Metro with bragging rights, now there's a novel thought...
I dont know the answer to more rider numbers at the crit. The Good Friday races had big numbers with some saying they were there because they could make it when other times they cant. I fit into this group so maybe we just need to make our weeks over 8 days where the 8th day is solely for racing.
I think a crit series is the go. Each club in Newcastle gets to run a race, but it has be differnt courses for each event. If it is the same venue it just has to be a different course. If it is a 5 race series then HD and KO run 2 each and HVV runs one. Thta way we could have decent money on for the over winner of each grade and it would be worth something. Thats my thoughts anyway.
Someone get a hold of Metro's mankini and burn it