5.2 A special Bleat this week for the Gunning 2 Day

Post date: May 13, 2014 1:5:12 AM

Hello Vets,

A special Bleat this week for the Gunning 2 Day.

Ian Morton.

ps In late breaking news, congratulations to Jing Huang who has been competing in the para cycling World Cup in Italy. She came fourth in the time trial and second in the road race.

Gunning 2 Day Challenge

Marshals

Bill Frost has kindly volunteered to be the Race referee for the two days. In order to run the event, he still has a few vacancies for the following roles;

• Start/Finish line assistants

• Intermediate sprint point judges

• Turn marshals

• Lead/Trail car drivers

Payment of $25 per day is available to offset petrol costs and other expenses.

If you are willing to help, please contact Bill at: billfrost@bigpond.com

Requirements

The cost will be $30 for the race and you must be a current member of the club within the AVCC. Please note that we do not have day licences available.

Riders will need to bring their helmet to the registration desk for inspection. Please note that it is an AVCC requirement that all riders must wear a helmet which meets Australian Standards.

Riders will also be issued a ribbon to attach to their number which will indicate their Grade and must be attached to the right hand side.

Riders must have started the previous stage to compete the next stage. (i.e. if you don’t ride Saturday then you cannot start on Sunday)

Registration

ALL REGISTRATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED ON THE IMG WEBSITE BY MIDNIGHT THURSDAY 15th MAY. NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON THE DAY.

To register go to;

https://eventdesq.imgstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&EventDesqID=7875&OrgID=10345

Click on;

Click Here To Register

Select either;

Individual

Tandem

Select the $30 entry fee then click;

Next

Enter your username and password and click.

Login

Note that this is the username and password that you received when you first registered for the IMG system. If you cannot find your site login, go to the site login page; https://memberdesq.imgstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=login&OrgID=10244 and click the 'Forgot your Password?' Button. Enter your Email address (the one you used to register) and a new password will be sent to you.

One you have logged in, the system will show your membership details. Click;

Next

Confirm that you are entering as an Individual or Tandem then click;

Next

Click on;

Submit Now & Pay Online

Enter your credit card details and press;

Next

To confirm your payment, click;

Submit Payment

Your transaction will be confirmed and an email sent to your registered email address.

Once you have finished, click;

Logoff

If you have any problems, contact: Ian Morton

DAY 1: Saturday 17th May 2014

Prologue

All grades will complete the same 4km course – this is the traditional course starting from the top of the hill and heading northeast along the Old Hume Hwy towards Breadalbane.

Prologue will start at 11:00am and riders will be sent off at 30 second intervals.

Note if you miss your allocated time you will be sent off at the discretion of the Race Referee.

The following limitation apply to the Prologue

• No Disc Wheels or wheel covers

• No Time Trial specific helmets

• No Time Trial bars either specific or clip on

Tri Spoke or other deep dish wheels are allowed as long as the rim does not exceed 10cm.

Stage 1

Stage 1 will start at 1:30pm and riders will be sent off by grade.

Stage 1 is 50km for all grades.

Bonus time will be allocated on both primes for the first three positions (1st – 3 seconds, 2nd – 2 seconds and 3rd 1 second) and for the first five positions (1st – 5 seconds, 2nd – 4 seconds, 3rd - 3 seconds, 4th – 2 seconds and 5th – 1 second) at the finish.

DAY 2: Sunday 18th May 2014

Stage 2

The course length will depend on grade:

• A, B, C, D will complete 100km

• E, F, G, Tandem will complete 50km

Bonus time will be allocated to each grade on both primes for the first three positions (1st – 3 seconds, 2nd – 2 seconds and 3rd 1 second) and for the first five positions (1st – 5 seconds, 2nd – 4 seconds, 3rd - 3 seconds, 4th – 2 seconds and 5th – 1 second) at the finish.

Stage 2 will start at 10:00am for the following grades A, B, C, D with 2 min between grades.

Stage 2 will start at 11:00am for the following grades G, E, F, Tandem with 2 min between grades.

Presentation

Presentations will be held at the Picnic Ground opposite the River starting at 2:00 pm. Lunch will be provided for all riders and officials.