G'day all,
any of you with a racing licence had a chance to digest CSV's latest 'pronouncement from the mount'....concerning racing?. It's posted on the CSV website in the 'news' section. For those that can't be bothered reading it, it basically concerns who will be able to race where. Apparently the ideaology that the holder of a CSV licence can race 'anywhere' (in a sanctioned race), is no more. From my reading of it, ALL races will be divided into 1 of 3 catorgaries. 1/ A club race, meaning ONLY members of the host club may race. 2/ A 'combine' race, where only members of up to 10, 'preordained' clubs may race. 3/ An 'open', where anyone may race......what does this mean?...well the likelihood is, for example, that the popular crit races hosted at Kew, Glenvale Cres & Stkilda, will be limited to being either a club race or a combine event. If they are a 'combine' event, the clubs (up to 10) have to be 'pre nominated' & the host club will be restricted to accepting entries from members of these clubs......All well & fine if your club happens to be a member of the 'combine'. Members of the larger metro clubs shouldn't have a problem, but what of the smaller clubs & country clubs. Neither of these are likely to be 'nominated' due to sheer lack of numbers, meaning that these members will be restricted to racing club events & opens. Most smaller clubs, simply by virtue of their size find it difficult to run regular 'club' events, thus any members who choose to race, will be forced to join a larger club that has access to 'combine' racing. The end result will be the loss of country & smaller clubs as their members 'migrate' to holding licences with larger clubs....Those conspiracy theorists amongest us may well believe that this is CSV's intent!. Whatever, this latest offering from CSV will do nothing for the sport of cycle racing. I urge all club members to register their protest to CSV at this blatantly ludicrous ruling....
Hitchy
any of you with a racing licence had a chance to digest CSV's latest 'pronouncement from the mount'....concerning racing?. It's posted on the CSV website in the 'news' section. For those that can't be bothered reading it, it basically concerns who will be able to race where. Apparently the ideaology that the holder of a CSV licence can race 'anywhere' (in a sanctioned race), is no more. From my reading of it, ALL races will be divided into 1 of 3 catorgaries. 1/ A club race, meaning ONLY members of the host club may race. 2/ A 'combine' race, where only members of up to 10, 'preordained' clubs may race. 3/ An 'open', where anyone may race......what does this mean?...well the likelihood is, for example, that the popular crit races hosted at Kew, Glenvale Cres & Stkilda, will be limited to being either a club race or a combine event. If they are a 'combine' event, the clubs (up to 10) have to be 'pre nominated' & the host club will be restricted to accepting entries from members of these clubs......All well & fine if your club happens to be a member of the 'combine'. Members of the larger metro clubs shouldn't have a problem, but what of the smaller clubs & country clubs. Neither of these are likely to be 'nominated' due to sheer lack of numbers, meaning that these members will be restricted to racing club events & opens. Most smaller clubs, simply by virtue of their size find it difficult to run regular 'club' events, thus any members who choose to race, will be forced to join a larger club that has access to 'combine' racing. The end result will be the loss of country & smaller clubs as their members 'migrate' to holding licences with larger clubs....Those conspiracy theorists amongest us may well believe that this is CSV's intent!. Whatever, this latest offering from CSV will do nothing for the sport of cycle racing. I urge all club members to register their protest to CSV at this blatantly ludicrous ruling....
Hitchy