The 2013 MIVA Hill Climb Championship is past the halfway point, with 4 of the 6 events completed.  This week is the doubleheader finale with a race on Thursday evening, and the final on Saturday morning.  NOTE: We need 2-3 volunteers to help out with this Thursdays event, please let us know via comment or on FB if you can help.  

The series standings are up to date via Webscorer.  Currently there's a tight race for top spot in the Male category, with Justin Mark holding a slight edge on Nick Kupiak 46 to 42 points respectively.  A racers top 4 scores count toward their total.

Race 1 Aho: Webscorer, Recap

Race 2 Calder: Webscorer, Recap

Race 3 Doumont: Webscorer, Recap

Race 4 Kilpatrick: Webscorer, Recap

Race 5:

Departure Bay: 3.3k.  Registration at 530pm, Race at 6pm.  Meet at Departure Bay Elementary School.

The Strava segment for this race is here.

Race 6:

Doumont Rd: 5.3k.  Registration at 1030am, Race starts at 11am.  Same route as the 9.19 Hill Climb.  Start at Pleasant Valley Social Center, here is a map.

The Strava segment for this race is here.

Our calendar function of the website is currently down as it has been causing some issues with our server.  We're working on getting it back up and running ASAP.  Meanwhile, keep an eye on our Twitter feed and Facebook for upcoming events.

The fourth event in the MIVA climb series series was held on the 3.2 kilometre Kilpatrick/Benson View roads, finishing opposite Witchcraft Lake. Like the Aho Road race, it was a massed event withal with all participants starting together. After a kilometre, six of the ten starters were still together but soon afterwards, Mike Gill dropped back. after a brief attempt to regain contact, he settled into his high cadence and continued alone, between the leaders and the slower riders.The lead pack reached the sharp right hand turn onto Benson View and, as the road kicked up to twelve percent, first Phil Birrer and then Sean de Pol were dropped. Now only MIvA rider Nick Kupiak, Justin Mark, Steed Cycles and Doug Merrick, CVCC were left. First Nick and then Justin turned on the juice, leaving Doug to find his own way to the finish. As road dipped down slightly before the final two hundred metre rise, Steed and Kupiak were still together and that's the way they finished, with just 0.2seconds separating them. These two have battled each other for the first four hill climbs with Justin winning three and Nick one. The final two events will give Nick the chance to catch his Vancouver opponent. The lone woman, For Theresa Price, UBC Tri club, this was her first hill climb and also her first start in a MIVA event. She has just relocated to take a position at NRGH and weare sure to see more of her. Abigail Hare finished behind Theresa for the female youth category and brother Aiden brought up the rear for male youth.Thanks to shutterbug Patrick Burnham for taking some photos, which should be upon the web soon.

The 2013 MIVA Time Trial Series was record setting for attendance, and we thank all of you who made the effort to come out, but most of all THANK YOU to MIVA's great set of volunteers who came out, none more dedicated than Peter himself who never missed a race all year.  

MIVA utilized Webscorer this year to maintain a high standard of time keeping, as well as simplified scoring.

- Click here  to view the entire TT Series (top 5 scores) standings, expand the + next to your name and view all of your races and times.

- Click here to view the overall TT Points Series (total points accumulated), again expand your category and name to view specific races and times.

Patrick Burnham also took quite a few photos this year, feel free to browse here on his flikr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/palleus/

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There were many new faces this year, who continued to show up week after week.  Overall there were 258 race entries over the 19 TT's this year (almost 14 riders per race basically).  For reference, in 2012 there were 178 entries, and in 2011 there were 128 entries.  Basically in just 2 short years MIVA has DOUBLED the attendance at TT's!

Race Entries Overall and By Category

MIVA	Overall	Male	Female	Youth Male	Youth Female
2011	128	93	30	5	0
2012	178	110	52	8	8
2013	258	175	39	29	15

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DEDICATION (Most Events Ridden)

Overall, both Patrick Burnham and Mike Gill tied for most dedicated, each coming to 16 of the 19 TT's (after Peter, who was at 19 of 19 of course).   Jennifer Gordon led the women with 10 appearances, Aiden Hare with 15 races, and Abigail Hare with 13 races.  Very impressive dedication from newcomers and the youth!

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TOTAL POINTS SERIES

In the overall MIVA Total Points Series standings, Patrick Burnham edged out Reagan Lovig and Don Gilmore, totalling 133 points, 114 points, and 108 points, respectively.  In the female division Jennifer Gordon's dedication paid off as her times not only got faster and faster, but she won with 90 points.  In the youth divisions it was a Hare sweep, with Aiden taking a MIVA high 176 points, and Abigail 152.

MIVA Master 2013 - TT OVERALL (2)

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MIVA TT Series (best 5 results)

Don Gilmore takes the title with a maxed out score of 60 points, followed closely by Reagan Lovig (58) and Patrick Burnham (50).  In the Womens Category Lorrie Baildham recovered from her early season horrific bike crash to win with 60 points, followed by Rose Houle (56) and Sarah Davidson (52).  In the youth category Abigail Hare won with 60, and both Aiden Hare and Ian Gilmore came away with 60 points as well.

MIVA Master 2013 - TT SERIES (4)

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BAR (Best All Around Rider)

A racers top 15k, 20k, and 40k times are added together, then divided over 75km to attain their overall average speed.

It was a tight race, but Don Gilmore took the title averaging 42.5km/hr over the 3 distances (15, 20, 40) in the mens, with Lorrie Baildham taking the title in the womens averaging 35.3km/hr.

MIVA Master 2013 - Best All Around Rider (2)

BAR Award Winner - Don Gilmore

Coming up very soon is the CROSS clinics, always very popular and extremely useful in prep for the Cross On The Rock series which begins sept 29th in Cumberland.

With Ian Smith a no-show last night, Justin Mark wrapped up the series, winning the Senior Men title. Second place was Ian Smith who started off the season strong, but faltered to Justin during August and September. Finishing a strong third was Nick Kupiak, who went from being dropped in April, to winning races in July.  

In the Senior Women, Charlene Hay went uncontested as she was the only one to complete the required five race minimum.

In the Youth Men, Brodie Hay walked away with the win, regularly placing ahead of many of the Senior Men. The second place rider, Aiden Hare, is deserving of a mention. In addition to having perfect attendance since the start of July, he's also showed vast improvement on his speed and bike-handling skills. He's certainly one to watch as he moves into his teens.

In the Youth Women, Abigail Hare hung in there to take the win, showing great promise as she becomes a stronger and stronger cyclist.

Overall, our series attracted a grand total 61 riders. Thank you to all who participated - and a big thank you to all the volunteers who helped with marshaling, scoring and course take-down. See you next season!

Rank	Senior Men	Points	Races Counted
1	Justin Mark	60	5
2	Ian Smith	60	5
3	Nick Kupiak	58	5
4	Ray Wagner	54	5
5	Chris Cameron	51	5
6	Menno Jongsma	48	5
7	Iain Hay	46	5
8	Marc Wieler	45	5
9	Mike Sevcov	40	5
10	Evan Earp-Jones	37	5
11	Paul Thompson	37	5
12	Aaron Milan	36	5
13	Michael Gill	32	5
14	Bruce Perry	28	5
15	Bill McMillan	28	5
16	John Lam	23	5
17	Steve Struthers	20	3
18	Shepherd Stewart	20	5
19	Steve Crowley	19	5
20	Scott Doran	19	4
21	Russell Berg	19	3
22	Patrick Burnham	18	5
23	Phil Birrer	16	5
24	Shawn Boyd	14	3
25	Mike Gill	12	5
26	Don Gillmore	12	1
27	Peter Stevenson	12	1
28	Mike Mann	12	2
29	Rob Russell	11	2
30	Matt Allardyce	10	3
31	Fred Hodgson	10	2
32	Mike Addiscott	10	2
33	Kyle Waring	8	2
34	Tony Winter	7	1
35	Dave Kenny	6	4
36	Normon Thibault	6	3
37	Ron Hewitson	4	2
38	Regis Chapman	3	3
39	Kirby Villeneuve	2	1
40	Sean De Pol	1	1
41	Quentin Wicks	1	1
42	Adam McConnell	1	1
43	Colby Large	1	1
44	Rob Bau	1	1
45	Mark Overton	1	1
Rank	Youth Men	Points	Races Counted
1	Brodie Hay	60	5
2	Aiden Hare	58	5
3	James Grant	58	5
4	Mark Grant	48	5
5	Ian Gillmore	10	1
6	Andrew Grant	1	1
Rank	Senior Women	Points	Races Counted
1	Charlene Hay	52	5
2	Glenda Harling	24	2
3	Janna Gillick	22	2
4	Laurie Ritchie	13	2
5	Lorrie Baildham	12	1
6	Cheryl Morch	12	1
7	Katie  Wallington	9	1
Rank	Youth Women	Points	Races Counted
1	Abigail Hare	60	5
2	Jessica Reynolds	60	5
3	Mykelti Berg	44	4
Total Riders :	61

As always, please report any problems with scoring to Janna.