After several seasons of monitoring how the existing USA Cycling upgrade guidelines work with the addition of Category 5, and the size of New England race fields, NEBRA will be using a modified set of upgrade points tables for the 2018 season. These tables will more fairly recognize rider achievement in general, especially in larger […]
I would like to be considered for general election for the opening in BOD. I have been an active member in USAC, née USCF, since 1989. I have been associated with Missing Link Bike Club, Mass Bay Road Club (board member), Blue Hills Cycling And Cycle Lodge. Currently, I focus primarily on cyclocross but still […]
Dear Esteemed Clubs of the New England Bicycle Racing Association, I am writing for your vote to fill the recent vacancy on the New England Bicycle Racing Association (“NEBRA”) Board. Briefly—off the bike, I am a proud life-long New Englander and a current resident of Arlington, Massachusetts, along with my spouse Shane (also an avid […]
Hello, my name is Joseph Rodrigues and I am writing today to formally announce my candidacy for the open board seat on NEBRA. I began my cycling career as a category 5 racer in 1998. Although my involvement in the sport was relatively late in life, I was immediately hooked. I joined my local cycling […]
NEBRA members and Board of Directors, Please consider these, my qualifications and proposed initiatives, as grounds for election to a position on the NEBRA Board of Directors (BoD). Active bicycle racer. Through 3 decades of competitive bicycle racing, other endurance sports including triathlon, duathlon, distance/ultra/trail running, and adventure racing in New England, I have built […]
After 9 years of service, our current President and Board Member, John Laupheimer, is stepping down, which opens up a seat on our Board of Directors. NEBRA is announcing a special election to elect a board member to fill that vacancy. The NEBRA bylaws state that the board shall appoint his replacement, but we have […]
NEBRA would like to congratulate the winners of the 2017 NEBRA Rankings. For Criterium: Pro/1/2/3 Adam Myerson and Regina Legge Cat 3 Mike Morse and Paige Williams 40+ Miles Billings and Laura Summers u15 Xander Jones and Julia Shatarov u19 Wyatt Cote and Kira Payer 45+ Men David Hildebrand 50+ Men Paul Richard 55+ Men […]
At the 2018 NEBRA Promoters Summit Erin Faccone and Lydia Hausle facilitated a discussion on women’s racing as a follow up to their 2017 presentation. The Google Doc associated with that discussion and brainstorming session can be found here: 2018 NEBRA Promoter Summit Brainstorming Session
The text and accompanying Keynote slides from NEBRA Administrator JD Bilodeau’s opening remarks at the 2018 Promoter Summit: I’d like to start off this “State of the Region” segment with a little bit of a review of the past three years in NEBRA. I thought I would do that with a quick run-through of a […]