Hello Masters,
In this week’s Bleat

  • Next Race – criterium at Stromlo Forest Park on Saturday 1 June from 1.30 PM
  • Draft CRMCC Volunteer Policy
  • Upcoming races requiring volunteers
  • Membership message
  • Race calendar can be found here for other race dates needing officials


UPCOMING RACING

Winter afternoon criterium at SFP on Saturday 1 June from 1330 AEST

GradesTimeRace Duration 
E/F/G13:3045mins + 2 laps
A/C14:3050mins + 2 laps
B/D15:3050mins + 2 laps

Cost is $10, to register look up the event at https://rms.crmcc.org.au/calendar . Members must wear their CRMCC assigned race number to race.
Late registrations will be assessed by race.committee@crmcc.org.au and if allowed, a late fee of $10 will be applied.

If you are unregistered and show up to the start, you must convince a committee member (not the Race Director) of your club member financial status for insurance purposes, before being allowed to participate.

The forecast as of Monday 27th for Saturday 1st is a maximum of 15 degrees and a slight chance of a shower.

Race Committee


DRAFT CRMCC VOLUNTEER POLICY

CRMCC is a volunteer club. The organisation and running of club events relies entirely on volunteer contributions to the club by its members. The Volunteer Policy seeks to balance the following objectives:

  1. the safe and efficient running of CRMCC races,
  2. the need for club members to contribute to the conduct of events in a fair and equitable manner, and
  3. efficient use of Club finances. 

To achieve these objectives, the CRMCC Volunteer Policy introduces or clarifies a number of initiatives to both encourage and incentivise volunteers.

Policy

All club members are expected to volunteer to perform the role of either Race Director, Marshal, ETC or Van Driver at least once per calendar year with the following exceptions:

  1. new club members (e.g. members for less than 6 months), or
  2. infrequent race participants (e.g. have not raced for more than 6 months, or
     
  3. by individual arrangement with the Race Committee.

Individual volunteer details, including the number of races completed since performing the last volunteer role, will be displayed on individual members’ RMS profiles as ‘REFEREE’.

Members can provide feedback on the proposed policy by emailing secretary@crmcc.org.au by Saturday 1 June 2024. Note this is a DRAFT policy so your thoughts are most wanted.

CRMCC Committee

UPCOMING RACES REQUIRING ROLES TO BE FILLED

The club has scheduled four events to run during the next six weeks.

We, the club, require a race director for the individual time trial on 15 June at Lookout Hill, a van driver for the race at Sutton Road Training Centre on 29 June, and a race director, marshal and a van driver for the event at SRTC on 13 July.

Please contact race.committee@crmcc.org.au if you can fill any of these roles for the club.

Thank you to those members who have offered their services to fill roles so the races are run.

MEMBERSHIP MESSAGE

To renew your financial membership for 2024

Please carefully follow the instructions below to renew your racing membership for 2024 with the Capital Region Masters Cycling Club of the Australian Veteran Cycling Council Inc.

As previously stated, the annual racing licence for 2024 is $140, comprising $120 for the national component, and $20 club component for running races.

•             To start the $140 race licence process click here https://amc.helloclub.com/register?membership=657ed9ff637993bde7bcf446. This is for both new and renewing members

•             The membership system has moved to Hello Club from SportsTG, and your previous account credentials will NOT work with this system. You will need to create a new membership account, irrespective of how many years you have been a member of the club.

•             Do NOT sign in using a previous AVCC account, click CONTINUE.

•             Read and agree to the terms and conditions.

•             Sign up with email, Google or Facebook. Follow the prompts to enter your contact details and emergency contact details.

•             Pay $140 via credit card.

•             If successful, you will receive an email from ‘Australian Veteran Cycling Council reply+australian-veteran-cycling-council@helloclub.com’ to inform you that your registration has been completed.

•             Contact membership@crmcc.org.au if you have questions or if you encounter any issues.

Conan

CRMCC Club Membership Officer