OK we are going to move the race venue to the Strathcona Science Park. The park and trails at the Velodrome are just to busy and conflicts with trail users and people using the soccer fields will develop and with cycling in the area under scrutiny due to the building of the new Velodrome we need to keep our presence low key at this point.
Thanks to Cory, Trevor, Gary and Jay for helping to check out the area and their input regarding a new venue.
We will be meeting at the Science Park on Friday 8 Aug at 7 PM to set up the course. The following Tue. a test run for timing and course monitoring with the race series starting on the 19 Aug.
Assistance with the course and races will be needed in order to run a successful series.

Proposed race nights(6) are Tuesdays from the 19 Aug to 30 Sept.
Thanks
Stew

Perfect day for a MTB race on a climb heavy course along Devon's River Valley.
Great to see Roger back and finishing third in the sport men. It looks like Marc with a first place finish and Adrien in fourth will move up to sport. Great effort this year guys. Gary and Stew rounded out the novice men both finishing the tough course. Tim with this years leader plate finished first in the Elite men with a strong ride and great climbs. Peter and Brenton finished fifth and sixth in the expert men. In the single speed Matt had the second best time but was DQ due to a repair out of the technical area. Matt reported the repair to the commissaries on his last lap as he should have and was allowed to finish. Great racing ability and sortsmanship shown by Matt who will be a force in the upcoming cycle cross season.

Check the following in Pedal Magazine. Great write up on Tim's Canada Cup victory in Canmore. Copy URL and paste for the web sites for Pedal Magazine and Mical's Blog.
http://www.pedalmag.com/index.php?module=Section&action=viewdetail&item_id=13813
We are so fortunate to have Tim under our colors as a racer and even more so for his technical help so freely available to our race team.
Thanks Tim
On the Alberta front in the woman's category Mical Dyck won the elite woman's race and should be a contender for Canada's national team by virtue of her win's alone and the effort she has put into racing.
See her blog.
http://www.micaldyck.blogspot.com/

Once again I was impressed by our elite riders in the Crit. Tim's race strategy is second to none in this province. It was great to see Brys out shaking off the cobwebs and rebuilding his cycling talents after successfully completing his training in the Edmonton Police Service. Their gain is our loss but he will be back for Cycle cross.
Matthew Krhan established himself as a racer winning second in the Cat 5. Adrian, James and Marc filled out the Cat 5 slate rideing well.
Cat 4 had an awsome finish with Corry finnishing third and Peter finishing fourth in a great sprint that could have see either one finnish higher. Photo Finish great effort guys.
Cat 1,2,3 was exciting and Tim's blog has the race details. Strong competiion from Taylor and Mike. Thanks for representing us guys.
In the Ladies and Master C you never know. Dispite being down three laps I managed to Get 4 points. My first ever points in any race Road, MTB or Cycle Cross. If there had been a Master D catagory I would have cleaned up. I read Marc Rumsey's article in the ABA Spinner magazine and total agree that we race for the health, comraderie and fun in the sport. I would like to see more Master riders in C,D, and E and encouage active life styles as well as entertainment for spectators.
Stew Hutchings

Alberta's oldest MTB race attended by, Peter Knight, Clayton Stafford, Mike Kohlenberg, Stew Hutchings, and Kevin Stafford.
Kevin Stafford with another first place showing in the Youth Sport Men. A great young rider and cross country skier as well.

 

Great event put on by Juventus. I have never seen or done sprints before so it certainly made a full weekend. Our riders competed well ,fairly and with great sportsmanship. It makes me feel good to wear the United colors.
Cat. 1/2 over all Marc Bomhof with tactics done by Tim the Master. I am in awe each time I see Tim race, ,maneuver, and set up the field. Great work guys.
Tim Heemskerk 10 th over all and all round Team Captain helping us all with his great knowledge of racing.
Thanks Tim for your efforts to support us.
Cat. 3 Ziby was 14 th in the time trial.
Cat. 4 Ben Adam first over all and another great effort by Ben
Peter Knight 9 th in the RR
Shannon Hien  9 th in the TT
Cory Dickinson 13 th in the TT
Cat 5. Mark Balily 17 th over all witha great effort on the KOM and final sprint in the RR
Competing but no points Frazer Betkowski, Adrian Regimbald, Stew Hutchings and Trevor Pombert.
Trevor crashed on the Sprints Friday night and broke his collar bone and bruised his ribs to say nothing
 about the road rash and could not compeate.
U17/U15 Kevin Stafford was 4 th over all and is becoming a complete racer in Road and MTB competition. Nice to
see.
Thanks everyone for the great weekend of racing
Stew Hutchings Grassroots co-ordinator.

On the 2 of June 2008 I am pleased to let you know that I will be taking a position with the United Cycle sales team and setting up our Grassroots club riding programs. Over the years through my work with the MS society and friendships with team riders and store personal I have developed a great appreciation for the work United Cycle does in giving back to the community. I hope to add to that with my new duties.
It will be a big learning curve for me but I know I can rely on you all for knowledge and assistance. I will update the stores Grassroots schedule on Monday. At This point I know on Wednesday(6:30 from the store) Tim will continue to run his skills program which was a great success last Wednesday. The feed back was very positive. Thanks Tim. This Thursday we will run our intermediate to beginner MTB ride and Road Ride starting at 6:30 PM.
Once we have our ride leaders in place we will make cycling an enjoyable experience for our club riders and foster advanced involvement for those who aspire to race. I feel there are other community events that we can assist with in a volunteer capacity and I welcome any input,advise and constructive criticisms you may offer.
My approach to work and or problems is to find a way to do things not to stonewall, procrastinate and delay doing things we need to do to advance our missions. I am willing to learn in the areas where I lack skill and knowledge and believe in a team approach to get the necessary things done to be successful.
I have all ready received some invaluable help from Tim and Brys and look forward to this new part of my life.
Thanks in advance.
Stew Hutchings