Events Booking

Event Notes: This event has an 18:45 start. Meet at top of Princethorpe hill on B4453.

Note: This is not our regualar 25 mile course. Please review the K10/25A course map before start.

Start on B4453 (Princethorpe – Rugby road) approx 130 yds west of junction to Bourton-on-Dunsmore at TP2.

Proceed east on B4453 to junction with A45.

Turn left onto A45 and proceed over island at junction with Fosse way and past slip road to A445 to take slip road to A423 beyond ex-Peugeot works.

Proceed along A423, keeping straight on at island junction with A445 and proceed to Princethorpe.

Turn left onto B4453 to pass starting point.

Repeat circuit to complete over 2 lap.

Continue past start on second lap along B4453 to finish in line with road drain on left at entrance to Blooms Garden Centre, approx 200 yds before junction with A45.

Marshalls for all events are now booked through Google Spreadsheets. Please volunteer for at least 1 event for every 6 rides during the season. (Volunteer here)

Start List

 

1 –
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3 – Mark Smith
4 – Tony Johnson
5 – Andy Dean
6 – Vicki Craig
7 – James Daly
8 – Mike Smallwood
9 – Zoe Shepherd
10 – Oliver Billing
11 – Phil Scott
12 – Andrew Burston
13 – Brian Haycock
14 – David Garrett
15 – James Gibbs
16 – Peter Wright
17 – Andrew Childs
18 – Sam Barnwell
19 – Tom Walker
20 – Simon Barnwell
21 – Guy Sanders
22 – Karl Eveleigh
23 – Alice Edwards
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26 – Mark Pascoe
27 – Jon Cottingham
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Reserve List

Start list grading – When you go to book a slot always try first and foremost to book within one of the three grades that apply to you, we understand this will not be perfect and there will be lots of exceptions (work, appointments etc etc) when this rule of thumb cannot be followed. For this event the permitted field is limited to 45 Riders.

The 3 gradings are:

• Slots 1-10 Juniors, novices and improving riders who would record times in the bottom third of our scratch times list.
• Slots 11-20 All riders who normally record times in the mid-range of our scratch times list.
• Slots 21-45 All riders who normally record times in the top third of our scratch list.

Clearly this grading by nature will be imperfect however after hours of discussion and an extended trial the RRCC Committee have now adopted the policy. The overriding factors that we considered were:

Safety – Starting riders in a graded format will result in racing completed well before we lose crucial light and visibility, and potentially limit the need of overtaking another rider.
Volunteers – Starting in this format means all of the volunteers and Marshals can get home before dark.
Racing – We are a racing club, so grading improves competition with riders of similar abilities competing and improving their times!

Reserve booking list – We have had a few weeks now where we have exceeded our permitted slots (what a great position to be in!) to manage this fairly we propose opening the booking system to beyond the permitted slots as a reserve list, how this will work is simple: if you attempt to book on and all permitted slots are already booked, put your name on the reserve list. If for any reason a rider drops out and deletes a booking slot the next rider on the reserve list will be expected to access the system and book the now available slot. A curtesy WhatsApp message from the member withdrawing to next reserve would be a nice touch:

• Slots 46-50 Rider reserve list for this event.