#6 6th May K41/10R Coal Pit Lane

Event Notes: This event has a 19:00 start. Meeting location for K41/10R. George House, Coventry Road, Lutterworth, LE17 4XH
The gate will be open and security are expecting us from 6pm.

Start in Coal Pit Lane (unclassified) leading off A5 at island junction with A427/B4027/A4303 (Nr Magna Park), signpost Wolvey & Willey. Start is 45 metres before the entrance to Muswell Leys farm and camp site and in line with High Pressure Gas line marker on opposite verge.

Proceed northwest to island at junction with B4114 at Wolvey (nr “Pesto” restaurant, formerly “Axe & Compass”).

Encircle island, taking fifth exit and retrace south east towards A5 junction to Finish. Finish is 0.3 mile past start and situated equally between 2 large oaks in the hedgerow in line with cats-eye in road centre.

Marshals for all events are now booked through Google Spreadsheets. Please volunteer for at least 1 event for every 6 rides during the season. (Volunteer here)

Start List

Reserve List

Start list grading – We revised our events booking system a few seasons ago in order to make best use of the available light, ensure that riders get round the course safely and that marshals/volunteers do not have to stay out on the course any longer than necessary. This meant that certain categories of rider were given earlier start times so that they would not be finishing after the speedier ones. They include juniors, women, novices to time trialling and slower riders and the first ten spaces had been allocated to them.

We feel it is now time to review our system based on current membership and times from the four events completed this season. Therefore, we are expanding the number of “reserved” slots to twelve and these can be booked by the following members:

We ask other riders to book in from no.13 onwards and respect the revised system. If places 1-12 have not been filled by the Wednesday morning of the event, then faster riders are welcome to move up and take them. If riders in places 1-12 decide they cannot ride in the event, then please put a message on our WhatsApp group so that other riders can move up.. This grading format should stand us in good stead for the future. For this event the permitted field is limited to 60 Riders, the proposed 3 gradings are:

• Slots 1-12 Juniors, novices and improving riders who would record times in the bottom third of our scratch times list.
• Slots 13-20 All riders who normally record times in the mid-range of our scratch times list.
• Slots 21-60 All riders who normally record times in the top third of our scratch list.

Clearly this grading by nature will be imperfect however after hours of discussion and suggestions the overriding factors that we considered were:

Safety – Starting riders in a graded format will result in racing completed well before we lose crucial light and visibility, and potentially limit the need of overtaking another rider.
Volunteers – Starting in this format means all of the volunteers and Marshals can get home before dark.
Racing – We are a racing club, so grading improves competition with riders of similar abilities competing and improving their times!

Reserve booking list – We have had a few weeks now where we have exceeded our permitted slots (what a great position to be in!) to manage this fairly we propose opening the booking system to beyond the permitted slots as a reserve list, how this will work is simple: if you attempt to book on and permitted slots are already booked, put your name on the reserve list. If for any reason a rider drops out and deletes a booking slot the next rider on the reserve list will be expected to access the system and book the now available slot. A curtesy WhatsApp message from the member withdrawing to next reserve would be a nice touch:

• Slots 61-65 Rider reserve list for this event.