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Rouleur Sponsors the Handicap SeriesRouleur, who publishes the world’s finest cycling magazine and hosts the Rouleur Classic show, has kindly offered to sponsor our Handicap series for 2020. Each race winner of the series will be awarded a ticket, worth £35.00, for their Rouleur Classic show on Saturday 7th November in London.  The Rouleur Classic show is held at Victoria House in London and commences on Thursday 5th finishing on Saturday 7th November. For the Saturday show, the event opens at 10 am and closes at 4 pm and you’ll be able to preview the latest bikes, accessories, and apparel from the most premium brands within the sport, special guests in conversation, WorldTour and historic bike collections and much more. To be eligible for the ticket, you must… 1 – win one of the events and 2 – be a Surrey League member. If the winner is not a Surrey League member then the ticket will be awarded to another rider from that event who is. Free Surrey League MembershipIf you have completed both of the Novice Racers Training Days, then you will be eligible for free membership to the Surrey League. Glyn will sort this for you once he receives notification that novices have passed. Yellow Jersey Cycle Insurance and the Surrey LeagueWe have teamed up with Yellow Jersey Cycle Insurance to offer our members a 10% discount off bicycle and cycle-specific travel insurance. Cycling has risks especially when racing. Insuring yourself and your bike will allow you to ride, train and race stress-free, safe in the knowledge that you are covered for theft, accidental damage, and liability.  Their policies will cover you for all year round riding, sportives, and races, cycling abroad, your accessories, clothing and wheelsets, emergency physio, dental and permanent injury. Also, their ‘Ultimate’ package specifically offers cover while racing and also will cover race cancellation fees. To obtain your 10% discount, just enter the code SURREYLEAGUE10 at checkout via the links mentioned here. Feel free to call their team on 03330030046 with any questions or click here to find out more. Need a travel insurance quote? – try it out now Further details can also be found on our website. One month to go!Saturday 7th March will kick off the Surrey League racing season with 2 events on the Dunsfold circuit. A 3rd cat race will take place in the morning with riders covering approx 50 miles. This is followed by a 2/3 race in the afternoon (1 pm start time) and provides riders 60 miles to cover. Events promoted by Kingston Wheelers. The following weekend, Sunday 15th March, sees 2 more events being held but on the Kirdford circuit. A 3rd cat race takes place in the morning with riders covering approx 50 miles. This is followed by a 2/3 race in the afternoon (1 pm start time) and provides riders 60 miles to cover. Events promoted by Brighton Mitre. Then in April, Sunday 19th, Farnborough & Camberley promote their two events on the Seale circuit. Racing begins with a 3rd cat race in the morning with riders covering approx 55 miles. This is followed by a 2/3 race in the afternoon (1 pm start time) and provides riders 60 miles to cover. Entries open on Wednesday 19th February at midday. Following the Seale races, VC Meudon then promotes 2 events on the challenging Milland circuit on the 26th. Like the weeks before, the morning event caters to the 3rd cat riders with 50 miles on the cards. The afternoon race, for 2nd/3rd cats, gives the riders 60 miles to tackle and even more ascents up the finishing climb of Milland Hill. Entries open on Wednesday 26th February at midday. SERRL Race Calendar. – NEW EVENTS ADDEDSunday 1st March kicks off the racing season for the SERRL with 2 events being held on the Biddenden circuit. To view the full racing calendar and to enter their events, please visit our website for further information as they won’t be listed on this email. Rouleur Handicap SeriesThe popular Handicap series, now sponsored by Rouleur, commences on Thursday 30th April with event 1 being held on the Kitsmead lane circuit. The series consists of 14 events using various courses within the Surrey area and finishes with the Handicap Championships – held in September. You can enter all the events via RiderHQ or if you prefer, on the day of the race at race HQ.
More details on the Handicap series can be found on our website. Racing for WomenThe Surrey League provides a varied calendar of events for you to compete in, depending on your ability level and confidence, but of Friday evenings there is a dedicated series available for 3rd or 4th cat (novice) women. This series is called the ‘stolen goat Women series’ and is held at Dunsfold Park with races distances being 27 miles in length. More details on the stolen goat Women’s series can be found on our website.
If a higher category, or 3rd or 4th, then you can ride any of the Handicap events, Vets races (Dunsfold Park) or weekend road event but please remember that is you wish to gain any BC points you’ll need to finish with the men in the top 10. You’ll still get SL points regardless of finishing position though. The Surrey League 2020 CalendarAll of our planned events for 2020 are listed on our website. Each of the different types of series that are available, Handicap series, Vets series, etc, will now have their own web page and will display dates, courses, and the promoting clubs.  Each web page is accessible from the new ‘Race Calendar’ link located in the main navigation along the top of the page. As always, these dates remain provisional, but BC has now approved these so as far as we are concerned, they are good. Novice Racers Training Days – NEW DATE ADDEDTwo more new dates have been added as regards the Novice Racers Training Days (8th and 23rd of February) and if new to the Surrey League, and a 4th cat male/female rider, novices will need to complete 2 of these sessions before being allowed to race Surrey League/SERRL events. Once passed, riders will be given an accreditation card that must be brought to events as well as a Surrey League and/or BC race licence. These sessions have been designed to introduce basic and advanced group riding skills to prepare novices for competitive racing. They are run by qualified British Cycling coaches, with the help of a number of experienced riders, on various traffic-free circuits in the Surrey area.  If you know of friends/club or teammates who wish to race any Surrey League or SERRL events next year, please let them know of the dates available. The next sessions available are; |
