Frequently Asked Questions

Our season runs October – October and we typically hold our muster on the last weekend of the school holidays.

Jafakids must be 11 years of age at as 31st December in the year of joining and can be part of the club until they are 18 years old or till the end of year 13 (which ever comes first).

We ride every week on a Wednesday night through the school terms. We take a break for school and Christmas holidays. Our weekly rides run from 5.30pm – 7.30pm at Woodhill MTB Park through the wetter months and in Riverhead Forest through the summer months weather dependent. Our weekly group rides are run by a number of qualified coaches, assistant coaches and numerous parent volunteers who ride as tail end charlie’s (TECs).

We are relaxed about how often our Jafakids ride but for consistent improvement, you need to ride as often as possible both on Wednesdays and independently.

Riding in the dark can be fun and will build on the skills of a rider, that have been taught over the summer months since the October muster. Riding in the dark poses a greater risk to riders, new riders aren’t familiar with the trails or hazards, they haven’t been taught the foundation skills to ride, and it’s very hard to demonstrate the correct technique in the dark. Often new riders don’t have all the required gear including suitable riding lights. The best time to join us is when we hold our yearly muster in October, during the summer months we work hard on developing the skills of riders so they can ride and race trails safely.

Certainly – most of the groups have parents supporting the coaches and it can be valuable for newer Jafakids to have parental support – we also have a parents group that rides without kids and in Summer you’ll usually find a group of walkers too.

There is no expectation for members to race. However you will find that as your friendship pool grows there is often a close commradraie that flourishes on race day.

Unfortunately, we are not able to accommodate e-bikes.

Annual membership for the 20-25 season was $450 per rider. This cost included a club shirt, annual Woodhill pass and coaching fees.