What is the difference between a National, State and club race?
In most circumstances you will interact with MTBA at a club level and for most people this is all they are after – just plain old fun with their mates and having bragging rights when you place better then others in your peer group. For some others testing themselves against others drawn from a wider area is a better test of their ability. State level competition provides this, while still being reasonably local. For some others this is still not the test they need and contesting National Series level events and, in the ultimate, the National MTB Championships provides the real indication of where one is placed in Australia. The National series and the National Championships also provide the opportunity for the National selectors to see what you are made of, what you can do and for you to place yourself on notice for possible selection to represent Australia at the World MTB Championships, the Commonwealth Games and the pinnacle sporting event in the world – the Olympic Games (for XC on
