Pre-Registration

Your preregistration to the 17th Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur proceeded successfully.
Your file number is AU-1618. Please keep it safe, for it will be asked at registration.

Registration opens on June 11, 2011.

We remind you that you will lose your reserved place if you have not registered until June 20, 2011.


Pretty simple really.

With a homologation number ( for the 600 St Mary's loop ride completed last April ) and credit card in hand, pre-registration to the big adventure was made on the 17th of April.

30 Euro confrimed a spot in spite of a little language glitch on the ACP web site.  A switch to French threw me a little at first but some logic and patience completed the transaction with only minor sweating.

A few minutes later and payment confirmation bounced into my in-box, followed by the note above.

A quick conversation back and forth between Gav and Craig confirmed that Gav had made the leap first, confirming our start with the 84 our group.  I came in next with clammy palms, while Craig sorted out bags of rowing gear having returned that evening from a Barrington rowing regatta.

After all of the guess work and calculations during 2010, accumulating, tallying and comparing quota miles, it has turned out to be relatively painless to book a spot.  After the Western Australian 1000, run just the week before the close of the 2009-2010 calendar, I had thought that our quota position would see us relegated to the tail end of the Australian list of aspirants.  Luckily, this did not eventuate, as we were sitting in the 90's of 150 riders who had expressed an interest in entering for 2011.

With 20 June out of the way, then I guess we'll have no more excuses...