News and Information
For Series 9
2010
For Week 5
July 23 2010
Week 5 Bring it! RAW TRACK Newsletter 2010 sponsored by:
www.Bicisport.com.au
The Kirrawee Cycles 1.5km Wheel Race • This week’s feature race will be the Kirrawee Cycles1.5km wheel-race in Round 2
• Riders finishing in the top 4 of the warm up scratch race from Div 1-4 will qualify
• In the event of a division being split, the top two of each heat will qualify
• Handicaps:
• Div 1 = 0m
• Div 2 = 50m-60m
• Div 3 = 100m-110m
• Div 4 = 170-180m
The Kirrawee Cycles 1.5km Wheel Race
Prize List • First Place = includes a wicked set of machined alloy sealed bearing rollers
Recommended retail = $349 on sale now at
www.kirraweecycles.com.au for $279
This week’s Races• Round 1 warm up Scratch
• Round 2 The Kirrawee Cycles 1.5km Wheel-Race
• Round 3 ½ field sprints
• Round 4 Point’a’Lap • Round 5 Round 5 Combines
Explain these races Point'a'Lap- The race is run similar to a point score-however each lap is a sprint for first place only and worth one point. The overall winner is the rider with the most points.
Half Field 4 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 10 riders, so if we have more than 20 sign on in any division we will actually have 3 heats. The race is run under standard scratch race rules. At only 1km 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 About this Friday’s Sponsor • Kirrawee Cycles is a specialist retailer of cycling products with a large range of bicycles and accessories.
• They are located in Kirrawee, Sydney, Australia, about 5 minutes ride to the Royal National Park with some of the best trails in the Sydney area (and we make frequent use of it !)
Junior Development NOT on this week • Next week
• coaching starts at 6pm
• Cost is $5
• Again this year the first race of the night will be a Junior development demonstration starting at 7:05pm
Point Score info
Last week’s top scorers • Div 1 Tirian McManus + Gavin White 18 points
• Div 2 Phil Dixon + John Nguyen 18 points
• Div 3 Ian Dencker + Darryl Thorncraft 18 points
• Div 4 Henry + Peter Baird 17 points
• Div 5 Glen McIntosh 18 points
TWE Wheels Division leaders 
• Div 1 Dave Stevens 64 points
• Div 2 Phil Dixon 73 points
• Div 3 Darryl Thorncraft 64 points
• Div 4 Henry Baird + Justin Buckland 58 points
• Div 5 Sean Oaten + Paul Harvey 56 points
Teams/Clubs Challenge1 Dulwich Hill 1243
2 Lidcombe 766
3 Illawarra 720
4 Bicisport 588
5 Sutherland 553
6 Waratah Vets 497
7 Bankstown Sports 449
8 Randwick Botany 393
9 Bathurst 342
10 Parramatta 337
11 Southern cross 331
12 Penrith 300
Points for 2010 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 27 place getter points are doubled.
2010 series winner • The winner of the 2010 RAW track series (division 1) will receive a pair of full custom (cut and moulded) Bont cycling shoes!
Who do I think should 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.
• This week I will add my opinion to the sign on Sheet.
• If you see, next to your name “?” it is my belief that you should ride a higher grade.
• If you see, next to your name “??”it is my belief that you are sandbagging and you are more than capable of riding a higher grade.
• 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?
This is the last week to make the TWE wheel-race 
• The famous TWE mid-season Wheel-Race will be held week 6 (July 30 2010).
The wheel-race rewards those who start the season strongly.
• The top 4 of each grade (div4-div1) at the completion of week 5 will qualify for the wheel-race
• each rider will be individually handicapped; any rider who I perceive to be sandbagging will be severely disadvantaged.
• First prize is a set of custom built TWE wheels.
These wheels will be professionally built by Greg Ryan to meet your specific requirements
Canteen trial this week • Our good friends from Bankstown Sports Gymnastic club will be running a canteen this Friday
• This is a trial to see if it is viable.
• Chances are that food will run out early
