November 4/00 11:13 am - 'Cross Nationals Today, Tour of Okinawa

Posted by Editoress on 11/4/00
 

Report from Alberta, Home of the 2000 Cyclocross Nationals
the Editor reports...........

Racing starts at 11:00 am local (1:00 pm EST) with the Junior men (40 minutes) today, followed by the Junior & Master Women at 12:30 pm (2:30 pm EST). The forecast is 10C and mainly sunny, however, there is expected to be a good breeze blowing, so it could be quite chilly. We will begin our on-site reporting at about 10:30 am local.

Tour of Okinawa
Courtesy Bruce Wenting

CCA has asked me to manage the team attending this UCI 1.5 event on Nov 12. Our team for the 50 km womens' race is Victoria's Cybil Digustini and veteran Anne Samplonius.

Last year's race winner Mark Walters is not available for this year's event,however Canada will be represented by a strong team consisting of Svein(say Swane)Tuft of Langley BC, Corey Lang of Langley BC, Jacob Erker of Calgary Alta, Glen Rendall of Ottawa Ont, The mens race is a 200 km held concurrently with the womens' race as well as a large citizens' race/ride.