Sussex Cycle Racing LeagueWe are still two volunteers for EACH race short for tomorrow. Midday Friday will be the absolute deadline to fill these roles or the racing cannot go ahead. Sign up below.
We will endeavour to keep social media updated by midday as to the situation.
Week 16 of track this Wednesday as well as the last in the Summer Series on Friday.
As ever we need volunteers to help run the events.
To volunteer at track on Wednesday click here.
To marshal at the circuits on Friday click here.
To come and help with the judging and other roles at Fridays event click here.
Track entry closes at normal time of 3pm Wednesday and circuits closes at 7pm Wednesday.
Enter either event on RiderHQ by clicking here.
Healthy(ish) entries for Fridays three races now, but very little in the way of marshals and/or judges and/or sign-on volunteers.
Kudos to those of you who have stepped up to help out. Do remember that we won’t run half a schedule (i.e. all races need cover or we don’t run the event at all).
** We already changed judging/sign-on so that you can just cover one race if needed **
Sign up for marshal spots here and judging/sign-on here.
Update after entries close at 7pm.
Entries are looking very thin right now and we are lacking not just marshals but also people for sign-on and judging.
Events have a minimum financial feasibility and if we don’t think we can cover costs we simply won’t run it. If everybody waited until the last minute to enter, there would (will?) never be any events.
On top of that, the same volunteers cannot dedicate time to this every single race, and none of the usual people are available for judging or sign-on. It is generally preferable for people to do these roles for the whole race evening, but we have made three slots available for each role (1 per race) to enable this if needs be. Ideally you would have a bit of racing knowledge to be familiar with categories and licences, lapping and placing etc. but it isn’t necessary as full training will be given.
Entries close at 7pm Wednesday and we will take a view then as to whether it is worth running or not.
To sign up for a judging or sign-on role click here.
To sign up for marshalling a race click here.
To enter the race click here.
A true local legend has stepped in to save the Summer Series #3 this Friday. As it was a bit touch-and-go we have extended the closing date for this race to 6pm on Thursday. Get those entries in!
Once again we have to remind people that we can’t race without filling marshal positions, so please sign up to do your bit here.
Due to unforeseen and unpreventable circumstances the commissaire assigned for this weeks Summer Circuits #3 on Friday can no longer attend.
If you, or anyone you that know is a qualified circuit commissaire that can cover the event, please contact us at promoter@scrl.co.uk or the South East Commissaire Co-Ordinator directly.
Thank You
This is still open until 6pm tonight for any latecomers (click here to sign up). There looks like there will still be a few spots on the day if you decide to join in. Be there by 5:30pm if so.
We also need some help in the following areas:
We have a VERY large amount of people coming tomorrow and having enough bikes in certain sizes may be a stretch. If you have a size 56 or 58 (ish) track bike you don’t mind being used and can bring it down that might make things much easier.
We could also use some people to marshal the track while this all goes on, so please add your name in here if you can help (or if you already intend to be there to help).
Any riders already accredited (youth B or above) can come down for some potential track time or to help out, but we have quite a few riders so space/time may be limited.
Entry is now open for #3 on Friday June 23rd. You can enter here.
Entries are closed for Summer Circuits #2 and we are short on marshals for races 2 and 3.
Riders from race 3 are turning up early to marshal for race 1 (and a few for 2 as well) so it would be nice if those entered for the other races could do likewise.
Click here to sign up. We don’t run half a race meeting. We cover all the races or none of them happen.
Another reminder that there are entries available on the day, £15 for the Womens race and £18 for the others.
As you have probably noticed, there is a bit of an issue in the South East region with levels of volunteers available to fulfil all the roles needed to put on a race. This affects not just SCRL events but all events in the South East as a whole.
We lost last weeks racing as there are few commissaires available in the south east right now. Events #3, #5 and #6 also currently have no comm assigned as no-one is available. We also got three new event organisers on board that have been covering SCRL events this year but even that is not very many when you consider how many events we put on.
When these roles are met by only a few individuals, they end up doing the work time and time again, which means that in a very short space of time they reach their limit and we are back where we started.
So this post will cover a few of the roles that we think any racer should consider, in order to help racing in the South East survive. None of these require you to “give up racing”, on a permanent basis. If we had almost every racer able to fill these roles, everyone would have to sacrifice racing just one or maybe two events a year, and we could have a full calendar. We know it seems difficult fitting it in around other commitments, but this is exactly the same thing that current volunteers have to do.
Many of these roles come with membership benefits, such as free membership to Bronze level, or a discount of such on a higher level membership.
The officials appointed by British Cycling to officiate fair and safe racing. New requirements mean that almost all events require TWO commissaires to be in attendance so the need for qualified officials is higher than ever.
Our interest would be in more circuit or track commissaires (there are also others such as road, cx, mtb etc.) and trainees could potentially be able to complete at least a certain amount of those at Preston Park (if there are events to attend).
Read about this role and see training course availability here.
Exactly what it says on the tin! Event organisers liase with the South East events co-ordinator before the beginning of each season to sort out the calendar for the coming year. They are also responsible for listing the event on the BC website and arranging all the requirements for the event itself.
Event organisers can also delegate this role for an event to other organisers through the BC online system so that they do not have to attend every event they list.
Anyone who chooses to be an organiser for SCRL events can do so in the knowledge that all the equipment needed is available and that there are experienced organisers in the league to help get you started and “hand hold” if needs be.
To get the organiser dashboard enabled on your BC account you must undergo a short training course, which can often be delivered online.
Read more about being an event organiser here.
Coaches are able to deliver both general and specialised cycle training and coaching depending on the level of qualification.
The biggest contribution to SCRL would be more people able to lead track accreditation courses so that we could offer these more often. More frequent accreditation courses means more riders and a more successful and vibrant track league!
You can read more about becoming a British Cycling qualified coach here.
SCRL would be willing to consider subsidising or paying for an SCRL regular to undertake coaching courses. If you are interested please email committee@scrl.co.uk.
We have secured Friday June 16th as an available accreditation date.
With the long sunlight that day we are going to try and run it as a “one and done” session (i.e. all accreditation done in one session).
To get more information and sign up see our accreditation calendar page here.