FIRST RACE IS DAYS AWAY!!Thank you to everyone for being patient as all of this comes together.
Here is the meeting location for Saturday April 14
We will be meeting at the
ST CLAIR STOCKYARDS On the corner of St Clair Ave. and Old Stock Yards Road there is a TTC streetcar terminal.
We will be meeting up at 9am! short push to the course.
Practise runs starting at 9:40am
Racing will start shortly after 10am
TTC Directions: very simple. take any subway to stclair or stclairwest subways stations. Then take the 512 streetcar
west!all the way until you reach stockyards terminal.
For Parking i would recommend that you park closer to the race course which you can see in the following maps.
ST CLAIR STOCKYARDS STREETCAR TERMINAL
http://maps.google.ca/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&q=st+clair+at+old+stock+yards+road&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x882b36a74d617b0d:0x7c9b2706c6127a0a,St+Clair+Ave+W+%26+Old+Stock+Yards+Rd,+Toronto,+ON+M6N+5B9&gl=ca&ei=A4eFT5iKDair0AHdoqzOBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCAQ8gEwAARACE COURSE
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=p5d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1366&bih=649&q=30+TERRY+DRIVE+toronto&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x882b36bb7f3ba187:0x8257f9c6f16e4998,Terry+Dr,+Toronto,+ON&gl=ca&ei=P4eFT66NCuHc0QHb4oTZBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB4Q8gEwAAFOR THOSE WHO SHOW UP LATEYOU CAN EASILY PUSH ACROSS STCLAIR UNTIL YOU REACH ROCKCLIFFE BLVD THEN PUSH NORTHBOUND UNTIL YOU SEE SKATERS
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I am pleased to announce the first race of the 2012 TGRA season.
These races will give groms the perfect and safe environment to start competive downhill racing
Saturday april 14th
entry fee is free.
helmets and gloves mandatory.
knee pads optional.
We will be meeting at a secret location at 9am which will be announced at a closer date.
From there we will push to the course and begin practise runs, then go straight to heats.
4 man heats top 2 move on!
Course Information.
top speed 45-50kmh
course map:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73443001@N05/6838503021/This race will be using the new TGRA point system
1st place: 10points
2nd place: 8points
3rd place: 6points
Everyone that participates will receive 2 points.
At the end of the season top 16 riders will race for the title of TORONTOS FASTEST GROM!!
FIRST PLACE WILL RECEIVE A CUSTOM FIRST PLACE CHAMP CHAIN TROPHY BY CHAMPSTILES WOOD BURNING!
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