The Awa Backyard Ultra

07/09/2026

A little less than 3 weeks to go:

Coming up soon...
All the important information needed for registration and event day.

Course map.

Registrations remain open until Friday 25 September. Late entry fees have been waived.

12/04/2026

Looking for a great event to do this month... hosts of the Awa Backyard Ultra, That Place are also hosting this year's New Zealand Singlespeed MTB Championships.

Time to get your costume sorted and dust off your single speed

Entry includes a t-shirt, race plate, winners tattoo and evening meal with drink.

Live fire cooking by Big Moose

Beers from Roots Brewing

Camping onsite for $20pp per night. Hot showers, lush grass and composting toilets.

https://www.that-place.co.nz/event-details/new-zealand-single-speed-champs?fbclid=IwY2xjawRH4mtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFsUTg2NXRSQTJZSHVBWEJDc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHnDsJ5M4xq4fQTjRV1Gk6SdDMmWsUSxRqxwPcG6OAVHo_qBEIASbBdxvhujO_aem_69Qrjj757cqgY5IoAsLcKA

For the fancy ones, check out the domes at www.takahuriglamping.co.nz

Aotearoa's most prestigious fancy dress bike race. That Place MTB Whanganui

08/02/2026

Check out the cool venue for The Awa Backyard Ultra and Backyard 6... That Place

29/01/2026

Last chance to take advantage of super early bird pricing and the additional 25% discount code - XMAS2025.

Ends tomorrow, 31 January at midnight.

https://theawa.co.nz/enter-now

29/01/2026

The 2026 Awa Backyard Ultra is an affliated event of the Big's Backyard Ultra Association. This means our event set-up, course and rules will all align with the rules set by them for affliated events.

As an affiliated Backyard event, Awa Backyard Ultra participant performances are eligible to earn a spot on a National Team for the Satellite Team Championships and the World Individual Championships at Big’s Backyard in Tennessee.

There is no finish

10/01/2026

Oops... we had a glitch with our registration system. Of course it happened over the Xmas and New Year period when the registration support team weren't available and when we were running the Xmas 25% discount. Only the most inconvenient time for all of us! 😬

It's all sorted now... with a switch of registration providers. To make it up to you we've extended the Xmas2025 discount code through until the end of this month. So get in now and take advantage of our best ever entry pricing.

If you did manage to get your entry in before the glitch happened. Don't panic, you are still entered. We'll migrate all your details across manually.