STEVEN R HOLLAND
Before ya all get to upset about this matter.....Check out what the medal says "OBRA" Championship.....not "Oregon State" Championship. Like Candi said, these are "OBRA" championships not state championships.
That being said, I would suggest no one be eligible to win a medal after buying the OBRA membership on the day of the race.......
hutchsraceteam wrote:
I see value on both sides. One could easily argue that if one races frequently in the Seattle area during the year that they should be eligible for the USCF Washington State Championship? I think a good compromise would be to restrict the Championship based on OBRA participation. The problem is coming up with a way to administer it.
I have nothing against frequent OBRA participants being eligible for the Championships. It is that fact that anyone can just show up and buy a membership and take home the Championship. There are other Championships available for other riders from other organizations or levels. Historically I realize that this has not been an issue, but last year we almost had a rider from the Tour of Italy win the regional title.
AP
tackyglueit wrote:
why would someone from Vancouver count? i don't see why frequently racing outside the state you live in qualifies you for out of state championship privileges?
On 5/7/07, Tim Schauer wrote: Yep! There are certainly a lot of loyal, very actively racing, long time
OBRA members, that reside in SW Washington. There are even a few good
OBRA events up on this side of the river too!...;-)
-Tim Schauer
-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto: obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Candi Murray
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 3:32 PM
To: masessa@charter.net; obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] State Championships
Yes that is indeed the rule. Out of our 2032 riders currently jut over
230 come from California or Washington. I have tried to get away from
calling them the State Championships and just calling them the OBRA
championships Candi
-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org ] On
Behalf Of masessa@charter.net
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 3:20 PM
To: OBRA
Subject: [OBRA Chat] State Championships
From what I can gather the qualifications for the Oregon State
Championships, in any event, is that the racer be an annual OBRA license
holder. Is that all that's needed? And has this been examined in the
recent past? The reason I'm asking is that this weekend at the Spring
Thaw, in at least one case, someone from Central California bought an
annual license and took home a State Championship medal (3rd place).
This just seems wrong to me. I don't know if he did it just for that
reason or he thought he might come up for another race. I didn't see him
listed as doing any other Oregon races.
Any thoughts on requiring a person to be an Oregon resident to qualify?
Dave M
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