DHBC in the Three days of Sydney carnival over new years....

[Simon Llewellyn]

Hey to let everybody know what is going on, Paul Craft has decided to promote a new years carnival series over the 1st, 2nd & 3rd of Janurary. The series will be run at Tempe on the 1st, Lidcombe oval on the 2nd & at Dunc Gray on the 3rd of Januray.

Crafty has asked me if DHBC would be interested in heping run the Tempe leg of the carnival to which I agreed. It is a 5 year plan which is aimed at being relatively small this year and building over the next five years. He expects based upon other results he has had promoting that it will be a big money spinner in time to come.

Here's the idea:

Dates would be

· Thur Jan 01 @ Tempe

· Fri Jan 02 @ Lidcombe

· Sat Jan 03 @ DGV



Each carnival would be joint ran by Pauls Craft and the local club (DHBCC, LACC and BSCC)

Entry fee =$20 per carnival or $45 all three.



Local Club

· Takes $10 ($7 from full carnival series riders)

· Runs canteen

· Provides bib numbers

· Provides result keepers

· Provides commissarie

· Provides first aid

· Provides equipment

· Pays for venue.

· Organisers a title sponsor to the value of $500 in product.



Paul Craft

· Takes $10 ($7 from full carnival series riders)

· Pays CNSW sanctioning fee

· Provides Prize money

· Provides logistics

· Provide and pay for organisational staff.

· Provides Point series personnel

· Provides any additional officials not filled by local club

· Provides programs



Grades

· A Grade

· B Grade

· Women

· C Grade – non series riding grade



Prize Money

· $1500 min in sponsor product

· $1000 in cash

· Prizes on overall series only

· No prizes for individual carnivals

· No prizes for individual races

· Each Grade will pay to 5th place with $850 prize pool.

· Rounds 2, 3 and 4 will score 5,3,2 and 1 point towards overall series.





Each nights racing would be run on the same format. The different tracks will provide the variety.

· Round 1 warm up scratch. (qualifier for Wheel race)

· Round 2 Wheel Race (points double)

· Round 3 Sprint event “1 lap screamer”

· Round 4 Endurance race “Winners Race”

· Round 5 A Grade Madison, B, C and Women Miss’n’Out





In the event of rain

· In the event of rain or imminent rain the event will revert to the DGV

· Dates will need to be confirmed



The plan

· 2009 small cat 4 event (enter on day)

· 2010 Standard Cat 3 open

· 2011 Recognised annual series carnival.


What I need is firstly everybody who has a bike to ride to build up numbers but also people who are able to help out and plan not to ride to let me know so I can organise the event.

I think this is a fantastic opportunity for a club and hope it will build to be a massive event in the fututre!!!!!

[Tom Rayner]

This sounds really cool. Unfortunately, I'm heading to Bright to hit (or should I say be hit by) the hills- otherwise I'd love to help out or ride...

[timyone]

i reckon the racing for the sake of racing will be heaps good! not just there to win money etc! im pumped for this event!!

Its about time we had an open of some sort!
can we use this as a build up to having our own open? i want an open to ride in thats ours, not just for the vets.

[T-Bone]

I believe i'm going to be working, so i'm out at the moment, but it does sound like a good idea.

[shrubb face]

Im definatly interested. Who knows we may even be able to get my girlfriend to help out.

[timyone]

Im definatly interested. Who knows we may even be able to get my girlfriend to help out.

by racing?

[mikesbytes]

What time are the races on? IE daytime or evening?

[christian]

I'm in, I'll be riding but will be able to help out with the organising and on the day when I'm not on a bike.

[shrubb face]

by racing?

If you can get yarna racing on a bike, ill provide all the beer you can drink for the whole festive season.

Deal?

[Toff]

I'm in for 1st Jan.

(Although I thought we were doing a sprint omnium on that day.)

[Trouty]

I'll probably be in for the 1st and the 3rd. Dammit Simon, I knew you would rope us in to some kind of cycling on New Years day !!!!!! I will put some pressure on the other girls to do it.....but good luck getting Amy to get up on New Years Day as I'm sure she will have a hangover. She loves a beer !

Stuart may have his flash new camera by then so a good opportunity to take some pics for DHBC.

[Simon Llewellyn]

Presumably it will be a 6-7pm start so you have all day to sleep off new years eve.

[Stuart]

I'll be there for the first one at Tempe and can help out as I won't be riding although I am planning on getting on the track on boxing day if I can scrounge a bike.

[christian]

Stuart, there should be no problem getting a bike for boxing day as far as I know Geoff's vortex is still there and is probably the right size, just bring your pedals.

[brego]

Simon ,

it is the best way of get fit , is racing , count me in i am racing all 3 days these old legs still have something left .This is a great idea may be next year all the sydney trackies can stay home instead of going inter state .rgds

[Simon Llewellyn]

Cheers Nick for making the time to come out. The most common conversation that I'm hearing around the place is; what is wrong with cycling in NSW & why can't we get the riders & crowds to opens/state titles when we have a world class facility? & The two most common answers are A) we are just not catering for new riders & B) people just don't seem to enjoy it like they used to.

Paul Craft however has managed to bring a very open form of racing which people enjoy & which new riders aren't afraid to come along & ride. I think for DHBC this is a very big oportunity to get involved & get people back racing, invigorate the entry level population & just encourage everybody to have fun. I would love to see every rider who has a track bike & is around at New years to come out and race. Because I think they will have alot of fun & will be involved in rebuilding track cycling in NSW.

[mikesbytes]

So do we know what time it will be on? I'm working normal working days

[fixedgear]

Cat 4?, so entries on the day?

I'd like to make it to Tempe and Lidcombe, but planning anything at that time of the year when you work as a firefighter is uncertain.

[mikesbytes]

What's Cat 4 ?

[Simon Llewellyn]

Yeah entries on the day, club racing format.

[geoff m]

Its even made 'Cycling News'.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id= ... /dec24news

[timyone]

Man its gonna be big, and its gonna be hardcore
(well maybe not the first year but we get to race three days in a row?!!
Thank you mr craft!)