[NCNCA] Women's Races

[Casey Kerrigan]

To go along with what Chris said people might want to note that the  
rules allow promoters to set a Min field size and if the Min field  
size is not reached then the race can be cancelled or combined with  
another group. If a promoter doesn't set a Min field size in the race  
announcement then the default field sizes apply. For Mass start races  
the default Min race size is 4 riders and for Time Trials the default  
Min size is 1 rider.

Casey
On Apr 30, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Chris Black wrote:

> So,
>
> Since it is hard to plan in advance how about this solution: the  
> promoter has a race for your category provided a minimum number show  
> up. The minimum would be set by the promoter and failure to meet the  
> minimum would result in race cancellation. Make it the last race of  
> the day so cancelation means everyone goes home early.
>
> Just a suggestion.
>
> Chris Black
> Morgan Stanley/24 Hour Fitness/ Specialized  Racing Team
> San Luis Obispo, CA
>
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> ---- Original Message ----
> From: "soni andreini poulsen" <conejotoo at hotmail.com>
> Date: 4/30/08 10:07 am
> To: "Ron Castia" <zronn at sbcglobal.net> ; "NCNCA" <ncnca at ncnca.org>
> Subj: Re: [NCNCA] Women's Races
>
> I agree that if women are going to complain about lack of fields,  
> they need to show up when they get what they were asking for.
>
> However, women are not big on pre-registering.  They rarely need to  
> because fields don't fill.  And life, for me, makes it hard to plan  
> more than 2 days in advance.  So I often choose not to pre-register  
> unless I know for sure I will be able to attend.
>
> So maybe we all need to be spanked for complaining about small  
> fields and then not showing up, but you really should wait until  
> after the races are over to get nasty about it.
>
> Soni> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:01:37 -0700> From:  
> zronn at sbcglobal.net> To: ncnca at ncnca.org> 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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