Thanks to the Bau family, the MIVA criterium on August 7th. will be on a new, freshly paved, completely closed circuit at Arbutus Meadows Equestrian Centre, Parksville. NO cones, NO signage, NO yellow line rule! Arbutus Meadows is the right turn just before the traffic lights at the top of the hill south of Parksville on the Island Highway, Parking is adjacent to the course. Registration in the small barn at 6pm for youth race and at 6.30pm for senior race. If this turns out to be successful, there may be more events on the same circuit.

6 laps , 41.4 km.

POS	NAME	CAT	CLUB	TIME	PTS
1	Ian Scott	1	Wheels of Bloor	1h 01'16"	12
2	Iain Hay	2	MIVA	at 1 lap	10
3	Ray Wagner	2	CVCC	"	9
4	John Lam	3	MIVA	"	8
`5	Kyle Waring	3	MIVA	"	7
6	Mike Sevcov	2	Everti/MIVA	"	6
7	Kirby Villeneuve	3	MIVA	"	5
8	Bill McMillan	2	MIVA	"	4
9	Matt Allardyce	3	MIVA	"	3
	Mark Wieler	3	MIVA/Arrowsmith	DNF	1
P1	Ian Scott				4
P2	Ian Scott				4
P3	Ian Scott				4
P4	Ian Scott				4
Volunteers
	Iain Hay	5
	Brodie Hay	5

Series Points to Date

Men Women Youth

Ian Smith	138		Glenda Harling	45		Male
Iain Hay	123		Charlene Hay	22		Brodie Hay	89
Paul Thompson	58		Janna Gillick	12		Eli Simcoe Metcalfe	44
Mike Sevcov	57					Mark Grant	31
John Lam	56					James Grant	35
Ray Wagner	56					Damien Parlee	12
Kyle Waring	55					Ben Harmsworth	8
Shepherd Stewart	50					Isaac Vander Vliet	3
Rob Bau	36					Max Creighton	3
Mark Wieler	34					Female
Menno Jonsma	32					Jessica Reynolds	44
Bill McMillan	32					Jane Harmsworth	30
Sean Lunny	29					Kia Van der Vliet	21
Ian Scott	28					Lindsay Harmsworth	7
Kirby Villeneuve	25

MIVA BOXWOOD CRITERIUM, JULY 24TH. 2012 52 Minutes plus 5 Laps

Another fine evening but only ten showed for tonight's Boxwood criterium. We have had a total of thirty-six riders contest one or more of the races so the small field was disappointing. However, a wise? man from the east showed the rest how it's done. Ian Scott, a masters' 1 rider from Toronto is visiting Victoria on holiday  and he came up to Nanaimo to see what our criteriums were like. He is used to the Midweek Club criteriums with eighty plus starters, so he must have been surprised at our field of just 10.

After two laps Scott simply rode away from the pack and proceeded to take time out of the rest every lap, winning all the intermediate sprints in the process. The pack just weren’t organised and every time someone took a long- too long- pull, the next in line didn't take up the action. A good pace line could have eaten into Scott's advantage but it wasn't to be.

After thirteen laps, CVCC's ray Wagner soloed off the front of the pack and actually held Scott to twenty seconds but no-one else joined him and by lap sixteen he was back in the pack, whacked.

By lap twenty-four, Ian Scott had a minute on the bunch and showed no signs of flagging, two laps later taking fifteen seconds. On lap thirty the fast-moving Torontonian lapped the field and as it was the bell for the final prime, we expected a hard-contested sprint but when the riders came around into the finishing straight, Scott had taken another twelve seconds and took the prime alone.

With just five laps left, the lethargic bunch watched our visitor continue to ride away and at the line, it was Ian Scott finishing a lap and twenty seconds up. The sprint for second was just taken by Iain Hay from Ray Wagner and John Lam. The rest rolled in with the same time except for Matt Allardyce who had been lapped quite early in the race but who had managed to hang onto the pack once they caught him.

Tip for tomorrows Cedar ride: spend some time practising some serious pace line riding and apply it to the next criterium.

The BC Masters Cycling Association and Sidney Velo Club are organising this year's Ken Paskin Memorial Time trial. It is 40 kilometres and will be held on a Lake Cowichan course in August. Riders must be at least 30 years old to enter. Full details here

We are about to put in another clothing order. Every time we do this, we ask for any specific orders with cash and get little response so we have to guess on quantities and sizes. To make sure that you are not disappointed, please let us know by Friday what you need. Remember, winter is coming. For full details of all MIVA clothing, go to our web site, click on "Membership" and then on the clothing list.