Dear Members,

Tomorrow is the BIG BIKE Race, raising money for the Heart & Stroke Foundation http://www.heartandstroke.com. We are SHORT 12 riders for TOMORROW’S race vs the Baydogs TRI Club. We are doing this for a good cause, please ADD YOUR SUPPORT. WE NEED YOU.

The Race is at 7pm, at Georgian Downs Racetrack. Please arrive at 630, wearing Club Jerseys, or Blue shirts!

Click this link to join NOW: http://www.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=1006860&lis=1&kntae1006860=6C44B131B35A44819AF56B5466B678AF&team=5033277

We have also received a delivery date for our 2012 order of CLUB KIT. I have gone ahead and added all of the items to our online registration system. This includes up to date inventory levels. Once the kit is gone, it’s gone for the year. Please don’t hesitate, make your order early, to ensure you get the size you need.

You can order today, and your kit will be ready for pick up on June 22, or we’ll ship it to you the following week. If you have feedback or questions, don’t hesitate to reply back to this email.

https://reg.ccnbikes.com/index.php/event/barrie-cycling-club-membership/store

Finally, We have some HUGE News in regards to our future direction:

The executive of BCC and Team BTG are stoked to share some exciting information with you.

Over the winter months we have been working together to develop innovative partnerships so we can achieve shared objectives and invest in the future of cycling in our community.

With a renewed vision and leadership, we are pleased to communicate that BCC and BTG are working together to integrate the two Clubs as one. While we continue to work on the timelines, this transition will be of great benefit to the cycling community in Simcoe County.

As you know, the focus for both clubs has been to increase youth participation, community awareness and cycling opportunities for all. By increasing awareness of the sport it is our objective to personify the health and character building attributes that cycling can bring in our community. We are building the culture of the sport through a structured approach, linking fitness, sportsmanship, discipline, fortitude, humility, leadership, and strength of character.

We also intend to provide awareness and support for cycling by helping local athletes’ progress through the sport of cycling from grassroots participation through to the elite level Provincially and Nationally.

Our efforts to date have resulted in being named the Ontario Cycling Associations first “Youth Certified Club” and the creation of Team Centurion Development Canada consisting of young riders from both clubs.

Over the season you’ll see the Blue / Red of Team CDC, Blue / Black of BTG, and the Blue / Yellow of BCC on the roads and trails together.

Scheduled club rides are posted online and members of both clubs are welcome to attend any or all, we really look forward to growing the size of our rides & events through this partnership.

If you have any input, comments, or questions, please don’t hesitate to contact myself, or Kelly-Anne. It’s going to be a great season, I look forward to seeing all of you on your bikes!

Yours in Sport,

Barrie Cycling Club

Hey All.

I hope everyone has had a good spring, It seems we may now start to get the warmer temperatures.

Just a couple of things we need to touch on.

Our Tuesday Night road rides have started and they will continue to leave from Fred Grant till the end of May then they will separate.

There will be no Sunday Ride this week (APRIL 22, 2012) due to our Annual Road Cleanup which will be taking place along our adopted section of road on Ridge Road. It starts at 10 and We can park our vehicle’s at the corner of 5/6 and Ridge Road. We hope to see every single member out cleaning the road with us.

We are still looking for riders for the Big Bike ride for Heart and Stroke on May 10th. We have been Challenged by the Barrie Baydogs Triathlon club. I hope everyone heard that “CHALLENGED”. We can’t let them beat us, plus its also for charity. We need 29 Riders in total.

I think we have 2 so far, so here is the link to sign up http://www.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=1006860&lis=1&kntae1006860=6C44B131B35A44819AF56B5466B678AF&team=5033277

I hope when I check this on the weekend I will see more then two.

Thanks

Ben
Communications Director
Barrie Cycling Club.

Just a quick update for all members of the club that an informal pancake ride will be leaving from Fred Grant Square at 9am on Sunday.

Also the Trek store is having an Open house on March 22,2012, Details below

Trek Store Open House
March 22, 6:00 pm
On Thursday March 22nd, the Trek Bicycle Store will be hosting an Open House evening for all cycling and triathlon enthusiasts.

Come meet the Barrie Cycling Club, Bay Dogs Triathlon Club, Team Hardwood MTB, and more.

There will also be representatives from Trek Women, the Hardwood Wednesday Night MTB Race Series, and Centurion Cycling.
Come meet new and old friends in the cycling community, find out about the local clubs, local events and rides, and just hang out and chat.

Call 705-733-0027 or see www.trekbarrie.ca for details

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

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