Starting on Thursday, October 13th. , there will be a four week series of cyclo-cross clinics. Venue is Beban Park BMX track area and start time is 4.45pm. Instructor will be on site from4pm for those who can come earlier. After each clinic, there will be a thirty minute race on a section of the Island Championship course.
For a sample of what a clinic is like go here.
Duomont Road /Wiegles Road, Nanaimo. 5.1km October 8th., 2011
This morning, it was about 10 degrees C. colder than in the last few days, with a strong wind adding to the chilliness. Despite this, we had one of the better hill climb turn-outs for the championship. Sole womens entry, Cheryl Morch was first to finish, with a time just 14 seconds slower than her August effort on the same hill. Then Phil Birrer, who started off third, was the next to complete the course, posting a personal best of 13' 58” and this turned out to be a portent of things to come. Masters E, Dave Kenny was next over the line, beating his previous effort on the hill by a scant three seconds. The next three finishers all posted times in the 13 minute range but then Paul Auton surged into view, over a minute faster than the others. He was well ahead of his previous effort on Wiegles and crossed the finish in 12 minutes flat, beating his own previous record by 20 seconds and claiming the $50 prize offered for this feat!with only three riders left on the course and the last starter not yet in sight, Paul was declared the winner.
In the handicap event, only 35 seconds covered the top four finishers, with three of them over 40 years old and 70 year old Dave Kenny beating most of the field.
It was good to see Elijah Buffalo from the North West Territories return to ride a club event. Elijah was a regular participant in the Thursday time trials a couple of years ago.
Thanks to Bryan Rehill and Ross Palfery for volunteering.
Now the series has finished, MIVA's next event is the Island Cyclo-cross Championship on October 15th. The club is also running a weekly CX clinic and competition for the next four weeks and will be holding home trainer nights later this Fall, dates and time TBA
MIVA is organising the Island Cyclo-cross championship at Beban Park, Nanaimo, on Saturday, October 15th. The club has already had offers of help for the course set-up on Friday afternoon, but to make sure that all bases are covered. MIVA is looking for two results and lap scoring people, three registration input people and a good data entry person for feeding rider information to the computer. Please contact pakamac@gmail.com if you are available for one or more of these positions.
The Nanaimo Hill Climb Championship will take place this Saturday on the Duomont/Wiegles course, a 5.2 kilometre grind,with the undulating first 2.5km followed by the final 2.7km of real climbing. Registration is from 10am to 10.45am at Pleasant Valley Community Centre and first rider is off at 11.01am. There will be awards for the top three men and women overall and, if there are sufficient starters, awards for under 18, and masters' (40+). There will also be age on standard awards, with handicap times based on a formula that will give all masters an equal chance of winning. In addition,there will be a cash prizes for anyone beating the present men's record of 12' 20" or women's record of 15' 06". All winners will be recognised after the event but the awards for the championship will be presented at MIVA social evening at the Longwood Brew Pub on November 11th.
Those who have seen the MIVA clothing already have commented favourably on the quality, speed of delivery, appearance and PRICE. The club is now accepting orders for a variety of items here. We need at least six of a particular item in any combination of sizes to order. Shorts, bibs, jackets, skin suits, and tights can be ordered from XXS to XXXL
