NCC invites all our regular racers and members to join us for one last crit for 2025. There'll be prizing on offer for all grades, and a special Points Race Criterium for our Elite Men's and Women's Fields. We will be providing a free BBQ for all those coming along (TBC!).

Volunteers

Race Day volunteers sign up HERE

NCC is always looking for extra hands so we can keep doing things better. Want to get involved - from corner marshalling to something more? Check out our volunteer page

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Race Day Procedures

AC race all discipline License: You must bring proof of our your valid AusCycling race license if your licence can't be verrifed through EB. If you need help - email the club.
New riders: please see more information below.
Online entry $25 Juniors $10
On the day entry it's not 1999. Enter online.,
Junior Riding Up Policy Any U17 riders who wish to ride up must contact and seek approval from a Junior Development Coach. The junior riding up policy can be found here. Please be familiar with it.

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Results

NCC Live Results can be found here.

Sign on: From 4:30, required 10min prior to race.

Race Schedule

Grade (Seniors)	Start	Duration	Colour
Junior B	5:00 pm	20mins + 2 laps
Junior C	5.00 pm	15 mins +2
Junior D	5.00 pm	10 mins
Senior B	5.25 pm	40mins + 2 laps	RED
Senior D	5.25 pm	30 mins +2	Dark Blue
Senior E	5.25 pm	25 mins + 2	LIGHT BLUE/PINK
Senior C	6:10 pm	35 mins + 2	YELLOW
Women's C	6:10 pm	25 mins + 2	Light Blue/Pink
Elite Women's Points Race*	6:50 pm	24 Laps
Elite Men Points Race*	7:35 pm	28 Laps	GREEN

*Please see points race regulations at bottom of listing

RACE SCHEDULE TO BE CONFIRMED.
MINOR AMENDMENTS LIKLEY, INCLUDING ON RACE DAY TO ACCOMODATE CHANGING LIGHTING CONDITIONS CHECK HERE ON THE DAY OF THE RACE.

Presentations will happen promptly after each race.

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Prizes

NCC will run regular racing with prize money and/or prizes. These will be advertised as part of the listing, and confirmed at the start line. Prizing is subject to sponsorship so if this is important to you - we encourage you to reach out to the club and help us support you!

When available we will award: **1st - 3rd in Male in each Grade **1st-3rd Female in each Grade

If you would like to sponsor our monthly prize criteriums, Please reach out to norwoodcc1883@gmail.com or contact us through messenger on Facebook!

To assist our Line Judges, can all riders please claim places following each race. Claim with line judges and commissaires after your event in a timely manner regardless of transponders being in place or not. Thanks.

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Numbering and transponders - I don't know how it works!!

NCC runs fixed numbers and transponders for all regular riders. You MUST have the right number colour for your grade. If you need a new number, we will give these to you at sign on. If you are visiting, we will loan them. If you are (or intend to be a regular) we'll give you a number to keep, and you'll need to purchase a transponder at check out!

Not sure which number you're meant to have or don't think you have a number? *
If you have raced with NCC in the last three years you will have a fixed number. If you've lost it you will need to buy a new one.
This is not your super series number.
This is not some crusty number you found in the back of your cupboard.
The number should match your grade.
A Grade GREEN
B Grade Red
C Grade Yellow
D Grade Navy
E Grade Light Blue
F Grade Pink

Something not right? No stress - we can always fix it at sign on!

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Grade Caps

NCC enforces strict grade caps at our crits in the interest of rider safety. We have been selling out grades regularly over the past 12 months, so encourage everyone to enter early to ensure that you don't miss out. You can scratch with full refund up to nomination closing time.

If you receive one of the five waitlisted places - this means you are first in line if anyone scratches. We will move these riders up if we can, but it is unlikely that you will get to race.

If you get Waitlisted (Doubtful) it is very unlikely that you'll get to race.

Please don't:
-Ask to race with another grade;
-Turn up on the night hoping someone doesn't show;
-Ask to be given special consideration to race.

NCC is a volunteer run club and we hate having to say no to people! We want everyone to be able to race, but it just not possible sometimes.

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More Information

Grading

Grading is at the discretion of the handicapper, and not at the whim of the rider. Riders who request grade changes through EB without having their preference ok'd by the handicapper will be placed into their existing grade. Handicapping takes in more than rider fitness, but considers skill, ability to contribute positively to the race and appropriateness. The best way to move up a grade is to win and be consistently in the top 5-10. If you can't win your current grade, you probably aren't ready to move up.

Please check what grade you have been placed in by the handicapper via the "View startlist" button prior to the event starting. The handicapper reserves the right to handicap riders as they see fit. It is the responsibility of the rider to review the published start list. Please enter relevant information for the handicapper when you nominate. The earlier you nominate, the earlier you get handicapped. Changing of grades on the day is not permitted. Only the Handicapper or the Chief Commissaire may regrade a rider on the day.
Please do not request grade changes to our volunteers on the Sign-on desk

You can contact the NCC Handicapper Peter Varricchio on 0411 118 262. Please be courteous and understanding. Any inappropriate behaviour will result in sanctions.

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New Riders

Are you new to racing? Then why not try the AusCycling Australia's 4 week free license, to try racing before committing to a full license, see link below. https://www.auscycling.org.au/membership/other/free-trial

Not quite sure which grade you are? Please feel free to have a chat with NCC Handicapper Peter Varricchio on 0411 118 262. If you have questions about racing please contact NCC on facebook messenger. If its your first race recommend arriving at sign on at least 30min prior to your race starting, to sign on, have your paper work with proof of license. Leave time to pin on numbers, put on timing transponder and warm up / have a nervous toilet break!

If you have never raced a criterium before and not confident in your bunch riding skills, we recommended you attend a Norwood CC + AusCycling SA criterium training session. See the AusCycling SA and Norwood C.C. facebook pages for more details.

NCC is a volunteer run club and we hate having to say no to people! We want everyone to be able to race, but it just not possible sometimes.

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Contacts

Through our Facebook Insta or FB
NCC Handicapper Peter Varricchio on 0411 118 262.

Norwood Cycling Club

http://www.norwoodcc.com.au/

POINTS RACE RULES

Definition

1. The Points Race is a specialty in which the final placings are determined according to accumulated points won by riders during the sprints and by taking laps.
2. At the Victoria Park Short Course, intermediate sprints shall be run off every 4 laps.
3. Elite Women will race for 24 Laps. Elite Men will Race for 28 Laps.
4. The first rider in each sprint shall be awarded 5 points, the second 3 points, the third 2 points and the fourth 1 point. Points awarded in the last sprint are doubled (10 points, 6 points, 4 points and 2 points).
5. Where two or more riders are equal on points, the places in the final sprint shall declare the winner.

Race Procedure

1. Sprints shall be run according to the rules governing intermediate and final sprints.
2. If a rider takes a lap and re-joins the back of the main bunch at the moment of an intermediate sprint (for points), that rider shall be awarded 20 points. That rider will not be considered for the sprint being contested.
3. Riders who are deemed dropped or no longer racing will be withdrawn by the Commissaires.
4. A rider suffering a mishap after the penultimate intermediate sprint shall not return to the race, but shall still appear in the final placings based on their points accumulated before their withdrawal.
5. Riders who withdraw from the race before the penultimate intermediate sprint will be excluded from the final placings.