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Women's 2010 National Circuit Race Championship

Posted August 6, 2010 (Entries so far)

Update: Despite repeated news on a need for female riders (Junior/Senior/Masters) for the 2010 Women's Circuit Race Championships in Preston, there is still little joy for the organiser despite the offer of a £1,000 pound prize list on offer. Riders can enter on the line and are urged to do so to support organisers that are supporting Women's racing.

Previously ...

Two thirds of the way through the busiest season of cycle racing ever, the entries for the Preston Grand Prix Youth races, the National Women’s Circuit Race Championships and the Regional B support event have dried up. With the headline event, the final round of the Elite Circuit Series, having a great entry list of 70 riders, it is the support races that are lacking in riders.

"I am at a loss to explain why" says organiser Ivor Armstrong. "The City centre circuit will be fantastic, finishing under the massive Preston covered market and it is becoming hard to justify the £1,000 prize money for the Women’s Championship race with less than 20 entries."

Entries are invited for all categories of Youth, Women and 3rd and 4th category riders. The entry forms and prices are on the CDNW website.

Riders may also enter on the line at a £2.00 premium

Events August 8, 2010

     10:00 - Youth D / E Circuit Race
     10:20 - Youth C Circuit Race
     10:45 - Youth B (Boys & Girls) Circuit Race
     11:15 - Youth A (Boys & Girls) Circuit Race
     11:50 - Women’s Race Warm-up
     12:00 - Women’s National Circuit Race Championships
     12:45 - Women’s and Youth Presentations
     12:45 - Families’ Circuit Ride
     13:15 - Elite Men Warm-up
     13:30 - The Final Round of the British Cycling Elite Men’s Circuit Race Series
     14:40 - Elite Men’s Presentation
     14:45 - Regional B Race Warm-up
     15:00 - The CDNW ‘Preston Flyer’ Reg. B Circuit Race

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peddlebanger
1 year ago
 
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With the cost of membership, licences, then entry fees, traveling expenses, it does not surprise me entries are down, money is tight for everyone at the moment and people are looking at the benefits of the cost against the amount of races they can compete in during the season. If you consider the average racer i.e working class man, holding down a job, mortgage, and daily living bills, cant justify paying out large amounts for a max of 3-4 races a year, add to that a child who races with dad, no licence fee yea but, there's double the cost of equipment, and one sometimes wonders are the majority paying for the elite. BC need to look at there costing plan, and like everyone at the moment, start looking at cutbacks if more entries are to be seen.

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401212
1 year ago
 
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That's rubbish! The road race league entries this year are our best ever. We had 37 pre entries for the Nat Womens race in promoted in May which is very poor considering we've had more than that turn up at Preston Arena on a wet Thursday evening. I think that the women just don't want to race. 

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458588
1 year ago
 
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Women do want to race, JL have to race with senior women or 3rdand 4th men. Prize money is normally rubbish if any at all. Don't forget it is school holidays

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Joglesby
1 year ago
 
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it doesn't look like much of a fuss over the Reg B, seemingly they race and don't get presented with anything. this could be a factor in lack of entries?

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molyneux1000
1 year ago
 
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Personally, I'm really grateful for all the work CDNW do. This is my first season racing, and all the races of theirs that I've competed in have been excellent. I'll be entering (albeit on the line) for sure!

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428953
1 year ago
 
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The small quantity of women that race in the UK, many focus on track racing, time trialling, MTBiking or on the road. Town Centre crits are typically faster, tighter and invariably more technical than most women (or men for that matter) would have experience for. The women who race these better than most are the semi pro types who don't work, but make journey's to Belgium and Holland to race. Its a long way to go to get a kicking from full time, fully funded athletes. Try racing mens Elites?

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465386
1 year ago
 
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Agreed with poster 428953. I like circuit racing but that's a long way to drive for what looks like less than a 45-min race according to the timeline above. We do our best to support as many races as we can but ultimately there aren't that many of us cat E/1/2s. And we don't have huge teams like the men do, so if you show up as a club member, it's a good kicking. Best of luck with the race and thanks to CDNW for their support of women's racing. Hopefully some EOLs will show up.

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441308
1 year ago
 
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I agree with some of the other posters here regarding travelling a long way to get a good kicking. There is a growing scene for women's racing in the London area. A few women have signed up for this, but in all honesty it's abit much to ask women in London/SE to do 6 hours of driving to race for 45 mins in a town centre crit where many girls will be dropped fairly early on. The number of high cat women is relatively low and to get a decent turn-out lower category women would need to take part. 3rd/4th cat men would not dream of entering premier calendar/national champs races against guys from Rapha Condor or Marshalls pasta. Why should that be expected from women? 

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441308
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441308
1 year ago
 
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Whoops - not good at the posting system here! continuing my point, thanks to the organiser for putting on this race. I hope that more of the high cat women, and those based in the North of England/Scotland can support this. 

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441308
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406405
1 year ago
 
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I think the fault sits with BC Talent Development. It is well known across all sports that there is a much higher drop-out of females from sport than males, and cycling as one of the more aggressive sports is more affected by that. A decade ago Women's entry stats were dire. Then along came the expanded Talent Program that wasn't based ion having existing national results and the numbers picked up. A number of the young GB Podium/Academy riders have come from that broader program. In the last couple of year BC have pulled the funding and trimmed the youth development system to the bare bones and the numbers of femeles are dropping off again. I think BC are in danger of overfocussing on 2012 and Team Sky as an end in itself and overlooking the word "Legacy".

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