CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR 2026
In a slight change to the last few years, the 2026 season will be seeing 2 longer running
championships, running from February to December. Both running over 10 rounds, 8 rounds counting
towards the championship, allowing for 2 rounds to be dropped.
The 1st Saturday will continue to be the ‘easier’ events being run at our regular smaller venues. The 3rd
Saturday will be held at slightly harder venues, but the sections will still be set out sensibly, for the
lower routes. It will be the venues that make the 3rd Saturday slightly harder.
This will allow for a 10-round championship to be run through the year, ending with the traditional
Christmas event at Hookwoods. This will mean no event will be held on the 1st Saturday in January
(3rd). The 3rd Saturday (17th) will be a one off, fun event.
Award Eligibility
The constant requests for observers has led the committee to re-think their approach to this dilemma.
For 2026, to be eligible for a championship award all riders will need to provide an observer or official
for 3 events, (out of the 20) through the year (For families with multiple riders, it is 3 times per family).
The club has always asked for an observer to be provided 3 times through the year, and we are now
overly reliant on a very small (and not so young) band of observers.
All riders will begin their year being ineligible for an award and once an observer, helper or official has
been supplied 3 times, they will then be eligible. Overall standings and awards will be decided on
results and those providing assistance. However, we will still welcome entries from everyone, whether
they are chasing the overall series or not.
Unfortunately, we have had to have a bit of radical change on this due to the issues in finding 8
observers so our children can ride their bikes. It’s not something we wanted to do but we were forced
somewhat and we hope you understand the reasoning behind it.
If you are not comfortable with initially offering to observe, but want to give it a go, please speak with
one of the committee members who will sort out some tuition during one of our events. It is a really
enjoyable afternoon, and a great way to see all the children ride.
