District Championships/Pilarcitos BASP Finals Sunday at CCCP

Pilarcitos CycleSports
732 Fairfield Road
Burlingame, CA 94010
info@pilarcitos.com
(650) 302-6310

Coyote Point Recreation Area in San Mateo will again host the finale of the Bay Area Super Prestige Cyclocross Series, presented by Accelerade as riders will get a handsome taste of sand and maybe even sea weed! Winter high tides means the edge of the 80 yard long beach obstacle will be right on San Francisco Bay when the "Ritchey Walk-on- the-Beach" greets riders at the halfway point of each lap.

Season standings can be found on the Pilarcitos results link at
http://www.pilarcitos.com/results/CrossResults/2006/BASPS2006_GC.html
and the description of the traditional Pilarcitos points in the series can be found at this link describing the finale and the augmented points available for this 5th and final round - not quite double points for the finale but a big enough bump for lots of drama.

http://www.pilarcitos.com/results/CrossResults/2006/GC_points.htm

Coyote Point (CCCP) will also function as Northern California/Nevada's District Championship race where our 2006 Champs will be crowned. The same BASPS schedule from Rounds 1-4 will be used for all categories.

Riders will be competing for both Series finale positions and the accompanying prizelists but also 2006 NCNCA medals. Medals will be presented to the top 3 in the following categories recognized by USA Cycling

Elite Men "A"
Elite Women "A"
Juniors
Men Masters 35+ "A"
Men Masters 45+ "A"
Men Masters 55+
Women Masters 35+
Women Masters 45+
Women Masters 55+
Single Speed

Our BASP Series Category "B" and "C" races, while not eligible for District medals, can console themselves with their top prizes in the series that will be awarded during the day after a season that started with dry and dusty Hellyer Park 2 months ago.

Our 2005 Champions will be introduced at the starting grid first, followed by the Top-10 in BASP Series points with award ceremonies all day long featuring Top 3 NCNCA medalists, then CCCP podium positions for BASPS Round 5 and the final series awards presented featuring unique Sheila Moon commemorative prizes.

Coyote point has plenty of parking, flush toilets! and even exterior showers to hose down messy bikes because we could still see some winter weather by this weekend. And by Winter we mean cold and potential frost for the early morning races. When the frost melts we could have some Coyote Point goo up in the Eucalyptus forests. We'll present both the Accelerade and Bianchi double Barricade sections with another attempt at providing a Hop-able single Summit Bikes barricade - at a softer landing area than Golden Gate Park.

And please remember that Coyote Point, like many of our California Recreation areas with severely impacted budgets, charges $5/car entry that is independant of BASPS entry fees. And San Mateo County voters turned down the most recent bond issues for parks, sigh.....

The course will be ready for pre-rides saturday about 3:00 pm and we'll see you bright and early sunday morning - the coffee will be on! And about that Russian music? You'll get to like it by day's end, I always do. It makes a great podium presentation.


Tom & Alec - Pilarcitos Cyclesports
Thousands of Mice, Roaring Mice, that is