October 13/11 22:12 pm - National Cycling Centre - Atlantic Canada Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Posted by Editoress on 10/13/11
 

St-Anselme Rotary Park, Dieppe, NB

* Relay - Saturday, October 29th - 6 pm

* Banquet - Saturday, October 29th - 8 pm

* Cross - Sunday, October 30th - 11 am

2011 marks the Atlantic Cycling Centre's 10th anniversary. In its final event of the season, we will take time to celebrate 10 years of successes, memories, victories! In addition to two races, a special banquet will take place on Saturday evening. Tickets can be purchased separately for this celebration.

Before the festivities, we will innovate on Saturday evening with the first ever relay format 'cross race. This event will be held on a short course where riders will be in teams of two. Riders will perform two laps each (one lap at a time) for a total of 4 laps.

On Sunday, at 11:00 am, a traditional cross race will bring the best riders from the region to battle it out over a 45 minutes event around St-Anselme's beautiful and technical course. The course and prize list will be announced shortly, but this event will count as the 2011 Atlantic Champion's title.

In addition to these events, a "bike swap" sale will also be taking place on Sunday, from 9 am to 1 pm. Full details on this fundraising event to be published shortly.

Registrations are now possible on-line at www.AtlanticCyclingCentre.com and number pick up will be from 1 hour to 30 minutes prior to each start. Here are the registration cost :

* Both events and the banquet : $50 pre-registration and $60 on site

* Relay : $15 per rider

* Cyclo-cross (Atlantic Championships) : $25 pre-registration and $35 on site

* Banquet only : $20 pre-registration and $25 on site

This weekend is organized by the "Sport-étude" group.