Jerald M Powell

First off, in spite of the fact that USCF rules clearly state that
THEIR state championships are only for residents of that state as
identified on their racing license... I like the fact that our
championships are an "open" championship. But if they were to be
limited in some way, and limited in such a way that the best field
was to compete for a championship... how about limiting each field to
the first hundred riders (or whatever, depending on the discipline)
in the BAR?

Jerry

Jerry Powell
USAC Level 1 Coach
1926 SW Madison St
Portland, OR 97205

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On May 8, 2007, at 10:29 AM, gschreckchat@comcast.net wrote:

> As all good ideas in theory, a management nightmare. I nominate
> Greg to be in charge of managing it. Make sure you monitor all the
> race the results daily to see who has enough races to qualify and
> be there with your list of eligible riders at every state
> championship. After all, medals are presented at the race and not a
> month later. ;-)
>
> --
>
> George Schreck
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>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: 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 perio d 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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