Winter Regional Series 2007/8
Round 6 Peterborough due for 16th
March had to be cancelled at the very last minute – about 0900 on
the Sunday. The track was in good condition on Saturday but the
torrential rains throughout the night left large areas under water –
both for parking and riding. There being no other suitable date the
Region has decided that the series will be based on the 5 rounds
completed and trophies will be awarded to riders who took part in 2
or more rounds. Trophies will be presented at the first regional on
April 20th at Milton Keynes
Spring Classic at Royston – April 6th 2008
The
regular Summer Season opener is again returning to Royston this
year. Registration Closes 11-00pm so do not be late! Your plate
should be your 2008 National or Regional ranking plate or the last 3
digits of your licence number – and the plate should be the correct
colour. There will be another track tidy up on April 5th
in the afternoon but hopefully there will be little to do.
2008
National and Regional Race Dates
The dates for 2008 are now confirmed and are in the
East Anglia leaflet with this news letter and in the club annual
brochure which is available on request. Feel free to ask for a
handful to take to school or local library etc.
Sponsorship
Unfortunately this year we have not been able to obtain sponsorship
for the club to enable us to provide clothing for the riders. We
have however been awarded a grant by “O2 – it’s your community” This
is specifically for a one man practice gate and the award covers
about 50% of the cost and we are hopeful to get more funding to
cover the rest so it is available for coaching sessions and “Come
and try” events.
Club Membership
Your annual
club membership is now due and forms are available from the
membership secretary or can be printed off the web site. Please
complete and return them, with the fee either directly to the
membership secretary or see them at the club meetings. This year it
has a few new sections so read it carefully.
British Cycling
Membership and Licence.
This is the
complicated bit – you must remember that there are two different
parts to this. Your BC “membership”, which is on the one side of
your BC card, runs for 12 months from when it was issued but your BC
“Race Licence”, which is actually an internationally recognised
licence, is the coloured side of the card and runs from January 1st
to the end of December. So if you have not applied for a licence for
2008 you do not have one now although your membership may still be
valid! The colour of the licence changes each year and this colour
change is across the cycling world as dictated by the UCI.
Royston And
District Sports Fayre – Royston Sports Centre – Sunday 27th April
The RDSC is now
formally 'Sport Royston', continuing the many initiatives of
'Royston & District Sports Council'. The 3rd Royston Sports Fayre on
April 27th has invited our club to participate but unfortunately
this date clashes with the National event at Cheddar. There are
different options and if we can not find someone to run a “come and
try” session that day maybe we can mount a visual 2-dimensional
display that would not be very demanding of human resources.
It is very
important that our club should be seen at the Sports Fayre to show
what is on offer and has been achieved by your efforts.
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