[NCNCA] Women's Races

[Rick Warner]

One other aspect is both Cats Hill and EBC have combined 3/4 fields for the
women.  A lot of the W4's I know hate it because the 3's run the race and
they do not get a good experience, and a lot of the 3's I've talked to are
happier without racing with some of the novices in the 4's for safety
reasons.  I know women in both fields who tend to avoid the combined field
races.  Some will relent in the end, but others will stay home or on the
sidelines.

- rick

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Ron Castia <zronn at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> OK, how about we stop taking everything the wrong way here?
> It's not a slap at all, as matter of fact it could be seen as exactly the
> opposite.
>
> If you did pre-register, thank you for being one of the few to show us
> early that we won't have an empty course and for setting a good example.
> Hold your head proud that you are setting a good example.
>
> Gordon and I are just saying, show us that our efforts to acknowledge your
> needs will be returned in kind by a little pre-reg.
> It let's a promoter have some idea of what to expect day of.
>
> There is a balance that needs to exist, it can't be a 1 way street.
>
> Thanks,
> Ron (who will be hand picking the purple skittles out just for Eli)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "Morgan, Cathy L." <cathy.morgan at pillsburylaw.com>
> To: Ron Castia <zronn at sbcglobal.net>; NCNCA <ncnca at ncnca.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:03:50 AM
> Subject: RE: [NCNCA] Women's Races
>
> Nice slap to those of us who have already registered. Just sayin'.
> clm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ncnca-bounces+cathy.morgan=pillsburylaw.com at ncnca.org
> [mailto:ncnca-bounces+cathy.morgan <ncnca-bounces%2Bcathy.morgan>=
> pillsburylaw.com at ncnca.org] On Behalf
> Of Ron Castia
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:02 AM
> To: NCNCA
> Subject: Re: [NCNCA] Women's Races
>
> It's not just Cat's Hill.
> At the EBC  Criterium we are doing a 40% cash payback 10 deep for the
> Pro 1/2/3 Women and have no entries, none, zero, zip. What's up with
> that/
>
> We really wanted to support Women this year and offered 3 fields. We
> have a total of 10 Women registered.
>
> If you are going to be the loudest to complain, it's a good idea to show
> some love when your voice is acknowledged.
> Right now, we are not seeing it and the Women's fields are hinting that
> they may be just a big waste of our schedule time.
> We could have easily just run more masters 4s and 3s and made some bank,
> or gone home early.
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "Gordon, Barry" <Bgordon at Structint.com>
> To: NCNCA <ncnca at ncnca.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:59:27 AM
> Subject: [NCNCA] Cat's Hill Women's Races
>
> NCNCA,
>
> Last year the LGBRC made the bad decision to replace the Women's 3/4
> race with Master 45 race and the cycling community let us know in no
> uncertain terms that we made a BIG mistake.  Therefore, we reinstated
> the women's 3/4 race plus increased the cash prize list for the women's
> 1/2/3 race from $600/6 places to $1000/10 places in 2008.  So what is
> the response to our return to sanity?  We currently have 11 women
> pre-registered for each race.  (As it stands now only one 1/2/3 woman
> will place out of the money.)
>
> Lots of people last year complained about our dumb decision and we
> listened to you.  In return, we hope that the cycling community would
> have a change of heart and would support our women's races this
> Saturday.
>
> On-line registration: www.catshill.org
>
> Thank you for your consideration.
>
> Barry Gordon, President
> Los Gatos Bicycle Racing Club
> Team Easton/SugarCRM/Specialized
> A USA Cycling Club of the Year
> www.lgbrc.org
> 408-978-8200
> bgordon at structint.com
>
>
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