Thank you MIVA for your enormous help to pull of our MOST SUCCESSFUL EVENT EVER!

• In 2013: 173 racers, on the front end of a double header
• In 2014: 241 on it's own weekend
• In 2015: 284 racers, on the back end of a doubleheader!  That is simply awesome.

Hit up this amazing stats page, http://www.crossontherock.com/results/statistics/ and look at the most popular races: Little Pony Cross was FOURTH HIGHEST EVER.  Ever. After 63(?) races in the Cross in the Rocks history, FOURTH. I won't lie, we anticipated about 180ish to race back when the Cross Season planning was underway. Being the back end of a doubleheader, we figured the 2013 numbers were closer to what we'd end up with..instead you all showed up and killed it. Message from Cross On the Rocks NORM: "Please thank MIVA for putting on a great race!" For a full recap see the Cross On The Rock newsletter here!

Results from the races are here: Kona Kup Pony Cx

The biggest thank you has to go to Race Director Ron Hewitson, he put in untold hours planning and prepping this event. He was out there negotiating where we could run the course with the landowners, he was booking food trucks, he was riding it over and over to find the flowiest most fun spectator friendly course possible. Ron marked out the course with small flags so when our crew showed up Saturday with headlamps on to set up the Pony Cross, we had it all laid out already. If you were there at the race, you likely saw Ron also, because he was EVERYwhere. I'd paste in his message but I think/hope he is crashed out recovering now. Again, THANK you Ron!

Also thank you to the many many MIVA members who stepped up on a Saturday everning to help set up the course. If you didnt get a MIVA waterbottle for helping out, let me know. Thank you to everyone who helped at the Pony Cross, from timekeeping to registration to parking to setup/takedown. I loved seeing so many familiar faces (and so many MIVA jerseys!).

Saturdays KONA KUP hosted by Oak Bay Bikes was also a huge success with a whopping 269 racers on the line, also up from last. Sean and Corey have hosted Cross races since '06. The first Kona Kup in 2009 had 86 people in it, this past Saturday had a whopping 284 racers! As per Norm, biggest Kona Kup ever, biggest Saturday race ever, biggest Day 1 of a double header ever, biggest race in 12 years of using Beban Park.  Nice work to the OBB/Rock City Cycles crew, and to all the volunteers who helped mop up the wet. Sean and Corey pass on a big thank you to all MIVA members who lent a hand as well! Thank you also to Oak Bay Bikes/Rock City Cycles for hosting the Saturday night social!

For a full slate of great pictures from both events, hit up Patrick Burnhams site here https://www.flickr.com/photos/palleus/albums

Thanks again MIVA for stepping up and helping pull off a huge weekend!

THURSDAY is coming up fast, don't miss another exclusive MIVA night at the SWET HAUS! Details below, get signed up now. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Swet Haus is MIVA's training ground for spin classes this winter.  State of the art machines and top end instructors, MIVA members will pay only $5 for the MIVA only class.  $5, on what can cost up to $20 per session, is an amazing bargain.  We expect all 15 bikes to fill up quickly every week.

Please contact Jacqui at the Swet Haus (email, phone, or facebook) to let them know that you made an account so they can 'upgrade' them to MIVA members. This is a special deal ONLY for MIVA! If you aren't a MIVA member yet, sign up now and be good until December 31st, 2016!

The class are every Thursday @ 7pm.  Sessions will be varied, usually in the 45-60 minute range with the occasional endurance night of 90 minutes.  Classes will be every Thursday until March 17, 2016.

To register for these classes please click HERE and then sign in or make an account. You can then pay the $5 online, or pay it when you get to the studio. Please note no-shows will have to pay, no exceptions.

Thank you again to the Swet Haus for providing such a great deal for MIVA!

A friendly reminder to MIVA members (and soon to be members, spouses, etc) are all welcome to come out to the AGM and Awards Night on Friday, November 13th.  It is at the Longwood Brewpub in the upstairs banquet room, doors open at 630, AGM kicks off at 7pm. The AGM will be fairly short and to the point, any new ideas or suggestions we can discuss afterward at the social and bring up at our next board meeting. The Awards Night always is a good time, and recognizes the achievements of many in the mid island region. MIVA will be supplying some platters of appetizers.

On top of all this, we are blowing out draw prizes, and you must be in attendance to win. A selection of what will be given away: MANY $20 gift cards to the Longwood Longwood Tankards Kiyo Spa $50 gift card MIVA /OBB Water Bottles MIVA Hats 1 Youth Large Jersey 2 Womens Med Race Cut Jerseys and a few others yet to be tallied.

New and returning members who sign up now are covered right until December 31st, 2016. This will enable new members to make the most of the Swet Haus MIVA Spins. If you already are a 2015 member, you're covered until the end of 2015 don't worry.  

Membership Form and Waiver

******2016 MEMBERSHIP NOW OPEN****** To fill out the form AND pay online via Paypal, please use this Webscorer link: http://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=15138

To enroll the old fashioned (but totally ok) way, please click here --> 2016 MIVA Membership Form <-- to download the 2016 MIVA membership form and waiver.  Submit them to Corey Friesen via email ( Miva.President at gmail.com ) or drop off with any MIVA board member.

MIVA's mailing address is: Box 731 STN A Nanaimo BC V9R 5M2

A reminder to get signed up to race or volunteer for the Kona Kup @ Beban and Pony Cross @ Arbutus Meadows this weekend.  Everyone who is anyone will be there, so be there. ------------------

Nanaimo is hosting a double header as a part of the Cross on the Rock Series this November 7th and 8th. This is a huge opportunity for the community to show itself off and host a couple of top shelf events. As I said before, we need the MIVA Army to come together on this weekend and HIT IT HARD. Volunteers will be needed for BOTH events to pull this off. In the middle of these events there will be a Cx Party at Oak Bay Bikes shop on Saturday night!

Saturday November 7th Oak Bay Bikes hosts the Kona Kup @ Beban Park. Volunteers will be needed please email oakbaybikesnanaimo@gmail.com asap! Race Reg Link!

Saturday Night Cx party @ Oak Bay Bikes! Snacks, bevvies, and a keg. That’s all that needs to be said.  See you there.

Sunday November 8th MIVA hosts My Little Pony Cross @ Arbutus Meadows. Please email Ron @ hewitsonron@gmail.com to let him know you can help!  Race link here!

It’s always the same group who ride both races (we’re all on the same team here), so your support is appreciated in course set up at Beban, race day support, Beban course take down, Arbutus set up, Pony race day support, Pony set up, etc.

SEE YOU FOR A HUGE AWESOME WEEKEND