Womens Racing

NICOL JACKSON LADIES DAY sat 2nd April 2022

Ladies Only Criterium Racing (plus support races for Men)

The Nicol Jackson Memorial has been held since 2011 in memory of Nicol Jackson, a long time Hamilton Wheelers rider who sadly passed away from Motor Neurone Disease.

Race Entry Enquiries:

Grade	Time	Duration	Comment
A Grade Women	6:45am	45 mins + 2 laps	Open Grading Womens A or Hamilton B grade
B Grade Women	6:45am	40mins + 2 laps	Open grading of Womens B or Hamilton C Grade
Come N Try Women's Race	6:45am	30mins + 2 laps	Never raced before
C Grade Women	7:35am	30mins + 2 laps	Open grading of Womens C or Hamilton D grade
D Grade Women	7:40am	30 mins + 2 laps	Open grading of Womens D or Hamilton E/F Grade

B Grade Men	8:20am	40 mins + 2 laps	only for riders with a current HWCC B grading
D Grade Men	9:45am	30 mins + 2 laps	only for riders with a current HWCC D grading
A Grade Men	9:00am	40 mins + 2 laps	only for riders with a current HWCC A grading
C Grade Men	9:05am	30 mins + 2 laps	only for riders with a current HWCC C grading

F Grade	9:45am	25 mins + 2 laps	only for riders with a current HWCC F grading
E Grade	9:45am	30 mins + 2 laps	only for riders with a current HWCC E grading
B Grade Juniors	9:45am	15 mins + 2 laps	only for Juniors with a Juniors B Grading
C Grade Juniors	9:45am	15 mins + 2 laps	only for Juniors with a Juniors C grading

EVENT DETAILS

Prizes for Womens Only Races A,B,C&D Grades: 1st $100, 2nd $60, 3rd $30, Prime $20 Prizes for Men's support races proportial to entry numbers and awarded to the first 3 place getters only. Cash prizes for prime depending on entry numbers

Licences - all riders including the Come 'N' try event must have an AusCycling racing licence. A four week free trial is available via https://auscycling.tidyhq.com/public/membership_levels/e3622dc79bad

Womens Racing Gradings - The Come 'N' Try event is for riders who have never raced before - these riders don't need to apply for a grading.

For Womens A,B,C&D races the AusCycling Open Grading or their Hamilton club grading will be used to check entries. Riders without either of those should apply for a grading via the website by thursday evening. Entries without a grading won't be moved to the startlist.

Come 'N' Try race - This is an introductory race for ladies who have never raced before (no grading required). If you are strong competitive cyclist consider applying for a grading in one of the competitive grades

Race entries - Each grade is limited to 60 riders. Entries will only be accepted from riders with a current grading with Hamilton Wheelers (excluding Come 'N' try Women's race). Check the grading lists on the website to confirm

Rollout - All Juniors U19s and lower must get their gearing rollout checked on the footpath near the clubhouse steps BEFORE picking up their race number

Registration - closes 10 minutes before race start. Riders who miss the compulsory commissaire's briefing will not be allowed to start and entry will be refunded

Format - all races are criteriums on a closed circuit running between 15 and 45 mins plus 2 laps.

Wet-weather Policy - A decision to cancel due to poor weather will only made out at the course by the Chief Commissaire with announcements made via website and facebook (unless it's absolutely certain weather would make it impossible to race)