April 12, 2007 (Fort William, Scotland) — The 2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships will be held in Fort William, Scotland from Monday, September 3 to Sunday, September 9, 2007 — visit http://fortwilliamworldchamps.co.uk for more info.

THE NEW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WEBSITE IS NOW LIVE!
Log on to www.fortwilliamworldchamps.co.uk for everything you need to know about the Worlds in Fort William. It will be constantly updated and changed as necessary. We’ll keep you informed of major changes by email.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW
For tickets: www.fortwilliamworldchamps.co.uk/tickets.html

VOLUNTEERS WANTED
The World Championships will need about 250 volunteers. If you want to be a part of a fantastic team, responsible for delivering 19 World Championship competitions, then either complete the on-line application form – www.fortwilliamworldchamps.co.uk/volunteers.php or download the pdf application form – www.fortwilliamworldchamps.co.uk/downloads.html and send/fax the completed form back to the office. Organisers need a wide range of helpers but the most important skills are enthusiasm, friendliness and a determination to help make this a great week for everyone.

BRIDGE ON THE MOVE
Forestry Commission Scotland have been building more than 4km of new singletrack this winter as part of the new World Championships XC course. Despite some incredibly wet weather, the new route is almost complete, except for a major river crossing. It just so happened that a bridge of the right span was sitting above the Red Squirrel car park at Glentress. So, the experimental stressed timber bridge to nowhere at Glentress will shortly be a crucial feature in the World Championships XC course. For more info on Glentress – http://www.7stanes.gov.uk

VISITSCOTLAND SCOTTISH MOUNTAIN BIKING GUIDE
VisitScotland have produced a fantastic 86 page to the best Scottish trail centres, with reviews, reports, photos and maps._This is a must-have guide if you want to sample what IMBA (International Mountain Biking Association) describes as the Global Superstar of mountain biking countries.
www.visitscotland.com/mountainbiking

MOUNTAIN BIKE SCOTLAND PODCASTS
VisitScotland realises the potential of Scotland as a world-class mountain biking tourism destination and is keen to help promote Scotland’s ‘Global Superstar’ pedigree, awarded recently by the International Mountain Bicycling Association for the second consecutive year.

The podcast is has been added initially to YouTube and Yahoo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0MTOW0E24Q
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=375931

This podcast, which you can also view at http://download.visitscotland.com, is the first of six planned and this online format is just one of the ways VisitScotland will be promoting our adventure campaign this year which aims to position Scotland as Europe’s Adventure Capital.

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