up with have two very big events for the club. First on November 6^th is the Brunswick Brawl Short Track Race. Details on that race can be found here: Brunswick Brawl Page

In addition we have the IMBA Trail Care Crew Visit to the Brunswick Nature Park coming up November 11^th to the 13^th. A few different events in association with their visit are scheduled. You can check out the full schedule of events here: Trail Care Crew Visit Page

Thanks very much everyone. If you have any questions about any upcoming events please feel free to email info@capefearsorba.com.

Austin Fenwick

VP Cape Fear SORBA

Hi everyone in Cape Fear SORBA land. This is a reminder that there is a BIG BIG BIG workday coming up this weekend at Blue Clay. How big you ask? Oh so very big. Like 50 to 100 boy scouts big. Like bobcat will be in use big. Like we need people to come out and help big! Cape Fear SORBA members will be working right along side scouts from Troop 274 to improve a section of trail that has needed work since the large amounts of rain we recieved recently. We are having crush and run dropped off by the county, hopefully the use of a bobcat, and several concrete blocks to lay down as a foundation. We will be elevating this section of trail so that in the future it doesn’t turn into a mud bog! The workday will run from 9AM TO 3PM.

With that I need to ask if you could PLEASE let us know you are coming this weekend! There will be food provided but we need to get something resembling a headcount so that we know how much food to have!

If you plan on coming please email Blue Clay Trail Coordinator Barry Wray at wrayb12@gmail.com. This is very important! We also need as many club members out there as well to help direct the scouts while the work is being done! This is a great opportunity to fix a big problem in one day folks, so please help us take advantage of it!
Also, anyone that takes photo’s do me a favor and email them to info@capefearsorba.com. All photo’s would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks everyone, and we hope to see you at Blue Clay on Saturday!

Austin Fenwick

VP Cape Fear SORBA

Hello Cape Fear SORBA! This email is to remind everyone of the various events taking place this weekend. Hopefully you will time to check in at one or all of these cool events!

Oct 1st: Take a Kid MTBing day at Blue Clay Bike Park, starts 10am.

Come out to Blue Clay and take part in International Take a Kid MTBing day! The Down East Cyclists of Jacksonville, NC are holding their version of this event at Blue Clay with Cape Fear SORBA members supporting and taking part in the event. Bring the kids out so they can go on rides lead by adults from both clubs. There will be some snacks and drinks available. If you do plan to attend you can either check in at the Down East Cylist Meetup Page or you can email Jeff LeBlanc of the Down East Cyclists at ncleblancs@ec.rr.com. Please do let them know that you are coming so they can plan to have enough food and drink (and bikes!) for everyone who attends.

Oct 1st: Membership Drive from Two Wheeler Dealer: 11am-3pm(aprox.)

Come out and check out what is going on with Cape Fear SORBA and help us draw in more members! We are running a membership drive during the month of October to get the word out and to get more members that believe in the work we do! April and Corey will be hanging out at the shop this weekend. Stop in and show them YOU SUPPORT CAPE FEAR SORBA! Btw: we are doing a raffle during our membership drive! 1$ per ticket for entry and you could win gift certificates to TWD or a set of Maxxis Tires!

BTW: We still need volunteers to man the tables on Oct 8th and 29th! If you can help out email info@capefearsorba.com asap!

Oct 2nd: Trailgating from Blue Clay Bike Park, 10am-2pm(aprox.)

Come out to Blue Clay on Sunday and ride! While your at it you can check in with CFSORBA VP Austin Fenwick while he trailgates! Come over and grab some raffle tickets from him, get info on our upcoming events, and help us talk about the club! We might have a few Clif Bars to give to some hungry riders to *wink*

So I hope thats enough for everyone to do this weekend! Come out, and enjoy the fun! I know you want to. Check out the calender at www.capefearsorba.com for additional events coming up in the next month (and then some). We have the Brunswick Brawl and the Trail Care Crew visit coming up soon. You don’t want to miss this!!

Have fun, ride lots.

Austin Fenwick, VP Cape Fear SORBA