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2006 Point Series

March to October by Denis Osowski

Hello Freewheelers!

Now that the racing season in upon us, indeed some have already "got some" this year, George has generously offered to resurrect the points series for 2006!

We will be doing it a little different from what many of you will remember from 2004 in an effort to make George's life a little easier from when he had to deal with the on-line points entry system. I won't go into details but it was a huge workload for George to manage the information coming in. This year we will have each rider keep their results and points tabulated in a spreadsheet.

It should be pretty simple (if you have Microsoft Excel) to keep a running tally of your races, placings, and points. The procedure goes like this:

1. Download the attached Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
• Review the spreadsheet and look at examples of some race entries therein.
• Contact Denis Osowski for any clarifications or issues that you find.
• All a rider need do is enter their name, race name, USCF license category, race date, highest category in their entered race, race type code, and finish place...the sheet will do the rest. It will total the rider's points automatically.
2. Erase the example entries and start logging your own awesome results.
3. Submit the sheet by the 30th of each month to George Liolios

The sheet will automatically keep a running tally of your points throughout the year. Your new total each month will be updated to the website by the 7th of the next month (e.g., points submitted by the 30th of March will show up on the website by April 7).

If anyone out there does not have Microsoft Excel, please email George Liolios or Denis Osowski and let them know. We will try to work out an alternative approach.

The points series competition will run from March 1 through October 1, 2006. Final point totals will be posted by October 7.

We will have an overall club competition based on overall points and will also break it out according to USCF category, Masters, Women, and Juniors.

Notes and clarifications:

• Neither Mountain bike races nor cyclo-cross races should be entered into your spreadsheet. We are going to count points only from pure road race events.
• You don't have to start a new spreadsheet every month. Just send George a copy of where your sheet is on the 30th of every month and we'll simply update your total on the website.
• Enter only races between March 1 and October 1. Races outside those dates should not be entered on your spreadsheet.

The hard line disclaimer: We acknowledge that the way we are tabulating the points will not be completely, totally, and absolutely fair for every conceivable rider situation. That said, we do want to know if any blatant errors and terrible errors are found by anyone (judgment of blatant and terrible is reserved for George and Denis). While complete fairness is impossible, we do want to be correct.

Anyway, have fun with this. That's what it's for after all.

Ride on and see you at the races!

Best regards,
Denis Osowski
President - Summit Freewheelers

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