Fischer, Jim E (Corvallis)
The notification was sent out about the change many months ago. The
decision for the new fields was made at the promoter meeting last fall.
The info is posted on the website at:
http://www.obra.org/mtb/mtb_current/Racer_information_2005_short_rev_a.p
df
I also made up sample entry/release forms for the promoters to use in an
attempt to eliminate any mistakes in transferring the categories and
classes to their own fliers. This is posted at:
http://www.obra.org/mtb/mtb_current/Entry_Release_2005_XC_rev_b.doc
Unfortunately, most promoters do not check their e-mail. We ran into
this problem at Big K, but I simply re-sorted the entries into the
correct age groups as I entered them into the start list, thus
correcting the misalignment and overlap problem.
However, the Thaw did NOT do this.
All in all, I'd say we're about 50/50 for folks catching this at their
events.
The change was made to help customize the fields to cater to lower
numbers in some areas (juniors, younger seniors and masters). We still
seem to have lots of folks racing in the middle age groups (upper
"senior" and "vet" fields).
Regards,
Jim Fischer
OBRA ATB Rep.
-----Original Message-----
From: Candi Murray [mailto:cmur-@obra.org]
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 10:29 PM
To: shi-@mtbtires.com
Cc: ob-@topica.com
Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] mtb BAR age groups
I am going to have to lump all masters together. One race does 30-39,
one does 35-44, etc. Next time all masters will be listed as one group
- beginner, sport, exp each.
Candi
-----Original Message-----
From: mtbtires.com - Don Person - shiggy [mailto:shi-@mtbtires.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:25 PM
To: ob-@topica.com
Subject: [OBRA Chat] mtb BAR age groups
What is up with the change in the age group divisions?
Now they do not match the race age groups plus there is an overlap with
the 35-44 and
40+ groups.
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