That’s right we’ve decided that rather than attempt to make any money from the sale of these jerseys the club would like to pass on any price breaks to the members, so if we can sell 40+ jerseys by midnight on Saturday night then people will get £5 back per jersey purchased, and we’ll refund any postage charges too.
So, the only questions now are how many will you be buying and what colour?
It’s taken a while but we’ve finally got there and we are now taking orders through the on-line shop. Thank you for being patient! The Jersey printers have put our design into their template and have given the OK for the 5 different colour options so long as we order at least 6 of each colour. Therefore, when you place your order you will be asked to choose a second choice colour just in case we have to reduce the number of options.
There are 4 different styles of jersey:
Below are the jersey sizes when the jersey is laid flat. Compare these sizes against your favourite jersey then choose the closest one so that you know it will fit. Unfortunately we have not been given the sleeve length for the long sleeve road jersey but I imagine that the sleeve lengths will be similar to that of the freeride jersey.
Small (Chest 34-36”)
Medium (Chest 36-38”)
Large (Chest 38-40”)
XL (Chest 40-42”)
XXL (Chest 42-44”)
All jerseys will be printed to order and the order will be placed on the 4/4/2011. Therefore all orders must be placed before midnight on Saturday 2/4/2011. We need this order to be as large as possible so that we get the cheapest price possible, if we get an order of 40+ jerseys then £5 will be refunded to members for every jersey purchase, making them only £30 each, AND we’re going to refund all postage costs. Can’t say fairer than that ey?!
Any future orders will only be placed when there is an accumulation of 15 jersey orders, so if you want one or three get your order in NOW!
Once the order is placed we expect the printing process to take 4-6 weeks so fingers crossed we should have them ready for the Erlestoke 12.
(anyone who has bought a voucher can redeem it by sending an email to committee@blackcanoncollective.co.uk with details of what jersey they would like (cut | sleeve-length | colour | size) thank you)
CLICK HERE TO BUY A JERSEY OR THREE
….will be open very shortly, so watch this space.
Each spring the Black Canon Collective holds it’s Annual General Meeting, a great opportunity to all meet up, eat, drink and well….dress up (this year anyway), there’s also the usual business to attend to such as committee elections, constitutional changes and a look at the year ahead…
We’ve decided to hold this years meeting at The Allotment to save some money and encourage more people to attend.
Date: Sunday 27th March 2010
Time: 17:00
Place: The Allotment
Meeting to start at 17:15
1.Welcome – General welcome and explanation of the purpose of the meeting.
2.Apologies for absence – Notable absentees
3.Treasurers Report + Accounts – Presentation of previous years accounts + proposal of forthcoming years budget.
4.Chairman’s report – Summary of the year including plans for the coming year
5.Voting – 10 minute break with cake and time to vote (see item 6).
6.Election of the Trustees and Committee – Conducted via ballet box on the day.
7.Proposed changes to the Rules of the Club and Constitution – Changes voted in by way of an open vote.
8.A.O.B. – Anything from the floor / committee
(should be done by 18:00)
That’s right, our end of series special event made it onto the MBUK of the tintermewebber. Ace.
Doesn’t have to be a super hero, could be your favorite rider, racing car driver or even your nan!
See you at The Allotment at 14:00 tomorrow…
So we have our candidates ready for you to vote for at Sunday’s AGM – 17:00 Sunday at the Allotment (remember the clocks go forward on Saturday night) – remember you can always vote for RON (Re Open Nominations) but we hope you’ll not want to!
Chairman: Andrew Denham
Treasurer: Andrew Grace
Secretary: Ian Crook
XC Rep : Chas Thursfield
DH Rep: Ben Irons
DJ Rep: Chris Smith
Welfare: Al Mackinlay
A little time-lapse from the Dig Day Away last month:
Dig Day Away from Black Canon Collective on Vimeo.
Sunday’s race was a bit special, firstly it was themed a Retro Race, and secondly it was the last in the winter series, meaning that final standings and pride were at stake. The track was different from anything else we’ve raced so far, although it shared about 40meters of BBMS the two couldn’t be further appart in terms of flow or feel. Based on MCC (the Dinner ’til Dusk descent) the track was marked wide to encourage line choice, and drawn out to make pedalling a necessity. With no real features to speak of we were pleased to be able to allow riders with open face helmets meaning that the event was accessible to many who otherwise wouldn’t have take part. A featureless track may sound a bit tedious, especially one with no bermed corners on a track that consisted of a wide loamy channel, but I can honestly say that it generated some of the most fun riding and close racing we’ve had all series.
Now, as for the theme and dress code, well, lets just say that some people got more than a bit scared of lycra, peakless helmets and generally not looking super cool. It’s funny but this race also showed just how many riders we have who consider a non carbon v10 to be retro and their oldest kit is newer than any of mine!
Thankfully the vast majority got into the spirit of things and took off their peaks and donned the funkiest looking riding gear they could find. Worthy of a special mention are Chris smith who was sporting the saggiest lycra bibs I think I’ve ever seen, (if he’d have worn his Rock Shox beanie I would have wee’d a bit) Dan Irons who looked like a pro GT rider from the 90’s thanks in no small part to the best looking bullet helmet ever made, the giro madmax, and Garry Newton who managed to make us laugh even more than normal by riding in both retro lycra and on a pair or Red Ritchy Zmax tyres that made him look like he was riding in different (far wetter) conditions to the rest of us. Hero.
Now for the racing.
Sam Chedgy managed to put in an good early time that meant he was fastest for the first quarter of an hour, but it wasn’t long before some more riders started penning up their times and the board started to fill up… Curtis Saunders struggled to get to grips with the idea of non-bermed corners as he managed to come off his bike on almost every run due to his kamikaze like corner commitment. Ben Irons suffered a mechanical right at the start meaning that he was reliant upon the generosity all day so had his work cut out. Chris Smith put in some fast times right from the start, but then decided to play cat and mouse rather than over exert himself, something he may now be regretting. Liam Arkell was, as has come to be expected, flying up the leader board with his Pocket Rocket style and ability to chip away every run. I was off the pace except for one flying run, only to find out that the watch hadn’t recorded a time, gutted, Steve Corner impressed on his first ever TickerTape, looking to improve and learning fast. Andrew Armstrong also managed to put in a great performance in his first TickerTape taking 15 seconds off his time and giving his son a run for his money too. Chris Marsland put in some fast runs and looked suitably retro (as always) before racing Simon Truelove in a pump race in tribute to Chris’ home from home, Bath BMX . Ric Mclaughlin chickened out of wearing the MBUK skin suit but seemed to be having a great time racing his test Moerwood. Ric’s done two TickerTape special events now (Triple Crown and Retro) so he was familiar with the set-up and soon managed to take over 7 seconds off of his time. With over 30 riders competing the board managed to fill up pretty quick and has become an almost unreadable mess (hence the lack of results spreadsheet from me so far), thankfully Calum’s groupies didn’t want to race or else we would have needed to use the blackboard too.
As for the results, well…
Chris Smith was pipped to the win by Curtis who has owned every race he entered this series and Liam wasn’t far behind in 3rd. Steve Corner was awarded the King of the Hill T shirt for an awesome first attempt, and Curtis was awarded the Rose Bikes RAD award for his all out committed style over the day.
As for best dressed, well I awarded that to myself for being more french that almost anyone could deal with.
Thanks to everyone who helped set up and pack away, to Shimano for the race tape and Rose Bikes for the prizes.
The Series round up and overall results will be published shortly…
Check out the ace photos taken by Dan Irons of Facade Photography there’s also an awesome video by Liam Arkell showing the track in full, and some footage of lycra clad messing about taken after the race.
This Sunday, 13:00 for a 14:00 start, is the third Dinner ’til Dusk with a fancy dress theme of Heroes, a fun course, ride as fast as you can or as slow as you want to, on your own, with a friend or as a team.
Afterwards we’ll be staying at the Allotment for the AGM – you bring cake, we’ll do the tea – up to an hour of voting, reports and plans for the future, then the BCC 1 in 100 Lottery!
See you then!
p.s. We should be done by 6