Junior Cyclocross Age Change Rule:
This rule affects all junior racers ages 8-18 so please read carefully.
In their Q2 board meeting, the OBRA Board has passed a time-sensitive racing rule change having to do with rider’s race age.
OBRA Racing rule 2.10 will now read as follows until the end of the 2018/2019 cyclocross season, at which point a reassessment of the rule will be brought to the OBRA Annual Meeting.
We will be sending out new membership stickers to those affected by this change.
2.10 Racing age
A rider’s age on December 31 of the current year.
A Junior rider’s racing age in cyclo-cross is their age on December 31st of the year that the cyclocross season ends. The cyclocross season begins on September 1st of one year and ends on the last day of February of the following year.
This rule change brings our junior riders into alignment with the USA Cycling and UCI age rules for cyclocross. The board saw the need to better support the junior riders in our community as they travel and race across the country, aiming for the National Championships in Kentucky in 2018 and eventually in Tacoma in 2019.
We have created the table below to hopefully help with any confusion.
Juniors Cyclocross Racing Age 9 – 18 are eligible to race OBRA Cyclocross races.