new PPA Summer League

[butafly]

it will cost R850 per individual + team entry to ride Summer League.  no mention of amount of prize though.

[Marius]

Thx for the info Butafly, don't sound that much.. how much for team entry?

[Guest colonel]

So if you own a team then its R850 to enter the team for summer or R850 pp PLUS R850 for the team??

[butafly]

Exciting changes afoot for 2009 Super Leagues Series<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

The Pedal Power Association is excited to announce significant and exciting changes to its Leagues Series, starting January 2009.

The substantial changes will elevate the new Super League Series (SLS) to an entirely new level. Race tactics, both for individual and new teams in all categories, will become a key factor in determining the winners of the respective leagues.

The administration of the SLS will, with effect from 1 January 2009, be outsourced to Cycle Lab Events and <?: prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Tours. Event improvements will be implemented from the first SLS event in 2009, the tough Cycle Lab Cape Cobra scheduled for 18 January 2009.

The PPA and Cycle Lab teams have been working closely together over the past months, and are pleased and proud to announce the following key changes:

Media Coverage

TV: M-Net?s Supercycling show will cover at least four events in the Summer and four events in the Spring League seasons. This will give Western Cape riders and team sponsors significant national coverage.

Radio: The Cycling Talk show hosted by Cycle Lab?s Gary Marescia on Goodhope FM, Friday afternoons from 15h40 ? 16h00, will include specific radio coverage to the SLS, again increasing the media coverage for both leading riders and their sponsors.

E-based coverage: The SLS will receive increased electronic coverage via both PPA and Cycle Lab website and newsletters. Once officially launched, all SLS information, Rules and Regulations and General Classification will be displayed on both websites.    

Overall Positions

The current ?points system? will be dropped and overall positions in each league will instead be determined by a rider?s cumulative time over the series. Riders finishing in a bunch will be given the same ?bunch time?, as is the case with Pro Multi-day Tours, thereby alleviating the frustrations for riders and timekeepers in listing exact positions across the finish line. Positions other than podium finishes also become irrelevant, thereby giving an opportunity to a large number of riders to stay in high overall contention throughout the series.

In addition:

?         A rider?s worst result in a season will still be dropped in calculating General Classification (GC). ?Worst result? will be the rider?s worst time deficit relative to the winner of the respective league category, despite a no show or bad result owing to fitness or mechanical failure.

?         For no show?s at an event or DNF?s (did not finish), riders will be given the same time as that of the last rider over the line for their respective league, in order to calculate the General Classification.

?         A time bonus of 10sec, 6sec, and 4sec will be awarded to positions 1, 2 and 3 of each league.

PLEASE NOTE A FULL SET OF RACE RULES AND REGULATIONS WILL BE RELEASED TO ADDRESS ANY FURTHER CONCERNS RIDERS MAY HAVE. 

 Team Competition

Team competition returns to the SLS in 2009! A team will consist of a minimum of three and maximum of five riders per team. The top three riders? overall time will count in determining the team standings. A minimum of three teams per racing category is required for the team competition to take place. Please note there will be an additional team registration/entry fee over and above the individual entry to SLS.

SLS Racing Categories and Criteria

?        Elite (Elite, U/23, and U/18 holding valid CSA license and with a PPA seeding A-D)

?        Sub-Vets (30-39 years holding a valid CSA 30-34 or 35-39 license and with a PPA seeding A-F)

?        Vets (40-49 years holding a valid CSA 40-44 or 45-49 license and with a PPA seeding A-H)

?        Masters (50+ years holding a valid CSA license and with a PPA seeding A-J)

?        Racing Women (Female cyclists holding a valid CSA license and with PPA seeding A-H)

?        U/16 (Gear restrictions apply, valid CSA license)

?        U/14 and U/12 (Gear restrictions apply, valid CSA license)

?        Girls (gear restrictions apply, female cyclist U/16 with valid CSA license)

Entry Fees

Your registration and entry into the SLS will automatically give you pre-paid entry into all SLS events on the season?s calendar.

So? Having registered as a participant in the SLS you will no longer need to stand in a queue at any of the funrides to enter! No more easy entries, no carrying cash! Your license is all that is required to do your sign-on in the dedicated SLS hospitality area, from where you will proceed directly to the start line. Please note: No refunds will be given should riders not turn up on the day for an event in the SLS series.

Registration Fees for Summer Series

1.       Elite, Sub Vets, Vets, Masters, Women

1.1. Individual entry ? R850 (includes SLS registration fees and entry to seven SLS Summer events)

1.2. Additional Team Registration Fee ? individual entry per rider plus R1500 per Elite team, R1000 for Sub-Vets and Women?s teams, and R500 per team in any other category. 85% of TV coverage will be allocated to Elite racing category, with some coverage to Sub-vets and women?s racing.

2.       U/16, U14 and U/12, Girls

2.1. Individual Entry ? R695 (includes SLS registration and entry to seven SLS events)

2.1.1. No team event available

[Marius]

I don't think the SV's will get there share of the TV time, they just going to show the Elites and Ladies, but I'll wait for the 1st show to see for myself.

[Willehond]

Man, that looks good!  I would advise you to get a team car though to get you back into the group after a puncture to protect that GC position...

 

Marius, no more punctures dude.  You will be out of contention after two races!

[butafly]

to enter an elite team of 5 will cost 5 750. doing away with easy entry will push the cost up for sponsor / individual but not by that much, suppose its adapt or don't ride league. 

[Willehond]

Does the team need to be a CSA registered team?  That would add a bit of cost

[Guest colonel]

Or go mtb instead.

 

R850 for a SV individual to pay for the Elites Airtime seems little harsh to me but I may be wrong.

 

Vets racing is healthier and more money strong than Elites in my eyes.

 

But in saying that it looks like an awsome series in my eyes and some really good changes.

[Marius]

Sounds great!!! Think they guys will have fun with this!

[euraquila]

Couple of questions:

 

Does this mean that if anyone from upcountry wants to do say ONE of these races, they have to pay R850?

So an elite team pays R1500 + R850x5 (5 riders) = R10750 for the same races that they previously did for R60-70 x 5 per race = R2100 (6 races) and for the extra money there is some TV time, and a different point system. Am I missing something here?

The 'no more standing in the queue' - we do online entries anyway? Never stood in a queue? Except for the licence presentation, which remain unchanged - so to ask R850 for that benefit - ?

And suppose its just a slip, but the gear restrictions also apply to the U/18 even if they race with the Elites.

I appreciate the effort put into this, but where is the real change in what everybody's been moaning about:  road closure, length of the race, etc etc.