March 11/04 9:52 am - NORBA #1 preview, Employment Opportunity

Posted by Editoress on 03/11/04
 

NORBA #1 Waco Texas

The editor has arrived in Waco for round 1 of NORBA 2004.

One the start list from Canada are:

Pro-men
Max Plaxton (Espoir)
Jesse Jakomait (2003 Canada Cup Champion)
Andreas Hestler
Roland Green
Matt Toulouse
Pete Wedge
Geoff Kabush
Chris Sheppard
Seamus McGrath
Ryder Hesjedal
Kris Sneddon

Pro-women
Sara Noble
Kiara Bisaro
Alison Sydor
Trish Sinclair
Chrissy Redden

Terrain for the XC is rolling with a lot of singletrack. Weather forcast for the weekend is rain with possibilty of thunderstorms.


Employment Opportunity at Chico Racing

Good, reliable worker from mid-April until September required for position with Chico Racing Event Management. Hours average about 45 hours per week and work on event weekends.

About the company:

Chico Racing, Ontario's foremost authority on mountain bike race promotions is entering its 10th year. Having incurred steady growth since its inception, Chico Racing continually strives to present a better product to its loyal customer base while maintaining a friendly atmosphere.

From running 6 competitive Ontario Cup races, to weekly series and our marquee event, the 24 hours of Summer Solstice, Chico Racing reaches mountain bikers of all ability levels. Our dynamic customer base and heavy schedule throughout the spring and summer months make it an excellent opportunity to hone one's public relations skills, perform numerous office tasks, and come event weekend get the hands a little
dirty.

What Chico Racing needs from you:

Personable, hard-working, organized and familiar with today's administrative duties. Tasks that will be required of you will start with several days a week in the office performing tasks including:

 Database entry.
 Answering phone calls/emails.
 Various other computer related duties and knowledge of Access, Word, and Excel preferred.
 Organizing volunteers, event services, and paperwork.

In addition to the above, on event weekends duties to be performed will include:

 Site preparation.
 Some course set-up.
 Possible timing at some events.
 Event clean-up.

If you think your characteristics meet the above challenges, please submit a resume of your schooling, and employment background to Chico Racing, by fax or email. Please keep resumes to people of post high school age, and keep in mind that employees will not be able to race.
Those with experience mountain biking, and access to their own transportation, would be preferred. Only those considered for the position will be contacted and we will make a decision by early April 2004. The office location is in Uxbridge, Ontario.

Send resume to:

Adam Ruppel
c/o Chico Racing
P.O. Box 1206
Uxbridge, ON L9P 1N5
Fax: (905) 852-0379 or chico@chicoracing.com