Tonight the temperature and winds were just perfect for the first 20k of the 2013 season.  Another great turnout of 16 riders  came out for the time trial, along with many volunteers.  The course had some punishing climbs, many found it much harder than the regular MIVA 20k TT course.  That said, the hills make you stronger...especially if you're always on a fixie like Patrick Burnham.

Don Gilmore came in with the fastest overall time with a 28:28, averaging 43km/hr to win the Men's category.  Reagan Lovig made his TT debut tonight and pulled in a very impressive 2nd place finish.  Michael Gill came out for his 3rd straight TT and improved his speeds even over the longer and hillier course. Rhona Lettau came out for her first TT of the year and won the womens race a great time of 36:44, just edging out Rose Houle, Sarah Davidson, and Jennifer Gordon.  In the youth female category, Abigail Hare won her 2nd race with another great race.  Finally in the youth male category, Aiden Hare did an outstanding race (averaging 25.5 over the hills).  Both Aiden and Ian Gilmore actually went much faster over the longer 20k course compared to last weeks 15k course, great efforts!

The turnouts this season have been great, with many riders coming out for 3 out of 3 races so far: Angellos Glaros, Michael Gill, Patrick Burnham, Corey Friesen, Mark Weiler, Don Gilmore, Ian Gilmore, Jason Hare, Abigail Hare, Aiden Hare, and Paul Callow.  It's nice to see so many regulars, as well as many new faces each week.

The winner of the MIVA socks for last week was Michael Gill, with Rose Houle's name being drawn this week for wearing MIVA kit and winning a free pair of cycling socks.

The results can all be seen here, sortable by category, and also click the drop down arrow to view 'time back' or 'average speed'.

As always, many thanks to the volunteers who came out tonight.  Kirby Villeneuve, Angellos Glaros, and Randy Smith were out at the 10k turn around.  Glen Gordon thanks for being the holder at the start line, Phil (and gf) for helping with the iPad timing.  As always Peter for setting up the course, manual timing, and course take down.

Next week is a 40k TT, hope to see many people out.  The idea behind a spring 40k TT is that you can compare it to the late August final 40k TT and see your improvement.  And wear MIVA gear to win stuff!  See you then.

Senior Men	Events	Total Points
Menno Jongsma	3	29
Ian Smith	2	24
Paul Thompson	2	17
Ray Wagner	2	17
Marc Wieler	2	12
Steve Struthers	2	12
Rob Russell	1	10
Nick Kupiak	2	10
Chris Cameron	1	10
Kyle Waring	2	8
Mike Gill	1	8
Evan Earp-Jones	2	5
Mike Sevcov	2	5
Shepard Stewart	1	3
Bill McMillian	2	3
Kirby Villeneuve	1	2
Michael Gill	2	2
Russell Berg	1	1
Rob Bau	1	1
Quentin Wicks	1	1
Justin Mark	1	1
Ron Hewitson	1	1
John Lam	1	1
Youth Men (18&under)	Events	Total Points
James Grant	3	32
Mark Grant	3	28
Brodie Hay	3	25
Andrew Grant	1	1
Senior Women	Events	Total Points
Charlene Hay	3	30
Lorrie Baildham	1	12
Glenda Harling	1	12
Janna Gillick	2	12
Katie  Wallington	1	9
Youth Women (18&under)	Events	Total Points
Jessica Reynolds	3	36
Mykelti Berg	2	20

Post any issues in the comments section here and we'll address them.

With just thirteen participants, results for the 30lap Arbutus race are:  

Place	Name	Series Pts	Series Pts (Corrected)
1	Menno Jongsma	12	12
2	Paul Thompson	10	10
3	James Grant	9	12
4	Mark Grant	8	10
5	Nick Kupiak	7	9
6	Jessica Reynolds	6	12
7	Mike Gill	5	8
8	Charlene Hay	4	12
9	Andrew Grant	1	1
10	Brodie Hay	1	1
11	Ron Hewitson	1	1
12	Evan Earp-Jones	1	1

Standings will be available soon. New batteries needed for the calculator.

Women's event	(Senior & Youth)
15 lap points race with points every 5 laps (5,3,2); double points on last lap.
		Series Pts (Uncorrected)	Series Pts (Corrected)
Jessica Reynolds	Vipyrs	12	12
Mykelti Berg	MIVA	10	10
Glenda Harling	Cowichan	9	12
Charlene Hay	MIVA	8	10

Open Event (Men / Youth) 30 lap Points Criterium with points every ten laps, double points for final sprint
		Race Pts	Series Pts (Uncorrected)	Series Pts (Corrected)
Ian Smith	MIVA	11	12	12
Chris Cameron	MIVA	10	10	10
Ray Wagner	CVCC	5	9	9
Brodie Hay	Vipyrs	4	8	12
Menno Jongsma	MIVA	3	7	8
Paul Thompson	MIVA	3	6	7
Steve Struthers	Tri BC	2	5	6
Mark Wieler	MIVA/Arrowsmith	2	4	5
James Grant	Vipyrs		3	10
Evan Earp-Jones	OBB Wheele4rs		2	4
Kyle Waring	MIVA		1	3
Kirby Villeneuve	MIVA		1	2
Mark Grant	Vipyrs		1	9
Justin Mark	Steed Cycles		1	1
Mike Sevcov	Cowichan		1	1
John Lam	MIVA		1	1
Bill McMillan	MIVA	lapped	1	1
Michel Gill	MIVA	Lapped	1	1
Quentin Wicks	MIVA	DNF	1	1

MIVA debuted a brand new course tonight, heading west from South Forks Road.  There were mixed reviews about the course but overall it was great with very little traffic.  The course climbed on the way out and into a headwind, then on the way back the racers were able to ride a tailwind to the finish.  

15 riders came out tonight, another excellent turnout.  Of the 15 riders, 4 youths took on the course and all did great especially on the hill (see the climb at km 4.5).

The results for tonight's TT can be seen here.  Congrats to everyone for coming out and giving a huge effort!

Many thanks to the volunteers who came out tonight to help out!  Thank you Sarah Davidson and familiy, Katy Wallington, Phil Birrer, Ian Smith, and as always, Peter McCaffery.

Hope to see you all (and others) next week same place same time.

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