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Frazier Cycling: Coaching Juniors Clinic
Coaching Juniors Clini
Frazier Cycling will be hosting a Coaching Juniors Clinic
January 30 -31. 2010, Atlanta GA
USA Cycling calls the Frazier Cycling Junior Development Program “an excellent role model for other clubs’ junior development initiatives.”
Frazier Cycling has taken 7 years of knowledge and experience working with juniors and tracking their data to develop this clinic. Coaches, parents, and cycling groups who are serious about starting and maintaining a sucessful junior development program will find this clinic invaluable.
The prograrm is designed for juniors 10-18 using the team approach to training and racing. The Coaching Junior Cyclists Manual is included as part of the clinic. Frazier Cycling Junior Development program is the largest in the SE, and ranks as one of the best in the country. The FC Juniors race team holds 16 national medals and 3 national championship titles from 2008 and 2009.
This clinic is worth 1.0 USAC CEU credit
COACH RALPH FRAZIER, USA Cycling Certified Expert Coach Coach Ralph Frazier is founder of Frazier Cycling Partners. He has over 35 years of cycling experience as an endurance and marathon rider. He has raced competitively
and was named the “hottest competitive cyclist” in southeast Ohio. Today Ralph focuses on his coaching clients and juniors cycling team but still competes in 12-hour endurance races. Ralph continues to cycle daily, rain or shine for the last 9 years. He has over 15 years experience as a professional coach. His coach’s column on junior development
appears regularly in the Performance Conditioning publication. He is also a professional race announcer.
COACH KELLI ROGAN, USA Cycling Certified Expert Coach
Coach Kelli Rogan is the Director of Junior Development. She joined Frazier Cycling in 2003 with excellent credentials and a successful racing history. Kelli Rogan was a cofounder of the Clemson University Cycling Team. She was a several-time Southeastern Collegiate Cycling Conference (SECCC) road race, criterium, and time trial champion.
In 1992 and 1996, she participated in the Olympic Track Cycling Trials. She was the 1993 Collegiate National Match Sprint Champion and an All-American. Also, Kelli was a member of the silver medal winning team at the 1995 US Olympic Festival. Her past coaching experience includes the developmental kids programs at the East Point Velodrome in Atlanta and the Lehigh Valley Velodrome in Trexlertown, PA. Kelli has been coaching junior and masters level cyclists for over 15 years.
REGISTER NOW:
www.fraziercycling.com or
www.usacycling.org/news/clinic
SECOND ANNUAL RIDE FOR RALLY SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 17
The second annual Ride for Rally benefiting the Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research will be held at Addictive Cycling/Cafeine Café at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 17, 2009.
In honor of childhood cancer survivor Russell Tindol, the 50 mile ride was started last year by the Frazier Cycling members to show their cycling teammate Russell their support and help raise awareness for childhood cancer. Russell has been in remission for one year and is back on his bike!
This year’s ride will offer a 10, 30 or 50 mile option and will be a social ride for all ages and levels. You can register on line until Friday, October 16 or day of registration will begin at 7:00 a.m. There will be a social BBQ after the ride that includes hot dogs & hamburgers for all riders. There will also be live music provided by ACT 13 that will begin at 10:45 a.m.
Sponsored by Frazier Cycling, Addictive Cycling and Allgood Pest Solutions, entry fees for the ride are $30 on line or $35 day of the ride.
We hope you can come join Russell and his family and friends for a bike ride through Buford, Suwanee and Flowery Branch. For more information about the ride, to register for the event or to make a general donation to the Ride for Rally fund please visit www.active.com/donate/rideforrally
About Rally Foundation:
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Atlanta, Ga. with the sole mission of raising awareness and funds for childhood cancer research through volunteer grassroots initiatives. Rally Foundation currently supports 39 research projects across the country that aim to find better treatments and cures for childhood cancers. Visit www.rallyfoundation.org for more information.
Peachtree Corners Swim & Racquet Club Kids’ Triathlon
Swim portion of Triathlon
The Peachtree Corners Swim & Racquet Club Kids’ Triathlon takes place August 15th, 2009 at 8am. The Bicycle Wheel (celebrating it’s 5th aniversary) has been involved with the PCS&R Triathlon since its inception and is looking forward to another great event this year. They will have their tent set up to air up tires and perform minor adjustments before the start.
This is an entry-level triathlon for kids ages 7-15. Participants can enter as individuals or as a team of 2 or 3 children.
DISTANCE: Children ages 7-10 will swim 100 yards (4 laps), bike 3 miles (2 neighborhood loops) and run 0.75 miles.
Children ages 11-15 will swim 200 yards (8 laps), bike 6 miles (4 neighborhood loops) and run 1.5 miles.
COURSE: The race begins at the PCS&R pool. The transition area will be in the club’s parking lot. The bike course is a 1.5 mile loop on Jones Bridge Circle and Fitzpatrick Way. The run course goes along Jones Bridge Circle into the Simpsonwood Conference Center. This is an out and back course.
VOLUNTEERS: The directors will need lots of volunteers to put on a fun and safe race! All kids who race need at least one parent to volunteer with the race. We encourage teenagers to volunteer as a great way to earn community service hours. Please contact one of the race directors to find out more details – hope to see you there!
RACE DIRECTORS:
Jason Januzelli: triathlon@januzelli.net, 678-261-8771
Shane Johnson: shanej99@gmail.com, 770-417-1194
REGISTRATION: To register, follow this link and print out the application. The application also contains important information you need to know about the race. Registration is closed after August 1st, so register soon to ensure a spot! Note: a nominal fee and registration is required in the USAT (USA Triathlon)
This is a great event and
GWINNETT BIKE FEST Ready to Roll….July 22-26, 2009
Gwinnett Bike Fest
The Gwinnett Sports Commission (GSC) and Top View Sports will bring you the 3rd Annual Gwinnett Bike Fest, July 22-26. This year’s event has been expanded to 6 races over 5 days, building off the success of last year’s event that drew over 500 participants from 11 states. With a prize purse of over $11,000 distributed daily and overall the Gwinnett Bike Fest will attract both amateur and professional cyclists of all ages from around the Southeast and will benefit the American Cancer Society and Foster Children’s Foundation. In its 3rd year of existence, the Gwinnett Bike Fest has turned out to be one of the biggest bike races in the Southeast, and a race that cyclists everywhere circle on the calendars as a must to attend. Daily and overall prizes will be presented in an effort to promote riders to participate in all events. This year’s schedule of events has a little bit of everything.
• Wednesday, July 22 – Road Atlanta Circuit Race (Braselton, GA)
• Thursday, July 23 – Gwinnett Center Criterium (Duluth, GA)
• Friday, July 24 – Subaru of Gwinnett Road Race (Dacula, GA)
• Saturday, July 25 – Addictive Cycles Time Trial (Buford, GA)
• Saturday, July 25 – Downtown Norcross Criterium (Norcross, GA)
• Sunday, July 26 – Events Response Circuit Race (Lawrenceville, GA) I
n addition, the July 25th, Downtown Norcross Criterium will be a huge festival, with Radio Disney on site, a bike stunt team, music, and lots of great historic downtown bars, restaurants and shops to enjoy. The Gwinnett Bike Fest is also the tenth stop on the newly formed Georgia points series, the Georgia Cycling Gran Prix, a 12 event race series that includes well known, established races throughout Georgia. Find out more about the Gwinnett Bike Fest by visiting www.gcvb.org/bikefest. For more information on races, scheduling, and registration, visit www.GeorgiaCycling.net .
2009 Georgia Cycling Gran Prix Race Schedule: Race Schedule
2/28-3/1 TopView Cycling Classic – Winder, GA
3/7-8 Regions Bank Race Weekend – Albany, GA
4/25 Athens Twilight Criterium – Athens, GA
4/26 Historic Roswell Criterium – Roswell, GA
5/3 Global BMW Sandy Springs Cycling Classic – Sandy Springs, GA
5/16-17 Team Cycleworks p/b HDR State Road Race – Cherokee County, GA
5/30-31 Tour Dahlonega – Dahlonega, GA
6/6-7 Low Country Classic – Beaufort, SC**
6/27-28 Cycle for Parkinsons – Dacula and Lawrenceville, GA
7/21-26 Gwinnett Bike Fest – Various Locations, GA
8/1-2 Cumming Classic p/b Reality Bikes – Cumming, GA
8/29-30 Summer Finale Weekend – Lawrenceville and Loganville, GA
8/29 Georgia Cycling Gran Prix Awards Banquet
For more information regarding race details, please visit www.GeorgiaCycling.net, the new home for the Georgia Cycling Gran Prix. **This will be the state time trial championships for Georgia and South Carolina.
About the Georgia Cycling Gran Prix The Georgia Cycling Gran Prix is a series of first-class bicycle races produced primarily in the state of Georgia. These races bring provide great venues, fast results reporting, friendly registration staff, and most importantly, fun and safe racing. Anchored by the 30th Annual Athens Twilight Criterium and the third annual Gwinnett Bike fest, the GCGP is excited to combine these great events into a solid racing series boasting twelve events that include 25 total days of racing. There will be an overall points competition and prize money, with an awards reception at the conclusion of the series to recognize the winners of each category.
About Gwinnett Sports Commission The Gwinnett Sports Commission’s mission is to foster economic development through coordinating and developing Gwinnett’s role as a leading site for sports events involving youth, collegiate, amateur, and professional organizations. About Swagger.us Swagger has more than 60 years of combined experience as a sports-marketing and event-management organization. The nation’s leading producer in criterium racing, Swagger currently produces 40 criterium events, including America’s premier criterium, the Athens Twilight Criterium. Swagger also provides a wide range of services and equipment that allows race promoters, race directors, and sponsors to pick and choose which services and what equipment they need in order to best suit the specific needs of their event.
About TopView Sports TopView Sports is a Sports Management Company, specializing in the planning, marketing, and operations of cycling related products and services. Our professional team has the capacity, experience, and resources to manage best-in-class cycling assets and resources. Our vision is to bring communities, families, and participants together by promoting cycling with passion as a lifestyle. Our mission is to create best-in-class competitive and recreational cycling products and services for professional, amateur, and family participants. Our values are faith, family, community and excellence.
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