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We have been offered the opportunity to take part in a day of cycling activites on the sussex coast on the 28th August 2011 (Sunday). This will be part of a three day event of different activities featured around Worthing and organized by the local council. I have been approached by one of the councillors who is responsble for promoting cycling in Worthing and he wants to know if we can do something like a race or a procession. The main coast road will be closed to traffic between George V avenue roundabout and Heene road (distance just under 1 mile each way). The road is flat and smooth and wide. The problem is the roundabout at one end is very tight (probably tighter than Shewsbury) and not suitable for streamliners or even ratracers to get round. The most probable event of a racing nature would have to be drag races like we did at the Worlds at Hove.
I have spoken to Adrian and he (quite rightly) has pointed out that many of you might not be prepared to travel to such an event even if it was a points event because of the limited nature of the racing. 
The organiser would be equally happy with some kind of demonstration runs and we could set up a club stand like we have at York.
The questions therefore are:
Who is willing to commit to the event on the basis of it being a racing event, and who is prepared to come and help in the event that we run it as a publicity event with no racing points attached.