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Hi Ultra,

Always looking for that 5th dimension & the extra tough stuff stuff connection, well at least in N.Z. we worked out how to bring you down to size in the ultra stuff, throw in 3 full on railway line cattle grates, on a 2 km course, it sorted you out & a nickname " cattle grate ultra ", it would make Le Mans Interesting, one at the top of the hill, you have to find a sprint to get over & the other one on a fast downhill stretch, the one that nailed you from memory lol.

Bill

Hi Ultra,

Well we had to let you go home with a victory & congratulations are in Order & happily married again.

Cheers
Bill

From: Bill Begg (beggsport@hotmail.com)
Sent: Tuesday, 23 June 2009 2:04:56 a.m.
To: cherylbegg@hotmail.com; Wayne (beggaboy@hotmail.com)

THE 24 HEURES ROLLERS 2009 FINAL REGULATIONS

RACE RULES AND REGULATIONS

Preface
The 24 HEURES ROLLERS competition is organized by "La Tribu Rollers" (race organizers hereinafter), a non-profit association that is affiliated with the French Federation of Roller Skating (FFRS), established under the rules of the law of 1901. its main office is situated 83 Rue de la Mariette 72000 Le Mans. The name "24 Heures Rollers" is a registered trademark. Its use without prior written consent from l'Automobile Club de L'Ouest is strictly prohibited and could result in legal action.

A : Participation modalities
Art A1 : Conditions
The 24 Heures Rollers race will take place on June 27th and 28th 2009 on the 4.5 kilometer BUGATTI circuit of the 24 Heures du Mans race course. The course is flat except for one 3.5% grade uphill section of 600 meters followed by a 2% grade downhill section of 1 kilometer that includes two sweeping curves. The track is lit at night. The sole method of locomotion allowed is roller skates, either inline skates or quads. Any other method of locomotion is prohibited.
This sports competition, which lasts 24 hours, is opened to all, with or without a sport licence, French or foreigners, aged sixteen or older on the day of the event. No derogatoin will be allowed, nor any overclassification. A parental authorization is required for competitors between 16 and 18 years old. Minors will not be allowed to race between 10PM and 6AM.

Art A2 : participation on a team and tarification.

A team comprises 2 to 10 participants maximum. A participant can belong to one team only. The registration fee includes the participation in the 24 H ROLLERS race, access to the race village, accompanying activities, Finisher T-shirts, on-course refreshment station, insurance.

Registration fee for a team:

530 € From November 4th to the March 16th 2009

550 € From March 17th to May 14th 2009

570 € From May 15th to June 15th 2009

Registration fee is identical for French or foreign teams.
Art A2 bis : participation as an individual and tarification.
Individuals who want to race the 24 Heures solo rather than with a team must register in the individual category. The individual registration fee includes the participation in the 24 H ROLLERS race, access to the race village, accompanying activities, Finisher T-shirts, on-course refreshment station, insurance.
Registration fee for a team:
165 € From November 4th to the March 16th 2009
175 € From March 17th to May 14th 2009
185 € From May 15th to June 15th 2009
Registration fee is identical for French or foreign teams.
Art A2 ter : participation as a Duo and tarification.
New in 2008: The Duo is a team composed of 2 participants only who. One skater only is on the track at the same time. Individuals who want to race the 24 Heures in Duo must register in the Duo category. The Duo registration fee includes the participation in the 24 H ROLLERS race, access to the race village, accompanying activities, Finisher T-shirts, on-course refreshment station, insurance.

Registration fee for a Duo:
276 € From November 4th to the March 16th 2009
286 € From March 17th to May 14th 2009
296 € From May 15th to June 15th 2009
Registration fee is identical for French or foreign teams.
Art A3 : no show.
The race organizers will not refund the registration in the event of no-shows, whether the no-show be an individual, a duo or a team.
Art A4 : Team captain's role
Each team or Duo must designate a captain. He is reponsible of his team.
The captain is the team's sole contact with the race organizers.
The captain is responsible for ensuring that the team stand remains clean and orderly (and clean at the end of the race).

Art A5 : Participant levels :

There is no required minimum ability level for participating but each participate must know how to turn and brake correctly (the 2% DUNLOP downhill is 1 kilometer long). The course is wide (7 to 9 meters across), but there will be a large number of racers on the course at all times.

The judges reserve the right to stop any participant judged to be dangerous to the others (ex: real beginners with only 15-20 hours of experience). REAL BEGINNERS SHOULD NOT PARTICIPATE.
Art A6 : Team support staff :
Each team, Duo or solo can be accompanied by support staff (managers or other functions), who will be issued individual passes to the team boxes for the weekend for 15€ per staff member. The "support staff" passes will be available at the information point at 8:00 AM on Saturday June 27th.
Art A7 : Candidatures
The participants and accompanying staff are considered to be invited by the race organizers. The organizers thus reserves the right to refuse the candidacy or presence of certain teams or individuals.
Art A8 : Liability
The participants take part unde their own responsibility. The organisation can not be held repsonsible for any accident or event caused by bad health or by individual gear.
Art A9 : Commitments
All participant commitments are firm and irrevocable, indicate acceptance of all the race rules, regulations and conditions and preclude any and all reimbursements for any reason (illness, exams, marriage, etc.).
Organization commitments include complete organization of the 24 H ROLLERS race, providing access to the race village, accompanying activities, Finisher T-shirts, the on-course refreshment station and insurance for each team member.
Art A10 : Information privacy
In conformity with law N° 78-17 dated January 6, 1978, each participant agrees to have certain personal information entered in a file or files on an electronic storage medium. Each participant may exercise his or her right to access and to rectify any information concerning him or herself that is contained in these files. The organizers promise to not make any of these files or their content available to a third party. By acceptance of the conditions and regulations stipulated here, and in conformity with article L 212-4 of the French legislation covering intellectual property, each participant agrees to cede to the organizers for a limited period of time and free of charge the right to use his or her image as recorded within the context of the activities of the organizer, and this for the purposes of reproduction by any means known or unknown at the present time.

B : The 24 Heures Rollers team race
Preamble 2 : The "Roller Parade" is OBLIGATORY

All 24 Heures Rollers participants will gather at 11 AM on Saturday June 27th for the traditional participants parade that passes through the center of Le Mans. IT IS OBLIGATORY for all team members. The parade route is approximately 10 kilometers long, and participants may also add an optional circuit lap to this basic route if they like. A helmet is required for underage participants.

Until the start of the race, the competitors will not have any other opportunity to discover the track. This warm-up parade is free for all the participants of the 24h Rollers.
Art B0 Timing.

Each team/Duo has two electronic chips, one one the person skating and another on the person who will take over. Once the taking over has been done, the skater who just finished gives his/her chip to the next skater. The chip must be placed on the ankle or the skate in order to function.

In case of loss of a chip, the timing team will provide you with a new chip as soon as possible. (Warning: in this case, the chip deposit is lost). Each « individual » will have one chip only.

Art B1 : Qualifications
At exactly 2 PM, one member of each team/duo will take part in a qualification race (fastest time over a flat course of 300 meters) in order to determine team positions at the starting line. A no show at this qualification race will bring start at the back of the starting grid.

Art B2 : Briefing
The briefing will start at 3 PM at the race podium on the track. It is obligatory for all participants. After the briefing, competitors will have 30 minutes to warm up in the straight line in front of the pits (closed track).

Art B3 : Start on saturday : 4 PM

The presence of each team member is not compulsory at the start. The race will start at 4 PM on Saturday June 27th.

1 member of each team/duo will start the race holding the relay chip. The start will duplicate that of the Le Mans 24-hour motorcycle, with starting participants on one side of the race track and their skates on the other. At the starting gun, participants will cross the race track, strap on their skates and skate for at least two laps.

Art B4 : Baton relays

Baton passes will take place in a defined zone on a carpeted straightaway section in front of the team boxes. The carpeted relay zone is restricted to competitors wearing their helmets and skates. Coaches and other support staff must remain behind the barriers or risk losing their passes and having their teams penalized 30 minutes.
Relays will be done using batons like those in track events.

Art B5 : Race judges

The official jury is composed of a head judge whose decisions cannot be appealed. He is assisted by race judges named by the racing comitee of the French Federation of Roller skating.

Only the college of commissioners can issue opinions covering race disagreements concerning the rules and regulations.



Art B6 abandon of a team member on the track.

Only race judges can authorize a replacement racer to restart the race from the relay zone. The judge will then bring back the chip of the racer who retired to the team.



Art B7 : Dress / helmets

All members of the same team/duo must wear the same top (classic T-shirt, racing signet...).

All participants must wear helmets while racing on the track. Anyone found on the course without a helmet will immediately be disqualified. On race Judges' decision, his or her team will be penalized 30 minutes.



Art B8: Number

Participants must wear their numbers on their backs. The judges may stop a competitor momentarily and at any time if his/her number is not visible. It is forbidden to copy or fold the numbers. Remember to take safety pins (6 per number) to properly affix the numbers.

Art B9 : Refreshment station

The official on-course refreshment and sponge-off station will be 1.2 km before the finidh line. Racers cannot be provided with other refreshments while on the course. Each participant may race, however, carrying a belt bottle and his or her own refreshments.



Art B10 : Final relay pass :

There will be no further relay passes allowed after 23 hours 50 minutes of racing. The team member/duo on the course at that time must finish the race for his or her team.

Art B11: Final lap :

No one may accompany any of the racers on the track for the final lap.

Art B12 : Prizes :


The amounts of the prizes will be available from the 1st of June on the race's Internet site at www.24rollers.com.

The different categories are: General/Women/Company/Veterans/Duo/Solo (for company teams: submit photocopies of employment contracts or earnings statements)

(for student teams: submit photocopies of valid student ID cards; students on the same team are not required to be enrolled at the same school)
(for veteran teams: over age 35 in 2009: submit photocopies of valid ID cards)

The General category encompasses all race categories.



Art B13 : Winners

The winning team is the one that covers the longest distance in 24 hours.
If two teams have made the same number of course laps when the final gun sounds, the winning team will be that whose racer crosses the finish line first after the gun.



C : RACE FACILITY - CONDITIONS AND RULES


Art C1 :The visitors' parking lot will open on the saturday at 8am.

Cars can park in the secured visitor's parking lot for 3 euros per vehicle (to be paid on the premices, take some change). The village is strictly forbidden to vehicles.

Art C2 : Camping.

The camping site is open to everyone (competitors, support staff, public) from 4 PM to 2AM Friday June 26th and from 7AM on saturday 27th to 10AM monday the 13th. Camping access fees (tent site + showers + toilettes ) are 5€/person for the entire weekend (to be paid at the camping area entrance). Entrance is free for the campers vehicles.

The organisation will set up an appropriate security system in the different campsites and parking lots. However it can not be held responsible for any theft or degradation. (caution: barbeques authorized with all the usual precautions, like getting a fire extinguisher from the firemen present in exchange of an I.D., otherwise you will be held responsible for all damages or consequences).

Be careful, access to the course area (track, pits and village) is closed on friday the 26thh. It is forbidden to pitch a tent outside of the campsite (even in the pits). If so, the team may be expulsed.

To delimit his tent site by any string, ribbon or any other mean is strictly forbidden.



Art C3 : Hygiene and comfort installations

Participants will have access to a separate toilet and shower area during the race. There will also be a special relaxation and dining area for participants. Heating and cooking devices are strictly forbidden in the stands.

Art C4 : Stands (Pits)

Stand areas are designated but not equipped by the organizers. Each team can install its own tables, chairs and equipment in its stand area. The stands are waiting areas and not camp sites. Each team will have approximately 8 m² (marked out on the ground) to install its equipment.

It is strictly forbidden to smoke in the stand area. Any team violating this rule will be immediately disqualified. There are approximately 3000 liters of racing fuel stored under each stand.

Team captains are responsible for all damage in their teams' stand areas.



Art C5 : Stands allocation.

In order for several teams to be in the same stand or in two adjacent stands,You have to send the organizers a mail. The organisation will do its best to give you satisfaction but cannot guarantee to group the teams together.

Art C6: Respecting the environment

The Le Mans race track is unique and it must be kept clean. All participants agree to respect this legendary site, which is one of the world's foremost sites for major sports events.

Leaving the stand sites and camping areas in their original condition is a long-standing tradition of race organizers, who rent the race course from the Automobile Club de L'Ouest. All participants are requested to do what they can to respect this tradition.



Art C7 : Support staff

For security reasons, the team support staff are not allowed on the race course or in the carpeted relay zone. They can follow the race from behind the participant zone barriers (2 meters from the relay zone) and they have access to the participant stands and spectator areas.

Art C8 : Trailers

It is forbidden to trail or follow a competitor on the race course using a bicycle, scooter or other mode of transportation.

Amateur photographers and cameramen without official press credential are not allowed on the course.



Art C9 : Animals

Dogs and other animals are not allowed within the race course perimeter.





D: MEDICAL



Article D1: General Services



A first aid station is set up at the track and medical staff will be posted along the route. The medical team is authorised to decide if a participant must leave the track. At any time, the event doctors can check the health status of any participant and forbid him/her from continuing if need be.



Article D2: Evacuation to hospitals in Le Mans



Every year, the medical staff of the 24H Rollers evacuates participants who are the victims of serious accidents to hospitals in Le Mans. This year, the Le Mans emergency corps has required that a private ambulance be stationed on the site for all minor evacuations.

In order to manage these evacuations we must ask each participant to bring, at the very least, a photocopy of all insurance cards and information. These documents must keep together by each team captain. Event staff may request to see them at any time. If this is not possible, a fee of 120 € (potentially reimbursed by insurance companies) will be requested from the injured person for transport.



Important! Any evacuation must be regulated by the event medical staff. Participants are strongly discouraged from going to hospital Emergency departments without first consulted the event medical staff. This measure is intended to minimise your wait at the hospital Emergency departments.



For foreign participants who do not benefit from the French social health security system, a fee of 120 € will be asked for in the event of any evacuation from the site. Check with your personal insurance to find out if this fee can be reimbursed to you.



Article D3: Insurance



The organisation called "La Tribu Rollers", whose headquarters is located at 83 rue de la Mariette 72000 LE MANS, and represented by Mr. Tony MOGIS, the organisation's President, has subscribed to a contract covering the civil responsibility of the event manager and their employees as well as that of the participants, conforming to Order no. 93 - 392 of 18 March 1993 relating to Article 37 of the 16 July 1984 Law (modified by the 6 July 2001 Law) concerning the organisation and promotion of physical and athletic activities.

Also, the organisation called "La Tribu Rollers", has subscribed to an individual accident contract for non-licence-holding event participants.

These insurance policies subscribed to by the organisation "La Tribu Rollers" are held through the "MMA" insurance company.













The extent and amount of subscribed coverage under these contracts is detailed as follows:





TYPE OF COVERAGE
COVERAGE AMOUNT PER CLAIM

A-FOR THE FEDERATION


-FOR THE EVENT MANAGER: "LA TRIBU DU ROLLER"

- FOR PARTICIPANTS WITHOUT FEDERATION LICENCE





CIVIL RESPONSABILITY INSURANCE:





1) Both bodily injury and consequential


loss:
10 000 000

- Limited in case of criminal negligence...................
1 500 000 (1)




2) Both property and consequential


damage:


- event grounds fire or water


damage ....................


- off-grounds fire or water
5 000 000

damage.....................


- other property damage......


- off-grounds theft..........
15 250

- property in care or custody
150 000




3) Consequential losses


Administrative legal liability of the Federation ..............
150 000 (2)

- "PROTECTION JURIDIQUE" INSURANCE


(Right of action and legal defense).....................
15 000




B - FOR PARTICIPANTS WITHOUT FEDERATION LICENCE








- INSURANCE FOR BODILY INJURY RESULTING FROM AN ACCIDENT


1) Death : minor (3) ........
3 050

: adult (+ 10 % per


dependent ...........
7 500

2) permanent handicap (4) ...
25 000

3) treatment costs...........
Percentage of Social Health Security responsibility rate:

200%

Lump-sum settlement (to extent of actual costs)


- dental prosthesis:


. 600 € per tooth .........


- eyewear and optical (1st acquisition or breakage)


. 200 € per glass or lens..
Ceiling 700

. 300 € per frame .........

- hospital costs ............
According to legal amount

- medically prescribed pharmaceutical


costs not reimbursed by Social Health


Security system ...........
75

4) Per diem allowance (6) ...
NONE

5) School make- up costs, class level doubling,


professional re-training.......
3 050




6) First transport costs.....
153

7) Search and rescue costs ..
763

Repatriation costs........
763




(1) This amount is not indexed. It also includes a maximum amount for total claims in one year of insurance

(2) A deductible of 750 € is applied per claim

(3) Maximum coverage: 1 525 000 in the event of collective claim

(4) Application of a "franchise" deductible of 5 % (Beyond a final rate of 5 %, the deductible is not applied)

(5) Payable outright from the 4th day up until the 365th day

(6) Paid 5 days/ 7 days for 3 months maximum













The provisions of these insurance policies have thus been given to each participant who agrees to accept the terms, specifically regarding coverage exclusions and limitations.

These insurance policies therefore determine the area of responsibility of the organisation "La TRIBU ROLLERS" toward each participant.

Responsibility of the organisation "La TRIBU ROLLERS" cannot therefore be sought for hypotheses not covered by said insurance contracts.



Consequently, coverage exclusions and limitations are fully opposable by the organisation "La TRIBU ROLLERS" to each participant.



Article D4:

Any accident declaration must be made on the day of the event.

Declaration forms will be available on site at the medical station.





E : REGISTRATION

Art E1 : Team "Reservation Form"

Registration and payment will be done online at www.24rollers.com
You do not need to provide a final list of team members in order to make a team reservation. The earlier you send in your team registration, the better your chances are of participating. One person or organization must pay for the entire team.

In the daytime of the event, you don't have to pay anymore the deposit for electronic chips. You have to pay the deposit of 100€ on the website www.24rollers.com between May 20th and June 20th 2009. It's compulsory.

Your account won't be sold by this amount. We will only debit the amount of your registration from your account. After the event, La Tribu Rollers will keep the deposit of 100€ if you loose or Breack your electronic chips. We do not accept checks or cash for the deposit.

The registration for one team is effective when you have filled out the online registration form, gived Deposit, accepted the rules and proceed with the payment.

The organisation will send you a password and a login before the 20th of May which will allow you to pay deposit and to provide complete information on your team members sometime between May 20th and june 20th 2009 by filling out the "DETAILED REGISTRATION FORM" on the race's Internet site at www.24rollers.com.

No team changes will be possible (additions or substituions) once you have filled out this form.

NEW

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Art E 2 : on D-day.



Obtainning the numbers (+signature) and electronic chips by a representant of the team (with all the documents mentionned below) will be possible from 8 to 11 am on saturday June 27th. WARNING : A team arriving after 11h for obtaining the numbers will be penalized of 1 penalty lap.



No medical certificate will be delivered on the spot. The regulations can be modified until the event in the interest of all, in which case, the possible revisions will be redistributed in the form of a leaflet on the day of the race.













































Documents to be presented on Saturday 27th from 8 to 11am



1stdocument :



Licence or Medical certificate



Entrants with a valid FFRS licence or licenced to foreign Rollerskating federations must provide a photocopy of their 2009 licence. The license must indicate that the delivery of a medical certificate certifying the ability to participate in the sport of roller-skating



Those without a valid rollerskating license must provide a medical certificate that is no more than 12 months old on race day (June 27th, 2009)) and that certifies their ability to participate in the sport of roller-skating.



Sporting licences other than Rollerskating are not accepted.





2d document :



Photocopy of ID

A photocopy of a valid ID for each team member is mandatory.

A parental authorization is required for competitors between 16 and 18 years old.



3eme document



Signature of each team member

A photocopy of the rules and regulations accompanied by the handwritten attestation "read and approved" of each team member +

Hi Guys,
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What I was told, but I have not seen in writing is 1,500 Eruro worth of air travel for each team member, 500 Euro each which we got robbed off a few years back was o/k, but if this is correect, then the winners get a good trip somewhere.

Ultra no Levallios noticable by there absence, but a whip around by the Poli RPM guys seemed to have put together a solid team, so instead of outright going for a record, we may need to exercise a bit of caution.

Cheers
Bill

Hi Jonathan,

That has not worked for years try beggsport@hotmail.com

Cheers
Bill