Crystal Palace 2013 Series Info

Bob has posted the following on the DP homepage:

Entries are now open for the Crystal Palace Crits series, events 1 and 2. Head for www.riderhq.com if you want to pre-enter for these popular races. Juveniles (under16) are also encouraged to register on-line for free, to help with the admin on the day - U16s must then pay when they turn up.

Each successive race will be posted up around four weeks before it takes place.

We initially intended to extend the facility to pre-enter only to supporting clubs. However the response to our request for clubs to marshal has been so encouraging, that we would prefer to hold off on this for now. We are still in the process of contacting some of the smaller clubs and elite teams and depending on on-going responses will keep this policy under review.

We are still working on the refunds policy in case of rain. Options are, to keep the money and put it into the prize fund (!), do an auto refund, or possibly allow transfer to other races. Feel free to tweet your opinion.

Signing on for the under 16s will be in the traditional place, near the start/finish line of the circuit and ably staffed by George, Jan and Sam.

Signing on for the second race (Men, Women, Juniors) is in Cadence Cycles, at the top of Anerly Hill. This is right opposite the entrance to the circuit. If you are early, you will be able to relax with a coffee, replace the tyre you noticed had split on the ride down and for the first time in living memory at Palace - go to the loo.

Our thanks to all the clubs, officials, helpers, Bromley Council, St John Ambulance, Parks Catering for such a positive attitude towards the re-launch of the series.

Ageee with that Ben. I can marshall on 14th by the way - let me know if I'm needed.

This message was emailed out to all members by Pat:

"Dear fellow DPCC member

As most of you know, DPCC is running the Crystal Palace Crit series in 2013, which we're all very excited about!

There are 16 races scheduled, running every Tuesday evening as usual. The first race is 7 May and the last race is 20 August. DPCC is providing marshals etc. on three occasions: 7 May, 14 May and 20 August.

In addition to that we need six volunteers, for the other 13 evenings, to look after signage, signing-on and co-ordinating the marshals. Initially, these activities will be supervised by Patrick Hawkins and Andy Pollintine, the idea being to train a core group of volunteers.

If you can help, please indicate your availability by following this link to our Doddle poll

doodle.com/kumbbqsgav5b34yv

Thank you very much

DPCC"

We're particularly after people that want to contribute to the running of the races which might require a bit more time input than marshaling. Knowing what goes on before and after a race would be beneficial.

James, Matt, Ben - unless you've heard otherwise from Andy or Pat I think we're fine for the first race but your help with the core volunteer group would be great. Follow the Doodle poll link above.

Thanks

Alan

We should be sorted for the minimum number of marshals for the first 2 races but everyone is MORE than welcome to turn up even if that means just cheering duties.

Don't forget, there's also a marshal's pre-season briefing at Cadence on Tuesday 30th at 7pm.

7pm Cadence next Tuesday April 30 for everyone who has nominated CP Tuesday night crits for their volunteering stint.

As usual I left this to the last minute and now it's sold out! Are there on the day entries available?

Guys, this was fantastic - thank you so much for organising it. The atmosphere and the racing has reminded me why I do all this. Superb.