[NCNCA] Juniors Category Change

[Casey Kerrigan]

Also let's not forget that Velo Promo showed their support from  
Juniors by promoting a junior stage race earlier this year. To bad  
only a handful of juniors showed up for that race and Velo Promo lost  
a pretty good amount of money on that event.


On Jul 31, 2006, at 5:36 PM, Lorri Lee Lown -- Velo Girls wrote:

>
> jason.k at comcast.net jason.k at comcast.net
> Mon Jul 31 13:06:57 PDT 2006
> It was not Bob's idea/decision to leave Juniors out of this one.
> Jason Kent  -- Director Sportif -- Tieni Duro Junior Cycling  
> Development
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> My understanding is that the change in fields was prompted by  
> Metromint.  Metromint is one of the strongest women's teams in the  
> area and also a big supporter of the Bay Area Women's Cycling  
> Series (of which the Giro is part).  Since the premise of the BAWC  
> is to offer separate fields for both CAT3 and CAT4 women, I applaud  
> Metromint (and Bob) for stepping up and making a tough decision.
>
> The topic of women's racing/fields has been talked into the ground  
> this season.  One of the suggestions has been for the predominantly  
> women's clubs to put their money where their mouth is and promote  
> races that feature the women's fields.  I'm thrilled that Metromint  
> is doing this.  This may not be a popular decision with fields that  
> were eliminated.  It also may not be an easy decision financially,  
> but it proves the team's dedication to women's cycling.  Since  
> women's fields have been eliminated from some other races this  
> season, I'm glad to see Metromint had the courage to step up and  
> feature the women at the Giro.
>
> Thank you for providing CAT3 women the opportunity to race in a  
> field of their own.  I hope many of you will come out and take  
> advantage of this rare opportunity.
>
>
> Lorri Lee Lown
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