Big thank you to the 24 hardy workers who cleared the Shed trails of the approximately 40 fallen trees, swept the trails of fallen debris, created new log obstacles, and new dirt features on several Shed trails. Trails are in great shape and all due to the dedicated work of the Shed team. THANK YOU!   (Peter and Ed ride the new log over along the ridge.  Photo: Andrew Hodgson.)

SORCE had it's Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at Central City Brewers and Distillers.

We started the evening with membership renewals for 2019 while enjoying the finest of Central City Brewers and Distillers excellent choice of beverages. With all of the 2018 Directors present, together with other members and sponsors, we easily met a quarum and the meeting was officially started.

A KeyNote Presentation was projected on the big screen and started with a review of the 2017 minutes and was accepted. This was followed by each Director reviewing their accomplishments in 2018. The financials were reviewed and we finsihed the year in a healthy financial position. The Golden Shovel Award was presented to outgoing President, Peter Faliszewski. Presentations were made to many of our sponsors, with Thank You certificates, a JunkYard Dog Thank You medal, and a six pack of Central City's beer. The photo below are some of the members of the Daryl Evans Racing Team, SORCE Super Sponsor.

The Special Resolution to update the SORCE By-laws 2018 was passed and can be viewed HERE.

All Directors from 2018 were re elected, with a few positions being switched. President is Mike Dolling, Vice President is Peter Faliszewski, and Director of Racing is Andrew Pickell. Welcome to Carl Hill, elected as Director at Large and represents our further commitment to the Delta Watershed Park. A full list of the SORCE 2019 Executive can be viewed HERE.

The KeyNote Presentation can be viewed HERE.     Minutes of the AGM can be viewed HERE.

SORCE 2018 Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, 7-9pm at Central City Brewery & Distillers, 11411 Bridgeview Dr, Surrey, BC

NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTION -  The BC Society's Act was updated and the new amendments require every society to transition to the new act by November 28, 2018. Part of that process is to update our bylaws. The SORCE Executive has taken the lead of the North Shore Mountain Bike Association, who have offered their updated bylaws for other bike clubs to adopt. SORCE Executive has carefully reviewed those bylaws, updated them to include all the unique SORCE clauses from our current bylaws, and ensured that all the current provisions are carried into the new bylaws. Our Constitution, is NOT altered and is carried forward in the transition as is, word for word.

A unique feature of the new bylaws is that all Directors are elected for a 2 year term, with approximately half elected every year. This is to better ensure continuity. Another feature is that all Directirs are elected as "Directors at Large".  The Officers of which there are 4, President, Vice-president, Secretary and Treasurer are then elected by the board. SORCE Executive feels very strongly that this will better serve our Society going forward. Please review the bylaws and come vote on Novemeber 20.

The complete text of the Special Resolution and the complete proposed bylaws, with changes in red text, are HERE.

The current SORCE Constitution and Bylaws are found HERE.

The 2018 JunkYard Cross was simply the best event SORCE has ever organized. 302 racers took to the 3km CX course at South Surrey Bike Park on a truly stunner October day! Clear sky's, a great course, 5 CX races to watch with swarms of folks enjoying the pizza and beer all make for fun times. (Yeah, we are gushing over this one!)

 THANK YOU to title sponsor Darly Evans Racing - SUPER sponsors of SORCE - for outstanding financial support along with course prep and take down. Bike Zone was on site with racer support mechanic along with Cannondale and their display of bikes.

Platinum sponsor Central City Brewers & Distillers provided a great assortment of product for the beer garden and was nearly sold out! A happy place to be indeed. The winners of each race all received a six pack of Beer League Lager which seemed to be cherished more than the race win itself!

Thank you to our many other sponsors and supporters: BCBikeRace provided an amazing quantity of high quality swag prizes, Easton Cycling provided a wheel bag with hats and mug prizes. Clif Bar with a great assortment of bars, Tairin Wheels with their full lineup on display and great swag including their covetted bedding comforters, Nitro Lube had their entire assortment of lubes on hand with samples for podium winners, Sea2Sky Sports Nutrition had their coffee line up, Honey Stinger, along with Little Big Shots to try. Muc-Off supplied cleaning products for the bike wash station.

We couldn't pull this event off without the 27 volunteers plus the 15 SORCE Executive who put in countless hours organizing, course setup, race day operations and tear down. THANK YOU!

Nathan Killam placed first but was relentlessly challenged the entire Elite race by SORCE's own Elliot Jamieson, who at 17 years old, finished a very close 2nd. Elliot is fresh off a Bronze medal win in Downhill Junior Men at the World Mountain Bike Championships in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

Matt Law Photography took a very large number of photos and are available for download HERE.

Full results from the excellent timing of Escape Velocity is HERE.

Full results of the Lower Mainland CX Series as compiled by Matt Hornland are HERE.

The Daryl Evans Racing JunkYard Cross CX Race is on October 21 at South Surrey Athletic Park. Details will be posted soon!

Registration is OPEN, click for DETAILS

A moist Sept 9th morning greated 43 Shed Toonie CX racers to the Delta Watershed park for some pre-season CX racing. Cap's South Shore was on hand with full mechanicall support that came in handy for several racers. 3 categories - Beginner with mtn bikes allowed for a 20 minute race, Intermediate with CX bikes for 30, and Expert for 40 minutes. The well received course had everything a CX racer would love - infield twisty grass, forest buff trails, loose gravel, ripping fast double and single track loam, with a river crossing for added challenge, (ok a stream).

Cap's South Shore gave out some great swag, Clif Bar provided an assortment of bars, Nitro Lube had chain lube samples for everyone, Pulled pork with coleslaw on a bun was served, and medals were handed out at the podium! A GREAT start to the CX race season!

The 2018 SORCE Kids Race Fun Day is all set to go on Saturday Sept 15, with registration open at 9am and the race at 10am.  Bouncy castle courtesy of Physiomoves, facepainting, medals, pizza, Clif Kid Organic Z Bars and cool prizes from The Bike Zone.  PLEASE register online by renewing your membership for 2018 and on Webscorer for the race. Kids t-shirt available while they last.  

Registration and details HERE.

The CX season is about to begin and there is no better way to get warmed up than the Cap's South Shore CX Toonie Race - for only $2. Our 2nd CX race at the Shed will feature some trails with only smaller CX obstacles, great down hill trail sections on gravel paths, and the infield at the Meadows for grass and barriers. The 4th race of the Toonie Race Series is a Cyclocross race and it's this Sunday, Sept 9. Meet at The Meadows - 9am to register and 10am first race start. 3 categories - Beginner 20mins with mtn bikes ok, Intermediate 30mins CX bikes only, and Expert 40 mins CX bikes only.

Cap's South Shore Cycle will have some cool swag and full mechanical support!

Registration and full details HERE

The Bike Zone Summer CX Series race #3 is this Friday, July 27. Join us post race for complementary beverages from Central City Brewery!

Be sure to pre-register. Full details HERE.

The Bike Zone Summer CX Series got off to a great start on Friday June 22. 30 racers took part in the series first race with 17 riders taking part in the beginners clinic. Many of the racers also raced in the 2nd race making for a great race. The Bike Zone hosted an after party at their store with complimentary beverages from our sponsors Central City Brewery. We will do the same for all the races.

This Friday, July 6 is race #2. Do pre-register on Webscorer to help us out on race day.  Details HERE.