Greg Crane
I like the idea of an open and inclusive championship
for all riders in and out of state. I do think that
it is not, however, in the spirit of an Oregon or OBRA
championship for a person to show up on the day of a
race (especially from out of state) and win a medal.
There is a very real issue of fairness. A very
experienced person from out of state who has never
been in an OBRA race could win at a level well below
their abilities. I for one would feel very cheated if
I came in second to a CAT 1 rider from out of state.
I do not know how easy this would be to administer,
but perhaps a rule requiring a min. number of OBRA
races, say 5 or so, in a 12 month rolling period prior
to qualifying for a medal. This would allow for out
of state riders who race OBRA on a somewhat regular
basis to win as well as insure riders are racing at
their correct experience level.
Greg
--- Candi Murray wrote:
> 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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