I'm very pleased indeed to be able to let everyone involved in the Summer Sprint Series know that over the last couple of weeks I've fielded a few enquiries from people interested in setting up their own sprint series, similar to ours.  One from a club in NSW and another in South Africa. 

One of the long-term goals of the sprint series is to make it a real target for sprinters at many levels to compete at, to provide a layer below that of World Cups, national championships and so on for riders who want to sprint as well as a realistic, regular sprint competition for masters and club riders.  A "Glenvale" for sprinters, in a way.  It can also be a method to retain sprinters as they move out of junior ranks but aren't fast enough (yet!) for top level elite competition.  I'd like to integrate it with the NTID squads, for example.  By having other clubs running similar races with a similar format, this comes closer to happening.