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Remember way back - okay maybe it was only a few weeks ago - we had a members only draw to win a weekend for two at Middle Beach Lodge in Tofino!

Well, we've decided to make all members winners because you deserve it!!
"What's that? We're not going with that plan, there's only two tickets you say? Oh okay. Sorry about that, he he :)

Ahem, and the winner is (drum roll please ...)
Allison Heath

Congratulations Allison. May a death cookie never grab your wheel and cause you to do an endo over your bars resulting in a generous helping of Hartland vegetation. We'll be thinking of you on your trip :P

The Sooke Bike Club Presents:

The Vancouver Island Premiere of "Seasons" - A film by The Collective
Seasons is a film that follows 7 of the worlds top mountain bikers through the course of 4 seasons of one year.

Host: Sooke Bike Club
Date: May 9th, 2008, 7:30pm
Location: Sooke, BC
Venue: Edward Milne Community School, 6218 Sooke Rd. Contact: Lorien, 642-3123 lorien@sookebikes.com
Tickets: $7 ($2 of which goes into trail building fund) $5 for students

We want to do a better job of building trails in the Mt Work/Hartland Bike Park, and to do that we want to know our users better.

We also lobby various levels of government for more places to ride our bikes. Knowing who you are helps us lobby better.

To that end, we have a very short survey (only seven questions) for you to rip through in less time it takes to bookmark our site :)
Sounds good, take me there!

Please have a look at the SIMBS online petition about the Harbourview Road/Sooke Hills portion of the Sea to Sea Green Blue Belt parklands, and "E-SIGN" it to show your support!

If you prefer, you can also sign it in person at many of the local Victoria, Sooke, Duncan and Nanimo bike retailers, just ask the staff and they will hook you up!

Once again, thanks for your support.
SIMBS

Many of you will have read by now that SIMBS, other local advocacy groups and some local website's are talking about Sooke, and more importantly the Sooke Hills Portion of the Sea to Sea Green Blue belt lands. This is the area that most of you have probably heard of, have ridden, or have friends who ride there, at the end of Harbourview Road just off of Sooke Rd. It is one of my personal favorite riding areas, and has arguably the greatest potential for trail development and access this side of the "Hat".

There are however some issues with the CRD's management plan that we as a community need to discuss, and time is of the essence. Below is a portion of an article I wrote for my own website VIMB.com that I have been asked to post here on the SIMBS.com website. Please have a read, visit the links for more details....

Thanks,
Greg Bird (Owner/Webmaster) VIMB.com