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MABRA’s SEASON & SINGLE-DAY CHAMPIONS
MABRA’s SEASON & SINGLE-DAY CHAMPIONS
To Be Decided In Taneytown Maryland November 29
Press Contact Information: BikeReg.com MABRAcross Series
SpectaSport LLC; KenG@SpectaSport.com
Ken Getchell, Account Manager, 610-397-1950
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 24, 2009; Conshohocken, PA, USA: “We’re a small town with a big-time course!” So says Tracy Lea, promoter of this coming Sunday’s (November 29) MABRA Cyclocross Championships in Taneytown, Maryland. The final event of the 2009 BikeReg.com MABRAcross Series, the race also serves as USA Cycling’s state championships for Delaware and Maryland (combined with the District of Columbia). Additionally, the race also serves as the one-day regional championship for the area covered by USA Cycling’s MABRA Local Association centered around Washington DC and including Delaware, Maryland and Northern Virginia.
The race, and the BikeReg.com MABRAcross Series’ season-long points championship, is open to all USAC-licensed competitors, while the various state and regional championship medals will be distributed to the highest placing residents of their respective championship areas. That’s a lot of medals, which Lea, the mother of Olympian Bobby Lea, thinks is a good thing, “It spreads the goods a little deeper since the placings don’t change much from race to race. The state medals give recognition to riders who have been just missing out throughout the season. And remember, the medals are awarded at 5 year age breaks and not just the normal 35 and 45 classes, and special Championship “beanies” will be awarded to each class winner – so riders don’t want to miss the chance to add to their winter hat collection.”
Lea says that the annual cyclocross race is part of a larger cycling plan for Taneytown, which is located in the far northern part of Maryland, not far from the famous civil war battlefield at Gettysburg. “Bringing cyclocross to Taneytown is encouraging the idea of having a large grassroots track in town, and we’re also getting interest for a BMX facility. Taneytown is a great place for riders to use as a starting point for those training rides with few cars and fun hills, along with flat roads, and a great cyclist-friendly coffee shop. We’re promoting Taneytown as ‘the other T-Town,’ we just don’t have the track – yet!”
Promoting the event this year is T.E.A.M. FUJI (The Exceptional Athlete Matters) and Silver Cycles’ club, GS Silver. Race Pace Bicycles will also be supporting the event along with Fuji Bikes, Hammer Nutrition, Sticky Fingers Bakery and LUNA BAR. Funds raised from this year’s MABRA Cyclocross Championships will be used to help support Athletes Without Limits, an organization based in Washington DC that helps elite athletes with intellectual disabilities achieve their athletic dreams. “We are asking riders to consider making gift of $20.12 as a symbolic gift to help support our athletes as they prepare for the 2012 Paralympic Games,” Lea says. “So even if you can’t escape from Thanksgiving family obligations, you can still help.”
More information and pre-registration for the MABRA Cyclocross Championships can be found on BikeReg.com.
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