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Resolution of Appreciation |
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Written by Chris Norris
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 |
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From the office's of Chad Irey: "I have just been informed that we (the trail building community) will be receiving a Resolution of Appreciation from the City of Covington on May 26th at 7pm during the monthly commissioners meeting. We will be receiving this high honor for our past, current, and future work on the Devou Back Country Trail System. CORA, KyMBA, UGive, Give Back Cincinnati, and Duke Energy will be the title names for this high honor. Collectively, we have worked 2346.5 total hours to date. A Resolution of Appreciation is an official acknowledgment that goes into the city records for all of eternity. An example of a Resolution of Appreciation is; an individual may retire from working for the city for lets say 25 years. When that individual retires after 25 years, the city acknowledges their appreciation for that individual and their service through this resolution. We have been working in the dirt for only seven months, therefore, this is a big deal!! You may think "this just can't be so, I have to see this to believe this." The meeting is open to the public for anyone who may want to witness the official reading. I am sure there is bound to be some good entertainment at the meeting as I fumble in front of the public access camera in attempts to say a few words." |
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CORA Race Series Objectives |
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Written by Chris Norris
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Wednesday, 06 May 2009 |
 | The CORA Series objectives are:
1) Promote Cincinnati area mountain bike racing participation.
2) Promote camaraderie within the local mountain bike community.
3) Promote trail advocacy awareness.
4) And most importantly, promote fun and health.
The CORA Series is composed of existing races already established in and around the Cincinnati area.
All races are individually promoted and governed. All questions regarding individual races should be forwarded to
the director of the race in question. There is no need to declare your intention to race in the series. All registered
racers for each race will automatically be included in the CORA series. If we list your name on the CORA series point
totals and for some reason you do not wish to participate (have your name on the list), you may contact the series
director, Chad Irey, at
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and he will be happy to remove your name from the register
Introducing CORA Series Pay dirt:
What is pay dirt?
Pay dirt is our way of rewarding you for making a contribution to the development and maintenance of our trail systems. Simply volunteer. To get involved, just contact a trail leader who is heading up a local trail work day and once you have completed the day's work they will sign off on the form that will be posted and available on the CORA Website.
Racers must complete at least 2 OFFICIAL CORA trail days to be eligible for CORA SERIES Pay Dirt, earning a maximum of
10 hrs. You can start earning pay dirt points starting January 1st of current race year.
- Expert riders will receive 10 points per hour. Maximum 100 points
- Sport riders will receive 8 points per hour. Maximum 80 points
- Beginner riders will receive 6 points per hour. Maximum 60 points
Official form must be signed by the trail leader for each official trail day.
Official form must be turned in to one of the CORA SERIES officials (Chad Irey or Butch Farrell) by the beginning of the
England-Idlewild race. September 13th, 2009
All CORA trail work days are eligible.
To print the forms please visit the CORA website at: http://joinomba.org/cora
Classifications:
Beginner Men
Beginner Women
Sport Men
Sport Women
Pro/Expert Men
Pro/Expert Women
• You will be scored in the class for which you register. If a particular race within the series offers a class that you wish to race and the CORA series does not track points for the specific class, do not be discouraged. As long as the class you wish to race completes the same amount of laps as the class you are competing in the CORA series, we will score you as if you were racing in the class. Example, the Caesar Creek race may offer a Clydesdale class. The CORA series does not offer a Clydesdale Class. If you wish to compete in the Clydesdale class for this race, we will score you with the class that completes the same amount of laps. Usually Clydesdales complete the same amount of laps as the sport class, so we will keep your score in the sport class. We will take your finish time, compare it to the finish times of the sport class and insert your name after the name of the next fastest racer in the sport class. Should the Clydesdale race a lap less or more than the CORA series class you are participating in, then you will need to race in a class that is completing the same amount of laps.
Beginner Class: enter this class if you are new to the sport or this is your first Mountain Bike race. This is an introductory class used to “get your feet wet.” Beginner races are approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Sport Class: is the middle class. You will find more advanced riders than the beginner class and the pace will be faster. Sport races are approximately 1.5 hours. The sport class should be used to hone in your skills and work on your race strategy. We highly encourage racers to use the sport class as an intermediate stop on their way to the highest class.
Pro/Expert Class: The highest class. You will find the best regional talent in this class. The pace will be even faster than the sport class and race duration is approximately 1:45:00 to 2:15:00.
Participation rules:
• You must race in Four out of the Five races to be eligible for a Series Title.
• Initial class placement will be based on your registration for your first race. If you plan to change your class prior to a race
you must notify the series coordinator and register for the race in your new class. If you fail to race in your new class all
points will be forfeited for that race.
• None of the CORA rules or points will disqualify or count for the series the race is actually run under. So, for example, if
you have decided to move to expert in the CORA points series and at the last minute decide to race sport and you win the
OMBC race in sport, your standing with OMBC will not be affected, only the CORA points will be lost.
• Prizes are plaques for winners of individual classes |
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2009 CORA Race Series in full gear! |
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Written by Chris Norris
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Tuesday, 14 April 2009 |
 | CORA’s very own Chad Irey and Butch Farrell have completed the point structure and pay dirt structure for the 2009 CORA Racing Series! For those of you not familiar with the concept of pay dirt...here's a quick break down. For every hour you work on a CORA trail and you fill out the proper paper work…you earn points toward your CORA Racing Series point total. It's an exciting program that gets racers involved with the maintenance of the local trails. The pay dirt form is available for download below (see link). In addition, the point structure for Beginners, Sport, and Expert class has also been posted below. Good luck to everyone this year and we hope to see you out there on the trails for this exciting race series!! Pay Dirt Form: Click Here
Point Structure: Click Here |
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