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It is a chicken and egg issue. If you boycott races you never will have your own race. First you have to show up at races to demonstate there are sufficient numbers to have your own race. A promoter is not going to create a race on your supposition that people will come. There was no 50+ race until enough 50+ racers showed up in Masters races to demonstrate that there was a reason to have a 50+ race. If the 50+ racers had boycotted racing until there were 50+ races, the races probably would not have existed. Staying home does nothing for women's racing as your absence has no effect whatsoever other than to suggest there are not sufficietn numbers of women. It is not as if anyone is keeping a list of those who stay home.

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George Schreck
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-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Long, Steve"

> Renata,
>
> Are you saying that you think there would be better numbers if the
> categories where as follows?
>
> Women cat 1/2
> Women cat 3 / Master's scored seperately (perhaps)
> Women cat 4
>
> Then, if the cat 1/2 field doesn't have five women, cancel that field?
> What if the cat 3 / Master's doesn't have enough in it also, cancel it
> too?
> Cat 4 women don't seem to have an issue in this context.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
> Behalf Of Renata Hahn
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 12:26 PM
> To: cmurray@obra.org; obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Senior women fields
>
> I believe there are a lot of women that are in the Master's category
> that love to race, but will not come out when they are put with the
> large Cat4 beginner women's field. I am for one. Why not put us with the
> Cat3 women's field (since most are probably Cat3's, or should be
> anyway)??? Wouldn't that make sense?
>
> I know Cherry Pie was very scary with the Cat 4's, yet the Cat 3's had
> hardly any in it, I didn't do Piece of cake or Swan Island, or King's
> valley, or Banna belt or any other race because there either was no
> master's women's category, or there was, but it was with the Cat4's. I
> think there would be more master's women coming out if you put us with
> the 3's.
>
> My 2C's worth.
>
> Renata Hahn, Team Rose City
>
>
> --- Candi Murray wrote:
>
> > Three rivers had 2 women show up
> > Swan Island had 4 women show up.
> > These races cancelled their women's field.
> > Minimum field size is 5. Unless you want to see racing for senior
> > women to go away, it is time you showed up.
> > Silverton is this weekend.
> >
> >
> >
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