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Back in March, the NCNCA awarded Lindsay Myers a travel grant so she could participate in the USAC Women's Development Program in Europe. If you want to see how things are going for her overseas, check out her first report from the road.
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Monday, June 8th we will hold the June NCNCA meeting at Marie Callender's restaurant in Concord [map].
We gather at 7 PM, and the meeting starts around 7:20. Audio from the meeting will be broadcast beginning around 7:20 PM. If you log into the chat room you can even offer your comments via text messages, which will be read at the meeting.
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The road series calendar has been updated and series logos have been added next to races on the road calendar – this includes dates for the 'Ville and Cal Cup Series. The mountain bike calendar recently underwent a massive overhaul and now includes MTB races through December. For easier navigation 'jump to' links have been added to the road calendar, so you can jump right to the month you're interested in without having to scroll.
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Monday, May 11th we will hold the May NCNCA meeting at Marie Callender's restaurant in Concord [map].
We gather at 7 PM, and the meeting starts around 7:20. Audio from the meeting will be broadcast beginning around 7:20 PM. If you log into the chat room you can even offer your comments via text messages, which will be read at the meeting.
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Every club should have at least two officials; here's your chance to become one! On April 26th, Sunday, in Soulsbyville, Robert Leibold will conduct a New Official's Seminar and Test. There'll be a seminar on Sunday from 8:30am-5pm, covering road, track, cyclocross and mountain bike racing (location: Velo Promo, 19780 Soulsbyville Road, Soulsbyville, CA 95372 – 1.3 miles off Hwy 108 & 6 miles above Sonora). This will be followed by the open-book new officials test. To sign up, contact Robert at velopro1@sonnet.com or call (209) 533-4996. The USAC rulebooks and official's manual Pt I are available online at https://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=369. For the test it is encouraged that people put the online rulebooks on their laptops and then use a laptop during the test. It's much easier to search for certain keywords using the search function than to scroll through page after page. If a 2009 or 2008 USAC rulebook is available, that should also be brought to the seminar and test. For more information, click here.
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Davis will be the new home of the US Bicycling Hall of Fame, which is relocating from Somerville, NJ. "We're very excited that the Bicycling Hall of Fame will move to Davis, which hosted the first Amgen Tour of California stage earlier this year" said Caroline Beteta, president & CEO of the California Travel & Tourism Commission and the U.S. Travel Association. In a brief statement by President Dan Kehew, the California Bicycle Museum Board of Directors thanked the Davis community, the City of Davis, and the University of California, Davis for supporting the relocation proposal, which will involve integration with the California Bicycle Museum and thus a relocation to a larger facility in Davis. City of Davis officials are still in negotiations with several local facilities and will announce the new location for the museums within the next several weeks. Dawn Wylong, president of the Hall of Fame, said that overwhelming Davis support for cycling tipped the scales. "The Davis community is passionate about bicycles, at every level, in every aspect of cycling," Wylong said. "In Davis, the Hall of Fame will be celebrated and appreciated for what it represents." To read more, click here.
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Monday, Apr. 13th we will hold the April NCNCA meeting at Marie Callender's restaurant in Concord [map].
We gather at 7 PM, and the meeting starts around 7:20. Audio from the meeting will be broadcast beginning around 7:20 PM. If you log into the chat room you can even offer your comments via text messages, which will be read at the meeting.
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Every club should have at least two officials; here's your chance to become one! On April 4 & 5 in Santa Cruz, Robert Leibold will conduct a New Official's Seminar and Test. There'll be a seminar on Saturday from 9 am to 5:30 pm, covering road, track, cyclocross and mountain bike racing (location: Louden Nelson Center, Laurel and Center Streets, downtown Santa Cruz - four blocks from SC Sclassic Criterium course). On Sunday, trainees will work with the regular officials at the Santa Cruz Criterium in Santa Cruz, and then take the open-book new official's test during the final event of the day. To sign up, contact Robert at velopro1@sonnet.com or call (209) 533-4996. For more information, click here
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Monday, Mar. 9th we will hold the March NCNCA meeting at Marie Callender's restaurant in Concord [map].
We gather at 7 PM, and the meeting starts around 7:20. Audio from the meeting will be broadcast beginning around 7:20 PM. If you log into the chat room you can even offer your comments via text messages, which will be read at the meeting.
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The 2009 BAWC Series begins Sunday with the Menlo Park Grand Prix!
The first of 9 Series races, the Tri-Flow Menlo Park Grand Prix p/b Hawk Relay is the place to be next Sunday! In addition to the Category 4 and Category 3 Series races, the MPGP will also offer a Women's 1/2/3 race this year. This is a rare opportunity for category 3 women to race twice in one day, and a great chance for women's teams to all race and support their teammates in all categories!
For the Category 4 and Category 3 Series races, BAWC will add to the already great prize lists:
·$50 "team primes" in each race, with Left Coast Racing Team sponsoring the Category 4 primes and Team Roaring Mouse sponsoring the Category 3 primes
·Crocs gift certificate primes
·Zambrano Coffee primes and podium prizes
·Urban Oasis gift certificates
·additional cash for each podium place, sponsored by NCNCA
Pre-registration for the MPGP ends Wednesday evening. Register online now, compete in the Series, and support the Menlo Park Grand Prix!
The 2009 Women's Racing Series, run by Bay Area Women's Cycling and sponsored by NCNCA, is a points series with individual and team competitions. Points are automatically awarded to women who enter the category 3 and 4 Series races. Team points are awarded when two or more women from the same team compete in the same Series race. To learn more, visit our web site: http://bawcycling.com/series.html.
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Snelling road race will have chip timing/results this year.
This means there will be two steps to registration. (1) You will need to get in line for registration as usual (show license, sign/turn in form, pick up numbers), and then (2) go to the chip desk, to pick up your timing chip. There will be people there to help put them on your bike, so bring your bike to that line.
Immediately following finishing (or dropping out), go to the station just off the loop before returning to Snelling town to have your chip removed. Do not cross the finish line backwards after finishing; it will give you a later finish.
Alert: the start order has changed.
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A memo to the NCNCA community from Bruce Skidmore, race director for the Butterfly Criterium:
PACIFIC GROVE CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 6:00 p.m.
Council Chambers - City Hall - 300 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA
We are pleased to announce that the Butterfly Criterium currently scheduled for Sunday, May 31, 2009, is now on the Pacific Grove City Council agenda for Wednesday, February 18, 2009. We already have the support of all downtown PG organizations and this is the last step in the approval process to bring back this storied race to our community. The meeting starts at 6:00 pm and we are currently projecting to have our issue discussed and hopefully approved under "new items" around 7:30 pm. The agenda will be posted on the city's website by 5:00 pm this Friday where we may have an updated time for our agenda item.
It is extremely important that we have a large showing of local support for this event. The Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce and the Ghost Tree Racing Team is requesting all area cyclists and their families/children show up to show their support by attending this meeting. Cyclists are requested to wear appropriate team cycling shirts, vests or jackets. Please also distribute this email to all interested parties across the cycling community.
Here is the link to PG City Council meeting guidelines
For more information, please contact any of the following Ghost Tree Racing Team officials:
Kip Evans, Director of Communications, cell 831-601-9042, email kip@kipevansphotography.com
Jon Shoemaker, Sponsorship Director, email shoemakerfloors@yahoo.com
Andrew Leisner, President, cell 831-233-1700, email aleisner@mac.com
Bruce Skidmore
Race Director, Cell: 831.233.0437, Bruce@mccvb.org
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Gear and Lycra Drive: Your old gear can get a second life and help out new League riders. We will be collecting equipment at Early Bird Race #4 on January 24th. Gear can also be dropped off at any Official League Shop (or the film screenings).
Movie screening: A fabulous documentary, "Road to Roubaix." This film puts the 2007 Paris-Roubaix, the most famous one-day spring classic, into historical perspective mixing old footage with new. The movie is showing in Larkspur, Berkeley, Palo Alto, and Folsom before and during the Tour of California. Between now and January 24th everyone gets two tickets for the price of one! Click here for tickets and information.
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Monday, Jan. 12th we will hold the January NCNCA meeting at Marie Callender's restaurant in Concord [map].
We gather at 7 PM, and the meeting starts around 7:20. Audio from the meeting will be broadcast beginning around 7:20 PM. If you log into the chat room you can even offer your comments via text messages, which will be read to the meeting.
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