Next Club Meeting - Nov, 12th, 2003 - 7:30 pm Clubhouse, East Burwood Reserve.

Club Presentation Night

The night is fast approaching so if you have not already got your tickets make sure you contact your choice of our social club reps! For more details please see the information on our web page.

Jamie Goddard   Ph 0419 398 939 or email jgoddard@nhp.com.au
Barry Woods     Ph 0418 179 412
Steven Martin   Ph 0414 853 277
Richard Knight  Ph 0416 156 244
Emily Phillips  Ph 0416 021 978

We were hoping to have clinched sponsorship deals in time to have our new club jerseys unveiled on the night but unfortunately this will not happen. Members of our sponsorship committee have been working overtime on this and we greatly appreciate their ongoing efforts.

Thursday Evening Criteriums & Roster

Blackburn is running a weekly criterium at METEC every Thursday evening. This is the first season Blackburn has offered regular criterium racing so please come out and support the races!

David de Gama is running the races as Race Director but will need several assistants. To ensure that each event is adequately staffed we will be drawing up a roster. We are calling on members to volunteer and give us their preferred evenings on which they can assist. If you are able to get there by 5:00PM to assist PLEASE let us know as we want to get the roster drawn up by Monday, 10th Nov.

JUNIORS	5:30 - 5:55	10 Lap Handicap
SENIORS C	6:00 - 6:45	40 MIN + 3 LAPS
SENIORS D	6:05 - 6:40	30 MIN + 3 LAPS
SENIORS A	6:45 - 7:50	60 MIN + 3 LAPS
SENIORS B	6:50 - 7:45	50 MIN + 3 LAPS

Until numbers are such that we can run scratch races for the juniors we will be running a handicap for the juniors (J17, J15, J13 and J11). Handicaps will be posted on the club's web site.

Please also see the Junior Grading Policy.

NO METEC CRITERIUM - THU 20 NOV
Due to a slight glitch in the booking system for METEC, there will be no Thursday crit on the 20 Nov 2003.

Roster for Staffing our Track Meets

In the past our track racing has been run by a number of committed individuals however on days when they have not been available we have struggled to run the races. This season we will be establishing a roster to ensure that we have the necessary volunteers at each race meet. We ask you please to review the calendar and submit to us by Friday 14th Nov the event(s) you can assist us with.

Junior Grading Policy

It is the Club's policy to run specific races for juniors and that all juniors (J17, J15, J13 and J11) competing at an event will race in those junior races.

When the number of junior entries is low, it will be up to the discretion of the Chief Commissaire at the race as to whether the junior race will be held. If it is not, the juniors may be invited to race in the next higher category (i.e. with the seniors).

This policy applies to all disciplines: track, criterium and road.

For track and criterium races, if a junior competes in all the listed junior events at the event, they may request to also enter and compete in the graded senior races for their development and training. There will be no further entry cost but they will not be eligible for prizemoney. Permission to compete with the seniors will be given by the commissaire at the event should he/she consider that the junior has adequate skills and strength to compete.

Should a junior take out a place, no prizemoney will be paid for that place (neither to the junior nor any senior).

Policy for awarding places in competitions

In our last E-Newsletter, we mentioned that our policy on awarding places was under review. Following much discussion and input from members, the executive passed changes to the policy which in future will see awards going to the first three finishers regardless of the number of entries. For details please see the new version of our Club Championship Competition Rules.

Please note that the awards to be presented at the coming Presentation Night are based on the policy as it was for those events (see the old policy).

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Working Bee at the Clubhouse

Sat 8th November, from 9:00AM.
In preparation for the coming track season and the Future Stars Junior Carnival being hosted by Blackburn (Sat 15th Nov) we are holding a working bee up at the track on Sat 8th Nov. Philip Perkins has volunteered to act as the coordinator so if you are able to assist please phone Philip on 9874 7543 (wk 9874 1033) or email him.

Club Track Racing Sat 8 Nov Cancelled

On Sat 8th Nov we have been invited to Carnegie-Caufield's Cyclist's Reunion racing carnival at their track - racing starts 2:00PM.

Club Track Training

Has started! Please see the Track Training details on our web page. There is a high possibility that a training fee may be introduced at training sessions however the details have not yet been finalised nor ratified by the executive committee.

Note that Simon Quick will be running a training session specifically for our J19 & J17 members on Wednesday afternoons starting at 4:30PM.