TBRA improvements

Next month on February 10th the Tennessee Bicycle Racing Association (TBRA) is having a general assembly meeting. This meeting will be attended by representatives from each club across the state. The sole purpose of this meeting is to give those club representatives an opportunity to voice their concerns and share ideas to help improve racing in Tennessee. Personally, I/NashvilleCyclist.com will be there to listen as well as offer up some topics for discussion.

TBRA has opened up a section within their forum for everyone to post comments. There's already a couple of topics started, but only one reply thus far.

1 - Category 4 age group split
2 - How to increase mountain bike racing
3 - Create TBAR series for cyclocross (from yours truly)

Everyone one of you who races has ideas to make our state's racing culture better. Now is your time to be heard. Visit the TBRA forum and reply to the topics above, and don't hesitate to post your own idea for discussion.

Also, if you are a member of a club in TN then pass along your ideas to the club's representative. It will be their job to relay the thoughts of the members of the club to the TBRA board. It has been my experience that everyone associated with TBRA has an open mind and is willing to give consideration to good ideas.

Here are some other ideas that have crossed my mind:
1 - top 3 finishers of each race must participate in podium presentation, otherwise forfeit TBRA points and money won
2 - create an official TBRA racing clinic for beginners to be held at key events
3 - encourage promoters to do more split field events, ie 2/3 or 3/4 or 4/5
4 - require promoters to send all results to USA Cycling for ranking and upgrade purposes

If you want change then speak up. If you want to make things better then speak up. If you are content or have no dog in the hunt then you have the right to remain silent.