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Once again we are just two weeks from our first race and we find that very few people have taken up the volunteer positions we require to run the races.

You can sign up on our volunteer status page here, or you can email us by clicking here.

Please consider the following scenarios and whether you can help out:

• If racing, you could marshall after or before your race, still leaving an hour for warm-up:
  • Older youth could marshall for women after their race
  • Women could marshall for 4ths after their race
  • 4ths could marshall for youth race or for 2/3/4
  • 2/3/4 could marshall for women or 4ths
• Parents of youth could marshall while they race, meaning no hanging around before or after.
• Seniors, persuade a friend to come along and marshall for your race.

All marshalls/volunteers working get a free hot drink from coops coffee! Volunteer for more than one race and get a free drink for each race!

We also MUST have qualified First Aid for each race. If you can help in this respect, or if anyone you are bringing to marshall is qualified please let us know.

And now the nasty bit. A reminder:

• SCRL is a group of volunteers who already give up a large portion of their time to put these races on and ensure that they happen.
• It is not a cycling club with a roster of volunteers to call on.
• It is not making money on anything that will not benefit everyone. All profits from the racing that SCRL promotes goes back into promoting the racing, and sustaining and improving the track and the velodrome.

If we can’t fill these positions with a week to go, the event may well have to be cancelled.

If the same thing happens for the next weeks race, the entire series will have to be pulled.

Your co-operation is appreciated.

Lets make this happen!

Thanks to a swift response at BC (thanks Tarn!) the bookings are open again. Someone (ahem) made a bad edit a couple of days ago which changed the limit across all races.

Now go enter a race!

Hi everyone,

We are aware that our first event on the 23rd Feb is showing as fully booked for some reason which prevents entries from being made.

This is not the case and we have asked BC to look into it as a matter of urgency.

We will notify you all when the situation is resolved.

Thanks for your understanding.

We are now little more than a month away from our first circuit race of 2020 so we need people to step up and do all the jobs which are a requirement for us to be able to put on British Cycling sanctioned racing.

So whether you are racing, spectating, or just have an interest in keeping our local racing scene and the wonderful venue that is Preston Park Velodrome alive, please sign up.

You can read more about the volunteering roles here, and we now have a dedicated volunteer status page here, where you can see which roles still need to be fulfilled. They include a link to the Google Documents spreadsheet where you can enter your own details into any of the available slots.

If you wish to volunteer but don’t have any access to Google Docs or simply don’t want to use it, you can still email the volunteering coordinator by clicking here and letting us know your name and which slots you can fill. We will then add your details to the spreadsheet for you (please remember this is all volunteer run so if you can add your name yourself that is preferable).

Until then … ride on!

Now that we’re all sick of the sight of mince pies and don’t want to see turkey again for at least a year, we all need something to kickstart the exercise again. Well … here it is!

Our Winter Circuit Series is now live on British Cycling and ready for entry. Click here for all the details.

The series kicks off on Sunday February 23rd 2020 and the format is much the same with a few tweaks.

• Field sizes have been reduced to 30 from 35
• The first race is a youth A/B race to themselves, not mixed with the Womens race
• The time of the first race has also been pushed back to 9:30am. This will hopefully encourage a few more youth along by not having to get parents out of bed quite as early on a Sunday!
• The Womens races will alternate each week between category 3/4 and 2/3/4.
• From the second week onward, the 2/3/4 senior race will be a Regional A Circuit Race. That means 15 points to the winner!

So what are you waiting for?

Just a quick reminder that the AGM is tonight. Awards, news and roller racing! (and booze, bring cash). Details in the original post here.

Be there for 5:30 to get yourself fed and watered, meeting starts 6:00pm prompt. Knoyle Hall, Knoyle Road, Brighton BN1 6RB

P.S. Remember that donations of cake, home made or store bought, are welcome fund raisers!

The committee have formalised the rules we will be using for the roller challenge at the AGM.

Equipment and etiquette

1. Bike will be provided [there will be frame sizes 49cm x 2, 52cm x 2, 56cm x 2, 58cm x 1].
2. Gearing will be 48 x 15 for all bikes
3. No cycle kit allowed to be worn by competitors.
4. Bikes will be held on the rollers by two holders for each bike.
5. It is riders responsibility to ride in an even manner to facilitate staying on the rollers.
6. No restarts after the first 3 seconds from the start have elapsed.
7. No mechanical assistance.
8. No aerobars
9. No helmets

Format

1. Entry fee £2 seniors [16 and over], £1 youth category  [under 16]
2. Categories [all ages relate to the day of the competition] – under 16 boys, under 16 girls, under 40 Men, under 40 Women, 40 and over Men, 40 and over Women.
3. Anyone who rode senior track leagues in 2019 cannot enter the youth event.
4. Event distance will be 500 metres
5. Two riders race simultaneously
6. Riders times determine progression to the finals
7. The finals will be based on numbers entering but will consist of at least a final where there are four (4) or more riders in the category.

It’s the AGM in a few weeks time, October 5th at 6pm sharp, (usual place: Knoyle Hall on Knoyle Road, Brighton). But this year we’re going to have some racing too…

Come along with your bike and have a go at our SCRL roller racing event!

For those of you not in the know, roller racing is usually a mix of head to head competition between two riders or single effort time trials, all on rollers (on fixed wheel bikes) in the comfort and warmth of the indoors! If you aren’t too confident on rollers, fear not. When you race on rollers there are two “holders” per rider to keep you steady so you can really let rip!

Races are usually over a few short distances (no more than 1km). Both sets of rollers are connected to a giant “clock dial” behind them which tracks the distance, and which the crowd can see but the riders cannot! This all contributes to the yelling and heckling from the crowd which really makes the event come alive!

Top riders will get prizes of a cut from the entry fees (planned to be £2 each), so the more people that enter, the more you can win!

The league will provide some bikes in varying sizes with appropriate gearing, so you don’t need to bring your own (though you can if you want). Ditto the lycra, wear it if you want but it’s not compulsory.

The rollers are very kindly being provided by BEC CC (https://www.beccyclingclub.co.uk).

Some of the SCRL regulars went to a BEC CC roller racing night before the start of the season this year, so to get a taste of whats involved check out the videos below.

After some damp spells during the day and preceding night the weather turned (mostly) fine for the 12th and final week of our circuit series.

Provisional results are below. As always if there are any queries please email results@scrl.co.uk or use the contact form. Please do not use social media for these queries.

So that just about wraps it up for the circuit series. With just three weeks of racing in the Wednesday track league remaining the summer programme of racing is almost over.

We would like to thank all of the various volunteers, marshalls, commissaires and judges, as well as the other folks who do lots of work outside the actual race meeting, who keep all of our events rolling throughout the year. The racing could not happen without their selfless donation of their personal time.

And we’d also like to thank all the people who raced. We think that Preston Park velodrome has an important part to play in keeping the local (and further!) racing scene alive and well, and it’s great to see so many people enjoy their racing there.

If only there were some sort of mid-winter race at Preston Park ….

Category 4 Senior/Junior

Pos	Forename	Surname	Club / Team Name	Cat
1	Kevin	Phillips	Brighton Mitre CC	4
2	Martin	Dyde	BTNRT	4
3	Joshua	Beattie	Sussex Nomads CC	4
4	Matt	Lui	Brighton Mitre CC	4
DNS	Uzo	Onuoha	BTNRT	4

Category 3/4 Women/Junior Women

Pos	Forename	Surname	Club / Team Name	Cat
1	Anya	Tamplin		4
2	Gemma	Hobson	URDT	3
3	Clare	Johnson	Brighton Mitre CC	4
4	Ileia	Spyropoulou		4
5	Elaine	Burroughs	Brighton Mitre CC	3
6	Wendy	Harman	Brighton Mitre CC	4
7	Isobel	Beattie	Brighton Mitre CC	4
8	Andrina	Kelly	Brighton Mitre CC	4
DNS	Alison	Lewis	Brighton Mitre CC	4

Category 2/3 Senior/Junior

Pos	Forename	Surname	Club / Team Name	Cat
1	Henry	James	Crawley Wheelers	2
2	Jake	Roe		2
3	Jamie	Pullen	1904 RT	2
4	Paul	James	Crawley Wheelers	2
5	Jeremy	Whittaker	Brighton Mitre CC	3
6	Joshua	Guest	Oxted Cycling Club	3
7	James	De Rico	SRVC	3
8	Connor	Clancy	Brighton Mitre CC	3
9	Gavin	Mitchell	Twickenham CC	2
10	Przemek	Jersz	Southborough	3
11	Simon	McCleod	Brighton Mitre CC	3
12	Colin	Chambers	Crawley Wheelers	3
DNS	Richard	Moult	Brighton Mitre CC	3
DNS	Thomas	Quaid	Foran CCC	2
DNS	John	Tindell	Brighton Mitre CC	3

An evening of lovely weather and some fine racing.

First and foremost a big thank you to everyone who volunteered to marshal and run the event. We don’t have the names handy but you know who you are, and the event could not have run without you, so well done!

We have some provisional results below, these will be sent to BC as soon as possible. Any queries or issues please email results@scrl.co.uk or use the contact form on the website. Please do not use social media for these queries.

Provisional Results

Cat 2/3

Place	No.	Forename	Surname	Club / Team Name	Cat
1	26	Charlie	Heffernam	Southdowns Bikes – Casco PET	2
2	31	Jake	Roe		2
3	34	Henry	James	Crawley Wheelers	2
4	15	Thomas	Quaid	Foran CCC	2
5	2	Paul	Barnard	Southdowns Bikes – Casco PET	2
6	28	Jamie	Pullen	1904RT	2
7	5	Mark	Day	URDT	2
8	11	Andrew	Larking	Sussex Revolution Velo Club	3
9	29	Ben	Huttly	Brighton Mitre CC	2
10	6	James	Di Rico	Sussex Revolution Velo Club	3
11	12	Richard	Moult	Brighton Mitre CC	3
12	3	Ian	Baynes	TMG Horizon Cycling Team	3
13	22	Graham	Winstanley	Sussex Revolution Velo Club	3
14	1	Gavin	Ash	Worthing Excelsior CC	3
15	23	Declan	Egan	Kingston	2
16	21	Stanley	Kennett	TBW23	2
17	30	Nigel	MacAodha	Foran “cycling ireland”	2
Not Placed	8	Mark	Fisher	trainSharp Club	3
Not Placed	10	Oliver	Lane	Worthing Excelsior CC	3
Not Placed	13	Christian	Olley	TMG Horizon Cycling Team	3
Not Placed	16	Daniel	Selmes	Hastings & St Leonards CC	3
Not Placed	17	Mark	Wall	BTNRT	3
Not Placed	20	Rupert	Greatwood	Tri Surrey	3
Not Placed	25	Ali	Baird	URDT	3
Not Placed	32	Fergus	Brady	PB Coaching	3
Not Placed	33	David	Douse	PB Coaching	3
DNF	7	Daniel	Ellis	Eastbourne Rovers CC	3
DNF	14	Robert	Paynter	URDT	3
DNF	18	Alex	Beyfus	Sussex Nomads	3
DNF	19	John	Tindell	Brighton Mitre CC	3
DNF	24	Tobias	Bunyan	Eastbourne Rovers CC	3
DNF	27	Gabriel	Parle		3
DNS	4	Jack	Churchill	Brighton Excelsior CC	3
DNS	9	Tom	Hilder	trainSharp Club	3

Women Cat 3/4

Place	No.	Forename	Surname	Club / Team Name	Cat
1	56	Alice	Gilmore	Brighton Mitre CC	3
2	57	Anya	Tamplin		4
3	51	Gemma	Hobson	URDT	3
4	54	Ileia	Spyropoulou		4
5	52	Clare	Johnson	Brighton Mitre CC	4
6	55	Ellie	Taylor	URDT	3
7	50	Isobel	Beattie	Brighton Mitre CC	4
8	58	Wendy	Harman	Brighton Mitre CC	4
9	53	Alison	Lewis	Brighton Mitre CC	4

Cat 4

Place	No.	Forename	Surname	Club / Team Name	Cat
1	157	Dan	Neal	N+1 – Lindfield Coffee Works	4
2	164	Jack	Lear	Southborough	4
3	153	Joshua	Foster	Evans Cycles Race Team	4
4	162	Dan	Ellis	BTNRT	4
5	155	Seamus	McAlister	Brighton Mitre CC	4
6	161	Michael	Ward	Horsham	4
7	159	Kevin	Phillips	Brighton Mitre CC	4
8	163	Simon	McLeod	Brighton Mitre CC	4
9	150	Ernesto	Battinelli	BTNRT	4
10	165	Jack	Godfrey	Beachy Head	4
11	151	Joshua	Beattie	Sussex Nomads CC	4
12	152	Martin	Dyde	BTNRT	4
13	160	Luca	Stringer	Crawley Wheelers	4
14	166	Keith	Pope	Dulwich	4
15	154	Matt	Lui	Brighton Mitre CC	4
DNS	158	John	Osbourn	Crawley Wheelers