The Adventure Crazy Pub-to-Pub Bannockburn Gutbuster MTB race forms part of the action-packed Cromwell Summer Series and the gutbuster event will kick this off on Saturday 24 November.

After several weeks of atrocious weather, Saturday dawned fine and sunny and with $2000 of prize-money up for grabs, 84kms of racing with plenty of gravel (a true ‘Southern Man’ version of the Belgium Classics), some of the New Zealand’s finest sporting stars and lots of Southland’s local heroes, the scene was most definitely set for a very special day of racing.

There were great numbers across all grades again in Junior Racing and some really fantastic riding.  The A Grade racing was incredibly close which made for some exciting racing, and the huge B Grade boys field made for some excellent racing.