Rose Garden Circuit Race p/b WESTENDBIKES

Steven Beardsley

2013-03-04

All,

Coming this April, the crew at Giro Events will once again allow racers to
test their strength and skills racing around Portland's most iconic park in
the Rose Garden Circuit Race Series presented by WESTENDBIKES.

*Series Sponsors*

- WESTENDBIKES
- Mavic
- Specialized
- Assos
- Vittoria
- Colleen McClenahan Massage

*The Details*

Online Flyer: http://www.giroevents.com/events/rose-garden-circuit-race

When: Every Thursday evening in April (4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25)
April 26th - Series Awards party at WESTENDBIKES

Schedule:
6:10 - 6:40 (30 Mins) Cat 4/5 Men
6:40 - 7:10 (30 Mins) Sr. Women (Cat 1/2/3)
6:50 - 7:10 (20 Mins) Cat 4/5 Women
7:10 - 8:00* (50 Mins) Sr. Men (Cat 1/2/3)

*Race will end at 7:45 on 4/4 and 7:55 on 4/11

Masters will race with their respective senior category. For example, 40+
Cat 4 masters will race with the Cat 4 men, and 50+ Cat 3 women will race
with the Sr. Women. We will divide the masters categories up in 10 year
increments starting at 40+.

Registration:
Day of registration will be available at the race for $15 starting at 5:30.
Online Series Registration Link: http://obra.org/events/21248/register
Online registration will close at Midnight the day before each race.

Course: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/955270

Prizes: Weekly cash prizes for Cat 1/2/3 races. Overall series prizes will
include product and $200 cash minimum.

Help Out: We are currently looking for some volunteers to help as corner
marshals. If you are interested in helping out, please email us. (
steven@giroevent.com)

Contact: Steven - steven@giroevents.com - 503-272-1710

This is an OBRA sanctioned event, all OBRA rules apply. For more
information, visit www.obra.org.

*More Very Important Details*
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Please take the following three points seriously, our continued enjoyment
of this venue depends on it.

*Washington Park is a public park* - It will remain open to the public
during this event. The race ONLY has permission to close down the streets
during this event. DO NOT block walkways, sidewalks or any other path that
may inhibit park guests from also enjoying the park while we are there. We
will do our best to have volunteers to help direct park foot traffic around
and through the course, but please also help any park goers you may see to
keep things safe.

*Respect the Neighbors* - Washington Park and the race course is surrounded
on the North side by the Arlington Heights Neighborhood. They have been
subject to many unauthorized "races" that disrupt the park and their
neighborhood. Please think about this while attending the event. Use the
provided toilets, don't park in front of their houses, drive slowly through
their neighborhood and please try and stay quiet when coming and going.
Also, please pick up your trash and leave the park better than you found it.

*Parking is limited, please ride there* - The race course is taking up one
of the parking lots and some street parking at the rose garden. This will
limit the amount of parking that is available for regular park visitors and
race participants. If you are coming from the Portland area, please think
about riding to the event or taking mass transit. If you are coming from
out of town, please try to carpool.


Steven Beardsley

2012-04-11

Hi All, Happy Wednesday

After a great first week of racing, we are excited for the second race of
the series tomorrow. If you were sitting on the fence, unsure about the
course, I can honestly tell you that we had nothing but good feedback from
those that came out last week. So come out and race tomorrow.

Online registration closes at midnight tonight. Reg link is:
http://obra.org/events/20231/register. Onsite registration opens at 5:00
and cost $15.

http://www.giroevents.com/events/rose-garden-circuit-race

A few notes:

- We had one or two people race out of category last week. Make sure you
sign up for your current category. If you are advanced in age enough, you
may (but don't have to) sign up for the masters race in your category. But
you may not sign up to race in a category that you are not currently in.

- If you register online or you raced last week and signed an OBRA waver,
you don't need to sign another one this week. Just check in and pay. Make
sure you have your OBRA card or OBRA race number as proof of membership.

- As we get deeper into April, more non-cycling people will be visiting the
park. Please be respectful of this and give them a hand. Parking will also
become a bit more limited.

- There are real bathrooms available for your use, right behind the
registration tents. Use them. Also, please continue to stay out of the
flower beds. It would suck to loose this venue.

PRIZES:

Each week we will have prizes for the winner of each category, including
masters categories. The Sr. Men's and Women's races will have prizes three
deep. I will have them at the race this week, so stop by
registration to pick them up once results are finalized.

Last week's prizes are waiting for you at WESTENDBIKES

See you all tomorrow,

Tony and Steven