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Content ideas for NCNCA sites
Fri, 05/13/2005 - 11:56am
I think the new race reports are a great feature, but I'd like to comment on some possible enhancements to the things we already come to the ncnca site for - race listings and results.
On the listings side, it would be great to have a way finding races which meet a certain criterion without reading every flyer. For example, just show me races offering a Masters 45+ field, or separate Juniors races. Or show me races in the Junior Points Series or the NCNCA Premier Series. Going further, show me only crits where Cat 2 is not combined with 1/Pro and the prize list for Cat 2 is over $1000. If the calendar is already being generated from a database some of this shouldn't be too tough to add - except that someone would have to enter the new data for each race.
My results-related idea actually turns out to be more about the race listings again. I don't know how many people know or care about the USA Cycling rankings http://www.usacycling.org/rankings/, but it seems like a nice idea. The biggest weakness of the system is that your rank probably depends more on whether you attend races which report results to the system than on how good you are. For those who do care, it would be nice to be able to tell which races report results without reading every flyer. This would also encourage promoters to report results.
Steve Ryan
Gratuitous link to my Junior Track Cycling web site:
http://www.juniorvelo.com/
This post is subject to very recruitment. I personally agree with this question. It is useful for the beginner and the deep sense of blogging
Mother of the Bride
I went back thru the race reports and added a link to the race website and results, where available. Adding picts when we have them.
Erik
It might be good to include race results along with the race report. An article describing the race, pictures of the race, and the final results for each category would make everything complete.
Actually I think we need a general road racing category for road stuff that doesn't necessarily deal with women, masters or juniors.
Steve,
Saying, "Show me all the races with a Master 45+ category" is the kind of thing that database-driven websites are perfect for. I will take a look at what would be needed to implement this.
For rankings and such, the key (in my opinion) is getting more people to use online registration, which means a LOT less transcription time. Also, every rider will have a distinct license number attached to their result at each race.
In fact, Sports Base Online will automatically upload results to the USA Cycling database after the event. (And they happen to be an NCNCA sponsor!)
Josh Kadis
josh@kadisco.com