Ontario Cycling Association Commissaires Course
Are you finding it harder and harder to keep up with your race / training schedule? Do you still want to be involved with the cycling scene even though you can’t devote as many hours as you could when you had a bunch a free time? Are you planning on organizing a race? Are you part of a club? Then becoming a Road Commissaire might be for you.
The OCA will be holding courses in February and March to train new Commissaires in the road discipline. This two day course introduces you to the rules of the sport and how to effectively apply them in a race situation.
This knowledge is useful for anyone who:
• Races competitively
• Organizes road events
• Manages a team
• Helps run a club
• Coaches riders
• Is a parent of a developing rider
• Wants to become an official
If you want to become a Team Manager or a Race Director, this course is mandatory in order to receive the licence code necessary for those roles. Also, clubs that have trained Commissaires in their membership benefit immensely. For more details, please click on this link
Happy New Year and Merry Christmas- Welcome to 2012
Happy New Year and Merry Christmas,
To all Club Members of the Barrie Cycling Club, I hope you holidays went well and you all received excellent bicycle related gifts for Christmas
We are looking forward to 2012 and the upcoming bike season. I know I’m already itching to ride.
I would like to let everyone know that we will be placing the Sugoi Clothing order next Wednesday and anyone looking to order some clothes in certain sizes or quantity should contact us and it will be placed on the list. Expected Delivery is for mid-late March.
If anyone is interested in checking out an event that the Newmarket Eagles are hosting, here are the details.
EAGLES WINTER MEETING – Wednesday February 1, 2012
Mark your calendars NOW because – by popular demand – back this winter for a repeat performance:
Damon Rinard – Race Engineer for the Garmin-Cervelo Team and Senior Advanced Engineer for Vroomen-White Design
Topic: Bike Engineering – The Next Frontier
- Have bikes reached terminal velocity?
- What is the next big thing in bike aerodynamics?
- How much more engineering innovation is left to do in the bike industry?
- Is it possible to engineer yourself out of a job?
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Where: Newmarket Public Library.
(438 Park Ave Newmarket, ON. L3Y 1W1. There is some parking near the library or you can also park where we meet for Saturday and Sunday rides – walk up to Main St and crossover to Park Ave)
When: Wednesday February 1, 2012, 7:00 PM (get there early so you can help set up the chairs and since other clubs have been invited, get there early to get a chair)
Thanks for your time and I hope everyone is praying for warm weather to get this 2012 Bike season rolling.
Benjamin Ricetto
Adopt-a-Road, Announcement, Annual General Meeting, Clothing Update, Club Events, Club News, Cross Race, Group Rides, Interclub Race Series, Learn to Group Ride Program, Meeting, MTB Rides, Time Trial Series, Youth Race
2011 President’s Report
Welcome to the 2011 AGM and this year’s version of the President’s report.
2011 was a year of growth. Our Club grew larger, with the highest membership since it’s first year. Our youth race was larger than the year before, and went off without a hitch. Our cyclocross race nearly doubled in size, but also went off without a hitch. Thanks in large part to our friends from the City of Barrie. Our Monday night MTB rides had a lot more participants than in 2010 as well.
One thing we would have liked to see grow some more, is the club TT series, organized, and hosted by Mike & Judy Doble. Year over year numbers were pretty flat, though hosting our first Interclub TT on the new Ingram Rd. course did push our numbers higher than in years past.
Tuesday nights continue to be the most popular ride of the week, the dual start locations worked well this year, and our downtown ride leaders, Brad & Barb Watts worked all season to ensure that everyone enjoyed their time riding. Our learn to ride program was well attended, and a great success judging by the number of club rides attended by it’s graduates. Much thanks to Marc Brouillette for his time to lead the course.
The Club continues to be involved locally, participating as a member of Barrie’s Active Transportation Working Group. Recently planning has begun for Cycling Safety Week 2012. Plans will include a car free day downtown, and possibly the City will host a bike summit, lead by Share the Road Coalition leader, Eleanor McMahon.
The Club has also forged a partnership with the Town of Innisfil, and the Innisfil Rotary Club, and are helping to create and build a ‘Rotary Trail’ at the Innisfil Recreation Complex. It will include a multi-use trail, with XC MTB trails cut into some treed land at the complex.
In 2012, the Club will be offering expanded Learn to Ride programming, to be offered in the City of Barrie’s Spring/Summer leisure guide. We’ll be offering both learn to road, and learn to MTB programs, for youth & adults. In the spring, the Club cleaned and adopted a stretch of Ridge Road through the town of Shanty Bay. Following our clean-up, the County put a sign up, letting everyone know the Barrie Cycling Club is helping to keep the area clean. We look forward to the support of everyone, when it’s time to clean up again next spring. It took all of 2 hours to get it done this year.
Our interclub series with the Eagles, Mountainview and Owen Sound continues to be a great introduction to racing for many people. Next year we, along with Newmarket will work to add in a youth component for younger racers, who might like to become involved. The OCA is adding a skills component to the youth race series, it might be fun to add a skills component to one of the interclub races as well. This is something we’ll investigate and share with the club as details become available from the OCA.
One thing that never materialized in 2011, was a Club clothing order. We tried to get this off the ground a couple of times, but hadn’t seen enough interest to cover the minimum orders required by Sugoi. Some of you have placed an order, and left a deposit with me, I apologize it’s taken so long, but tonight I would like to Club to vote on whether they support the club investing some if it’s own money to ensure we meet Sugoi’s minimums. Provided that there is support, we’d like to place an order for January 2, 2012.
Looking towards next year, some things that I’d like to see us focus on are, expanding our Time Trial series. Perhaps partnering with the Barrie Baydogs Tri club, could see us have a TT each week, and share the burden of organizing and hosting amongst other people. As with most club events, we have a core group of volunteers that enable these events to happen, we need to see more members offer to help, and volunteer through the year, in order to ensure we can continue to provide all the events and rides that we do.
I’d like to see the club support a women’s only weekly ride, lead and organized by women. I have heard many times this year from women, who would simply prefer to ride with other women, and no men. We have tried these in the past with mixed success, but I believe if we can provide a regular ride, and get the word out, it will be successful in 2012.
We’ve recently sat at a table with the man behind Centurion Cycling, and the Subaru Ironman Series. They have a long term goal of creating an all women’s ride, that would start & finish in Barrie, and have at least 1500 participants. We’d like to work collaboratively with them to see this become a reality.
We’ve also been working to develop a proper, five year strategic plan for the club, that covers all aspects of what we could, or would like to see accomplished in that time. It’s something that has been underway for several months, and we should have something to show everyone early in January. This represents a big step forward in the growth and development of the Barrie Cycling Club.
I’d also like to see us continue to grow our weekly MTB rides, and of course the more people riding on Tuesday nights, the better. Next year may see us realize the addition of a third ride, catering to more recreational riders, who just want to get out for a cruise with some friends. Definitely let us hear your thoughts on these things tonight through the course of our meeting.
The Club has already submitted an expression of interest form to the OCA for our youth race, which will hopefully be held on Saturday, May 21. We’ll also be submitting an expression of interest form to host another Ontario Cup Cyclocross race as well.
Thank you to all of you. Our members, and executive, who have made 2011 such a great year of growth. Now let’s get into the discussion of how we can make 2012 an even bigger, and better season!
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Barrie Cycling Club
Annual General Meeting
Dec 6, 2011 – 7:00 PM
Location: Liberty North Barrie
AGENDA
Welcome & approval of agenda
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Attended:
Copeland Stewardship Stakeholders Meeting
City of Barrie Active Transportation Working Group
Reviewed:
Active Transportation Master Strategy – City of Barrie (preparing a response on behalf of BCC)
Actioned:
City of Barrie Learn to Ride Programming
Youth Race Expression of interest
Rotary Trail Construction in Innisfil with Town & Rotary
Bike week 2012, last week of May in Barrie. Will include car free day, possible Bike Summit with Eleanor McMahon
TREASURER’S REPORT
2011 Financial Statement
RACE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
2011 Race/Event Summary
NEW BUSINESS/ANNOUNCEMENTS
Weekly Rides: How to grow the MTB ride? How to grow the Sunday touring rides? Add a Saturday touring ride?
TT Series: Should we connect with the Baydogs, and collaboratively run them? Possibility of an Inter-Club Time Trial series? Newmarket, Barrie & Mountainview to host 1 each at their home course?
Interclubs: Add a youth component, possible skills competition?
Women’s only ride: Can the BCC facilitate and support a regular weekly ride lead & organized by women in the club/community?
Clothing order: Spend club money to place an order on Jan 2? Vote.
Membership fees: Proposing an increase of $5/yr, to cope with rising insurance costs. Vote.
Youth Race: How to ensure we have enough volunteers for a safe race?
Leisure Guide Programs: Club to hire part-time coaching staff to facilitate this courses. Vote.
Initial Discussions with Centurion Cycling: Goal of a 1500 all female ride starting and finishing in Barrie. Looking to support youth programming and masters racing with the club.
HSF Spark Grant: BCC Submitting for funding to help develop ‘safe routes to schools’ and walking school bus programming within the City of Barrie.
Canada Summer Games: Enter a team from Barrie Cycling
Possible Grant opportunities:
Ontario Trillium Foundation – Possible Submission, March 2012
$5000 TD Friends of the Environment – investigating for next submission date.
Home Depot Canada Foundation (up to 5K for neighborhood improvements)
MEC – Up to $15,000 funding for community projects
ELECTIONS:
President, Secretary, Treasurer, Communications Director, Race Director & Youth Development Director
NEXT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: November 13, 2012
cheers,
robb
Annual general meeting and Dinner December 6th
Season Ending Supper & AGM.
Hello Members,
We’ve decided to change things up a bit this year, to combine the AGM, with our season ending supper. We felt this was the best way to share all of the Club’s accomplishments this year with as many people as possible, and also to make sure that everyone can have sufficient input into our direction for the year ahead.
We’ll be holding the Dinner/AGM at Liberty North, on Caplan Ave on Tuesday, December 6. We’ll try to get the dinner started for 6pm, the AGM portion around 7pm, and would hope to be finished up by shortly after 9pm. If you could please RSVP to let us know if you’re coming for the dinner & AGM, or just the AGM, that would be greatly appreciated!
RSVP to Robb at barriecycling.com
We will be sending out another email, with some executive position ‘job descriptions’, that will hopefully outline the types of things which need to be facilitated each year to remain a growing and successful club. Descriptions for President, Treasurer and Secretary are in the Bylaws section of the website here http://www.barriecycling.com/about-us/bcc-bylaws-constitution/ under section 4.
Here is the menu for our dinner, please let us know if you have concerns in advance.
cheers,
Announcement, Club Events, Cross Race
5th Annual Baseball Cross Race – TOMORROW!
It’s upon us again, time for our 5th annual Baseball Cross Race tomorrow at the Barrie Community Sports Complex in Springwater!
We’ve got a great, tight course, 3km in length. One big hill, and some great barriers to force everyone off their bike. Cash prizes for the Pro Women & Men, great merchandise prizes for all the other fields. Our friends at Bikeland, The Trek Store Barrie, The Bike Stop and Velocity Ski & Bike have ensured that everyone leaves with some good stuff!
We’ll have coffee, hot chocolate, hot food, washrooms with running water, and a roaring fire to warm up beside! Bring the family, we’ve got a playground to keep the kids entertained as well.
After the race, there are two great options. You can drive north for beer, or you can drive south for pizza & beer!
Our friends at Velocity Ski & Bike are holding a 2012 Ridley Demo Day, in Orillia, at the Kelsey’s. Join them for Belgian Bikes & Beer! This is happening from 1-4pm, and the first beer is on them! Don’t miss it.
If you’re feeling more hungry, than thirsty, our friends at Pie Wood Fired Pizza on Commerce Park Drive in Barrie are offering a deal to all racers and spectators. Join us at Pie, for $10, all you can eat Pizza! You won’t find better pizza anywhere, and for $10, you can’t go wrong, and are sure to leave satisfied! We’ll be heading there after the races end, the race deal will be available anytime after 2pm. Just tell them the Barrie Cycling Club sent you!
We’d also like to thank our friends at the Days Inn Barrie, for their generosity this year as well!
The forecast looks good, pre-reg numbers look great, should be an amazing day of racing tomorrow. See you there, Barrie Community Sports Complex at 10am.
cheers,
robb
Announcement, Club Events, Cross Race
5th Annual Baseball Cross – Sunday October 23!
Hey everyone,
We’re close to being done the season, but we’ve got our 5th Annual Cyclocross race coming up on Sunday October 23, and we need your help!
We need your help to make sure this is a safe, and fun event for everyone.
The race is being held at the Barrie Sports Complex which is a premier sporting venue, on site features include a covered pavilion with heated washrooms, playground for the kids, fire pit, lots of parking. There will also be hot food and drinks on site with hot breakfast and lunch to help keep you warm.
Our enthusiastic and helpful City Staff have helped make this a great partnership!
The course has been laid out with speed and flow in mind, expect fast corners, every surface type imaginable, gravel, pavement, grass, and soil. One nice run-up per lap along with some tight turns to keep the course balanced.
We will need some help on the day before the race, Saturday October 22, to finish pounding in stakes, and taping the corners of the course. The design has been set, and we’ve got the supplies necessary already stocked, so it should be a smooth day.
Then, for the day of the race, we’ll need teams of volunteers onsite from 8am until about 3pm to ensure we put on a safe race, that’s fun for everyone. We’ll happy provide hot drinks for all of our volunteers, though if the weather stays like it has been, perhaps cold drinks will be more apropos!
Thanks for your help, see you on the 22nd & 23rd! Please let us know your availability by filling out this simple form. Click Here.
Hardwood CX Series begins tomorrow night!
Just a quick note to those of you thinking of racing in the Barrie Baseball Cross Race on Sunday October 23, Hardwood Ski & Bike’s Weds night CX series begins tomorrow night. Check their website for more information!
http://www.hardwoodskiandbike.ca/
Late September Update
some quick info for you for Sundays interclub in Oro, final interclub of the year hosted by us. Volunteers to help at corners and finish line judging would be helpful.
Parking will be at the normal 15/16 and the 7th line lot.
Be there early to sign up and get your numbers pinned on. Race starts at 10 am.
Race will start on the 7th line heading north to Old Barrie Road, right on Old Barrie road. It will then enter the loop which is Old Barrie road-13th line- 15/16- 10th line. Finish line will be top of the hill on the 10th line.
Post race riders will do a 180 ride back to their vehicles and we’ll gather back at the parking lot for awards.
Clothing-
We are awaiting the final definite answer but it does look as if the order has been successful. More details to come.
Rides-
With the Tara ride last tuesday that concludes the Tuesday evening road rides. However next week the rail trail rides will begin. Please bring your lights. Rides start at 6pm, at the parking lot on the 1st line.
Charitable Events, Clothing Update, Group Rides, Interclub Race Series, Time Trial Series
September Update
Hello Members,
Some info for you heading into September.
We have been given the date of Sept 7th to get our clothing order in, this was handed down by Sugoi. We are still short on orders mainly Shorts. If you are interested in shorts please contact robb@barriecycling.com and hopefully we can place an order this year. Or else we will need to wait until next year.
Time Trials: there are two more TT’s this year both at our new Ingram Road Course, Tonight is the final Club TT, with next week, September 8th (not two weeks) being the Interclub TT championships. Word is all three Club presidents will be racing.
Monday evening MTB rides will continue into the fall with lights.
Tuesdays: One group will be departing at 6:00 from Downtown, depending on interest the group could split into 2-3 groups once out of town. Rail trail rides will follow after the light gets too short.
Sundays will also continue on through the fall. Which could include some longer rides to Awenda, big chute etc if interest exists.
Still lots of time to register for the Centurion and ride for the simcoe county heart and stroke foundation http://www.active.com/donate/heartandstrokesimcoe which takes place on Sept 17/18th.
The junior/cadet cyclocross program has been put on hold and will be replaced with some open skills sessions. Open to any club member with a MTB/Cross bike. Details TBD.
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