SoCal cycling league launched
The Northern California High School Mountain Bike Racing League (NorCal League) will launch the Southern California Interscholastic Cycling League (SoCal League) in the 2009 academic year.The new league is based on the successful model of the NorCal League, now in its eighth year and which currently has reached a membership of over 400 high schoolers, 150 coaches, and 35 schools in the region.
Matt Fritzinger, executive director of both the NorCal and SoCal leagues, said, “We are tremendously grateful for the generosity of Mr. Easton and his foundation. The grant allows us to launch a new league, and that has been a dream of ours for several years. With the SoCal League, we’ll be fostering the same values of life-long physical fitness, community, and self-confidence combined with athletic competition that has been so successful in Northern California.”
The NorCal League has developed methods and curriculum for introducing young riders to the world of mountain bike racing, as well as recruiting and training coaches that are committed to producing amateur athletes who are gracious in both victory and defeat, and are respectful of their environment and community.
The year-round cycle of events organized by the SoCal League is scheduled to include:
- a Winter-Spring five-race series, including participation with NorCal riders in the May state championships;
- a Fall coaching conference;
- rider training camps;
- an annual benefit gala (tentatively planned for November 22 at Ca Del Sole and hosted by mountain bike pioneer Gary Fisher); and
- promotional outreach events at bicycle stores and pre-existing cycling events.
- Easton Sports Development Foundation, which funds the youth cycling development in southern California.
- SoCal Interscholastic Cycling League.
- NorCal High School Mountain Bike League.
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