Mt Somers Classic Gets a Top Rating from Competitors  

The Mayfield Lions Club, organiser of the Mt Somers Classic Mountain Bike race, wants to sincerely thank all competitors for their valuable feedback from a survey conducted at this year’s event. 

Competitors scored this year’s race extremely highly using a new international survey methodology called Net Promoter Score (NPS^©) and the accompanying comments have allowed race organisers to start working on improvements for next year’s event. 

The survey not only showed that strong support has continued for the event, enabling the Mayfield Lions to do even more great work in the Canterbury community, but has motivated the club to look at ways of ensuring an even better day out for all competitors and supporters. 

The three prime areas of improvement, based on competitor feedback, will be improved online registration and course markings and a more streamlined prize giving. 

Survey results have shown strong support from Christchurch riders keen to take the opportunity to ride over Mt Somers Station, an iconic Mid Canterbury property. The three course concept has been strongly supported by families and first time riders while still delivering a challenge for the more experienced riders. 

One of the highlights of the race is the lunch provided, as part of the entry fee, to all riders. From comments received this is an added incentive to pick up the pace on the ride to avoid being too far back in the queue. 

Organisers are looking forward to all competitors returning for next years race and wish to remind them that their participation results in greater support to the community.  Over the last five years this has resulted in more than $81,000 going to community organisations in Mid Canterbury and Christchurch.

This event was organised by

MAYFIELD & DISTRICTS LIONS CLUB

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