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Once again we find ourselves short of volunteers for the Friday circuit races.

We are most short on cover for the 2/3 races. Those volunteers who are racers are all 2/3 racers, leaving us very short of cover for their race.

It would seem that if 2/3 racers are getting there earlier to support the 4th cat and womens races it would be nice to have a reciprocal favour of providing them with cover for their race also.

The table below shows the current positions.

Commissaire	Mike Leonard
Roving Marshal 1	Stuart Bettis
Roving Marshal 2	Richard Moult [not 2/3]
Gate Marshal	Tobias Bunyan [not 2/3]
Judge 1	Ben Gerrey
Judge 2	Chris Hough
Ipad Operator
Sign On	Dave Gerrey
Gear Checker (1st hr)
First Aider*	Alex Beyfus [not 2/3]

*First Aider can combine with Marshalling [if qualified]. This is the minimum needed for being allowed to run our events. 

So please, contact volunteering@scrl.co.uk or drop a message on Facebook or Twitter (links below in the email or on the right hand side of the web page) and let us know if you can help.

SCRL Committee

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Still some spaces left for Fridays circuit races. They all have just enough for full points, so you’d only have to beat one or two of the field to get points out of it ….. just saying.

Enter on-the-line up to 15 minutes before the start of the race.

Take a look at the races on offer here.

Tomorrow sees the SCRL sprint championships roll around once again. This year things will run slightly differently for the seniors, so here are some guidance notes so that you know what will be happening tomorrow.

All Seniors

• All senior categories will race as one in the sprint championships (no A/B/C categories).
• All riders wishing to take part in the sprint championships MUST sign up on the separate sign up sheet before the close of sign-on.
• All riders entering the sprint competition CANNOT enter the “NON SPRINT” senior races on the schedule, regardless of their sprint championships qualifying status (i.e. if you are knocked out in qualifying you still cannot ride these races).
• The “NON SPRINT” races will be awarded REDUCED points and places. Only the first three places will be awarded points of 3, 2 and 1 respectively.
• Any senior races on the schedule which are NOT explicitly named “NON SPRINT” will be run in the normal manner.

Sprint Champs Entrants

• Qualifiers will be a timed flying 200M individual sprint. These will probably be “rolling” (i.e. next rider will go off before the last finishes) so please be ready at 6:45 prompt.
• Qualifying riders will thereafter be allocated to heats in the normal manner, based on their finishing times.

Youth Major/Minor

• All riders are entered into the championships automatically.
• Heats will be based on league position and will be on the board.
• There are no ‘non championship rider’ races, all major/minor riders can ride all major/minor races.

Tomorrow will be very busy as you can imagine, so please help us get as much racing in as possible by being ready to go as soon as possible and moving quickly through the races.

If you can offer any additional help, please contact us on volunteering@scrl.co.uk or speak to someone at the track tomorrow.

Sorry folks, but as you’ve probably guessed, it’s going to be way too wet to race. This is probably the longest cancellation spell we’ve known! I’m sure the weather gods will smile on us next week for the re-re-scheduled points championships.

You are probably thinking that tonights racing is looking doubtful. Well, the weather forecast isn’t good, and it’s currently raining. We are planning to make a call by 3pm today. Stay tuned to the website/social media channels.

Fridays racing, alas, is also looking doubtful. We are SEVERELY lacking in volunteers for marshalling.

IF THE VOLUNTEER ROLES CANNOT BE FILLED, THE RACES WILL BE CANCELLED

It is worth reiterating again. SCRL IS NOT A CYCLE CLUB WITH “MEMBERS” TO DRAW UPON. The people who race need to put their hand up and provide the cover that they themselves need for their own races to go ahead. Everyone should help each other out. The committee spend enough time organising the events, they cannot be expected to provide cover for all of the roles. Nor can the same volunteers be expected to provide the cover over and over again.

There are a few cycle clubs with three or four riders in the races, some even per race. If each of those took it in turns to provide cover for the races they were not riding in, this would be easily achievable. If you like we could even let you put up some banners advertising the fact to promote your club as well.

Please email volunteering@scrl.co.uk if you can fill a role.

Wednesday

First up the good news, the gate is back! Wednesday racing should be going ahead as normal with our rescheduled points race championship. Just pray to the weather gods between now and then for a clear evening.

Friday

On Friday we see week 9 in our closed circuit racing series. We are aware that there were some issues with being able to enter some of the races online. This now appears to be fixed and online entries are once again available.

We are also short on the volunteer list again! Please email volunteering@scrl.co.uk if you can help. Cover required at all races and first aid volunteers especially welcome.

Don’t forget to follow our social media channels, listed on the right of the page on the website, as these are usually the most up to date source of information.

Theres also the SCRL Racers Forum on Facebook, where anyone can post information or ask questions relating to anything sussex cycle racing related.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/racersforum

Well, it’s been a funny old year for the weather, one week we’re on, the next we’re off. The good news is that next week should be our “on” week 😉

Those of you desperate for a racing fix should note that we have spaces in our 4, 2/3 and 3/4 women races this Friday and onlne entries don’t close until about 6pm tomorrow (despite what the page says) https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/195197/Sussex-Cycle-Racing-League-Closed-Circuit-Week-8

After last weeks disappointment thanks to the rain, we are looking good tonight weather wise.

The met office forecast (and lets face it, when are they ever wrong eh?) is for cloud cover but staying dry. A moderate 12 degrees is expected, with the wind giving a feel factor of around 10, so you might want something to put on between races to keep the chill off. Wind wise, a breeze of around 10mph with 14/15mph gusts are forecast. Coming from the W/WNW it should be blowing right up the straight leading to the final corner, infamous Preston Park Velodrome micro-climate not withstanding.

This means we should be all systems go to press ahead, moving on to week A in our schedule.

This will feature the first of our handicap heats across all categories. To keep things moving, please adhere to these rider requirements:

• There will be an announcement over the P.A. system when the heats schedule is posted on the A-board next to the sign on desk/judging area.
• Find your heat number and starting distance from the posted schedule and be ready near to your starting distance marker when your heats are coming up.
• You will need a holder/pusher for this event, so make sure they are ready with you also.

As always, keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter channels for the latest updates on the evenings racing.

See you this evening!

It is with regret, but probably no surprise, that tonight’s racing is cancelled. In windier/warmer conditions the track might dry near to start time but with the track unlikely to dry, and more rain possibly on the way we have to admit defeat.

Don’t forget that the Vets and Womens series starts Friday!