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National Level BMX Commissaire course: August 21-23

Cycling Canada is coordinating a National Level BMX Commissaire in conjunction with a BEM Sec/Admin operator course.  The course is scheduled to take place before the BMX Canadian Championships on August 21-23 in Saint Albert, AB. The course will be presented in English by Loyal Ma, UCI Designated Track Course Instructor assisted by Lyndon Downing the BEM creator.

Thursday August 22

-National BMX Theory Component, Presented by Loyal Ma

Friday August 23

-Advanced BEM/Secretary Component, Presented by Lyndon Downing

Saturday August 24 & Sunday August 25

-Practical experience at the track with running the BEM system for the event and actual track experience with Lyndon & Loyal.

(note that Loyal intends to run a Basic BEM course for local tracks on Wed Aug 21

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

In order to be considered a candidate for National Commissaire, the person must be a minimum of 18 years of age at time of application. The person must also have held the status of Provincial A Level Commissaire in the applied cycling sport for a minimum of 2 years.

The person shall also have received a favorable review from the Provincial Chief Commissaire, or other provincially recognized competent authority for commissairing matters, in the province/territory in which they reside.

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE:

Eligible candidates that are interested in participating should email Elizabeth Kiraly Elizabeth.kiraly@cyclingcanada.ca. Commissaries selected for the course will be sent final details, including exact dates, location and a course outline.

Registration fee: $100.00

We require a minimum of 6 candidates to hold the course and registration will be capped at a maximum of 12 candidates.

The deadline to express interest is August 10th 2013.

ACCOMMODATION & TRAVEL:

Candidates are responsible for their own costs and arrangements associated with travel, accommodation and meals. However, CC will most likely have hotel rooms blocked off at a discounted rate.