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2007 Texas State Series
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The Texas State Trials Council is pleased to announce the 31st
Annual Texas State Trials Championship. The 2007 series has only
one event each month; the events are spread out from January to
May, hoping that this will encourage better attendance for the
2007 Series! We’ve also added a couple of new classes (without
adding any new lines…) to give more riders the opportunity to
find the class that has the right level of difficulty for them.
Adding the Advanced class gives our younger up and coming riders
a class that bridges the gap between Intermediate and Expert; it
also aligns our series with the USMTA class guidelines.
Schedule:
- Rounds 1/2 - January 27th & 28th – CTTA at Emma Long City
Park, Austin – Don Hubbard
- Rounds 3/4 - February 24th & 25th – NTTA at Red River
Cycle Park, Muenster – Tom Batchelor
- Rounds 5/6 – March 24th & 25th – STTA at Rio Bravo,
Houston – Kim McCandless
- Rounds 7/8 – April 28th & 29th – TOTTA at Lake Mackenzie
Park, Silverton – Quint Anderson
- Round 9 – May 19th – NTTA at Red River Cycle Park,
Muenster – Tom Batchelor
Classes:
- Rookie
- Women – rides Novice line
- Vintage – rides Novice line
- Novice
- Amateur
- Senior AM– rides Amateur line
- Veteran – rides Amateur line
- Intermediate
- Senior PM (over 40) – rides Intermediate line (New for
2007)
- Advanced – rides half of the Intermediate lines & half
Expert (New for 2007)
- Sr. Expert – rides the Advanced line
- Expert
- Master
New for 2007:
- All classes will count the best 6 of 9 rounds toward State
Championship points! (Half of the rounds, plus one)
- The AM Frock Award will be named the "David Irlanda
Memorial Frock Award" in the memory of David Irlanda
- Senior PM –to riders over 40 years of age; rides the
Intermediate line
- Advanced class –to all riders; rides half of the
Intermediate lines & half Expert
- Each split will be indicated by 2 markers – one on the
left and one on the right 4’ apart. Riders may only ride
through the splits for their class; you may not pass through
any other gate. You may not pass through any gate
backwards, as per NATC rules
- Awards for each event will be standardized with medallions
displaying each club’s logo
- The Amateur line must be built for the rider that is
moving up from Novice and looking for a somewhat greater
challenge. It must not be built for the Senior or
Veteran rider! If the Senior or Veteran rider wants a
greater challenge, he should ride Senior PM.
What’s not new for 2007:
- Fees remain the same as in ’06 ($20 pre-entry, $25 day of
event), plus any additional fees, i.e. land use and/or
insurance.
- AMA Membership is required for ALL classes competing in
the CTTA Round @ Emma Long Park in Austin. You may sign up for
the AMA at this event.
- Discounts for families/children remain in place.
- Out of State riders may earn State Championship points,
but they must declare their intent to compete in the
Championship Series.
Contact Info:
- Don Hubbard
- Tom Batchelor
- Kim McCandless
- Quint Anderson
(11/12/06
Don Hubbard)
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Foxit PDF Document Reader
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Most of the documents you find on the Texas Trials Website, and
others on the Internet, are stored in Adobe's PDF (Portable Document
Format) file format. For those who do not own Adobe's Acrobat PDF
creation software, there has always been the free
Adobe Reader tool, but it is a huge 27 Mb download. Not only
does this take up space on your computer, but for those still on a
dial-up internet connection, the download time is extensive.
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you start up your reader!
(07/09/06
Darrell Shannon)
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The South Texas Trials Association is one of six trials
clubs across the state who regularly organize local
events in their area for both modern and vintage
bikes. In addition, the clubs put on cooperative events such as "The
Summer Series", "The Fall Classic", "The Novice Cup", "The President's Cup",
and "The Texas State Series of Observed Trials".
The STTA has a core group of members that actively keep the club going,
and ride together regularly. Most weekends you will typically find us
practicing out at Rio Bravo, in Northeast
Houston. There will be a posting on the
Yahoo
Group stating the time and date, so feel free to come out and join us
anytime.
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