The last weekly criterium of the season is at Arbutus Meadows Equestrian Centre tonight (Tuesday). First race is at 6.30pm and the criterium will be at about 7pm. Everyone come out and enjoy this great circuit.  

	CLUB	CAT	TIME	speed	PTS.	notes
Paul Auton	Cycle Therapy	S2	5' 49”	27.44kph	12	Establish course record
Paul Thompson	MIVA	S2	6' 35”	24.24kph	10
Steven Crowley	MIVA	S3	6' 42”	23.82kph	9
Kirby Villeneuve	MIVA	S3	6' 52”	23.24kph	8
Jason Hare	MIVA	S3	7' 33”	21.14kph	6
Lorrie Baildham	MIVA	W3	7' 38”	20.91kph	12	Est. womens record
Dave Kenny	MIVA/Liv. Merc.	MF	8' 21”	19.11kph	7	7' 05” age corrected time
Patrick Burnham	MIVA	S3	8' 42”	18.34kph	5	Fixed wheel
Abigail Hare (13)	MIVA	YF	9' 58”	16.01kph	12	Est. JF record
Aiden Hare (12)	MIVA	YM	12' 56”	12.34kph	12	Est. JM record

• this is calculated by giving an allowance of 2.5” for every year above 40

MIVA HILL CLIMB NO. 2, 12 08 30 Meadow Drive/Jamieson Road, Nanaimo           PHOTOS HERE

Pleasant evening – 18 deg. C., no wind. This was the first massed start hill climb the club has run to date. Almost immediately, Paul Auton surged ahead of the group and stayed there. Behind him, Paul Thompson, Steven Crowley and Kirby Villeneuve stayed together for the first part of the climb, with Jason Hare, Lorrie Baildham and Dave Kenny about fifteen seconds behind them, Patrick Burnham was having difficulty turning his fixed wheel but stayed fairly close. Bringing up the rear were the two junior riders, with Abigail Hare already well ahead of brother Aiden.

After the initial one kilometre steep grade, the road flattened out for the next seven hundred metres before kicking up again for the final kilometre. The order stayed the same, with Auton about half a minute clear of second placed Thompson and Crowley and Villeneuve pulling ahead of Hare. Lorrie managed to stay a couple of seconds behind him. Dave Kenny was now well over half a minute behind the leading woman, with Patrick a further fifteen seconds back.

In the final steep climb to the line, Paul A consolidated his lead and finished over forty-five seconds ahead of the other Paul.with Steve Crowley a further seven seconds back in third place and Kirby coming fourth a further ten seconds down. It was forty seconds before Jason Hare rolled in, with Lorrie only five seconds behind. Master F, Dave Kenny finished a further forty seconds back but his age-corrected time would have placed him in fifth place overall. Patrick managed to keep his fixie churning but would have been faster with a lower gear. The Hare kids both did creditable rides, with Abigail's time especially good for her age.

Of special note was the fact that Paul Auton rode from Duncan for the event established a course record and rode back home afterwards – over one hundred kilometres in all!

Thanks to all who helped with set up and tear down.

Next week's hill climb is another new course, starting at the bottom of East Wellington Road, just past the Holland Road junction, and finishing just before the junction with Jingle Pot Road. Registration will open at 6pm and first off will be at 6.31pm.

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MIVA CYCLO-CROSS CLINICS AND EVENING EVENTS For the second year MIVA is organising a series of cyclo-cross clinics and weekly races. The clinics will focus on cornering, dismounting and remounting, negotiation of artificial and natural obstacles including stairs, running with the bike, cross camber technique, pacing yourself over the course of a forty-five minute to one hour race.

Each 45 minute clinic will be followed by a half hour race in the same location.

The location is the BMX track area in Beban Park, just off Labieux Road.

SCHEDULE

DATE	TIME	CLINIC
Sept. 11th. (Tuesday)	6.00pm – 7.30pm	Barriers and other obstacles
Sept. 20th. (Thursday)	6.00pm – 7.15pm.	Dismount, Run, Remount
Sept. 27th. (Thursday)	5.45pm – 7.15pm	Cornering, use of gears
Oct. 4th. (Thursday)	5.30pm – 7.00pm	Cross camber riding Pacing, Review

NB: There is a $5 fee for each clinic. Those wishing to do the race only will also pay the fee. To meet insurance requirements, all participants must be full or associate members of MIVA. Associate memebrship is $10. Membership applications will be available at the clinics.