This Saturday, the Nanaimo Hill Climb Championship will take place on the Duomont / Wiegles course. Registration opens at 10.30am at Pleasant Valley Community Centre on Duomont Road and first rider is off at 11.01 from just past the Black Bear. The finish is at the end of the paved road about six hundred metres past the Nanaimo Moto Cross course. Entry fee is $10. Under 18 and you ride for free. Afterwards, there will be an informal get-together at the Black  Boar - oops! I mean the Black Bear (Robin Hood will not be in attendance). All come out and see if Paul Auton's record of 12'00" will be beaten this year.

We do need  volunteers for starting timekeeper and holder, and marshal on the Duomont junction

Awards will be given out at the MIVA Awards Night  at The Longwood Brew Pub, on November 22nd.

Another great showing yesterday by MIVA at Farmer Bill's in Port Alberni. As usual, Norm and the rest of the Cross on the Rock team put together a fun race with categories and prizing for riders of all abilities. Results are posted here. Russell and Mykelti were out there shooting and put this youtube video together to showcase the Intermediate and Master's races. I'm not sure how they managed to put it together so quickly - I'm still not done cleaning my bike! Also available are Patrick's photos, which show even more of the mud and fun!

Next Sunday is the provincial race in North Vancouver. The week after that Cross on the Rock returns to Ladysmith, complete with licensed beer garden. It doesn't get better than that.

MIVA riders again made their mark.  Despite the rain and the threat of strong winds, nineteen of the club members, including three associates, participated in this mud fest.  MIVA had more riders participating than any other club.

-Janna

P.S. Props to Russell on his Chemistry videos too. (Yep. I'm a chemistry nerd too.)

Please take note of some schedule changes: -MIVA AGM & Awards Night is now on Thursday November 22nd -MIVA Thursday Night Cyclo-Cross Clinics/Races have wrapped up for the season

  Patrick Burnham is an active member of MIVA , competing in time trials, hill climbs and cyclo-cross.In addition, he is a keen amateur photographer and has taken hundreds of pictures of a number of recent events.  He posts his photos on Flickr under his pen name of Palleus12. For an interesting photo record of Monday;s Bowen Park event, go here.

Reprinted from Canadian Cyclist. Cycling BC is excited to announce the return of the highly popular fall/winter camps at the Burnaby Velodrome. The first camp will be held over three days on November 9-11, and will be run by Cycling BC and Burnaby Velodrome coaches.

Included in the camp will be multiple track training sessions, in addition to the weekend racing event hosted by the Burnaby Velodrome Club. The main focus of the camp will be learning essential track skills, with an emphasis on team pursuit and team sprint. This camp is the first in a nation-wide program to serve as talent identification for the national track program, with an eye towards identifying possible 2016 and 2020 athletes.

Any riders interested in taking part are asked to send an application via email to Cycling BC development coach Jeff Ain at jeff@cyclingbc.net. Space is limited, and these camps have sold out for the past three seasons.

Dates: November 9-11, 2012 Where: Burnaby Velodrome, 7564 Barnet Highway, Burnaby, BC Age Range: 13-18 Cost: TBA - will be approximately $70/rider, includes camp, race entry, bike rental (if required)

Contact: Jeff Ain jeff@cyclingbc.net