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CCA Cyclocross Race 6 Oct
Thank you to everybody who has volunteered to help on 6th October. We now have sufficient people not just to run the event but also enough people to enable everybody to race if they wish and to work around parents with kids racing.
If you wish to enter the race please see the British Cycling website.
We won't need everybody to be at the venue all day and I have set up the marshal roles so that people will be on duty either for a morning or an afternoon. Roles and arrival times are as follows
Judges - 8.30am
Stef
Mark
Robert
Sign on - 8.15am
Sue
Jackie
Sam
General set up - 8.00am
Dan
Richard
Tim
Car park - 8.15am
Stuart
MC
Marshals
Daniel will act as Chief Marshal and we will brief marshals at 8.30 and 12 noon. Marshals will be issued with whistles, flags and radios.
Can the following people be ready for 8.30am
Simon
Jenny
Dave W
Iain
Ed
Mitchy
Mark S
Nat
Scott
Geoff
Can the following people be ready for 12 noon (if not already there)
Will
Graham
Brendan
Richard
Mark W
Dave H
Ben - I know you will arrive later and have you down just to marshal the seniors.
With regard to set up, we won't need so many people so I am proposing the following help set up on 29th and 5th. Both 10am at the school
Robert
Dan
Dave
Richard
Mitchy
Iain (5th only)
Daniel (5th only)
Mark W (can't remember what you said about your availability here Mark)
I think if we do this as per previous years with helpful kids we'll be fine. I'm yet to do a site visit and if it turns out to be more overgrown than expected, I'll maybe ask for others.
For those that don't know the venue is Princess Helena School, Preston nr Hitchin.
If you wish to enter the race please see the British Cycling website.
We won't need everybody to be at the venue all day and I have set up the marshal roles so that people will be on duty either for a morning or an afternoon. Roles and arrival times are as follows
Judges - 8.30am
Stef
Mark
Robert
Sign on - 8.15am
Sue
Jackie
Sam
General set up - 8.00am
Dan
Richard
Tim
Car park - 8.15am
Stuart
MC
Marshals
Daniel will act as Chief Marshal and we will brief marshals at 8.30 and 12 noon. Marshals will be issued with whistles, flags and radios.
Can the following people be ready for 8.30am
Simon
Jenny
Dave W
Iain
Ed
Mitchy
Mark S
Nat
Scott
Geoff
Can the following people be ready for 12 noon (if not already there)
Will
Graham
Brendan
Richard
Mark W
Dave H
Ben - I know you will arrive later and have you down just to marshal the seniors.
With regard to set up, we won't need so many people so I am proposing the following help set up on 29th and 5th. Both 10am at the school
Robert
Dan
Dave
Richard
Mitchy
Iain (5th only)
Daniel (5th only)
Mark W (can't remember what you said about your availability here Mark)
I think if we do this as per previous years with helpful kids we'll be fine. I'm yet to do a site visit and if it turns out to be more overgrown than expected, I'll maybe ask for others.
For those that don't know the venue is Princess Helena School, Preston nr Hitchin.
Comments
Yes I’ll be there to marshal in the pm after vet 50 race.
I know there are a few more people from CCA who have entered including Martin. I suggest you come along to the Start area in the morning and we'll find you a job.
Thanks for all your help.
We'll be running a cake stall on the day and it would be great if people attending could bring a nice homemade cake along too. Please don't use nuts though and just give us a list of ingredients in case of allergies.
Awesome food
To confirm Lucy and me can Marshall Sunday after v50 race and put down the course.
Lucy doubt a leadership course so keen to volunteer for this and other things.
Do you need help this Saturday still? If so Ella and I can get there for around 10.30am
We will need to formally brief all marshals at the start of their shift and propose 2 briefing sessions to be held around the start area (where the CCA Gazebo will be). First at 8.30 and second at 12.15. The main change from previous years are around BC's rules on marshal's use of flags and whistles - all quite straightforward but we need a formal briefing.
To confirm - Simon Risi, the 'excellent Italian chap' will be there with his tasty coffee and food. We will also be running a cake stall for homemade cakes in aid of InnerCycle charity. Please do donate a cake.
Vince - I'm afraid Lucy cannot marshal as she is too young but she is welcome to help you and no doubt we'll find her something else to do.
Iain - I will meet you at Smallgains at 9am to load the van with all the equipment and then drive over to PHC ready to set up at 10am on Saturday.
Pre-entry for the event is now closed and we have 402 entries, exceeding entries for previous years and there will be more people registering on the day. The V50 and Senior races are now both full but if you want to ride these, you should sign on to the reserve list as there are usually a few no-shows on the day.
That's it - see you at the weekend
Amazing weather considering what we went through on the the drive over.
Excellent course by the looks of it and nothing but positive comments from the racers.