ED SANDER MEMORIAL CYCLOCROSS
Press Contact Information: BikeReg.com MABRAcross Cyclocross Series Ken Getchell, Media Director: kenmacpr@yahoo.com; 610-397-1950
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Note: attached photo is of part of the permanent memorial to Ed Sander erected by Lilypons Water Gardens. The plank barriers are located directly in front of this memorial.
September 21, 2007; Conshohocken, PA, USA: In 2001, National Capitol Velo Club (NCVC) member Ed Sander perished after falling from his bike during training. In the wake of the tragedy, the NCVC and Sander’s employer, Lilypons Water Gardens joined together to honor his memory, his passions and his profession with a cyclocross race around the Lilypons property he had managed. From those sad beginnings, the race has grown to a joyful celebration of Sander’s cycling passion that benefits the college scholarship fund set up for his son, Chris.
On Sunday, September 30, a record numbers of racers are expected to renew the memory and compete on the Ed Sander Memorial’s unique cyclocross course around the Lily Ponds at the Lilypons Water Garden Center in Buckeystown Maryland. As part of the BikeReg.com MABRAcross series, the Ed Sander Memorial has benefited from the tremendous growth of that series has seen over the past five years. But the race has also contributed to the success of the overall series. “We want this race to be the best cyclocross race around,” say co-promoters Rob Campbell and Erik Leaver in explaining why they add keep increasing their workload to improve the event each year.
This year, the duo and the rest of their NCVC club are reaching out to the non-cycling community like never before. “We’re known for having one of the best kid’s races on the circuit,” said Leaver recently. “So we are really pushing that as a way of bringing newcomers to watch the races. We have posters all over town and we’ve sent press releases to all the local papers. We want to see over a hundred children in this year’s kid’s race.”
Another innovation this year that is sure to be appreciated by racers, spectators and the parents of all those children is the “party zone” on the back part of the course. “We have a big course,” says Campbell, “and the luxury of two really good announcers. So we’re going to throw them onto opposite ends of the course with separate PA systems and music, and let them duel it out to see who can get the crowd most worked up!”
More information on the Ed Sander Memorial Cyclocross, including directions, schedule and pre-registration, is available at BikeReg.com.
-0- -------------------------------------------------------------------- In conjunction with the upcoming September 30th Ed Sander Memorial http://www.velonews.com/race/cyc/articles/10958.0.html NCVC will be holding a raffle of a new Cannondale cyclocross bike. |
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