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Topic: Eastway/Hillingdon...
Posted By: AlanGoodman
Subject: Eastway/Hillingdon...
Date Posted: 07 May 2005 at 6:13pm

Thanks for all the efforts at Eastway chaps.

Any tips prior to Hillingdon will be welcome...

Two out of four juniors dropped out at Eastway so any thoughts on a seperate 20 minute race for them if enough turn up??

That's if I don't get any decent bids for the stopwatches on Ebay...



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Posted By: gNick
Date Posted: 08 May 2005 at 12:51pm
Well we managed to run a shorter race for the juniors at Castle Combe.
You'll have to rig up a  run-off area for them to avoid any crashes on the line though - there may be some cones in one of the storage areas, check with Dennis.


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gNick



"I'm afraid it's definite, Mrs Banker - your son has bicycles"


Posted By: AlanGoodman
Date Posted: 08 May 2005 at 2:34pm

Good thinking...

I'll probably just see how many kids turn up and see what they want to do when they've had a look round the track. It may be that it was just the hills at Eastway that caused the problems...

I thought the format at Eastway with 3 races worked pretty well, by the way.



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Posted By: KevinJ
Date Posted: 08 May 2005 at 5:54pm

Thanks Alan,

I would have thought that it would be feasable to have a kids only race if required.  Having two races at the same time is a bit of  a pain and the track is a lot narrower at Hayes. 

As for hints at Hayes.  I'll make sure there are some upto date sign on sheets and I'll bring the lap top and show you haow to use it (would prefer someone else types in, but happy to stand and help!).  Just want to see if anyone else can use it.  If you have excel I can send it to you so that you can look through it and see how it works (It isn't that complicated I hope!).  Should make it easy to sort out the race split (only took a couple of minutes at Eastway), and the results can be input and printed out at the race.  In an effort to keep people there what do people think of printing out the results after the race and people should object at that time if  they think there is any discrepancy (or for ever hold their peace!).

 



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Kevin Jenkins

Windcheetah


Posted By: gNick
Date Posted: 08 May 2005 at 7:18pm
Originally posted by KevinJ KevinJ wrote:

In an effort to keep people there what do people think of printing out the results after the race and people should object at that time if  they think there is any discrepancy (or for ever hold their peace!).

 


Sounds eminently sensible



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gNick



"I'm afraid it's definite, Mrs Banker - your son has bicycles"


Posted By: AlanGoodman
Date Posted: 08 May 2005 at 7:43pm

Sounds good to me as well.

A seperate kids race would be ideal if enough of them turn up.

Maybe seperate races will actually encourage more kids to take part.

Dave's wife Nikki did say that she'd be willing to help so she might well be able to type the numbers in while I ride in one of the races.

I've got Excel here and it would be really useful to have a look in advance...

mailto:alan@functionone.co.uk -  

 



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Posted By: KevinJ
Date Posted: 08 May 2005 at 7:50pm
Thanks Alan - I have your email now - I would advise you to edit the above and remove it.

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Kevin Jenkins

Windcheetah


Posted By: AlanGoodman
Date Posted: 08 May 2005 at 8:08pm

Done!

 

Cheers Kevin.



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Posted By: Andrew S
Date Posted: 09 May 2005 at 10:44am
Originally posted by KevinJ KevinJ wrote:

what do people think of printing out the results after the race and people should object at that time if  they think there is any discrepancy (or for ever hold their peace!).

 


Provisional results on the day are a v.v. good idea. I (and I'm sure many others) record my time and distance (which gives no of laps), and always feel bad about causing hassle by challenging the published results days later. It would also be a big help to sort out disputes of the 'I passed you twice' /  'I only saw you once' variety when all parties are actually still present.

However it does sound like a even longer day for the Keeper of Thee Results though.

Andrew S.



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Quam celerime.


Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 09 May 2005 at 11:22am

Andrew

There are further plans afoot to help in the administration of the racing. The use of Kevin and his amazing laptop on Saturday gave us a starting point to work from, and it was amazing how much of a help the software wot Kevin wrote was (certainly for me). As the systems are refined, running races and getting results out will get easier and more accurate, with less time for the Keeper ov thee Records required to 'process' and formally publish the results.

Watch this space !



Posted By: AlanGoodman
Date Posted: 09 May 2005 at 11:48am
Having now had a quick play with Kevin's software (Ooooer missus...) I have to say I think he's done a fantastic job.

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Posted By: gNick
Date Posted: 09 May 2005 at 11:51am
Just had a thought (that's my lot for the year and it's only May) - if you run a juniors only race, Sacha might feel a bit less than happy if excluded from the open race. Given that it is highly unlikely that any other junior will beat him (or quite a lot of us come to that) and his inclusion in a junior only race would negate the point of seperating them anyway.
Also given that Hayes/Hillingdon is a mile round it will be very lonely for a handfull of riders.
Possibly a 3 way split as per Eastway would be more appropriate - possibly with a larger middle heat to accomodate those off the back in the fast race and way off the front in the slow one.


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gNick



"I'm afraid it's definite, Mrs Banker - your son has bicycles"


Posted By: AlanGoodman
Date Posted: 09 May 2005 at 12:01pm

Very true....

I'm sure Sacha could show us all up in the open race and then go on to win the junior race on a unicycle with one hand tied behind his back...

Git!

I think you are right though, the 3 race format at Eastway worked very well and I think that is probably the way to go really.

 

 

 



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Posted By: KevinJ
Date Posted: 09 May 2005 at 1:31pm
The question of extending the work on the day is possibly easier when you can talk it through rather than trying to do it by email.  Though I must admit that the forum makes it easier.   It just seems easier to resolve all these things at the time when everyone is there rather than quibling afterwards.

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Kevin Jenkins

Windcheetah



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