Get your rosters ready for the 2010 Texas Mountain Bike Team
Challenge and join the race to determine the top teams in
Texas. Entering it's 21th year of exciting competition and
camaraderie, the Team Chanllenge has seen the traveling trophy
move from city to city as shops, friends and sponsors field
their very best to race for top team honors. This year's competition
promises to be more exiciting than ever.
The Texas Team Challenge has awarded IMBA
over $8800 to date, making this a great way to add another
dimension to the racing, plus donate to such a worthwhile
organization.
Get your roster together and sign up for what promises to
be another action packed season of team racing. All mountain
bike teams are invited to participate in the Texas Team Challenge,
to be held in conjunction with the 2010 TMBRA Texas Championship
Mountian Bike Series.
The
Rules
The team manager must fill out a roster forr each rider
on the team. This list of riders must list the Name (as it
will appear at registration), Sex, Age (as of 12/31/2010),
Class, Category and Hometown. The team manager's email address
must also be included. The roster MUST list ALL riders that
are allowed to participate under your teams banner. If a team
member is not listed on your roster their score will be disqualified
for team points until officially added to your roster by the
team manager.
Between races, you may modify you team roster at any time.
This includes adding or dropping members, or category upgrades.
Team members added mid-season will only qualify for points
earned after the addition. The notification of upgrades is
important, so the scorekeeper will know where to look for
your racers.
When registering at each race, please have team members include
the "Team Challenge" team name.
A racer's points may only be used by one registered team during
a season. If a racer changes teams at any time during the
series, his points will not count for the old team or the
new team. Any changes MUST BE RECEIVED by phone, mail or email
no later than the Thursday before the race event and the $5
per rider fee must be paid for points to be counted......NO
EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!
We recommend that you have at least six riders on your team,
an unlimited maxium number of team racers are allowed.
PLEASE NOTE: Your team and it's members are solely responsible
for 100% correct team roster forms and proper race event registration!!!!!
The name on the roster must EXACTLY match the names entered
at registration. The most common reason for missed points
is misspelled names. Jonathan Doe is not John Doe.
By submitting a roster team managers agree to the following
"code of ethics"
1. Team managers will not "stack" their roster with
riders who are not actually a part of the team. Adding racers
who ride for another team that is not involved with the Texas
Team Challenge is not allowed.
2. The Team Challenge team name MUST
appear FIRST on the race results.
3. Team managers agree to encourage racers to move from Cat
3 to Cat 2 and Cat 2 to Cat 1 when they meet the mandatory
upgrade requirements or when the rider’s ability obviously
warrants the upgrade.
4. Team managers will not encourage "sandbagging"
by asking a racer to stay down for points.
Scoring
The top SIX highest placing finishers fo each team will determine
the team's total score for each race event.
If you have less than six eligible racers to score, the empty
spots will receive a score of "zero". If you finish,
but not within the top thirty racers in your class you will
also receive a "zero".
Prizes
and Expenses
There is a $5.00 charge per team member. The team, it's sponsors,
or individual team members may pay this fee. The fee is a
one-time charge for the entire spring series, reguardless
of the number of races that the team member participates in.
When a racer is added to your team, the fee MUST be paid at
that time. No refunds from reductions to your roster and fees
are non-transferable. This fee will be used strictly for administrative
costs, trophies, banners and other expenses.
A donation of $75.00 per team will go into a cash fund to
be presented to IMBA in the winning team's
name at the end of the Championship Series
The winning team will have thier team name permently engraved
on the travel trophy. First place team will receive a trophy
and a banner: the second though fifth place teams will receive
a trophy.
ALL
FEES AND ROSTER MUST BE POSTMARKED BY February 27, 2010!!!!!!!!!!
The Texas Team Challenge is strictly non-profit to benefit
all mountain bike racers, race event promoters, racing sponsors,
as well as for the preservation of land access to all bicyclists.
The Texas Team challenge recognizes and enforces all USAC
and Race Series Event regulations and rules. The Texas Team
Challenge, it's board members and TMBRA assume no liability
and are strictly administrators of this points series
Submit
Roster
Please use this format to submit your roster Excel
Spread Sheet If you do not have Excel a text file in this
format will do.
Attach your complete roster and e-mail to Cap
Carter
TMBRA will admninister funds for the Team Challenge. (The
fee = $75 + ($5 X # of riders on the team). Make all checks
payable to "TMBRA" If your fee is not paid, your
team is not pointed.
Send a check to:
TMBRA
141 West Water St
A-200
Kerrville, TX 78028
For any questions and to update your team roster, contact:
Cap Carter
PLEASE
PROVIDE US WITH A TEAM PHOTO
For publicity and web page use, send us a photo of your team.
You can send this with the registration form or at any time
during the season. We want to feature each team with thier
photo and roster on the web page and for any future publicity.
2009
Results
2008 Results
2007 Results
2006 Results
2005 Results
2004 Results
Congratulations to all the teams and we look forward to another
great competition in 2008.
Past
Winners
Fall 1997 - Wheels and Fitness in Motion
Spring 1998 - Wheels and Fitness in Motion
Spring 1999 - Sun & Ski
Spring 2000 - Hill Country Bicycle Works
Spring 2001 - Sun & Ski
Spring 2002 - Hill Country Bicycle Works
Spring 2003 - Orthopedicstore.com / Bikeworld.com
Spring 2004 - Team Orthopedics Store
Spring 2005 - Team Bike Lane
Spring 2006 - NRC/Pedalmasher
Spring 2007 - Team Bike Lane
Spring 2008 - Hill Country Bicycle Works
Spring 2009 - Hill Country Bicycle Works
