The 2008 Bearspaw Open

Presented with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police - A Career Nowhere Near Ordinary.


Registration Now Open!

Registration is now open for the 2008 Bearspaw Open, presented with The RCMP - A Career Nowhere Near Ordinary.

Please visit the Midweek Mayhem website to register, purchase meals for "Dinner & a Bike Race", or make a donation to Youth Cycling.

Please note that your meal for Dinner & a Bike Race is included with your race registration. Also, although we are not charging an entry fee for Alberta Youth Provincial Road Race Championship entries, we are requiring that participants purchase a meal for Dinner & a Bike Race.

FYI, there is currently a slight discrepancy in information about pricing for Dinner & a Bike Race. Meals purchased seperately will be $12.00, not $10.00. We will update the information on the Midweek Mayhem website as soon as possible.

Registration payments will be made via PayPal. You do not require a PayPal account to pay, there is a "continue" option which allows you to skip creation of a PayPal account. When you have completed payment, please click the provided link. This will return you to the Midweek Mayhem website where you will provide details such as which event you want to race in, License #, UCI Code, Team, Emergency Contact, etc. You will also need to provide your PayPal receipt ID, which you can find in the confirmation email that PayPal sends when payment is completed. If you have any questions or problems, please email us at midweekracing[at]gmail.com.

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Dinner & a Bike Race

The Midweek Mayhem Cycling Association would like to welcome all spectators and participants to join us at Race HQ on event day for "Dinner & a Bike Race", a fundraising BBQ for the Calgary Olympic Oval's youth Cycling Development Program. Come out after work to watch the Open A and Open B races while enjoying some tasty food and the spectacular views of the Rocky Mountains across the Bow River Valley from the start/finish area.

Menu
  1. Beef on bun (or vegetarian alternative)
  2. Corn on the cob
  3. selection of salads
  4. dessert
  5. refreshment
(subject to change)

Pricing
Meal is included with your race registration. Pricing for the meal only will be $12 for non-racers, and meals will be able to be pre-purchased through our online payment system. There will be limited quantities of meals available for people wishing to purchase on race day. Please pre-purchase to avoid disappointment!

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Big Announcement Coming Soon

As things start to fall into place for race day on Thursday August 7th we're getting ready to release at least one big announcement in the next week or so. Hint: It's related to the schedule of events/categories, and it's really going to help the race live up to its name...

Stay tuned!

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supporting youth racing

As a new race promoter there's a few things that I'm really keen to establish with the Circuit de Mayhem race. Key amongst them is a policy that youth racers (Junior, Cadet, Minimie) will not pay to race in my event.

As a Masters aged athlete, I'm a strong believer that we're the ones that need to give back in order to grow the sport and provide the means to follow the Long Term Athlete Development Model from the novice to elite ranks.

In order to help facilitate the "kids race free" policy, when online registration for the race opens up I'll be adding an option for people to fund a youth race entry. I hope that some of you will consider this option, keeping in mind that the race will be running not-for-profit. I'll post more details as they become 100% firm, but depending on how the sponsorship search goes your donation would either directly finance a race entry into this race, or be pooled and donated back to the ABA earmarked for Junior racing.

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