Saturday 3 October

Youth races at 1.15pm ……including

and followed by

beginner men's race at 2.45pm

and

a women's race for Cat E/1/2/3/4 riders at 2.46pm

You are invited to compete in an afternoon of racing on the Hillingdon cycle circuit.

It's traffic-free, so especially suited to children and all those adults who are newcomers to racing.

Programme

1.15pm - 2.30pm

race 1: 13.15 start for 30mins U8 U10 and U14

U8                           placings for each age category count towards club prize
U10                         placings for each age category count towards club prize

                              overall: £250 cash awards shared between the top three clubs as earned by their riders in                                 each of the three youngest age categories….the split being….
                                                                                   first club: £150
                                                                                   second club: £60
                                                                                   third club: £40

points awarded:       according to finishing position
                              (in each age group)
                              and also based on number of riders
                              (in each age group)

(for more details see below)

U14                         prize for winning boy and prize for winning girl
                                winner under-14 boy £20
                                winner under-14 girl £20

race 2: 14.00 start for 30mins U12 and U16

U12                         placings for each individual rider also count towards the club prizes as the £220 on                                  offer is shared between riders in the three youngest age groups - U8, U10 and U12

U16                         prize for winning boy and prize for winning girl
                               winner under-16 boy £20
                               winner under-16 girl £20

race 3: men's 4th cat race start: 2.45pm 1 hour + 5laps

race 4: women's E/1st/2nd/3rd/4th cat race start: 2.46pm 1hour + 4 laps

Entries Youth race: entries on the line £3
Judge and commissaire for youth races: Steve May stevemay@dircon.co.uk

Adult races: advance entries £13 entries on the line £16

(adult races: figures include £1 supplement to be paid out to race winner)

cheques made out to: John Leitch
post to: 7 The Avenue, Brockham, Betchworth, Surrey, RH3 7EN

Marshalls wanted
If you are coming with a friend please let me know if they will offer to act as a marshall.

Promoter: John Leitch, Festival RC
email: johnleitch65@googlemail.com
m: 07963 377 249
home: 01737 84 36 01

Calling all cycling nuts….here's your chance for glory

Everybody tells you that you're Cycling Nuts and there's nothing wrong with that.

But as Cycling Nuts go, where are you on the nutty ladder? Are you just mildly nuts or do you stand on the highest rung, being graded as completely nuts?

Well here's a good way to find out because now you and your club can once again be officially certified as the biggest load of Cycling Nuts out there.

There are prizes worth a total of £330….so come and race

So you want to hear the details?

Well, on Saturday 3rd October there will be youth races at Hillingdon cycle circuit starting at 1.15pm. In the three youngest age group, every rider will collect points and the club with the most points wins the title of "the biggest load of Cycling Nuts".

How will the points system work?

Well, if there are 20 riders are in your age category, for example, then the winner gets 20 points while the second-placed finisher gets 19 points and so on all the way down to the one point earned by the rider finishing in 20th place. That means everyone counts. You all pick up points for your club.

If there were 15 riders in the next age category, say, then the points on offer would range from 15 down to 1.

So the more riders we come with, the better our chances?

Exactly.

In all, there will be prize money of £330 for us?

No the £330 is split between £250 for the age groups Under 12, Under 10 and Under 8 leaving the £80 balance for the riders in the second race for Under 16 and Under 14 age groups.

OK. How will the £250 be split?

The top three clubs will share in the total:

first: £150 second: £60 third: £40

What is there for the two older categories: U14 and U16?

Last year it was chaotic running five age groups at once, so splitting everyone between two races should make life easier for Steve May and his team of eagle-eyes who have to do the totting up.

In the three youngest categories, riders tend to split and finish individually, so that's not bad to judge.

However the U14 and U16 get tactical and often finish in a packs and that's why Steve has asked for them to be allocated to different races, so we have U14 in the first race and U16 in the following event.

What do they stand to collect?

A total of £80, split between four individual winners:

                        winner under-14 boy £20
                        winner under-14 girl £20
                        winner under-16 boy £20
                        winner under-16 girl £20