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AGM Next Week!

Yikes! That came around quick.

Saturday 18th November from 5:30pm at Knoyle Hall, Knoyle Road Brighton, right after the PPYCC AGM.

Note that the hall is right next to the Parish Church of St John The Evangelist.

Please do not park on the driveway in front of the hall as the committee need it to get equipment in and out.

If you have any agenda items please email them to the committee at committee@scrl.co.uk.

Numbers

If you have not returned your league numbers yet, PLEASE bring it with you to the AGM. New numbers cost money.

Items on the agenda so far are:

Committee and volunteer positions

For various reasons the people performing these duties will be stepping down this year and it’s vital that we are able to fill these roles.

  • Treasurer (Committee position)
  • Chief Judge (Volunteer position)

More information on these roles will be given at the AGM.

2023 Dates

More information on our circuit and track racing, plus accreditation dates will be revealed.

Season Review

  • A financial review of the season

Next Season

Volunteers/Organisers

Information on our plans to try and keep the league viable and spread the workload.

Awards

Prizes will then be awarded.

There will be awards for league overall winners, championship winners, and committee selected awards which can be read about here (not all committee awards are being given out this year).

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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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Important Announcement

At time of writing we have had no takers for the committee/non-committee roles announced vacant which will either immediately or soon require filling on the committee.

There was a very poor turn out for the AGM, and the committee had two very real and urgent concerns that threaten the future of racing at the track to discuss but with lack of attendees nothing could be resolved. 

  • Firstly they heard our Treasurer report that once again the track league made a loss, around £440 this time.
  • Secondly came the all too familiar request for help to run the league, both on the day of racing and also with the day to day tasks that need to be done so that racing happens.

It was a struggle throughout 2022 to get enough volunteers and for the first time ever we had to cancel one night because of this.  On top of this we are losing several key members of the committee and the SCRL family this year, some permanently.

  • Dave is intending to move away from Sussex in 2023 and whilst staying on as treasurer for this year he won’t be taking on any event day duties which means we need help with sign on, judging and the general maintenance of facilities (race numbers etc). 
  • Ben is also moving away (it’s a family thing) so whilst he will continue for now as Chief Judge and also Recorder (making sure results are published and tallied up over the season) he may not be able to see the season out and definitely won’t be here in 2024.
  • Toby won’t be continuing as “in-person” promoter this year (but can run the back office part for this year only), he tried to step down before last season but had his arm twisted.  He is prepared to be at a couple of events for the purposes of training new volunteers but that will be all.

Unfortunately none of the few that attended the AGM felt able to take on any of these roles so 2023 isn’t looking promising.

With that in mind, the committee have decided that none of the racing calendar will be submitted to British Cycling until we at least have commitment to the main roles required for each event in advance.

For now, we have made available signup sheets for our intended Winter Series (see below). All roles need to be filled by lunchtime Friday 20th January or the winter series will not go ahead at all.

There are further issues to discuss regarding the financial feasibility of track league as compared to being subsidised by the circuits but we will see how the winter series goes first. If we can’t run a winter series to subsidise track league the costs for that will go up, probably by at least 50%.

There is another reminder further down the page here about the roles which need filling.

Winter Series

There is a volunteer signup page available for each race (links below) where primary volunteers (non-marshals) can put their name down.

The marshal positions will also require filling prior to the event but these will be on a separate signup sheet closer to the time.

EventSignup Link
#1 Feb 19thhttps://volunteersignup.org/JQRBK
#2 Feb 26thhttps://volunteersignup.org/D4DJA
#3 Mar 5thhttps://volunteersignup.org/P3H3B
#4 Mar 12thhttps://volunteersignup.org/3RPE8
#5 Mar 19thhttps://volunteersignup.org/3WP9Q
#6 Mar 26thhttps://volunteersignup.org/DBJRW

Volunteer Roles

Remember you won’t be left on your own from the off, you will always be shown what to do, and there is nothing you can do that would cause any serious problems or get you into any kind of trouble if you “do it wrong”.

For fuller descriptions see the volunteer page.

Committee Positions

Committee positions are elected representatives. Please contact the committee if you wish to fulfil one of these positions.

  • Promoter (Register races with BC, set event schedules etc. Back office role covered this year only but will not be attending events)
  • Treasurer (Manage finances including with British Cycling. Back office duties are covered this year only but needs someone to learn the ropes this year to take over)

Non-Committee Back Office Positions

  • Facilities manager (Help manage equipment at the track, ensure electronic devices are charged, order new equipment).
  • Volunteer organiser (Manage the volunteer requirements through the year).

To volunteer for these positions, please contact us.

Event Positions

These are non-committee positions but work best when there is a pool of experienced volunteers who can help train new volunteers.

  • *Organiser (General running of the event on the day)
  • Sign-On (manage rider sign on, take payments, handout/retrieve numbers)
  • Judges and Chief Judges (Judging duties for track and circuits)

*Organisers have to have attended organiser online training with British Cycling and have had the organiser dashboard enabled on their account. If you are interested in this training please contact the promoter.

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AGM Next Week!

Yikes! That came around quick.

Saturday 12th November from 5:30pm at Knoyle Hall, Knoyle Road Brighton, right after the PPYCC AGM.

Note that the hall is right next to the Parish Church of St John The Evangelist, not where Google has the marker at time of writing.

Please do not park on the driveway in front of the hall as the committee need it to get equipment in and out.

If you have any agenda items please email them to the committee at committee@scrl.co.uk.

Numbers

If you have not returned your league numbers yet, PLEASE bring it with you to the AGM. New numbers cost money.

Items on the agenda so far are:

Committee and volunteer positions

For various reasons the people performing these duties will be winding down their input over the year before stopping completely, so please consider getting involved early from this year to “pick up the ropes”

  • Treasurer (Committee position)
  • Promoter (Committee position)
  • Chief Judge (Volunteer position)

There are also two other positions which are currently vacant and could greatly lighten the workload for people in other roles.

  • Volunteer Organiser
  • Facilities

More information on these roles will be given at the AGM.

Our committee also requires 3 rider reps, of which we only have one at the moment. Ideally we would like a male senior, a female senior and a youth representative (youth A or B).

2023 Dates

More information on our circuit and track racing, plus accreditation dates will be revealed.

Season Review

  • A financial review of the season

Next Season

Volunteers/Organisers

Information on our plans to try and keep the league viable and spread the workload.

Ladies Night

A change to hopefully make the league more attractive to women racers and encourage more women to join the league.

Awards

Prizes will then be awarded.

There will be awards for league overall winners, championship winners, and committee selected awards which can be read about here (not all committee awards are being given out this year).

This years prize distribution for league places is shown below.

Senior A  Male Female 
1st £60 Isaac Wright – 
2nd £40 Jack Smith – 
3rd £20 Charlie Heffernan – 
1Vet £40 Matt O’Brien – 
Senior B  Male Female 
1st £40 William Flatau – 
2nd £20 Ben Tamplin – 
3rd £10 Alex Beattie – 
1Vet £20 Alex Beattie – 
Senior C  Male Female 
1st £20 Alex Beattie Gina Boakes 
2nd £10 Bill Boyle – 
3rd £5 Peter Levenspiel – 
1Vet £10 Alex Beattie Gina Boakes 
Youth Major Male Female 
1st £20 Noah Wheller Idah Hicks 
2nd £15 Hadley Davis – 
3rd £10 Luca Geddes Gasco – 
Youth Minor  Male Female 
1st £15 Charles Bunting Megan Costello 
2nd £10 Cooper Aberdour Eliza Hibberd 
3rd £5 Megan Costello – 
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League News:

Weather Watch

Well it certainly was well timed. We’ll be keeping an eye on the weather tomorrow. Right now it’s slightly more in favour of it raining up until about 4pm. Even at 20 degrees, that’s still a bit iffy as to how much the track will dry, so we’ll keep you posted throughout the day and endeavour to give a definitive answer by 5pm. But even then nothing will happen unless we get some …..

Volunteers

Spreadsheet is empty at the moment. Click here to add your name. Also Dave is away, so anyone who could cover sign on is welcome to take it up. Otherwise you’ll have to fend for yourselves and anyone who needs to enter on the day may have to wait until the end of the evening when I’m free to take the payment.

Post Season Drinks

Don’t forget post season drinks are at the King and Queen at the bottom of the road after the racing (if there is any). If we have to cancel, I will pop a post on our racers forum on Facebook where people can flag if they are still up for coming down.

Race Numbers

Don’t forget to give back your number this week after we finish please. All league members will receive an email shortly giving them options for returning outside of a Wednesday evening.

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League News

Volunteers

Could still use a couple more volunteers for marshalling this week. Please add your name to the spreadsheet here.

Numbers

If you are not intending to race after this week please remember to hand in your numbers at the end of the night.

Those of you already done for the season, please email registrations@scrl.co.uk for a return postal address.

Any numbers not returned have to be replaced and this is an extra cost the league could do without.

Move or refund an entry

All entries from last week have now been moved to week #17. If you can’t make it this week and/or next week, here is a quick guide on how to either move them to the “holding event” or refund the entry.

  • Log in to Rider HQ
  • Go to https://www.riderhq.com/mydetails
  • Scroll down to find the entry
  • Click View Details
  • Click on the “Action” menu
  • Click on either “Move….” or “Refund/Cancel”
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League News

Week #14 Volunteers

We are going to be very short on our usual volunteers this coming (and probably the next) week so it is imperative that we get some committed volunteers.

Please add your name in an appropriate slot on the spreadsheet here or if you can’t email volunteer@scrl.co.uk.

Tickets for Commonwealth Track Finals

Anthony is selling two tickets for the commonwealth track finals at Lee Valley on Sunday 31st July, 3pm to 7pm. See the schedule below. They are £75 each and if you would like to purchase them contact him on antmail@ntlworld.com,

Organiser Training Date

We have a confirmed date for online organiser training from BC, Tuesday August 2nd from 6pm to approximately 7pm. If you would like details please add your name to the sign-up form here.

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League News

Categories

A few weeks in, and some people start to want to race other categories. This is usually fine, but if you move category you need a new number.

If you want to move category you should, in the first instance, message registrations from the contact us page and make a formal request. Once it has been approved then you can enter your new category as normal and pick up a new number on race day.

Roller Racing!

Remember back at the beginning of the year when we purchased some racing rollers? Well if we want to use them over winter the time to start planning is now. We are currently in correspondence with BC about whether this would be an “official” sanctioned event(s) or not, but the main point was to have some fun and a bit of social time outside of the track league period.

With that in mind, there is a short survey to gauge interest, so please fill it out once for each person that may attend (so if you are a parent, even if not racing, please fill out once for yourself and once for each racing youth). Click here to access the survey.

Accreditation

We have had a lot of queries about accreditation from parents! As it looks like there will not be a summer series this year because no-one has stepped forward, we intend to use a couple of those Fridays if there is enough interest. This would be from 6pm as usual.

If you are interested in getting accredited this year, please fill out the form here to register your interest. Do note that this is for senior (16 years and over) riders and youth A riders only. Potentially youth B could be included but enquire with the committee first.

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Friday: Riders Required (and other stuff)

Friday Riders Required

It’s the last of our accreditation sessions this Friday (April 29th) and we need to get some regulars to turn up to increase the bunch size.

It’s a free session, from 6 to 8ish (track booked to 9) so if you haven’t managed to swing a leg over a fixed gear yet, get down there and give yourself some track time. No sign up required.

Sign On

From next week riders must return to manually signing on in the hut, whether pre-entered or entering on the day. Your co-operation is appreciated.

Race Day Staff (again)

Radio silence on volunteers for race day staff for the summer series, so this is a last call. If we don’t get some in a couple of weeks the summer series will be called off. Read the original post here. Note that this may well apply to track league too next year, so have a good think about it. If every adult involved was capable of being an organiser/sign on volunteer, probably only about half of them would have to do it once a year …..

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Almost there …

It’s nearly time. Weather looks good. We’re all set! Just a few notes prior to the big day.

Mixed Racing

As numbers are so low for the first week (Easter Holidays?) we are going to merge the Senior A and B riders (and possibly C) and have the second part of Fridays cancelled accreditation running concurrently. Accreditation riders will use the track in the gaps opened up by merging the senior races.

Some of them will have completed their accreditation that evening so we might even get to bring them in for a race or two!

Race Numbers

As usual you can pick up your numbers when you get there. These are still being tweaked so we can’t advise of which number you are until tomorrow.

Speaking of which, we have a LOT of missing race numbers. If you still have last years please bring it back or contact promoter@scrl.co.uk to return it by mail if you are not intending to race.

If we keep having to replace numbers, it costs us money, reduces any profit we might make, and brings us closer to considering things like doubling the registration fees as a form of deposit.

Registrations/Entry

There are still quite a few that have registered but have not sent us the required proof of membership/race licence as per the accreditation page. We are now way past the official cut off point, but if you get it sent in you might get lucky and I’ll approve it prior to the week #1 entry cut off time (3pm on race day).

THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO IN PERSON REGISTRATION ON THE DAY – NO IFS – NO BUTS – NOT REGISTERED = NO RACE

Calendar and Schedule

If you take a look at the calendar page, you will see that this years schedule is much simplified. We have just two week variations, Week A and Week B, and the running order is always youth minor, major, seniors C, B and A. Each week has a “slot” for one feature race which we will vary each week. To allow us a bit more flexibility, we will also be only publishing weekly schedules about four weeks in advance.

This makes things much easier to run on a week-by-week basis and ensures that everyone (youth especially) get more practice at the races which will almost always feature in other competitions.

Volunteers

As usual, if anyone knows they will be there to marshal, please add your name to the spreadsheet. Link here.