Our final Monday ride of the season will start at 6PM on Monday from Oak Bay Bikes. (http://goo.gl/maps/ioyKc) Hopefully we can get a good crowd out to celebrate the end of summer.  

There has been some discussion around having a similar ride on the weekend. The struggle with that idea is finding someone willing to act as sweeper. Typically, a sweeper is a stronger rider who is familiar with the route/area and willing to encourage and/or tow any weaker riders who are at risk of getting left behind. With limited opportunity to ride in the fall/winter, this can be a difficult role to fill. Our goal with these Monday rides is to encourage newer riders and riders intimidated by group rides, so having a sweeper is essential to achieving this goal.

If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to leave them here (below) or bring them to the Monday ride for discussion. Our rides have been well-received and it would be great to be able to hang on to something similar through the fall and winter.

	CLUB	CAT	TIME	PTS.	notes
Paul Auton	Cycle Therapy	S3	7' 05”	12	Course record
Paul Thompson	MIVA	S2	7' 36”	10
Andrew Willmott	MIVA	S3	8' 27”	9
Matt Allardyce	MIVA	S3	8' 42”	8
Janna Gillick	MIVA	W2	8' 43”	12	Women's record
Lorrie Baildham	MIVA	W3	8' 49”	10
Adam McConnell	MIVA	S3	8' 49”	7
Bruce Mitchell	MIVA	S3	9' 02”	6
Jason Hare	MIVA	S3	9' 08”	5
Dave Kenny	MIVA/Liv. Merc.	MF	9' 32”	4	Age standard time 8' 02” *
Ian Drown	MIVA	S3	9' 36”	3
Russell Berg	MIVA	S3	9' 46”	2
Corey Friesen	HCTC	S3	10' 23”	2
Mykelti Berg	MIVA	YF	10' 50”	12	15 yrs.?
Abigail Hare	MIVA	YF	11' 49”	10	13 yrs.
Aiden Hare	MIVA	YM	14' 02”	12	11 yrs.
VOLUNTEERS
Phil Birrer	timekeeper			5

* this is calculated by giving an allowance of 3” for every year above 40.

MIVA HILL CLIMB NO. 1 12 08 23 Departure Bay Road / Uplands Road, Nanaimo

Cloudy skies, a touch of sun, a stiff wind , and 19 deg. C. temperature greeted the starters in the club's first hill climb of the season. This hill usually attracts a good entry and tonight was no exception, with a record number of sixteen participants. It was great to see three juniors among the riders. The MIVA hill climbs attract a large age spread, tonight drawing contestants from eleven to seventy-two!

Eleven of the entrants were newcomers to this hill with five return riders showing up, among them both the men's and women's record holders.

These latter had the advantage of knowing how to tackle the changing gradients and the sharp twelve percent section towards the top so their times were generally faster.

Of particular note, apart from the two record rides, were the times posted by Andrew Willmott, Mykelti Berg and Dave Kenny. Andrew was an elite rower and triathlete but this is possibly his first cycling event; an excellent ride, Andrew. Ykelti has only started racing this year but is already showuing considerable promise. Her sub eleven minute time underlines her continued progress. Dave Kenny was a national level cyclist in years gone by but in the past few years has just ridden for fun with a few forays into masters' racing. His age-corrected time would have given him third place overall.

Thanks to Phil Birrer for acting as starting timekeeper so soon after his cross-Canada holiday. On an associated note: the club events depend on volunteers for their success but the offers of help from the majority of the ninety-five members are non existent. If the organisers don't start getting considerably more assistance, The club may see its yearly total of fifty-plus events cut in half.

Andrew Grant, who will be riding for MIVA next season has been selected to ride for the BC provincial team in the National Junior Track Championships in Dieppe. The club is helping Andrew out with his expenses by giving him a $400 grant. Entry fees the members have paid for the MIVA time trial and criterium series this season have enabled the club to do this. Thanks to all of you for making this possible.

JUNIOR EVENTS

ELIMINATION RACE

LAP	No.	NAME	CLUB		PTS.
2		Ben Harmsworth	MIVA		7
4		Jessica Reynolds	MIVA		10
6		Jane Harmsworth	MIVA		12
8		Brodie Hay	MIVA		8
3rd		James Grant	MIVA		9
2nd		Alec Stapff	MIVA		10
1st		Mark Grant	MIVA		12
15 LAP CRITERIUM
1		Alec Stapff	15' 47”		12
2		James Grant	s.t.		10
3		Mark Grant	At 9”		9
4		Jessica Reynolds	At 12”		12
5		Jane Harmsworth	At 18”		10
6		Brodie Hay	At 28”		8
7		Ben Harmsworth	lapped		7

SENIOR EVENTS

MISS AND OUT (ELIMINATION RACE)

Lap	Name	Club	Eliminated	Pts.
2	Dave Kenny	MIVA/Liverpool Mercury	x	2
4	Patrick Burnham	MIVA	x	3
6	Matt Allardyce	MIVA	x	4
8	Rob Bau	MIVA	x	5
10	Bill McMillan	MIVA	x	6
12	Normon Thibault	Frontrunners	x	7
14	Iain Hay	MIVA	X	8
3rd	Mark Wieler	Arrowsmith/MIVA	X	9
2nd	Paul Thompson	MIVA		10
1st	Ian Smith	MIVA		12

32 LAP POINTS CRITERIUM

Sprints every 4 laps, 5, 3, 2 points. Double points 16^th. lap & last lap

SPRINT	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	tot
Ian Smith	5	5	5	10	5	5	5	10	50	1st. In final sprint
Paul Thompson	3	3	3	6		2		4	21	3rd. In final sprint
Normon Thibault		2	2	4	2	3		6	19	2nd. in final sprint
Matt Allardyce					3		3		6	4th. In final sprint
Bill McMillan							2		2	7th. In final sprint
Mark Wieler										5th. In final sprint
Iain Hay										6th. In final sprint
Patrick Burnham										At 2 laps
Rob Bau	2								2	At 4 laps
Dave Kenny										At 4 laps

No other points. Remainder of results based on final sprint and lapped riders

RESULT

1	Ian Smith	50		12
2	Paul Thompson	21		10
3	Normon Thibault	19		9
4	Matt Allardyce	6		8
5	Bill McMillan	2		7
6	Mark Wieler			6
7	Iain Hay			5
8	Patrick Burnham			4
9	Rob Bau			3
10	Dave Kenny			2