Click here for full details of:
2013 Saturday Spring Series, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th March.
Vanillabikes.com Tuesday series starting 9th April.
and Wednesday Youth racing from 17th April.

• The 2013 Spring Series will take place on Saturdays 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th March.  On 23rd March only 4th cat and Women only races will include para-cyclists and at 15.45 there will be a handcycle race.

4th cat only Wallis Cycles race at 12.30 - 40mins + 3 laps

Women only Bradley Wiggins Foundation race at 13.30 - 40 mins + 3 laps

E/1/2/3 Wallis Cycles race at 14.30 - 60 mins + 5 laps

• The Vanillabikes.com series will be on Tuesdays for 20 weeks starting 9th April.  In 2013 these events will be run as a series rather than a league, with prizes each week but not overall.

9th, 16th and 23rd April 18.45 for 1 hour + 5 laps E/1/2/3/4/W/J

30th April and next 16 weeks:

18.30 for 40 min + 3 laps 3/4 and

19.30 for 1 hour + 5 laps E/1/2

20th August 18.45 for 1 hour + 5 laps E/1/2/3/4/W/J

• Youth racing will be on Wednesdays, run by Salt Ayre Cog Set, from 17th April to 17th July starting at 18.30

Sponsorship

The Edge Cycleworks and Wells Sports Foundation.

Schedule

Events 1 to 13 will take place every Wednesday from 17^th April to July 10^th 2013.

Event 14 (July 17th) will be a one-off and league presentation evening.

18:10	Signing-on opens
18:30	Ds & Es	4 laps (3.2 miles/5.1 kms)
18:45	Cs	8 laps, with primes points at end of lap 4 (6.4 miles/10.3 kms)
19:10	As & Bs	15 laps, with primes points at end of lap 5 and lap 10 (12 miles/19.3 kms)

Scoring

British cycling ranking points:

1st place gets 3 points

2nd place gets 2 points

3rd place gets 1 points

Cogset league scoring: cumulative, total of best 9 scores out of 13 events, must ride at least 6 events to get a 1^st/2^nd/3^rd prize

1st place gets 4 points

2nd place gets 3 points

3rd place gets 2 points

All starters who don’t abandon get 1 point

Prime points: cumulative, total of best 9 scores out of 13 events

1st over the line gets 3 points

2nd over the line gets 2 points

3rd over the line gets 1 point

Click here for full details of:
Novice Senior Training, 23rd Feb and 2nd March.
2013 Saturday Spring Series, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th March.
Vanillabikes.com Tuesday series starting 9th April.
and Wednesday Youth racing from 17th April.

• Novice Senior Training will be held straight after Cog Set on Saturdays 23rd Feb and 2nd March. The track is booked 12.30 to 15.00.  This is aimed at novices wanting to ride the circuit in a group before the 4th cat races in the Spring Series but all are welcome for a training session. This will not be a race.

• The 2013 Spring Series will take place on Saturdays 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th March.  On 23rd March only 4th cat and Women only races will include para-cyclists and at 15.45 there will be a handcycle race.

4th cat only Wallis Cycles race at 12.30 - 40mins + 3 laps

Women only Bradley Wiggins Foundation race at 13.30 - 40 mins + 3 laps

E/1/2/3 Wallis Cycles race at 14.30 - 60 mins + 5 laps

• The Vanillabikes.com series will be on Tuesdays for 20 weeks starting 9th April.  In 2013 these events will be run as a series rather than a league, with prizes each week but not overall.

9th, 16th and 23rd April 18.45 for 1 hour + 5 laps E/1/2/3/4/W/J

30th April and next 16 weeks:

18.30 for 40 min + 3 laps 3/4 and

19.30 for 1 hour + 5 laps E/1/2

20th August 18.45 for 1 hour + 5 laps E/1/2/3/4/W/J

• Youth racing will be on Wednesdays, run by Salt Ayre Cog Set, from 17th April to 17th July at 18.30

SACA AGM will be held 7:30pm, Tues 25 Sep 2012 at The Borough.  Items for discussion to be notified by 12 Sep.

Any member of any member club may attend but each club must provide and identify 2 voting representatives to the AGM. These reps to be identified at start of meeting and only they can vote.

6pm Youth Races, 7pm Youth League presentation

6:45pm Senior Finale 1 hr race, prizes on line, open to all senior/junior categories (E1234) and youth A with dispensation, immediately followed by Senior League presentation.

Following last week’s cancellation due to torrential rain and standing water, the SACA Officials have confirmed the number of counting events to the Senior and Youth Leagues will be reduced by one to 14 and 9 respectively.

Riders are reminded their licence must match the club/team they sign-on under and kit they wear. A small minority of riders are believed to be contravening this. Failure to comply could result in a fine by BC. Please have your licence ready to be checked at sign-on and kit will be checked during racing.

The Tuesday evening Vanilla Bikes Salt Ayre League will be run by Salt Ayre Cycling Association and run similar to 2011 with 20 events starting on Tuesday 10th April 2012.

This League, again sponsored by Vanilla Bikes will be for 2/3/4 cat men, women and juniors with youth races starting on 8th May.
Its EOL only, £10 for men, £5 for women and juniors.
An innovation for 2012 is that each week’s winner will receive a prize in addition to the League prizes awarded at the end of the season.

Round 4 of SACA/Wallis Cycles Spring Series on 31st March will incorporate Round 1 of the ParaCycling National Road Series in mens and womens events and be followed by a handcycle event.

The Salt Ayre Spring Saturday Series starts 10 March 2012 and the Tuesday evening Vanilla Bikes Salt Ayre League starts 10 April 2012.

The Vanilla Bikes Salt Ayre League will be run by Salt Ayre Cycling Association and run similar to 2011 with 20 events starting on Tuesday 10th April.
This League, again sponsored by Vanilla Bikes will be for 2/3/4 cat men, women and juniors with youth races starting on 8th May.
Its EOL only, £10 for men, £5 for women and juniors.
An innovation for 2012 is that each week’s winner will receive a prize in addition to the League prizes awarded at the end of the season.

We also now have a Spring Series on Saturdays 10, 17, 24 and 31 March at 13.30.
Neville Pearson is the organiser on the day but the Womens Series is being run by Cath Wiggins and Mens Series by Chris Vaughan.
Both races are open to E/1/2/3/4/J cats, the Womens race will be 45 mins + 5 laps and Mens 1 hour + 5 laps.
The Mens Series already has sponsorship from Wallis Cycles and the Womens Series from Mr Bradley Wiggins.

SALT AYRE CYCLING ASSOCIATION

SPRING SERIES 2012

EVENT 2 – 17^TH MARCH 2012

WOMENS ONLY RACE – 45mins + 5 laps

SPONSORED BY Mr Bradley Wiggins

Prize Value £105

1^ST BRIT TATE – DIRTWHEELS

2^ND RACHEAL BAMFORD – DIRTWHEELS - @ 0

3^RD CATH WIGGINS – LIVERPOOL MERCURY - @ 0

4^TH ZOE ARMSTRONG – SCOTT CONTESSOR – @ 0

5^TH VICKY ANNIS – VC BRADFORD - @ 0

6^TH VICKY WARE – SQUADRA DONNE @ 0

7^TH HEATHER BAMFORTH – VC ST RAPHAEL @ 0

8^TH CLAIRE RUTHERFORD – INVERSE VIVELO @ 0

9^TH CHARLOTTE NEWTON – H.MIDDLETON @ 30 secs

10^TH HANNAH SAMMUT – LIVERPOOL CENTURY @ 1 min

11^TH HANNAH MacDONALD – LIVERPOOL CENTURY - @ 2 min

EVENT ORGANISER – NEV PEARSON

CHIEF COMMISSAIRE – DAVE COCKRAM

MENS C+ RACE – 60mins + 5 laps

SPONSORED BY WALLIS CYCLES

Prize Value £200

1^ST MATT CRONSHAW – NODE 4 GIORDANA

2^ND SIMON WILSON – METALTEK SCOTT  - @ 0

3^RD MATTHEW HIGGINS – NODE 4 GIORDANA- @ 0

4^TH JAKE WOMERSLEY – SPORTSCOVER / ALTURA @ 1 lap

5^TH JACK PULLAR – WHEELBASE / MDG - @ 1 lap

6^TH JAMES KING – MOUNTIVATION JA @ - 1 lap

7^TH JULIAN PEARSON – VANILLABIKES.COM - @ 1 lap

8^TH JAMES DUNLOP – BIKETREKS RT - @ 1 lap

9^TH JAMES CLAYDON – BILL NICKSON - @ 1 lap

10^TH ALEX KINVIG – BC PM @ 1 lap

EVENT ORGANISER – NEV PEARSON

CHIEF COMMISSAIRE – TONY SWEENEY