Junior Cyclocross Age Rule Change

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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.

Junior Cyclocross Camp Video Re-Cap

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Junior Cyclocross Camp video re-cap. Thanks to Bill from Bend Endurance Academy for shooting.

Junior Cyclocross Camp Day 4

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Day four was our final day at Junior Cyclocross Camp for 2018. The kids were getting picked up in the early afternoon, so we headed out early into downtown Hood River for an urban shred session.

The kids rode dirt city trails, checked out the skatepark and the dirt jump line, and checkout out the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic Crit course, before heading back to camp.

We had one more mock race and relay race before packing up camp and heading home.

We would like to say a big thanks to Doug and Courteney for opening up their home, Bill from Bend Endurance Academy for just about everything, Steven and Ivy from PDX Devo, and Sophie from Bend for helping all weekend.

Click here to check out the 2018 Junior Cyclocross Series!

Photos from day four can be found below:

Junior Cyclocross Camp Day 3

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Day three again saw an early wake-up for breakfast so we can get an early ride in before the heat.

We took off up towards Lost Lake where we found some gravel backroads and paved overgrown single track. The lake ended up being cold and rainy. A few kids descended back down another gravel road while a few waited at the store while Joel descended back down the pavement to get the van.

After returning to camp, we had lunch and rested up for our afternoon weight and skills sessions.

Functional strength is an important part to all bike racing, and the kids learned stretches, decompression, and strength techniques to help them be better cyclocross racers.

After our strength and stretching, the kids competed in some mock races and relay races to end the day.

Photos from day three can be found below:

Junior Cyclocross Camp Day 2

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The second day of Junior ‘Cross Camp saw an early wake up to try and ride before the heat set in. We cooked breakfast, geared up and checked over bikes, and headed out for a thirty-mile loop taking off from the Post Canyon trailhead.

We climbed steep gravel (near 20% grade), descended gravel and pavement and ended up back at a local swimming hole to cool down and test our rope swinging skills.

After our return to camp, we ate lunch and rested up for our afternoon skills session. Afternoon skills included barriers, dismounting and remounting, climbing, and cornering.

After a long day of activities, we cooked dinner and went to bed early (9:30) to get ready to do it all again the next day.

Check out photos from day two below.

 

Junior Cyclocross Camp Day 1

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We arrived in Hood River, OR around 4 pm on Thursday. The camp was set-up, bike polo was played, and dinner was cooked. Everyone was excited for what the weekend had in store for them.

Photos from the first day can be found below.

Junior Cyclocross Clinic #2

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Thanks to everyone who came out to our second Junior Cyclocross Clinic at Alpenrose Dairy. We hope that some more time spent on your ‘cross bike will get you ready for the upcoming season of racing.

Click here for more information on the final three clinics in August!

Check out photos from the second clinic below.

 

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Junior Cyclocross Clinic #1

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We had a great group of kids out for our first Junior Cyclocross Clinic. If you’re curious about these clinics, click here!

Check out the photos from the night below.

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