LAWC & Jr Nationals ~ Important Info!!

Junior Nationals 2008 ~ We need a few good Race Directors and a ton of additional help!

USA Cycling has announced that the “Elite, U23 and Junior Road National Championships and Junior Track National Championships” will be held in Southern California in mid-August.

The USA Cycling "Elite, U23 and Junior Road National Championships" are scheduled for Aug. 7-11 in Orange County while the USA Cycling "Junior Track National Championships" will be held at the ADT Event Center in Carson, Aug. 14-17.

USA Cycling awarded these events to Jet Cycling in conjunction with Rock-n-Road Cyclery who will serve as the local organizing committee for the road race, time trial and criterium events.

This means that JET Cycling needs your help! The list of road events that we are hosting includes the following:

1) Elite & U23 Road Race
2) Junior Road Race
3) Elite, U23 & Jr Time Trial
4) U23 & Junior Criterium
6) Junior Track ~ Team Momentum Cycling will Handle all details

Just so you all know….August 16-17: USA Cycling Professional and Elite Criterium National Championships will be held in Downers Grove, Ill.

Each race event requires a Race Director to finalize the course selection, get city/county approval & permits along with a host of additional items. While Jet Cycling is the final authority in this process, there is enough to do for each event in 7 short months to keep a small/lg army busy!

If you have experience as a Race Director and/or feel that you are up to the time commitment and the overall challenges of it all, please contact me as soon as possible. Much of the foundational work is already done but there is still so much more yet to be done before mid-February when we are required to open registration and provide each event’s course info and final event scheduling details along with plenty of additional related information.

I guarantee this will be a Ton of Fun and a lot of work!

If you are ready (skilled in RD’ing), willing (self-motivated go-getter) and able (live in The OC) to jump right in, please contact me immediately!

There is plenty of room for additional volunteers! We will be having monthly Volunteers Meetings starting in January &. I will keep everyone apprised of each meeting as we move forward through the year.

Thank you!!!

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LA World Cup Volunteers needed!! The third leg of the Track World Cup series will be at the ADT Event Center on January 18-20. I don’t have to tell you what that means—we need volunteers!

Since 2008 is an Olympic year and the World Cups are the primary means for athletes to qualify for Beijing, a huge turnout is expected. We will need extra helpers to monitor track sessions in the week prior to the event in addition to the usual tasks of: accreditation; race surfaces; videography; infield coordinators; medical control; translators (French, German, Russian, Spanish Italian); Runners and copying; protocol; and hospitality.

Remember ~ LAV Volunteers enjoy FREE ADMISSION to the World Cup

Ladies ~ We need Podium Girls and Translators! If you are able bodied and available please let me know!

Sat January 5th at 3PM ~ LAWC Volunteers Meeting ~ Everyone who plans to volunteer during any part or all of the LAWC needs to be at this meeting to pickup your final volunteer itinerary, ID Badges, parking permits (if applicable). This meeting is MANDATORY for ALL volunteers.

Julia Cross
julia@crossins.com