NorCal Cycling News

November 20th Schedule of Events @ Hellyer Velodrome
6pm – Track Opens

REMEMBER TO DRESS WARM! Rain will cancel – but let’s hope not!

Schedule:
Track opens 6pm, closes for bicycle riders @650pm.
650-7′ish: track open for RollerDerby folks to test track.

Warmup circle will be shared by both rollers and riders.
Inside lane (left-side) = rollers; Outside lane (right-side) = riders.

7pm’ish start:
- C Scratch 12-lap (end 710′ish)
- B Scratch 15-lap (end 715-20)
- Round 1 RollerDerby Indie-Sprints (end 735)
- C Points Race 12-lap (end 745)
- B Points Race 20-lap (end 755)
- Roller Derby Team Sprints (end 810)
or, Round 2 Indie-Sprints
- KIDDIE KILO!!! (any small kids on bikes do 1-lap ‘race’)
- All-Comers Indie-Sprint (non Derby Girls) (end 815)
- Category C Miss-n-Out (end 825)
- Round 2 Indie-Sprints – if not earlier (end 835)
- Category B Miss-n-Out (end 840-45)

Out of park close to 845pm as possible, and will probably be ahead of above schedule - but, it’s a party … so, ya never know.

COSTS:

Bike racers pay $10. Juniors race free; U-25 riders pay $5.
Free exhibition events for RollerDerby ladies & All-Comers 1-lap race.

2 RollerDerbySprint events!

“Indie-Sprints” - Individual 1-lap sprints
- 5 to 10 rollers line up at the Start/Finish line for a standing start.
- Whistle blows and it’s a sprint race for 1-lap (335 meters)
- No contact allowed for Indi-Sprints
- First across the line wins & time recorded

Fastest lap of the day gets $50.

“TeamDerbySprints!”

3 to 6 rollers of the same team will race a team time trial (recommend 3 to 5 rollers for this first exhibition event). Each lap, one roller will exit the track. The final lap will have only the final rider for the team finishing the final lap. Time recorded when the team’s final roller crosses the finish line.

Description:
- Entire Team lines up for standing start at Start/Finish line.
- Whistle starts event, all team rollers start.
- Each lap, FIRST roller to reach the cone that delineates “Drop-Zone” MUST pull off track.
- The Drop-Zone Cone is 25 meters before the Start/Finish line. The roller that reaches that cone first MUST exit the track before the Start/Finish line.

Team Derby Rules n’ stuff:

Drop-Zone etiquette: Each lap, the FIRST roller that reaches the Drop-Zone Cone must pull off the track ~ meaning she safely drops to the left, down track - easily rolling on to the blue-band, and then the inside apron that parallels the track surface. It’s super easy. The remaining TeamRollers will continue, repeating the Drop-Zone etiquette until the team’s final roller is on track.

Rollers may throw (”whip”) teammates at ANYTIME in TeamDerbySprints ~ and innovative strategies to increase speed of teams are encouraged.

But remember, it’s a TEAM event - individual speed means nothing if the team doesn’t have the overall fastest time, again ~ measured by the team’s final roller crossing the finish line.

Rules MUST be adhered to:

1. FIRST roller to reach the Drop-Zone Cone must exit the track before reaching the Start/Finish line using Drop-Zone Etiquette (penalty of supreme heckling)
2. TIME is taken on FINAL remaining team derby roller as they cross finish line. Team minimum is 3 rollers (1 kilometer event) - maximum is 6 (2 kilometer event). We’d like as many teams as possible - but, again this is an exhibition event for fun and to see if we can partner up for more events in the future!!!

$50 to fastest team of the night.

EVENTUALLY - we could have 2 teams racing each other on the track: starting on opposite ends.
GREAT SPECTATOR POTENTIAL!

**Please note: we’ll also have an “All-comers” Indie-Sprint for anyone with blades/skates/& hutzpah to get out there and go for 1-lap of madness. We’ll time them and hopefully the DerbyGirls will bring recruiting materials!

hope to see you there!
~m