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Summer Circuits #1/#2

Firstly, once again our biggest apologies for the late cancellation yesterday.

There was a mistake in the allocation of our commissaire who had been double booked (a booking wasn’t removed after he had to attend a national level event) and this didn’t become apparent until late in the day, when it was too late to try and obtain a replacement. This got compounded by an IT issue on the day with the officials system and difficulty communicating with the affected parties as they were also in attendance at same national level event. People are human and mistakes happen, and this did become a bit of a rare “perfect storm” scenario.

We do have confirmation of our officials for event #2 on 9th June. All entries from this week have been moved to event #2. Entrants can self refund via Rider HQ if they wish, or you can email us (promoter@scrl.co.uk) to do it for you if needs be (you may have to wait a couple of days). If you haven’t entered already you can enter here. We do of course need volunteers, just as we do every week, and you can sign up for that here.

This does once again highlight the crisis point that the volunteering roles in our sport are starting to get to.

Practically every race day role that exists at a regional level is fulfilled by volunteers, and we would urge anyone who has an interest in keeping the sport running to examine the roles available on the British cycling page here and get trained for a role that can help out.

Once again our sincerest apologies, but we hope you understand that the situation was beyond our control.

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Racing Cancelled 26/5

Sorry for short notice, situation beyond our control. More details to follow. Please spread the word.

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Summer Circuits: Entry Extended

We have extended the closing date to Thursday 25/5 at 6pm.

Go here to enter “Summer Circuits #1”.

We have filled the marshalling sheet it seems thanks to some very dedicated volunteers, but a couple of extra bodies is always good in case someone can’t make it. Maybe bring a friend or supporter along so they can step in for your race if necessary.

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Summer Series Now Open!

Just a short note to let you know the first of our Summer Series events are now open for entry. Enter the first (May 26th) by clicking here.

Events won’t run without people to run them and marshal. Sign up on our volunteer page here.

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Summer Series nearly open!

The events are registered with BC (pending sign-off) and event entry will be open as soon as they are. We kick off on Friday May 26th.

The races cover a mix of 2/3/4 categories each week including women only races and all races open to juniors. All races are Regional C+/points band 5.

There are six races in the series, occurring every other Friday. You can view the full calendar here and you can enter here.

We need to fill all the volunteer roles each week, otherwise : no racing.

All volunteer sign-up links can be found on this page here.

Primary roles need to be for the whole evening. Marshal positions are per race. Marshalling sign up will be available each week but all primary role sign up sheets are available now as we need to see these filling up, or we have to cancel the event.

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Summer Circuits

First Summer Circuit should be May 26th, but as per last year if we can’t find people who are willing to be on the day organisers they won’t go ahead.

If you want to put your name down to be an organiser on the day, you must have completed BC organiser training and have the organiser dashboard enabled on your account.

You can sign up directly here or contact us on promoter@scrl.co.uk

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Week #3 – 3rd May

We think we’ve finally got ourselves sorted and figured out that this week will indeed be week #3 (not last week) so hopefully that will be a bit less confusing from now on!

Ladies Night!

A reminder that this weeks is the first of our monthly (first Wednesday of every month) Ladies Night at the track, featuring a whole evening of women only races. Just enter your normal category, all points scored go towards your relevant league category total (just as if you had scored them in a non-women-only race).

We have also upgraded the women’s scratch race to a Regional C+ as well as the senior A, meaning licence points are on the table!

Entry

Entry now up on Rider HQ as usual, but if you couldn’t find it before we have now corrected the event date! Sorry about that!

Start

We are planning for an earlier start this week again, first race 6:30, sign on from 5:45 to 6:25.

Volunteer Positions

None of this will happen if we don’t fill the last couple of volunteer positions. A judge and a sign-on volunteer are still needed, as well as a few marshals. Go here to put your name down. In addition if someone (be they volunteering for something else or not) could perhaps be available to clear the arena and lock the gates at 6pm that would be most helpful.

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It’s Ladies Night!

Next week sees the first of our Ladies Night racing nights, featuring individual Women’s races all through the evening.

Not only that, but the first women only race, the scratch, will be a Regional C+ race meaning that all riders are eligible for licence points! You need ten riders to get maximum points so it’s time to cajole your fellow racers into entering!

Who

All senior female league riders of any senior category, and any youth already riding up in senior categories can ride in the women only races.

How

The remaining categories will be merged on the night to make room in the schedule, most likely by merging A and B groups, but it may depend on numbers in each category on the night.

All points scored in the Women only races will count towards your registered league category totals (so if you are registered as a Senior C racer, your points will be added to your Senior C total).

A/B or B/C races are treated as one race, points are awarded for top six finishers in the race only regardless of category.

No special entry required, just enter on RiderHQ in your usual category as normal.

When

Week #3 – May 3rd!

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Exciting League News

Due to changes in British Cycling track regulations, Senior and Junior riders can now earn licence points every week at track league!

The previous rule allowed an award of points once a year for final track league standings.

The rule now states:

T5.3.1. The following shall qualify for Licence Points:

…

T5.3.1.2. for all weekday ranking Track and Track
Leagues Events, one race per group of riders
specified to entrants in advance;

…

T5.3.5. Where there are fewer than ten rider entries for
a Track Event, the Licence Points awarded shall
be limited to three points for first place, two
points for second place and one point for third
place. Such points shall be multiplied by two for
British National Series and by three for British
National Championships.

This means that we can offer senior and junior riders the chance to earn Regional C+ points in the following manner:

Youth riders: it is unclear whether youth riders allowed to ride in the senior categories will be eligible for licence points. We are currently enquiring with British Cycling about this. For now you should presume you cannot earn licence points. You will still be allowed to race for league points.

We will have one regional C+ race per week, as per the regulations, and this will be the first Senior A race of the evening. Other category riders may join under the following conditions:

  • Priority is given to Senior A riders (of all age groups).
  • Eligible riders (currently seniors and juniors only) from the B and C categories may join this race with space pending.
  • Priority will be given to B and C riders with full race licences.

At the event, Senior A riders should just line up for the race as usual. There will then be a call for any senior B or C riders who wish to ride to fill any spaces.

Nothing special will need to happen for you to enter, your normal track league entry covers this and you just race as normal, except now with added points!

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One Week To Go

Well, in truth, turns out it was supposed to be today. Bit of a hiccup on that front. Still, it’s not like we’d have been racing today anyway, so the way I look at it, we beat the weather for once!

So track league starts next week, April 19th.

The calendar has been updated. We are just finalising what we want the first couple of weeks to look like schedule wise, but those will be available soon.

Please note that for the first two weeks (three if you count this week) we will be starting the first race at 6:30 as opposed to 6:45 to try and get more racing in on the days with short daylight. These are noted on the calendar as such.

What’s New?

There are a couple of new things to be aware of this year

Ladies Night!

The first Wednesday of every month will feature ladies only races. This will also be open to eligible female youth riders. To make room in the schedule either C and B or B and A riders will ride together for the night. We will try to alternate this, but ultimately numbers on the night will dictate what happens.

Volunteers

We remind you that all registered senior members must do one complete evening of volunteering.

You can reach the volunteering sign up pages from here.

When you volunteer, remember to sign in on the officials sign in form, available at the sign on hut. If you do not sign, you will not get credited!

The promoter may take the decision to cancel if not enough volunteers have signed up for the week.

The committee took the decision on event cancellations to work the same for volunteering as it does for refunds. That is, if you sign up to volunteer but it is cancelled before racing starts, you must still fulfil your volunteer requirement at another time. If racing has started but is later cancelled, you are considered to have fulfilled your commitment (lucky you).

Registration

Registration has been open for a couple of weeks, and of course you must register before you can race. You must also register by 6pm on the Monday before you intend to race so we can approve your membership, otherwise you will not be able to enter.

Click here to go to the registration page.

Race Entry

Race entry is now open for week #1. Those that have registered and paid can enter by clicking here.