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UPCOMING EVENTSDecember 5 - Tokio Youth Mountain Biking Series event at Arboretum - 4:00PM December 13 - Tokio Youth Mountain Biking Series event at Ferry Reach - 1:30PM December 13 - Conrad's MTB Series Race - Ferry Reach - 3:00PM December 15 - BBA Annual General Meeting - Horseshoe Management Board Room - 5:30PM December 20- Conrad's MTB Series Race - Admiralty House Park - 9:00AM December 26 - Not The Boxing Day Ride - Hamilton to Dockyard - 9:00AM December 27 - Possible Cyclo-Cross Race Date December 28 - MTB Downhill and social - Lighthouse Hill - 9:00AM January 16 - BBA Awards Dinner - RHADC - Time to be confirmed |
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CYCLING NEWS 2010 MEMBERSHIP The 2010 membership forms are now available to download below. The membership period is from January 1 to December 31 2010 but if you are taking up membership for the first time now the period include the remainder of 2009 plus 2010. Fees have increased slightly and will be $25 for individual adult, $35 for family and $10 for juniors. We will also be issuing membership cards this year (hence the increase in fees) but this will help identify members for those businesses that provide BBA members with a discount or added benefit. Please note that the membership card is not a racing license. Forms can be dropped at the the BBA boxes at Bicycle Works and Winners Edge for posted to the BBA at P.O. Box 192, Devonshire DVBX. ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER - JAN 16
For the last time we are correcting the date to Saturday, January 16th. Sorry, I thought that the 17th was Saturday, but it isn't. So, plan on a great time at the dinner listening to the dulcet tones of Mr. Robbie Ventura. Robbie was a teammate of Lance Armstrong at US Postal, founded Vision Quest Coaching, and is a commentator for Versus (OLN) network. Details on tickets to the dinner as well as a planned clinic with Robbie will be made available shortly. CLUB PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD We are seeking input from members for the Club Person of the Year award. This award has been given to individuals as well as entities. The 2008 award was given to Conyers, Dill & Pearman. If you would like to suggest someone for this then please send an email to Nigel Godfrey at nigel@horseshoe.bm. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DATE - DECEMBER 15 Following is the text of the official announcement of the AGM published in the Royal Gazette December 1st: Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Bermuda Bicycle Association 5:30 PM Tuesday December 15, 2009 At the offices of the Horsehoe Group, Emporium Building, 5th Floor, 69 Front Street, Hamilton For the purposes of: 1. Deferring the receipt of financial statesments for the year ended November 30, 2009 2. Appointing the board of directors 3. Appointing an auditor, if required By order Nigel Godfrey Secretary December 1, 2009 TOKIO YOUTH MTB THIS WEEKEND
The very popular Tokio Youth MTB Series continues this weekend. Saturday afternoon at 4:00PM at the Arboretum for primary school students. Please come along and help. |
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RACING MATTERS FIRST MTB RACE A SUCCESS
Gratuitous pic of series sponsor Charles D (Amaral seems to have been missing) The first race of the 2009/10 mountain biking season was last Sunday at Ft. Scaur. Turnout was pretty good and the course created enough challenges for everyone. Full results can be found below. Maybe the mythical Team Madison will make the next race! Conrad's MTB Series Race 1 Results Conrad's MTB Series Registration Form BBA TO TOUR OF BATTENKILL
Grant "Travel Agent to the Racing World" Goudge is organizing a group to race the 2010 Tour of the Battenkill in upstate New York on April 10th. This is a huge race with hundreds of participants in numerous categories from Juniors 10-12 all the way up to Pro. Details can be found at www.tourofbattenkill.com but check with Chelsea for details on the local participation. But don't wait too long. Registration for the race starts in 18 days and this event will sell out before you can say "Um, Um, Maybe". |
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STUFF FOR SALE OR OTHER FARIA'S FELT
Chris is selling his 54 cm Felt F75. $600. Good working condition. Shimano Ultegra components. Contact 538-3848 RICKY STUFF - HE HAS IT, YOU NEED IT As previously advertised, Zipp wheel sets, SRM Pro power meters and a Cervelo P3 time trial bike. Details are: Zipps - Numerous sets of Zipp carbon Fiber wheels with the CERAMIC bearings. 202’s – 303’s – 404’s and Time trial discs. Most as new . Price 50 % value of new . Note ceramic bearings NOT regular. Think your fast now, try these. Payment plan available if necessary. 58cm Cervelo Time Trial Bike as new. Hardly used . All top of line components . SRM Pro power meters - As new, 50% of new price. For all of these items you should contact Ricky at 505-7668 WANTED - COMPUTRAINER Mark Brown is interested in buying a second hand Computrainer. He wants the real thing, not some Blackburn indoor trainer or a Tacx. If you have and want to dispose then contact him at MBrown@somersfield.bm If you have a bike (road or mountain) in working condition but is just sitting there, neglected and unused, please consider donating it to the BBA for use in the schools programs. |
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GENERAL ITEMS GROUP RIDES/TRAINING Looking for some training partners or just someone to listen to your cycling woes? Check out this list of group rides. If you have one to add then please let us know at newsletter@bermudabicycle.org RIDER LIAISONS Got issues with race formats? Questions on start times? Just looking for someone to talk to? Jeff Amaral is your contact and he can be reached at jeff@conrads.bm RESULTS
If you are looking for BBA results then check out our web site (www.bermudabicycle.org) or visit www.islandstats.com where Earl Basden has archived most of our events plus photos. VIDEO Bermuda Sports Network is the latest entry to the online space for local sports coverage and they have been eager to come out and cover BBA events. Check them out at www.bermudasportsnetwork.bm ONLINE COMMUNITY
The BBA has a presence in a few scattered locations, including Blogger and Facebook. Check us out at |
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ADDED MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
Don't forget that BBA members get a 10% discount on sales at Winners Edge and Bicycle Works. See each shop for details. |
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Picture of the weekWho is this camera shy mountain biker?
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