GTEC Introduction and History

The Green Triangle Enduro Club (GTEC) administers the GREEN TRIANGLE ENDURO SERIES which is based in the "Green Triangle" of South-Western Victoria and South-Eastern South Australia.  2010 will be the 25th year of the series.

The present club is an amalgamation of several smaller motorcycle groups from Portland, Hamilton, Casterton, Naracoorte, Kingston, Ararat and St Arnaud. The GTEC is affiliated with Motorcycling Victoria (MV) and runs events in both Victoria and South Australia. The GTEC promotes an "Entry Level Enduro Series" of seven events, where each of the centres hosts one of the rounds. The series starts in May with rounds held about a month apart, and is completed in September.

Most events are of about 3-4 hours in duration with distances of 80 to 180 km depending on the type of terrain. Generally 3 Special Tests are used to score the event. Some events are run as a "3 hour cross country". Motorcycles must be in good mechanical order and must be registered. This can be with Full Road Registration, or, the recently introduced Victorian Recreational Registration. Bikes and rider's equipment are checked for GCR requirements during pre-event machine scrutineering. Most riders have up to date equipment and are very safety conscious.

The club uses standardised paperwork with digital clocks and a spreadsheet based computer scoring system, which can be operated by any reasonably computer literate person. Complete results, including individual special test times are mailed out to competitor's after each event.

During the 2009 season an average of 35 riders entered each round with about 65 riders entering at least one round during the season. Rider ability varies from novice to state and national level competitors.

Classes include 5 competitive categories based on rider ability (rather than bike type)

1. Pro

2. Expert

3. Clubman A (faster riders)

4. Clubman B (slower riders and novices)

5. Veteran

A promotion system operates so that riders can progress to a faster class of competition when they reach the top of their current class.

Previous  GTEC  Series Outright Champions

Honda ……………  1989, 1991, 2005, 2007.

Husqvarna …….. 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006.

Kawasaki ………. 1986, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1996.

KTM ………………  1987, 2001, 2008.

Suzuki …………..  1990, 1992.

TM …………………  2003.

Yamaha …………  1999, 2002.