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For just $40 you’re good to goIf you’re viewing this newsletter for the first time and are considering joining us for the 2011 season, get on it. With club race in August and an ambitious Guided Ride season underway, now’s the time to join. Go to rockymountaindirtriders.com/membership or e-mail members@rockymountaindirtriders.com and get your membership now. It’s just $40 for the whole family.And if you don’t ride responsibly, don’t ride at all.

TRAIL GANGS GET TO WORKMcLean Creek, Ghost/Waiparous; RMDRA volunteers are sweating the details to ensure we’re on track

With riding season well in hand, RMDRA volunteers have been very busy with trail maintenance and infrastructure installs.

Projects currently include trail intersection sign installations and trail maintenance at McLean Creek Forest Land Use Zone, race course c l e a r i n g a n d g e n e r a l t r a i l maintenance and upgrading at Ghost/Waiparous Forest Land Use Zone. Crews have been clearing debris, installing infrastructure and ensuring trails are in good condition. Dylan, Aaron, Scott, Greg, Jamie

and Jerry have done serious maintenance on the Grizzly Trial at McLean -- rerouting portions of it to ensure sustainability.

Aaron, Ken and Alex were also out at McLean continuing our trail intersection sign installs. They planted and GPS’d four signs in one day for the SRD map.

Out at the Ghost, the usual suspects -- Dobi, Dave, Jamie, JKnight, MtnBlue, Sean, Steve-O, Scott -- were hard at it.

Go HERE and HERE for more on all the volunteer work taking place.

Next Meeting7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, at the Capitol Hill Community Hall, 1531 21 Ave. N.W., Calgary.

Summer 2011

(From left) Aaron, Ken and Alex log sign 212 on the GPS to complete the install.

IN THIS ISSUE:

RacingTrailwork update

Rider Profile

Volunteer hrs.Rocky Mountain Dirt Riders members have logged approximately 2,000 hours of volunteer trailwork so far in 2011, putting us on target for 5,000 hours again this year.

RMDRA Dirtier Moose Cross Country Race Aug. 13-14 at Ghost/Waiparous Forest Land Use Zone

Get ready for some serious racing as the Rocky Mountain Dirt Riders put on their annual Dirtier Moose Cross-Country race at Ghost/Waiparous on Aug. 13-14.

Racers in classes ranging from kids and beginners to experts and ladies will all have their day on the Dirtier Moose course out in the Ghost.

Be sure to get out there in time for all the action. If you’re out at Fallen Timber by 10 a.m. on the Saturday and the Sunday, you’ll be in on all the action.

Juniors, beginners and ladies classes race on Saturday. All others race Sunday.

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HIGH RIVER MOTORSPORTSSPINAL GUYVP RACING FUELSTWO SQUARE AUTO REPAIRMAVERICK DISTRIBUTINGMOTOVANCYCLE WORKSA&E RACING and MARINEBLACKFOOT MOTORSPORTSBOW CYCLEGW CYCLE WORLDSEITZCO MOTORSPORTSEVOLUTION PLUMBINGMRSI

The Businesses that race with RMDRA

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THE BUSINESSES THAT RIDE WITH THE RMDRATWO SQUARE AUTO REPAIR

GERMAN CAR SPECIALISTS

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RIDER PROFILE: DEB GILBERTNameDeb Gilbert“Stretch”

GameLadies Guided RideLeader, Rocky MountainDirt Riders

Joined RMDRAIn 2008

Rides2011 KTM200 XCW

First RodeA Honda CR80 at the Winnipeg Floodway when she was 12

Places she ridesMainly at McLean Creek Forest Land Use Zone

Favourite tireMichelin S12

Favourite machineLoves the new 200 XCW (despite the fact that after just 25 hours the transmission shaft cooked)

Currently on the iPodNeil Diamond

Dream rideA 200 with e-start

When she’s notriding she’sWorking in oil and gas(Isn’t everone?)

Deb’s been riding the wheels off her machine

this summerThe lowdown

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Summer

RMDRA NEWS designed, assembled, written and edited by club V-P Brendan Nagle. All material, except that credited to outside sources, is property of the RMDRA. Reproduction and redistribution of our stuff without our permission is a serious transgression and puts you at the top of our roost list.

ETC.The Canada Day ride and BBQ at

McLean Creek was a huge hit as Rocky Mountain Powerhouse was out providing BBQ’d goodies and refreshments. The riding was great as well. For full first-hand accounts and photos go to the UPCOMING RIDES AND EVENTS FORUM and follow down the thread.

* * *The RMDRA’s First-Annual High Steaks

Poker Run was also a smash, with riders hitting five card tables set up around

McLean Creek. The six highest hands got juicy grilled T-bones while the rest of us got smokies. Check it out on our FACEBOOK PAGE.

* * *Race season is well underway with

the CANADIAN ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP, 2011 ADRA KERMAXX OFFROAD PROVINCIAL

SERIES, and CANADIAN MOTOSPORT RACING CORP. schedules all in full swing.

Be sure to check all the results on their web pages to see how Alberta’s racers are doing.

In the absence of a

phone booth, Rocky Mountian Honda Powerhouse staff

decided to stuff our Trailblazer

instead

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