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Thursday, November 14, 2013

2013 Summer Bike Races Feedback


Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times 

RANDOLPH, Utah. November 6, 2013.  Joe Coles, a promoter of special events, appeared before the Commission for feedback on the bike race events that he had sponsored this past summer.  One was the Bear Lake Brawl and the other the Bear Lake Triathlon.  Both were held in September. 

Commissioner Tom Weston noted that the participants doubled back so that they were both going and coming on the same road.  That can be a problem and was something the Commissioners requested not be attempted. 

Also the route used was different than the one Tom thought had been approved.  He had asked that when the racers go south to Round Valley, they go as far as the road going to Cottonwood Canyon, then turn and go back to Laketown.  This would alleviate getting mixed up with any cattle coming down from the hills.  Because they didn’t follow that route, they ended up going through a herd of cattle that was being moved as well as some other cattle that had just come down from the hills.  The Commissioners noted that wild cattle could have really caused some problems.  They are not tame by any means.  It was just lucky someone wasn’t hurt. 

Mr. Coles said he would check his maps and see why that route hadn’t been followed.  He noted that he wants to sponsor these events again this next year and will be back for permission when the time draws closer.

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