2009 Race Calendar (PROVISIONAL)

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See below for a PROVISIONAL list of dates and venues for next year.  Date and/or venue for any of the below (except Jersey) may yet change, so don't go booking your rail tickets just yet.  If you're having to book your holidays so as not to miss races, though,  this list will be more useful than nothing.  I'll post updates as and when details are formally confirmed, though the finalised list won't be complete until at least 15th November, because Hillingdon isn't processing bookings until then.  Until the finalised list is out, don't blame me if you make arrangements around a date or venue that subsequently changes.  Details in italics identify those least firmly-established. 

Date                 Venue       
April 26             Castle Combe       
May 10              Hillingdon
May 23 or 24     Jersey (Keith Davis)       
June 13             Fowlmead I       
June 14             Fowlmead II       
July 11              Salt Ayre, Lancaster        
July 12              Preston Sports Arena       
July 26              Darley Moor       
August 9           Quibell Park, Scunthorpe       
August 22         Curborough 
September 13    Hillingdon       
October 4          Redbridge (Hog Hill) + AGM  

To forestall a few likely queries:
Bentwaters
became an unviable proposition after Ipswich CC decided that they
didn't want to play with us.  On top of that, Bentwaters won't confirm
a date until they have finalised dates for such as the recording of Dog Borstal, so you'd have been waiting much longer than this if I'd tried to include it.  
Some might baulk at the inclusion of Jersey, which I've made as a means of promoting that event.  (Conversely, I know some people are very keen to go.)  I'd simply point out that under the principle of championship points being accrued over two-thirds of events, rounded up, this means the 2009 season is on an 8-from-12 basis rather that the 8-from-11 that it would have been if I'd left out Jersey.  Details such as the format of racing are yet to be confirmed.  There should be more than one HPV race in a weekend of cycle racing, but this will count as one BHPC event, only.
The idea of the two-day Fowlmead meeting is to have
different styles of racing on different circuits, whilst making one of
the less accessible venues (for anyone further north or west than
London) more worth the effort of getting to.
I
did consider whether to leave out Darley Moor, after this year's
mucking us about.  I thought it worth giving it another chance.
It's less than ideal that Lancaster/Preston immediately follows Cyclevision/Worlds 2009.  First choice for this weekend was early August, but that would have meant a long delay in publishing the calendar: Preston currently won't confirm any dates for August because they expect to be hosting a big f++tb+ll tournament.
I've managed to avoid clashes with BPCC, other than 10th May.  That's the only date  that makes sense, though as 26th April is the only date I could get for Castle Combe, Jersey is already fixed for Spring Bank Holiday, and I didn't want to schedule a race for the Sunday of the May Bank Holiday weekend. 

Edited by Adrian Setter - 02 November 2008 at 12:00pm