Join me in congratulating our newly crowned WSBA Regional Champions! We picked the hardest course to challenge these racers, and mother nature helped make it even more challenging with temperatures near the century mark.  Special thanks to the CBC Country Green Turf Farms racing team for promoting the event, and race director, Erik Anderson/53Eleven, the volunteers and great officials for hosting a great event!

Top 3 in each category are recognized below, and complete results are posted here: 
http://www.53eleven.com/uploads/2/9/5/7/2957897/2023-independence-valley-rr.pdf
Podium and a few finish line photos are posted here:  https://www.srsphoto.org/Cycling-Photos 
(Check out the AWESOME NEW WSBA Championship jersey brought to us by Ale https://www.alebikewear.com/  - the absolute best kit I've ever worn, hands down, thanks ALÉ Cycling)​

Category 1/2 Men WSBA Road Race Championships

1. Jonathan Hsu (Expeditors)
2. Sean Hollenbeck (Expeditors)
3. Erik Hammerquist (Expeditors)

Category 1/2/3 Women WSBA Road Race Championships

1. Sara Youmans (ORION Racing)
2. Rhea Enzian (Fount Cycling Guild)
3. Brooke Davis (Movement Mortgage/Gerks)

Category 3 Men WSBA Road Race Championships

1. Josiah Langstaff (Pacific Office Automation)
2. Colin Staats (Fount Cycling Guild)
3. Russell Wyatt (ACT)

Category 4/5 Men WSBA Road Race Championships

1. Danial Barna (Dialed Cycling Team)
2. Samuel Alexander
3. Rhys Haydon (Premier Racing)

Category 4/5 Women WSBA Road Race Championships

1. Sally Moore (Breakfast Racing Team)
2. Makaela Kroin (Country Green Turf Farms)
3. Aliya Schenck (Gene Johnson Cycling Team)

Masters 40+ 1/2/3 (non-championship event)

1. Dieter Fox (Fount Cycling Guild)
2. Brian Baily (Pacific Office Automation)
3. Brian Falkowski (Mercedes Benz)

Masters 40+ 4/5 (non-championship event)

1. Titus Anderson (Mercedes Benz)
2. Matthew Dann (ACT)
3. David Barna (Dialed Cycling Team)

Masters 50+ 1/2/3/4/5 (non-championship event)

1. Greg Steele (Pacific Office Automation)
2. Brad Halstead (CBC Racing Country Green Turf Farms)
3. Mike Robson (TenSpeed Hero)

The WSBA Board are pleased to announce the 2023 WSBA Championship events and a redesigned WSBA Championship “race-fit” jersey. Here’s the list of races so you can plan your season around them!

• WSBA Senior Men, Women and Road Race Championships – Independence Valley Road Race on May 13th
  
• WSBA Junior Road Race Championships are now TBD
  
• WSBA Senior Men, Women Criterium Championships  – Volunteer Park on June 17th
• WSBA Masters Road Championships – RC3 Omnium’s Liberty Road Race on July 15th
• WSBA Masters and Junior Criterium Championships – Vancouver Courthouse Criterium on Aug 12th
• WSBA Time Trial Championships – TBD in August
• WSBA Junior/Masters Track Championships – August 25-27th
• WSBA Elite Track Championships – various nights in August
• WSBA Cyclocross Championships – Ft. Steilacoom on October, 29th

We have almost finished planning the Junior WSBA Road Race Championships and a possible Mountain Bike XC WSBA Championship event in August. We will share details about these soon! As always, follow the WSBA calendar for the latest info http://www.wsbaracing.org/calendar.html

Winners are highly encouraged to be current WSBA members as they will be recognized as WSBA Champions (join here: https://www.bikereg.com/wsba2023). WSBA Champions of the Road Race, Criterium, TT and Cyclocross Championships events will receive a Championship Jersey and a USAC medal – all of the top 3 receive medals! Winners at the Track, as in prior years, will have the opportunity to purchase a championship jersey. Depending on the format and sanctioning for the Mountain Bike XC Championships, we may or may not be offering jerseys/medals. We are working on more cool benefits that would be available to our WSBA Champions and we will announce these before our first event in May, IVRR.

Our promoters, teams and volunteers make this great list of championship events possible! Let’s show them our support by planning to race. And if that isn’t incentive enough…read on and feast your eyes on a work of art.

​We have a new and redesigned WSBA Championship Jersey! We love it and hope you do too. They are a very high end, race fit and very “aero” jersey from Alé (Alé is a partial sponsor of the jerseys – woot woot!) from their PRR line. We will have both men’s and women’s fit jerseys, too. Below is what they will look like.

​Did you win a state championship in 2022  and do you want one of these new WSBA Champ jerseys? We will be offering these for sale at an excellent price – but only to 2022 WSBA champs – I’ll be first in line to grab one! Current 2023 State Champions will be able to buy additional jerseys, If they want to (one for the wall, one for racing). I will send an email when we have the store set up with instructions. Stay tuned.  

​Please join me in recognizing the contributions of the outgoing leadership and board members of the WSBA – their contributions have been outstanding!  Most importantly, Gina Kavesh has been a giant of a leader, and those coming on board have the opportunity to stand on her shoulders. Gina has a passion for the sport, coupled with her deep knowledge and connections, these together have made her an incredible leader over the past 3+ years. Thank you Gina and outgoing leadership.
 
Join me in welcoming new board members and leadership who were unanimously approved by vote of the teams present at the annual meeting (each team present has one vote).  The current WSBA board is constituted as follows:
Paul Bourcier (OR)
David Chipchase (SW)
Patrick Bulger (East Reg)
Adrian Koukoulas (West Reg)
Katherine Wade Easley (Track)
Steve Westover (CX)
Michael Sirott (officials)
Ty Driskel (East)
Margaux McBirney (West Reg)
Tyler Sudweeks (JR)
Stephanie Taplin(MTB/Gravel)
 
Per the by-laws, the WSBA executive leadership team was elected in a board session immediately following the annual meeting:
President: Scott Stout
Vice President: Margaux McBirney
Treasurer: Angela Roberts
Secretary: Ty Driskel
 
A complete recording of the annual meeting will be posted to the WSBA site soon.
 
We have a passionate group ready to take on big challenges, together, with each of you. 

The WSBA 2022 annual meeting will be held on:
Sunday, December 18, 2022
Virtually on Zoom (information below)
4:00-5:00pm

​The meeting will review the work and financial results of the organization during 2022 and discuss the outlook for our region in 2023.

The Board of Directors presents the following slate of candidates for the open board positions:

• Oregon Region/Paul Bourcier
• Eastern Region/Patrick Bulger
• Western Region/Adrian Koukoulas
• Track Representative/Katherine Wade-Easley
• Cyclocross Representative/Steve Westover
• Officials Representative/Mike Sirott

Directors on the Board are elected for three-year terms by a vote of the membership (one vote per USAC club in Washington, North Idaho, and Oregon who are present at the meeting), conducted at the annual meeting.
The current WSBA bylaws allow additional nominations from any two directors or ten individual members, "by written petition addressed to the president of the corporation at least 10 days prior to the date of the annual meeting." If you have anyone else you would like to consider for a director position, please send the written petition described above via e-mail to the president at gkavesh at gmail.com.

The Board of Directors elects officers of the WSBA Board. If you are interested in being, or know of someone who is interested in being, an officer, feel free to contact the WSBA president (address above). Officer positions are President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer and may be held by individuals who are not members of the Board of Directors.

Topic: WSBA 2022 Annual Meeting
Time: Dec 18, 2022 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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WSBA Membership for 2023 is now available!

• Renew or purchase your WSBA membership at https://www.bikereg.com/wsba2023
• Membership is $35 for 2023.
  • SAVE $10.00 by renewing before December 05, 2022.
• Verify your correct address with bikereg when you renew.
• Your WSBA membership is separate from your USAC membership and is voluntary.

When You Renew Determines When You Receive Your Race Numbers:

• Renew or purchase your WSBA membership by February 10, 2023, to receive your numbers by Late-February 2023.
• Renew or purchase your WSBA membership after February 10, 2023 and receive your numbers by March 25, 2023.

Some Fine Print:

• Race numbers will be individually mailed to the member’s address attached to your bikereg purchase.
• For memberships purchased after April 30, allow at least 3 weeks to receive race numbers.  After June 1, new and renewing members should email joinwsba@gmail.com to indicate membership purchase or the membership may not be processed due to so few new members in this time frame.
• Numbers returned due to incorrect addresses will be resent after all new memberships are processed. Any member whose numbers are returned for an incorrect address more than one time will be subject to a $5.00 handling fee.  Please verify your address on file with bikereg is correct when you renew. 

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The purpose of these rides is to allow riders at all levels and abilities to get to know local Northwest road teams seeking new members.  

For the Seattle cycling community, Meet the Team Rides begin on September 24th and will take place on Saturdays and Sundays  through November 20th. Rides will meet at 9:15 at Leschi Park, 201 Lakeside Ave S, Seattle 98122, with the rides departing at 9:30 and proceeding at a social, "no drop" pace around the south end of Lake Washington and returning across I-90 to Leschi.
 
If your team wants to host a Meet the Team ROAD ride outside Seattle, we will be happy to include your information in the ride list on the WSBA website.  Please just let me know where and when the ride will meet and the estimated time/distance of the ride.
If your team is interested in hosting a Seattle Meet the Team ride this year, please contact me natehakken (at) gmail.com with your preferred date and one or two alternates. To secure a date, you’ll need to provide:
1. the name and email address of a team contact (which will be published with ride details);
2. a brief statement of your team's goals and who you’re recruiting;
3. the URL of your team website.
 
Dates are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The complete schedule of ride dates and team information will be posted on the WSBA website, probably by mid-September
If your team is not already listed on the WSBA Teams in the Region page, please fill out and submit this form and we’ll add you to the page so that prospective riders can read about your team.
 
USA Cycling recommends that each team permit its Meet the Team ride as a Non-Competitive Training Ride, which can provide general liability insurance. More information on that permitting process is available from USA Cycling:  https://usacycling.org/event-organizer/benefits-of-permitting/permit-process