Season’s Greetings to everyone who volunteered, all our sponsors, all the good folks who came out and enjoyed the weekend and especially the Blois family for all their contributions.

There have been a few developments over the last little bit that are pretty exciting.

There will some winter races organized in 2012 to keep the hardy cyclists going including an ICE RACE! That’s right we will be continuing the tradition set forth by Tom and Geoff and bring an ice race to the table.

There will also be another race of sorts. More ‘underground’ and grass roots based that has some logistics to be worked out, but will happen for sure.

Look for more updates in the future!

For 2012 we will be focusing on a new venue for our endurance event.

We will bring the same energy and enthusiasm and maintain the festival atmosphere. We will be unlimited in our options to bring you the best mountain bike weekend in the maritimes and beyond. Stay tuned for more information on this and possibly some smaller events as well.

We have learned a lot from our experiences and thank all our sponsors and participants in past years. We hope to continue our relationships with all our sponsors and participants in the years to come.

Here are the results.  (if there are any issues please feel free to contact me)

4 Hour Solo

1100 – Andre Comte – 3 laps
1101 – Shawn Skelhorn – 4 laps
1102 – Jim Kvammen – 2 laps
1103 – Danny Cook – 2 laps
1104 – James Gillett – 6 laps
1105 – Glen MacTavish – 7 laps
1106 – Ray Sampson – 7 laps
1107 – Stephen Cameron – 7 laps
1108 – Devon MacPhail – 3 laps
1109 – Al Jollimore – 3 laps
1110 – Chad Smith – 7 laps
1111 – Steve Saunders – 4 laps
1112 – Kaarin Tae – 7 laps
1113 – Chris Brennan – 4 laps

4 hours Team of 2

1200 – J2 – 3 laps
1201 – Red Velvet – 2 laps
1202 – Duff Dogs – 6 laps
1203 – Emmett and Jay – 7 laps

8 Hour Solo:

Male
100 – Jason Martin – 6 laps
101 – Andre Landry – 12 laps
102 – Adam Kennedy – 3 laps
103 – Rob Overmars – 4 laps
105 – Jean-Marie Cormier – 9 laps
106 – Andrew Pickard – 8 laps
107 – Martin Austin – 15 laps
108 – Dennis Cottreau – 1 lap
109 – Jeff Simms – 15 laps
110 – Tyler D’arcy – 13 laps
111 – Jamie Lamb – 15 laps
112 – Bruce Roberts – 13 laps

Female
104 – Sandrine Mounard – 3 laps
151 – Sarah Spencer – 7 laps
152 – Sherry Huybers – 7 laps
153 – Barbara Perrott – 4 laps

8 Hour Team of 2:

Male:
200 – RAD – 13 laps
201 -Team Farmer – 9 laps
202 – Valley Roadies – 11 laps
203 – J4F – 9 laps
204 – TYG and the Double T – 17 laps
205 – 13 laps
206 – Decade-ant – 14 laps
207 – Thunder ‘n Lightening – 10 laps
208 – Lunenburg Sausage – 13 laps
209 – Why am I here? – 12 laps
210 – Take off eh..ya hoser – 13 laps
211 – Sensai ‘n Grasshopper – 15 laps
212 – Team Meatshake – 12 laps
213 – Old Enough to Know Better – 13 laps
214 – Who shot JR? – 16 laps

Female:
264 – Free Range Chicks – 12 laps

Mixed:
248 – The Grallers – 15 laps
249 – Pedaltrout – 11 laps
250 – Gorelovers – 11 laps

8 Hour Team of 3:

Male:
300 – L.A.C – 10 laps
301 – The Three Wheelers – 15 laps
302 – Barn Animals – 12 laps

Female:
365 – Team Epic – 8 laps

Mixed:
350 – Team LOL – 14 laps
351 – 3 Bald Guys and A Chick – 12 laps
352 – Hemlock Hoodlums – 10 laps
353 – The Myatts – 13 laps
 

These two words mean so much, yet not enough for all the help that I received for this years’ event.

Organizing such an event takes a lot of time and resources to become reality.  Here is a list of those companies and individuals who donated time or resources to make Gorefest 2011 real.

Overall:

The Blois Family for allowing us to use their land

Companies:

Sportwheels          Norco Performance Bicycles          Devinci Bicycles         Sobeys – Lower Sackville         Propeller Brewing Company         Oakley         Fox         Red Bull         Trailblazer Tools        Cyclesmith         Old Port Pub         Louis Garneau        Farmers Dairy         Breakfast Television         Bicycle Nova Scotia          CyclesLambert          Pedaltrout.com       NSMTBTA         Spartan Fitness          Optimyz Magazine

Timing/Registration:

The Andrews Family

Youth Race:

Simon Myatt and family          Randy Comeau and Family

Oakley Gore at Night:

Terry Tomlin

Course Marshalls:

Mike, Jeff, Aaron, Barry, and Jeff

General (from stuffing schwag bags to setting up the site):

Sheldon/Jen, Aaron/Barbara, Jeff, Doug, Jeff, and Julie

Trail Work (arguably the most important):

Mike Blois, Tom, Jim, Shawn and many others who volunteered their time.

My sincere thank you and good vibes to all who made this happen!

Thank you to the Riders who took their time to enjoy one of the best riding scenes in the maritimes.  It is the highlight of my cycling season.

Special thank to my wife who supported me throughout the year.  Without her, my sanity would be long gone!

Mike Phillips

I’ve just finished bringing all equipment back today. I’ll be updating the sites and here with results and other good stuff! I’m aiming for 3-5 days to have that done.

Online registration will be closing this evening.  I need appropriate time to process the forms therefore anyone registering after this evening will have to do so in person at Gore on Saturday evening or Sunday Morning.

Thank you to everyone who registered online and see you in a couple of days.

Optimyz Magazine will be doing a story on Gorefest throughout the weekend.  Check out their site at

http://www.optimyz.com/  for ton of great fitness tips for getting and keeping in top shape!

Included in your registration will be one Redbull Energy Drink or Redbull Energy Shot!

Huge shout out to Redbull!