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[jmaccelari]

 

I saw this post by Coenie:

forum_images/2_star_rating.gif avatars/wings2.jpg Joined: 2008 Nov 11 Location: Western Cape Online Status: Offline Posts: 184	forum_images/quote_icon.gif forum_images/reply.gifforum_images/bullet.gif Posted: Yesterday at 8:53pm
	WOW, this is bad. I was amazed to see the disorganization at this race, no expo, no goodie bag, "sorry we do not have any t-shirts in your ordered size"(why have those sizes then on the website, and it is not that they run out, they NEVER had anything bigger than L) no info on road closures, so a visiting person can find their way to PM in the morning... ......and now this is just the cherry on the cake... VERY badly organised and managed race.... Hope these guys heal up quick Edited by coenie - Yesterday at 8:55pm
	CAPE EPIC 2010 (2nd one)

A lot of the people I spoke to complained about the Shova this year, and

it seemed a real **** up from an organisational point of view:

- the stupid Entelect system refused to allow me to register as a

  tandem (again), and I had to phone up the organisers to do a

  manual entry,

- it then charged me for one rider, so we had to do a second transfer

  (and pay their "online entry fees" for a second time);

- other people I met had also had problems with the entry system, and

  said this had caused chaos at registration;

- they ran out of L and XL t-shirts at registration (we had to fill in our

  sizes on the Entelect system, so how did they stuff that up).

- there was no information on the race in the race packs (which I rely

  on), so we had to quickly wander around the ****ing abysmal

  mtncycling web site to confirm timing chip, start time (and hope

  that was still correct and current), ...

- there was no information on the finish having been moved, so we

  were quite surprised to see it as we went around the corner

- the CSA and timing officials ****ed up the tandems results, so

  we waited arund for 2 1/2 hours waiting only not to be called up

  and to have to sort it out afterwards, leaving a really bad taste in

  my mouth (why didn't they just look at the ****ing timing results?)

- there was confusion as to when and where the aforesaid prize

  giving was

- the prize giving was then 1/2 hour late and this was blamed on the

  CSA.

 

I had a chat to Annie about this, but she just said they had received

nothing but compliments and I was in the wrong. Basically **** you.

 

jmaccelari2009-10-19 00:22:58

[Thug]

 

The only solution in future is to vote with your wallet !!

The Thug2009-10-19 00:34:37

[Myra]

I had a chat to Annie about this' date=' but she just said they had received
nothing but compliments and I was in the wrong. Basically **** you.
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This is the same person that said the guys who crashed were "distracted" by the timing mats!  WTF?

 

"Race director Annie Batchelder said two cyclists had to be taken to hospital after falling over the timing mat at the finish. She said the mat across the finish line had flipped and distracted the cyclists."
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Cycling&set_id=1&click_id=185&art_id=vn20091019072932941C626872

[jmaccelari]

 

The only solution in future is to vote with your wallet !!

Ja-nee. The problme is I enjoy the race!

 

What pees me off is that I chatted to Annie and congratulated her on

a great race and told her I had some suggestions to make it better.

She then basically told me to stuff off... I suppose she was busy.

 

[jmaccelari]

 

I had a chat to Annie about this' date=' but she just said they had received

nothing but compliments and I was in the wrong. Basically **** you.

[/quote']

 

This is the same person that said the guys who crashed were "distracted" by the timing mats!  WTF?

 

"Race director Annie Batchelder said two cyclists had to be taken to hospital after falling over the timing mat at the finish. She said the mat across the finish line had flipped and distracted the cyclists."

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Cycling&set_id=1&click_id=185&art_id=vn20091019072932941C626872

Yep - the one and the same! PR spin all that way!!!

 

[Santa C]

The only solution in future is to vote with your wallet !!

 

Agree with you Thug, If you don't support the race next yr, they will realise that people are unhappy...

[GTfan]

Well for me it was a great day.. got my medal, like everyone else did, and there was a beer tent with wors and chicken rolls.. nuff said