COMMENTS ON THE CRITERIUMS

LA Z BOY CRITERIUM COMMENTS So far this season we have had 6 criteriums on the safe, challenging Boxwood circuit. A total of 9 women and 17 men have ridden one or more events. However, usual turnout for women is 3 or less and for men, an average of 8. If all of the participants would come out at once, we would have a criterium worthy of the name and one where all would learn pack riding skills at an accelerated rate. Dave Kenny and I invest a lot of time in putting on the time trials and these criteriums for you but it's disappointing to see the average turnout for the massed start races. We do have some opposition to the Boxwood races from a few vocal local residents and, if the small starting numbers continue, it will give them ammunition to try and close us down. The city will be far less likely to listen to niggling complaints if the numbers of riders increase significantly. Tonight, we put in a couple of prime prizes for sprints on intermediate laps and this was liked a lot by all the riders. We will continue to make the events interesting by doing this and by running a couple of the events as points criteriums if the numbers warrant it.

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