Yes and no, we're talking about the National Series here, by definition we're looking at the pointy end. Top 20 to 50 in each category.
Running a good national championships is about the most important thing a national sporting organisation HAS to do.
There needs to be a reevaluation of the whole competitive scene, taking into account national, state, club and private interests and capabilities with the intention of developing a holistic, sensible calendar of events. Personally I'd like to see an approach that links numerous events in points based series. I'd like to see events across the year planned to support a natural buildup to the national level events around the new year. I'd like to see lots of 2 and 3 hour events over the 6 months after the nationals and then both shorter and longer events to support riders trying to riders to target xco, xcm or 12/24 hour events.
It might be a Pipedream to think our sport could manage itself in a coordinated fashion but that is why we pay these people: to develop a vision and use leadership to implement it.
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Running a good national championships is about the most important thing a national sporting organisation HAS to do.
There needs to be a reevaluation of the whole competitive scene, taking into account national, state, club and private interests and capabilities with the intention of developing a holistic, sensible calendar of events. Personally I'd like to see an approach that links numerous events in points based series. I'd like to see events across the year planned to support a natural buildup to the national level events around the new year. I'd like to see lots of 2 and 3 hour events over the 6 months after the nationals and then both shorter and longer events to support riders trying to riders to target xco, xcm or 12/24 hour events.
It might be a Pipedream to think our sport could manage itself in a coordinated fashion but that is why we pay these people: to develop a vision and use leadership to implement it.
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