newcastlecycling

I am (blissfully) unaware of the reasons for the two races being held, but it suited us in F Grade to race with KOCC.

More may be know re why no joint race alst Satursday later today.  What you say about it suiting F grade to race at KI and not BH is probably right, and probably applies to E and possibly D grade and some in C grade as well. It is a difficult issue for HDCC and KOCC to manage, as each have some members who prefer BH to KI and each has other members who prefer KI to BH.  I'd bet numerically KOCC has more riders in the lower grades than the upper grades, and HDCC has more in the upper grades than in the lower grades.

What is an issue at KOCC is a fair number of the higher grade riders feel they are not catered for by KOCC.  Joint racing was introduced (with some opposition from the non-racing part of the KOCC Committee) to try to have people from all grades in both clubs race both circuits, and so provide the larger fields that are always better racing than having small grades. I am told there were three people in a combined A and B grade at KOCC last Saturday. I am betting the field for C grade at KOCC was also small, as a fair number fo the usual KOCC C graders raced at BH (as they should have).