Title: Week 6 (July 22 2011) Post by: Artson on July 20, 2011, 12:45:59 PM (http://www.rawtrack.com.au/RAW_Track_Logo.jpg) News and Information 2011 For Week 5 July 15 2011 Week 5 Bring it! RAW TRACK Newsletter 2011 sponsored by: (http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9215/68059609.jpg) www.Bicisport.com.au This week’s Races • Round 1 warm up Scratch • Round 2 No Race this week (wheel-races every 2nd week) • Round 3 ½ field sprints (half your grade (max 12) over 5 laps) • Round 4 Mystery Lapper (bell @ 1 ½ to go) • Round 5 Round 5 Combines + CNSW Time Blaster 8:48 for $200 Explain these races Half Field 5 lap scratch/sprint. Your Division will be split into two heats. So if there are 18 riders in div 2 there will be two heats each containing 9 riders. However the maximum in a field is 12 riders, so if we have more than 24 sign on in any division we will actually have 3 heats. The race is run under standard scratch race rules. At only 1.25km in length this race is considered more like a sprint than a scratch race. Here is a video, but please do not emulate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaW_2E_bPU0 Mystery- This is a standard scratch race however the number of laps is predetermined by the organiser and concealed. The riders are given a bell with 1 lap to go. (Tonight this will happen at 1.5 laps) Point Score info Last week’s top scorers • Div 1 Nick Yallouris 18 points • Div 2 4 x riders 15 points • Div 3 Keith Bennett 18 points • Div 4 4 x riders 15 points • Div 5 O’Mahony + McEwen 16 points TWE Wheels Division leaders (http://www.rawtrack.com.au/TWE.jpg) • Div 1 Gavin White 80 points • Div 2 Scott Mills 75 points • Div 3 Bradley Heap 73 points • Div 4 Phillip Dobe 79 points • Div 5 Lizanne Willmot 69 points Teams/Clubs Challenge (http://www.mandurahsbikeman.com.au/shop/images/logo.gif) 1 Dulwich Hill 1836 2 Lidcombe 1175 3 Illawarra 976 4 Penrith 789 5 Central Coast 586 6 Sutherland 565 7 St George 546 8 Bankstown Sports 481 9 Randwick Botany 459 10 Bicisport 445 Points for 2011 series • For every week you attend you receive 10 points • In rounds 3,and 4 top 4 place getters receive 5,3,2 and 1point respectively • From August 26 place getter points are doubled. Big thanks to those who supported the Fund Raiser? • We raised over $1000 for Tim and Jackson • It was brought to my attention that despite the riders levy being around $7000 this is only a % of the actual costs. The significant support of Cycling Australia, AIS and the Commonwealth Games Association is as always greatly appreciated. Should I go up a grade? • At RAW you will be never be told what grade you have to ride. • However your peers may politely suggest you change grades. • Added to this, I may offer some advice, in an attempt to pre-empt your peers. • Division 5 over the past weeks has been anything but the slowest grade making it very difficult for the true Div 5 riders to get a respectable race. • In the history of RAW, the “choose your own” grade policy has only been seriously rorted on three occasions, are you interested in being the fourth? Canteen @ the DGV • Our good friends from Bankstown Sports Cycling club will again be running a canteen this Friday • They provide a range of foods and drinks and well worth supporting. • To allow for a prompt pack up please order you food before the last race of the night. Wednesday training @ the DGV • Our good friends from Bankstown Sports Cycling club will again be running track training this Wednesday. • This is a great opportunity to advance your track skills or just learn some. • Training starts at 6pm for the beginners and after 7pm there is a 160 lapper above the blue. (http://www.nsw.cycling.org.au/cy_nsw/club/2002/uniform1.jpg) Again in 2011- No series prize for winners of Div 5 • Div 5 was introduced to be a stepping stone to riding in a higher grade • In the past, some riders have not progressed to a higher grade because they were highly ranked for the point series. Even though they had progressed in speed and ability. • To return Div 5 to its intended purpose and encourage riders to step up, there will be no series prize for Div 5 in 2010 • Riders will continue to score points in Div 5 and can take them up to Div 4 (as per RAW Track Constitution) • As with 2010 Trophies are still awarded to the top place getters, along with the season DVD, however they receive no money or tickets for the prize pool. 6 month Licence available • The Cycling Australia 6 month licences are available from July 1 • If you wish to join ATTA-nsw, they have a representative at RAW track that can assist you. • ATTA-nsw offer a subsidised rate for joining and will have forms next to the sign on table. (http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4118/attanswlogo.jpg) |