[NCNCA] Track feedback sought

[joseph fineman]

Tom; I agree with Kevin Worley. The change is great. I am glad that you took 
Larry Nolan's idea and ran with it. Harvey Nitz and I have had the same 
discussion and he could not understand why it took so long to change the age 
groupings for the "Oly" sprint. Please tell the Board of Trustees to stand 
their ground with the big donor. Many of the riders who compete at Masters 
Natz do not go to Masters Worlds for one reason or another. With Masters 
Worlds taking place in Australia the next 3 years there is a good chance 
that  the American numbers will decrease. Who said that our Natz have to 
copycat Worlds anyway. Take a look at elite Worlds. They will be competing 
in the 500 and kilo which were deleted from the Olympics.  Tom, here is 
something to put in the back of your mind. With more and more Masters racing 
longer there may in the future be a need for M60+ team pusuit and "Oly" 
sprint. Recently USA cycling told the M70+ riders that if they could get 
enough riders they would consider having M70+ fields. Right now there aren't 
enough M60+ riders  to fill a field in the team pursuit but you knows what 
can happen at a later date. In summary please tell the Board to stand their 
ground on the fellow with the deep pockets. I have an idea who he may be and 
I am surprized that he brought the subject up.  Lastly, since this is a 
trackie topic I think you should post all of these exchanges on the Hellyer 
link. I am sure that we are boring the "roadie" population with talk about 
something as esoteric as the "Oly" sprint. Thanks for reading. Joe Fineman


>From: Tom Simonson <tom at tsimonson.com>
>To: NCNCA mail list <ncnca at ncnca.org>
>Subject: [NCNCA] Track feedback sought
>Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:49:06 -0800 (PST)
>
>We changed one masters track championship event for 2007 - the team sprint
>formerly had two groups - of men: ages summing to 100-134 and 135+. We
>changed that to individual age groupings for men of 30+ 40+ and 50+. This
>is different from Masters Worlds, which still uses the sum of the ages.
>
>This changes the event for masters somewhat - previously a 135+ team could
>use a fast rider much younger than 45 by also using a somewhat older
>rider. Now all riders will come from within the same age class.
>
>I submitted this legislation at the request of Larry Nolan, although I
>was personally in favor of it as well. I believe that after its passage I
>got a couple of positive responses to the change. Recently a very
>experienced master rider and sponsor of teams at the national level and
>Masters Worlds was highly critical of the change, in part because of the
>divergence from the structure at Worlds.
>
>I would like any feedback possible on the change, to pass along to the
>Board of Trustees discussion.
>
>I'm posting this on the NCNCA email list and to the local forum. I am not
>currently on the Hellyer list - if any discussion ensues there, I would
>appreciate it being forwarded to me. Thanks.
>
>---
>Tom Simonson, Oakland CA (tom at tsimonson.com)
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